My Facetruck thread.

[Killer Bee]

if other Larry doesn't mind, here's some new pictures of old stuff on the family farm..

stone gate posts..





two row John Deere horse drawn corn planter converted to three point hitch..





mortise and tenon structure barn..







some other cool stuff if anyone's interested..

[flashed]

Pretty Cool stuff , yes Im interested .

[Ol Blue K20]

I'm watching, where is this farm?

[Killer Bee]

lone jack mo.. went to town for big dinner gathering then rained like crazy all the way home,1.5" so far..

I'll be out doing chores and snapping pictures through next week..

several old farm implements but didn't really get in the weeds with shorts and shoes..













50's model 60

[special-K]

I love this stuff.I think the innovation used by farmers is the coolest thing. Last resort is store-bought. If it can be made, fixed, adapted they'd make it work. How about that 'seeds per acre' gauge? Cast in iron. These days that would be a sticker. They make all this beef about a proper foundation yet over 100 years ago they build a barn like that off a few big stones and here it stands today. That mortise and tendon made for a true free standing structure.

[Ol Blue K20]

Some cool stuff alright.

[davischevy]

I'm baaaaack.

When I was a kid, we lived just north of Lone Jack, in Blue Springs.

My dad and uncle were in the residential remodeling business in KC.

[Boog]

Well lookie there. Other Larry. You been cross country trippin in your new motor coach?

[special-K]

Glad to hear it. I've been wondering. Had my sister and her family in town from Sante Fe till about an hour ago. Been meaning to shoot you a text to check up. Where ya been? Vacation? We just got back from meandering back roads through the old farmland, over bridges, up to the mountain today.

[Killer Bee]

Originally Posted by davischevy

I'm baaaaack.

When I was a kid, we lived just north of Lone Jack, in Blue Springs.

My dad and uncle were in the residential remodeling business in KC.

hmmm, I never lived in Arkansas but mom was born in pine bluff where grandma and grandpa owned warren's grocery and lived in the back.. when mom was 9 they moved to kc and later bought a gas station..

uncle jack lives in pangburn and mom's grandpa and him worked for a rice company in weiner.. grandpa worked in rice fields for spell too.. grandma was born in weiner where her and grandpa are buried..

[davischevy]

We have been riding ATV 's in the Rockies around Crested Butte . I am trying to organize pictures.

We followed the Sante Fe trail out and back. We took the RV, Wrangler ant ATV 's.

Pine Bluff is a good place to be from, huh Boog.

[Boog]

Yeah. From is the key word here.

Pangburn huh? Well I be.

[Killer Bee]

had some fun chores today, had to pump the sistern down to seal some cracks for mom..

good 6" crawdad, frog I released and found his way back in, and some crickets..











my sexy farm girl helper Mrs. Bee dropping 400 gallons back in..



had to pause from posting to grab a crappy cell phone picture of the daily deer run about 500 yards from the barn yard.. those delicious critters run through the exact same place for all the years I've been alive..



I forget where y'all were talking about fence chargers, here's a 10kv good for 25 miles..



kids took a break from the redneck pool to talk to the cattle..



small stock water tank I hauled up to the house to hold some spring water for non-potable uses and let the kids cool off..

[davischevy]

The critters keep the water aerated and add protein.

Killer you beat all. if you ain't on top of a too-tall ladder, your in a hole in ground.

I'm assuming since your still posting, the sexy water girl let you out of the hole before filling with water.


Did you pee on the electric fence yet?

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by Killer Bee

had some fun chores today, had to pump the sistern down to seal some cracks for mom..

good 6" crawdad, frog I released and found his way back in, and some crickets..











my sexy farm girl helper Mrs. Bee dropping 400 gallons back in..



had to pause from posting to grab a crappy cell phone picture of the daily deer run about 500 yards from the barn yard.. those delicious critters run through the exact same place for all the years I've been alive..



I forget where y'all were talking about fence chargers, here's a 10kv good for 25 miles..



kids took a break from the redneck pool to talk to the cattle..



small stock water tank I hauled up to the house to hold some spring water for non-potable uses and let the kids cool off..

Home sweat home !

Wishing you and the family a great time

[special-K]

Originally Posted by davischevy

We have been riding ATV 's in the Rockies around Crested Butte . I am trying to organize pictures.

We followed the Sante Fe trail out and back. We took the RV, Wrangler ant ATV 's.

I love the Crusted Butt area. I was in Aspen at a bed & breakfast chalet one night sipping wine with the snobs (nice snobs) and when we said we were headed over the mountain to Crested Butte that's what they told me Aspenites call it. I guess I'm a Crusted Butte kinda guy more than an Ass-pen type

How about those chrome sculptures throughout town? Are they still there? I have photo prints but nothing on the computertor.

[davischevy]

I was in Crested Butte about 18 years ago and since then Crested Butte has been Aspenized,

Us rednecks didn't feel welcome with our fossil fueled toys. Everybody in Crested Butte drove a Prius, rode a bicycle and walked a dog.

Don't get me wrong, I ride a bicycle, but because I want to, not to be seen, and I have a dog so he can bark at intruders and chase squirrels, nor to prove I have culture. RE the Prius. My 4 door, long bed, Duramax didn't fit anywhere.

Taylor Park has my people. RV's and tents parked amongst the sage brush, with a grill outside, and ATV trails right up to the door.


We rode the trail to American Flag mountain to Taylor Park to Tin Cup Pass to St Elmo to Cumberland Pass to Alpine Tunnel and back to South Crested Butte(84 miles) .

[davischevy]

St Elmo is touted on the net as being a ghost town but there was wall to wall people when we were there. They had antiques with a hubcap section.

There was a really nice set of 64 Impala SS caps but we opted for the 73+ truck cap. My son in law tried to get the proprietor to sell his 77 K10 with 4.10 gears and bucket seats. No luck.

My grandson fed the St Elmo squirrels.

[davischevy]

BTW we paid the exorbitant price of $6 for the cap.

[davischevy]

Crested Butte and more.

[Killer Bee]

^ great pictures! surprised they even had atv trails, CO been transforming for years..

traveled quite a bit of CO down south when I was younger..

pikes peak, royal gorge, cripple creek, victor, leadville, etc..

on our way out here, we stayed two nights in fruita and did some park visits..













taking their oath as junior rangers!

[special-K]

Looks like a nice trip. Love the pictures. Hate that they are on my computer and not in front of me. I love higher altitudes. I'm jealous of both you guys!

No more Crusted Butt, ey? Damn! It was '03 when I was there last and it was so cool I loved it. It is the place where mountain bikes basically developed out of, there and Marin Co, CA. They started adapting old balloon tire bikes with gears for trail riding. I was in the forefront of all that myself. This was late-70s or 1980. They have the National mountain Bike Museum (or had) in the back of this shop, just one room. I considered donating my bike but never did. Back then you searched and scoured to find parts to work. Beach cruisers were just coming on in CA, so anodized aluminum rims and things like handlebars were available. Then it was antique parts mixed with adapting BMX pieces. I started with a rusty frame and fork I found in a mountain farm dump. I had that bike when I lived in Flagstaff and people loved it (wheelie machine). That was about the time Ross bicycles got into manufacturing lightweight ATBs, which is what they called then at first. Schwinn had come out with what could be considered the first mt bike, a cruiser with 5spds and a drum rear brake from a tandem. That's how my antique Columbia was built. I still love riding bikes, but my interest faded when the yuppies got a hold of Mt Bikes. Life is simple, live and let live. Why can't so many people get that?

Crested Butte was a big snowmobile area back when I was in the west. I wonder how the snotasses feel about those now.

Here she is, unrestored in 'as built' form. And one shot of my Schwinn Cruiser5

[Killer Bee]

^ very cool!

[davischevy]

Killer, I'm impressed that you include your entire family in your adventures. We have always included the kids in our lives.

K, when I mentioned bikes, I wasn't thinking about the mountain bikes so much. I am impressed with anybody that can negotiate those trails, at those altitudes.

[special-K]

I get the picture of who you meant. Those people need to get over themselves and stop expecting people to live to please 'them'. There was none of that last time I was there. Down to earth people who hung in there because it's so frikken nice and somewhat isolated being one road in or out, other than over the pass...when it's open.

Speaking of bikes. On the 4th of July I met my older son and his girl at The Barbara Fritchey Classic, AMA flat track racing, at The Great Frederick Fair grounds. This is a small purse race, so none of the big shots attend (or rarely), but it is the longest standing continuously run motorcycle race in the country. There are the grandstands or you can park yourself around the track and tailgate through the races. Never enjoyed eating cinders and dust as much as I have there. I split the wood extension ladder in two, spread them to each side, and put a small tarp across for shade. Two folding chairs in the bed, along with the cooler, and we were set. The charcoal grille was set up out front. We ended up at the same spot as a guy I know and his bunch of friends. Bruce is an old GM Truck guy, too. So it was one big happy group