72 Pony Project Thread

I decided to start my own thread… so instead of derailing someone else’s thread I can just derail my own.

I guess you could say I didn’t want to muddy the water in the project thread. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::joy:

As I said I haven’t got much shop time lately as we are getting ready to build a house.

This afternoon I got home from work and the well drillers were working. They usually show up 1 day a week so I went out to talk to them.The driller told me if things go like he thought they would they would get water out next week… then old faithful shot out of the ground. They were stunned. Didn’t have any of the parts to put on it so they had to call for backup. Within an hour the field was flooded.

Guessing about 20 psi. It was shooting 3-4inch rocks out of the pipe.

Tried posting a video. A still will have to do.

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This was a couple hours later after they got a valve on it to control the flow a little. Originally they had planned to send a cutter down a perforate the casing in the gravel zone… plans have changed. :joy:

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Wow! I would take that as a good omen. Water is good! Oil would work as well…“well” get it? :rofl:

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I know! When it shot out of the ground I asked him if it was oil. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

It’s an artesian aquifer we knew it was about 100’ down… and it was a high likelihood our well would be artesian, but didn’t know the gravel layer would be so productive. Guessing it’s well over 500 gpm. I have a ditch right there and the ditch is full headed off the property.

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I am just testing to see if you thread survived the “editor-at-large” efforts…

…ahhh… I see you have your thread back.

Erik, are you feeling like you might have two puppet masters in this project? The five foot one and Tom :wink:

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Making progress.

While @Bigdaddy2166 is dropping 10k on a hat :wink: I am spending my money on dirt. :man_shrugging: :joy:



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That a lot of rocks pal.

I stripped and stockpiled the top soil for the driveway and the house. Top soil averages 12" thick then clay.

We have brought in around 100 loads of fill. Plan is to get the house the same level as the road (about 2 feet)

The fill is all free material from a sewer project nearby so just paying for trucking but it adds up.
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Free dirt is always good. For that reason, I would take the rocks. Yes, fill dirt will add up, but fast. Your homestead is charming :star_struck:

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When I was building, I bought about 30 truck loads of reject from the local Sand & Gravel pit. I was on the same volleyball team as the owner, so that helped a lot with the cost.

But oh my, how 300 yards seems to disappear.

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@72Pony - Have you considered putting piers in for your foundation before the build?

Don’t know where you are at, but in CO, lots of houses built on our lovely bentonite start developing foundation issues within a couple of years. Worse now with the extended drought.

Ex wifes house has had to have the foundation fixed 2 times.

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You will never get tired of that view! and I bet the kids never get tired of playing in the dirt.

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I finally finished this. Cut it out over a year ago. Made it for an extended family member who helped me with a car a while back. Since he didn’t know I was making it he didn’t care it took me over a year to finally get around to finishing it. It’s a remix from one of the many on fireshare. I made this one to store batteries for Milwaukee and whatever the HF brand power tool is. I made one just like it for my dad and bro in-law. I have started to design my own that will be simpler and take less metal but have all the same function. Heck maybe I’ll post it in a couple of years. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::joy:

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Latest update. Finally got the footings in. It has been such a wet august. It seems like it has rained every other day. I finally dug some trenches and put a couple of sump pumps in the corners and got it dry enough to pour. The last pic was my youngest reaction to the next concrete mixer pulling up.

My kids were super excited, especially my 5-year-old. I came home from work to check on things and my son was standing on a picnic table in the back yard watching. As soon as he saw me, he jumped off the table, ran to the shop and got a hand truck and put his camp chair on it and hauled it over to our lot. Once there he dragged it up to the top of the fill stockpile, took off his boots and yelled to his mom that he needed some ice water!! :rofl: :joy:





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Looks like a good sized structure. How big will it be?

It’s not huge. The house is 4100 sf and the garage is 1200.

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WHAT!? You’re doing all this for a HOUSE! I thought you were making a decent Workshop! :sob:

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Ha! Well my wife told me if we stay on budget we can build a new shop… I am not going to hold my breath! :grimacing: :wink:

Meanwhile I have been insulating my FIL’s shop on the other side of the fence.

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I love that they are so interested in whats going on. That is very cool, cherish those memories

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