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Tim, we have those same emotions about fixing to sell, and, besides, if we do stay here it will be more like she wants. It would be hard to complain about this place, nice house, end of the street, no one behind us, but we would like to live out by the kids.

We do everything with the kids and the SIL and I work on these old trucks, so it would make sense for us.

The market may be back to what it was 15 years ago, so I'm thinking the remodel may help it sell and I think I can break even on the improvement.

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How much of the renovation do you actually do? Or are you the official supervisor?

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I won't do any of the work. I am past that point in my life. At one time nobody would have set foot on the place as I would have done all of It myself. For years, we worked on custom houses during the day, and it seemed like I always had a house going for myself on the side. When we first got married, we moved a lot. I would build a house, move in it and put it up for sale. It wasn't fun, but it paid off.

Now, I have things I want to do, so I will go do that and let my wife supervise the remodel. She was designer and customer liaison for the last two subdivisions we did, so she can handle it. That K10 or some big yellow machine needs me worse. :lol:

Heck, I am worn out from just moving things out of the way so the guys can work. It's a good thing though, because it will cause us to purge a lot of stuff that needed to go in the dumpster.

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“I won't do any of the work.” You’re a smart guy

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Yep, same thing here. I wouldn't have lived here so long if it wasn't a nice place to live. Lack of area has been it's only short coming. Always had a shop somewhere else and have had none since '07. I'm really liking the place more with each thing I cross off. Feels great.
I want to move because the area has grown and the flavor of the town has turned more "suburbanite". This was a compromise location. My wife was from east of here and so was my work. I am a Western MD boy and I've needed to get farther out that way. Closer to my mom, brother, and sister too. It's long overdue. I need the mountains, rivers, and lakes for peace of mind.
In more ways than one here. Just watch what you say about "her" decisions :cool:. Oh I know... smart guy. No worries

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You have to watch what you say on Facetruck about your job. Bosses are known for checking employee accounts and firing them for saying the wrong thing.

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Remember Tim, I quit and they came into my happy place and recruited me. It's too wet to haul now, and I have suggested they use this time to find a loader operator.

Kingsolver, I don't envy the crew we have in Northwest Arkansas. They are digging a 16x16X27 foot deep hole. It has to be shored of course, but 27' is a long way when your looking up out of a hole. I'll try to get pictures of that one.

Tigger, I ain't smart at all. I am just so lazy, I figure out how to get out of work.

My observation is, restoring trucks is a lot easier than remodeling houses.

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That has piqued my curiousity. Wondering what they’re building?

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Sewer lift station. It don't sound too appealing, but they are interesting and complicated, and then they cover the whole thing up with poop.

These are the pits of a treatment plant we finished over on NE Arkansas a while back.

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Kingsolver, this is a hole they dug in Springfield a while back. I finally go them to stop digging.:lol::lol:

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I guess that’ll be deep enough. Glad someone is taking care of business.;)

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While I was digging through my files, I ran onto this picture. This was my first dump truck. A friend of mine still has it. I traded it for a 71 Cheyenne Super. We hauled thousands of yards of dirt on that old thing.

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The ole money-maker that started it all. You done good Jethro.

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Quite an adventure with work you have been on Larry.. running them track hoes has gotta be fun ,,at least for awhile.. I ran a back hoe with a concrete breaker on it for a week once ,, I think I still vibrate.. it was more fun using the back hoe changing the place I lived on rather than so much working it for a living .

Are you moving out of Harrison ? and if so what rural out of town place ya going ? if you dont mind telling .. Maybe I been there.. :)

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I won't ever leave Harrison Larry. I have lived lots of other places, but this is where I belong. It's in the center of everything, with little traffic, relatively low crime, plenty of entertainment, both commercial and outdoors, and good healthcare close by.

The kids I mentioned live on the north side of town in the country. They live about two hundred yards north of where we lived when that girl was baby 40 years ago.

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I just toted 21 boxes of hardwood flooring from my truck into the house. They are 70 lbs per box and now my tail is dragging.

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I knew you'd be moving to another 'part of' Harrison, not away, but it was for you to answer. So far, it's me and Kingsolver moving there, too! :cool:

That's just shy of 3/4 of a ton you hauled in Hardwood. I always figure it that way when I haul 80# bags of concrete mix. Me: "I hauled a ton of concrete today". Very interested party: "Really?? How did you manage to carry such a heavy load?". Me: "80# x 25"

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Stuttering....again?:lol::lol:

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Sounds like you’ve been “hangin and bangin” like Hulk Hogan.
Workin those pythons.:lol:
My back is killin me just thinking about it.

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Good workout,I know you’re not going to be down on the floor laying it, so at least your part of the flooring is done

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Those were some hefty flooring packs @ 70#. That's a bit much to be slinging up on your shoulder, which is my preferred way to carry heavy stuff. Lugging at the waste sucks, especially through doorways.

I don't know what is causing this annoyance. My post before the last one I noticed it took extra long for it to post, but I waited and didn't hit the button twice. I checked and only one post. I left the thread and came back later, still just one post. Then I do the last post, notice it was taking a long time to post again, and went to fix supper. I come back and I have duplicate posts. It's nothing I'm doing and it's only this thread. It's not my computer because this is a different one. Plus, it happens to Dale sometimes, too. Weird, but I like this thread enough to keep coming back. I'm a love/hate guy when it comes to computers and internet. This plays on my hate side. Good thing I'm a look past it/get over it guy, too.

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Yup, it happens to me too. I haven't figured it out......

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You guys are on opposite sides of the continent, too. Maybe you have the same kind of phones? Do you have to hit the "Post Reply" button more than once to get the window to open? Some of the stuff bears repeating, ;) but I'm just curious.

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Kingsolver will appreciate this one.

I called the 60 year old hardwood floor installer, and he was moaning and groaning.

I said "Did you get hurt."

Him. "Nope, just 35 years of crawling around on my hands and knees."

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How about you? Feelin' yesterday today? I'm a moaner and groaner a lot of days. Actually, last night I went to bed with a sore back and I didn't do any work the past two days. I think it was falling asleep sitting on the couch Friday night. It bothers me a lot when I stand around talking a while. I feel best when moving.
I don't use my phone and this is a new laptop. I only tapped the button once but it did take an obviously longer time to post. I noticed that the post before last and checked to see if it double posted... nope. Then I came back a bit later... nope. Then last evening on my last post it was slow so I walked away to do something. It was when I came back to it I saw posts asking if I'm studdering again and knew it had happened. It has nothing to do with what I am doing or my equipment. It has never happened on any other thread, either.

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Hard to believe, but I'm not suffering at all from carrying the flooring.

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He’s got 3 years on me.
A few weeks ago as I was going out to my van and a customer asked if I was ok. I thought to myself that’s an odd question then it dawned on me I must’ve even moaning getting up. I didn’t think I was straining or struggling.:uhmk:
I’ve heard other installers moan but didn’t even think that would be me one day. :lol:

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This sums it up for me too.

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I think that the reason you’re not sore is because of the jogging trails you’ve been avoiding. :lol::lol:

Lately I’ve been avoiding them too.

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That's great to hear. I never know. I'll go into doing some things I know I'll be paying for later and never feel a thing. Then, just like the last couple days, I'll be sore from I don't know what because I didn't do any real work. Sat funny or something. I chop firewood with a splitting maul and that has never bothered me, that I can recall. Now, use a chain saw and my back is tightening up by the third cut, and I know what's coming. But not always :cool:

I realize now I grunt and moan like my dad used to. I don't know if he had back or joint problems or not. That generation of man didn't talk about their problems. I even asked my mom if dad had back or joint problems since I'm doing the same thing because of mine. Her answer was "I don't know". Married over 50 years and she couldn't say. I sure miss my dad.

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Just when I said laying hardwood is in my past. My older son snagged a hardwood floor job and yesterday morning called to see if my younger son and I could help him with it. So that's what I spent the last couple days doing. It was an apartment over a garage, which meant lug the bundles up the stairs. But you know what? I truly enjoyed these last couple days working with my boys. And by being there I landed installing the cabinets and some other trim work. I was a doing some moaning and groaning yesterday. Today was a short day, so not so much

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Aging has that effect on us all Tim. Used to be soreness would show up the 2nd day after I did something more strenuous than normal. Now days, well it shows up a bit sooner than it used to. And it lasts a bit longer than it used to. An old doctor once told me a little pain can be a good thing. It lets us know we are still alive and maybe something needs some attention. ;)
I hope you and your sons work well together. Father/son time together gets to be less and less as time goes by.

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I don't have current pictures. I couldn't get on the tile to take any. These are from Monday night. The light framing, electrical, drywall and tile is in place. The hardwood guy and cultered marble guy will be here the first of the week.

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You let your son tell you to carry stuff upstairs!? Dood. Delegation is a tool you need to add to your box, unless you enjoy punishment. Maybe you consider it good exercise. If so, that's fine. Otherwise, let the young backs do the heavy lifting! I should talk. I just got done laying up and taping off some drywall. Well, I will admit that that is a ton easier than carrying floor tiles up the stairs. ;) I sprayed some texture on it this afternoon, and will get to the painting tomorrow.

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It was my son's job to be doing the delegating. I don't think he told me. It was a large kitchen/dining/living room area and a long hallway with closets and doorways to the stairs. They racked out and laid the open areas and I did all the tedious stuff out ahead or behind, and did moist cutting. If one of us got stalled we'd go grab a bundle or two. It wasn't bad. I do all sorts of work all the time, alone. Jobs many younger guys would get help for. I'm in use it or lose it mode. And I work smart so I rarely strain myself.

I always operated my crews on a mutual basis, no totem pole. I taught helpers skills and one might be doing skilled work while I humped materials if that was the next thing needed done. The result was a very capable skilled crew that never had one guy waiting on the other. I got a lot more out of my helpers and they stuck around a long time because they felt like a piece of the rock rather than the grunt. I could stay on focus better not having to watch over the help to keep them busy or prevent mistakes.

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I’ve been working by myself for the last 10 or 12 years. Most of my help didn’t want to do flooring. If I would get a smart guy that caught on fast well, he go out on his own. I worked for a guy for about 2 years when I first started then went on my own. The guy that taught me pretty much retired when I left.
I’ve been doing lots of lvp,wp, laminate and vinyl with a smig of carpet, my next 3 weeks I’m covered up in floating floor work. I bought a D-Cut tile cutter. It was a nice investment. It enables me to make rip cuts on the plank and I can cut 24” carpet tiles with it.
I’ve done 600 sf of lvt, 50 yards of carpet tiles and about20 yards of vinyl. I tore out all the existing carpet and tile just this week.

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Nice job it looks good.

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It is a nice looking job, but he groans a lot. :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Most of the floor installers, that have been around here for a while, work as equal partners, because of the "work a while and become your competitor" thing. All of them are around Kingsolvers age.

I was talking to a friend of mine that is in his mid seventies and has been in the flooring and appliance business for 50 years. He said he didn't know what was going to happen to flooring installation when these guys retire, because no young people are coming along to take over.

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I have made the same observations in regards to other types of work that today’s youth just don’t want to do. Somebody HAS to do the jobs no one wants to do. That demand could run the rates of those jobs up I imagine.

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Young people have never had such an opportunity. The one's with skills are going to have the upper hand soon.