S&M construction open for bizz nizz!

[RCP57]

"Incense" hey? I was actually thinking that the one "apparatus" looked like a giant bong already. You know, the one with the bowl half buried.lol

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by RCP57

"Incense" hey? I was actually thinking that the one "apparatus" looked like a giant bong already. You know, the one with the bowl half buried.lol

I'm caught but hey! There's nothing in the bowl officer!

RW got me thinking about trees n stuff and after watching that video. Then I realized I've got scale trees falling from the sky in my yard! I've been busy hauling it out when once again, I can recycle... For awhile. I doubt these ones will be around in August but hey, I got trees today

[RCP57]

That's what I used for trees in my area too! They stayed green for a month or so and now they are snags.lol Your pine almost looks tropical.

[Mikem]

Needs water and roots too !

[Supermario]

Turns out, all I had to do was let nature take its course! No need to plant trees because I got natural stuff coming up right along the road..
Couldn't have planned it any better.










And here are the spots I could use a bridge or two. Would be nice right along the wood pile stretch and want to go between the trees behind the scale shack up towards the truck shop stretch of road.
Notice the root patch I'm trying to avoid Bo

[Bo Wallen]

Hey Mario. What is the "official" name of the small town. Im starting woodworking the week after next, Building beams and bridges.
Do you mind if i steal a five pictures and do some sketches on them just to make sure we talk the same language sort of ? and i kind of want to know the level in hight from road to road and obstacle course.
I think i can drive the KH Beam Hauler most everywhere in you're town

[Supermario]

I've been trying to think of a good name for a long time now. Came up with a few but none jump out and say that's it!
A friend suggested Foxville due to the fact there are 3 foxes that walk through and play in our yard almost on a daily basis so that's the name for now?
I'm thinking when everyone is here in August and we are all sitting around playing at 2 in the morning, somebody is going to blurt out the perfect name for the town.
By all means go ahead and play with pics. just to keep things simple I figure bridges just to span rough terrain and not actually high enough to drive under them? High elevation bridge means more room required to ramp the road up to them? No real height requirements just whatever works best for the bridge building. Looking at the lay of the land and largest root height I figure need about 3" of elevation atleast?
After watching how well your beam float maneuvers around, I agree you shouldn't have any problems getting around the majority of the yard.

[Bo Wallen]

Sounds great let the project Foxville Bridges start.
How far away is the building supply from you ?

[RCP57]

Looks good Mario. I have some natural growth happening here on the playground too but it's just weeds and grass for the most part with a few small alder trees. It seems like most of the trees are growing right in the middle of the road too and I'll need to pull them out.lol Yours is creating a nice boulevard!

[egronvold]

You site is looking better for each day

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Bo Wallen

Sounds great let the project Foxville Bridges start.
How far away is the building supply from you ?

Lumber yard / hardware store is less than 5 minutes away.

Originally Posted by RCP57

Looks good Mario. I have some natural growth happening here on the playground too but it's just weeds and grass for the most part with a few small alder trees. It seems like most of the trees are growing right in the middle of the road too and I'll need to pull them out.lol Yours is creating a nice boulevard!

Yeah, I've got all kinds of weeds and random grass patches that sprout up.i love the park and not complaining but it is a high maintenance set up trying to keep up with Mother Nature and the constant battle to re claim terrain.
This year I'm going to let more of the clover and small oak trees that sprout up live. The last few years I just ripped everything out but it's nice to have a bit of greenery here n there.

Originally Posted by egronvold

You site is looking better for each day

Thank you my friend. I'm really excited this season and happy with how things are looking after 3 years now. It's coming to life.

[Supermario]

I decided to take a break from working on Foxville and plastic buildings. Finally looked at the bruder dozer I have long enough and figured it was a good time to finally bring this one to life.
More plastic work but it was fun. Lots of room in these and the plastic is tough but easy to work with. Just tested yesterday for first time and results are good. with some operating practice I think I can get this to work real well as long as the tracks last that is.

Enough talk, some pics.....





























And a few videos of first testing.

https://youtu.be/EXaNl8lch3E

https://youtu.be/qWU57_KjdAQ

[bigford]

great work Mario

[RCP57]

Nice use of those collectors items for ballast. Bo and I would have rather you used nickels though for obvious reasons.lol

You should ditch one of the Firgelli's off of the blade and install another Sabertooth. Then you would have all of the blade functions. Tip, tilt, lift.

Looks really good and I want one...

[jjackso5]

Mario, great job on the conversion, looks capable and seems to operate well.

Happy Trucking,

Jim

[Bo Wallen]

I like SLOT-MACHINES

[Supermario]

With the dozer build completed, time to get back at working in Foxville. Town needs a industry to keep things rolling so the factory was next up for completion.

Yes, it's all just a bunch of scrap parts and backyard debris but even scrap has a story..... The steel bins used as the buildings for instance, those are actually from Australia! Whenever a underground mining truck is shipped from Aus, they discovered a lot of the valuable items like back up cameras were being easily removed and stolen enroute. To eliminate that, items are packed in a wooden crate which placed in the dump box and then covered and stich welded with these galvanized boxes.

So like always, nothing fancy with high exact details and functionality but I think overall it turned out alright.

The windows and catwalks are made out of a flourescent light fixture diffuser. once again, something laying around suddenly has a use.


















So not too bad for about 12hrs work this weekend. That's my problem, not patient enough to do things all slow and proper. I wanted something done and built now!

[Northern Farmer]

Looking good Mario! You getting eaten alive yet ?

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Northern Farmer

Looking good Mario! You getting eaten alive yet ?

Funny you ask. No bugs at all yesterday and yet, like a light switch, they are out today! Another reason I'm glad the factory is done.

[RCP57]

Light up the factory and the bugs will all die off! Maybe you and the neighbors too though?

That looks awesome Mario! I love the use of hoarded materials. For that and the creativity used I give it a 12 out of 10.