Weather Talk

[kswaterfowler]

A Yutzy shop building?

Yes.
We are in a severe thunderstorm warning and here it comes

 

[Smitty335]

Yes.
We are in a severe thunderstorm warning and here it comes
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RUN, RUN far away! HA!

 

[Mudwing]

Yes.
We are in a severe thunderstorm warning and here it comes
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That’s wicked. How long ‘til touchdown?

 

[Montecresto]

that's what I'm saying, frame wouldn't have been on the ground if you had weight on the rear, you could just carry your 500 around not sure it would be great for mileage but when you do get stuck youd have that

Yeah no, I’m not carrying the P5 around all the time for the occasional event of being stuck. The tractor did the trick, barely, but it worked. But I’ll wait for a front locker and in the meantime be considering a winch.

 

[Montecresto]

Plus , it’s a Ford.
Ah ho, probably stored it there .
Caper

I’ve owned all of them, there is no best, if there was, that’s all people would buy. That is very subjective.

 

[Montecresto]

You probably want rain to pack that ground down.

Caper

Yes and no, the rain means I have to stay off of it. It did begin raining at 3:00 PMMT. So I did get 6 hours in before I had to leave to not do damage to the road. A couple days of sun after it rains is the best time to pack it.

 

[Smitty335]

I’ve owned all of them, there is no best, if there was, that’s all people would buy. That is very subjective.

Now that you found a soft spot, do you have rocks, rocks can be your friend?

 

[Smitty335]

Yes and no, the rain means I have to stay off of it. It did begin raining at 3:00 PMMT. So I did get 6 hours in before I had to leave to not do damage to the road. A couple days of sun after it rains is the best time to pack it.

I should have done a 1 foot cut added 10 inches of shot rock and toped off with SP2 on our drive way, but it's not a 1/2 mile long!

 

[Montecresto]

Now that you found a soft spot, do you have rocks, rocks can be your friend?

Yep!!

 

[Montecresto]

I should have done a 1 foot cut added 10 inches of shot rock and toped off with SP2 on our drive way, but it's not a 1/2 mile long!

SP2 is great s***, wish they had it out here.

Anyway, the road will be graveled ultimately but this is all proper timing in the course of road building. And yeah, it’s going to be in the neighborhood of 10K so I don’t want to get it on the road too soon. As long as the tires are still leaving ruts more than an inch deep, I can’t put rock on it.

There are two spots on my drive that I am going to have to have a variation of shot rock on it before I’m finished fine tuning the road and then bringing in gravel.

 

[Smitty335]

SP2 is great s***, wish they had it out here.

Anyway, the road will be graveled ultimately but this is all proper timing in the course of road building. And yeah, it’s going to be in the neighborhood of 10K so I don’t want to get it on the road too soon. As long as the tires are still leaving ruts more than an inch deep, I can’t put rock on it.

There are two spots on my drive that I am going to have to have a variation of shot rock on it before I’m finished fine tuning the road and then bringing in gravel.

What kind of gravel you have access to?

 

[kswaterfowler]

Round 2 going up

 

[Montecresto]

What kind of gravel you have access to?

Base coarse, which is a mix of very small gravel, clay and sand, and a variation of SP2 but just not as good.

 

[Smitty335]

View attachment 123809 Round 2 going up

Round one is here!

 

[kswaterfowler]

Round one is here!

Round 2 just rolling in. The first rogue storm narrowly missed us. This one looks like its gonna centerpunch us. Sitting on the covered back deck enjoying the lightning show as it approaches.

 

[Smitty335]

Round 2 just rolling in. The first rogue storm narrowly missed us. This one looks like its gonna centerpunch us. Sitting on the covered back deck enjoying the lightning show as it approaches.View attachment 123836

What direction is that? Ours is building in the NW and moving in, it's been humid all day with a SE wind.

 

[kswaterfowler]

Southwest

 

[Montecresto]

What direction is that? Ours is building in the NW and moving in, it's been humid all day with a SE wind.

Head to the cellar...

 

[Smitty335]

Head to the cellar...

Outa wine! HA!

 

[kswaterfowler]

They are saying 3 to 5 inches of rain tonight.