Well we have another windy day as usual, seems like lately. We're supposed to get to maybe 35 today,
and then we're supposed to get some snow this afternoon, this evening.
So I thought I'd try to button up this hole where my outlet pipes are to this tank.
So I'd like to get a measurement off of my framework,
see if I can't build a more permanent framework to cover this.
I don't know what we were,
we were about 22 overnight. That's kind of probably about where we are now.
So my framework, which is my ties, remember they come from guard rail ties?
I want to get my measurement of overall width. Probably, should be close, about 42 by,
oh 42 by 32 maybe. 42 wide 32 deep.
What I think I'm gonna do, I've got some 2x6 treated lumber for this ground contact.
I'm going to butt into here, come around with a two by six, and I can insulate the sides, and then
I'm going to build a top frame over top. I don't know how it's gonna affect with this box here.
But I needed to get that measurement. I'm going to head back to the shop, build some of these
frames up. We'll button this back up for the wind today.
See we can do.
It's kind of the same scenario for these calves. When the
wind blows like this they sure would rather be in that shed, and I can't hardly blame them.
I don't know what the chill factor is, but it's kind of brisk this morning again.
We'll head to the shop and see we can come up with a framework for this.
So, the second piece of tin I'm going to leave until I actually put these out on the frame, up
against the building.
I've got it to where this side is going to open up. I'm going to hinge both sides.
This side will open up. I'll go ahead and put my little trim on here just to keep something
from bumping up and getting cut on it. This trim is something that comes with bandsaw blades and
it came as protective edging for that. And it's pretty slick. We're just kind of protecting these corners.
I did go ahead and take some caulking and kind of seal all that up, and I'll do that to this side too.
But my main frame is going to go down first and then these are going to
get us set on top, hinge both sides and I'll put a handle here. This side will open up first.
We'll see how it works,
Well we're a windy son of a gun again today.
I'm not sure if I really want to open this up.
It's just a bugger out here today.
So, I'm not so sure. It's really not so bad, it's just I really don't want to open up the
cold into the water department here.
Maybe I'll pick another day of this not quite so bad.
You know this morning it was just dead calm. We had three four inches of snow overnight.
Came out this morning and fed and watered the calves and it was really pretty. Just a really pretty morning.
But the forecast was by two or three o'clock it was supposed to warm up, and course
when it warms up we get this fool wind. I think what I'm going to do is maybe just
offload this into our little building here and see how it goes. We're supposed to be,
by the end of the week, supposed to be 30, 32. Supposed to be 30 today. Yeah. I don't know.
I can stick it in there, but I just don't like opening up the water, the pipe down and below.
So anyway, appreciate you following along. Sorry this is kind of unended, but I'll get it stuck in here.