2009 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

....and so are all the little canvass barnees....... although thoroughly covered with ice......

Clive if the Iltis can be driven it should not be a problem....... some of the snow in front of your shelter could be cleared up with the tractor and the Iltis driven in....... if you need to push it in manually it will need some strong arm shovelling as the snow is ice crusted and soaked with water........ the alternative is to tow it to the near back field and cocoon in canvas until next Spring....... probably less physically demanding.


NOTE........ I will not be available to tractor things until Monday....... rain cancelled family gathering for today until tomorrow......

In any event parking another vehicle is not a problem.......

Geoff..... Yes we Rotters all hate Toronto when they still have green grass and we are stuck with freezing rain.......

....and who the He** is Shirley..........

All the Best for the coming New Year....... I understand next year, according to the CHinese calender, is the year of the CMP......



Boob

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

... the alternative is to tow it to the near back field and cocoon in canvas until next Spring.......

Boob

The vendor is delivering Sunday at 1PM and cocooned in the back field sounds like the best answer.

In any event parking another vehicle is not a problem.......

Many thnx Bob for hosting these ROTs (and their 1/4-ton cousins)

Clive

[RHClarke]

What a hellish day - weather wise... Yesterday we had a bit of rain and last night we were stricken with freezing rain, which put a nice icy cap on the soggy snow. While not as severe as our infamous icestorm ( see: http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/weather/p/icestorm.htm), there was cause for concern. I spent the morning checking the integrity of the roof of my house and clearing away some of the ice that was forming dams on the eaves. In 1998, my home (like thousands of others) suffered damage to the roof and we were "awash" with water infiltrating from ice daming.

This morning the sidestreets were glare ice, and the ensuing demolition derby got underway. It warmed up to 0oC near the noon hour and the ice that was coating the trees started dropping little ice bombs. After making sure the drive and walk ways were well salted, I headed out to the barn.

The main roads were well cleared and salted. Upon turning into Bob's laneway, the world changed. Bob's trees had suffered from the effects of the ice build up. There were branches littering the road all the way to the barn. Bob and Joyce were out earlier clearing large branches from the road to the barn and putting out feed for the local fauna.

Glazed donut:


There was about an inch of ice built up on the shelters, but it came off with one hit with the snow rake, or a shake of the frame cleared both sides of the shelters. The barn was in the process of shedding the tons of snow on its roof. Some of the falling snow and ice came down with a thud that made sure you paid attention to where you walked.

Bob cranked up the tractor to clear tons of slush from the laneway. The snow blower did double duty as a wood chipper as the smaller branches got munched up with the snow. After the laneway was cleared, we made a "road" to Clive's shelter. It is now ready to receive a small green vehicle.

We did a small tour of the property to see if there was any damage, but luckily only the trees counted as casualties. Mind you, some of the ice falling from the 50 foot trees gave us cause for concern... The tour of the vehicle park revealed a nice blue tarp hanging on some trees. Kris' attempt to tarp his newly acquired HUP did not stand up to the high winds we had last week. I took only a few minutes to retarp the truck, and it was back to the barn.

A HUP rewrapped for "Kris-mas":


As the afternoon wore on, we chatted about the New Year. It looks like more of the same for 2010. Time will tell.

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

After the laneway was cleared, we made a "road" to Clive's shelter. It is now ready to receive a small green vehicle.

Thnx guys. The promised delivery did not occur as the vendor could not contact his friends with the car trailer. We will again try during the week.

Clive

[Bob Carriere]

........ we can pull it to the front of the Winter shelter...... will need to push it in..... or borrow a small portable winch from Guy Vapeur !!!!

Bob

[Wpns 421]

Originally Posted by servicepub

Thnx guys. The promised delivery did not occur as the vendor could not contact his friends with the car trailer. We will again try during the week.

If anyone has transport needs call me, we have a 24 ft gooseneck trailer that can haul 2 1/2 tons, Gilles

[Phil Waterman]

Check with your insurance carrier before deciding on a steel shipping container I have heard that not all consider them acceptable.

I have a friend who has been storing his 57 Thunderbird in one and ran into a insurance problem over them.

Also obvious be sure that you check them for leaks. A question I have how do they do for locking out or in moisture? Is there a condensation problem?

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

Locked in moisture can be a problem.......

.....depending on the model some containers do have some kind of water proof vents.... more intended to equalize inner/outer air pressure but not large enough to remove moisture.

I have seen modified containers used for storage of chemicals and "in process" sheet metal and all of them had been retro fitted with ventilation system some passive other had electric fans....... once the air is circulated condensation can be kept to a minimum. It certainly can't be worst than driving your car in a semi heated car garage with a car dripping with road salt every night.

I think a ventilation fan with a solar power hook up would be ideal.

All the Best for the NEW YEAR...

Boob

[KrisHamilton]

A HUP rewrapped for "Kris-mas":



Rob many thanks ...its all i really wanted for xmas this year

[RHClarke]

We are rapidly approching the 12K view mark for this thread. One of these days I am going to total up the Hammond Barn threads for a "view" total. I suppose the popularity of this thread comes down to one or two items: leadership and/or curiosity.

As a crusty old Warrant Officer related to me during my classification training those many decades ago - "people follow people either because of their leadership abilities, or out of curiosity to see what they f*ck up next"

I think we have good doses of both with this thread, and I look forward to more Hammond Barn "leadership" and "foul ups" in 2010.

[Phil Waterman]

Has the deal gone through to turn the Hammon Barn into a Reality Television Series? I think you guys would be a lot more interesting to watch than some of the TV programs on today.

Cheers Phil

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Has the deal gone through to turn the Hammon Barn into a Reality Television Series? I think you guys would be a lot more interesting to watch than some of the TV programs on today. Cheers Phil

Phil,

An interesting idea, but then we would actually have to show progress on our trucks. Additionally, we would have to have some young busty bikini-clad girls as assistants. Not too many of them hanging around the barn.

The wives probably would not go for the "assistants" anyway, and I am sure none of the Hammond crew looks good in a bikini... although once at Halloween, I dressed up as a...never mind.

Until one of us wins the lottery it appears that the barn will continue to measure progress part by part, post by post on MLU.

[Wpns 421]

We have been using containers to store our smaller vehicles. An Iltis will fit with no problem, we have stored our M37 in a container, the only problem : we had to crawl out of the windshield.
We have 3 x 20 ft containers and 1 x 40 ft high cube and to answer the query will it satisfy the insurance company the answer is YES. the container can be locked more securely than a garage door. What we do is park 2 containers with about 8-10 ft apart and park a vehicle between the containers. The average price for a container is $2200 for a 40 ft and $2700 for a 20 ft.
The containers can be purchased in Mtl or Toronto, to find a good price pick up the Heavy truck trader and check the ads, also check to see where the containers are located. If buying 2 x 20 ft the transport is the same as a 40 ft. It is a good time to buy a container as there is a surplus of them, nobody gives them away but specials are there. Last purchase we got 2 x 20ft containers for $1900 ea.