Hi Cube Reefer Kiln Build

[WDH]

When I toured, I got a steak dinner and a whack of information.  That Yellowhammer is one fine, smart, fellow. 

[YellowHammer]

I can't do much more until the flatbed container hauler comes out and moves the unit into its final position.  Here's me getting ready to place a bunch in ties.  The grapple and strong hydraulics makes short work of it.  


I'll get some steel this week and start on the carts and track, and also get some loads of crushed green concrete for the access and loading ramps.  

I'll probably be loading with pallets.

[AlaskaLes]

Nice grapples Yellowhammer!!
Who makes that?

[Ljohnsaw]

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I'll get some steel this week and start on the carts and track, and also get some loads of crushed green concrete for the access and loading ramps.  I've been playing with this crushed green concrete and it's great stuff. It only costs $15 per yard, versus $100 per yard of ready mix, goes on like gravel, but when flooded with water and compacted, creams on top for a fairly smooth surface, and shortly thereafter becomes rock hard.  I built a half mile road into a swamp a few years ago with the same  material, so I know it will make an impenetrable bed. 
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Please, tell me more about it!  I need to put in my driveway for the fire department.  I have snow/frost and wonder how well it would do.  Were do you get it?

[YellowHammer]

Nice grapples Yellowhammer!!
Who makes that?

Its a Construction Attachments extreme duty demolition grapple, very useful for many things besides just grappling.  It is extremely effective for clearing roots in fields of woods roads.  

Please, tell me more about it!  I need to put in my driveway for the fire department.  I have snow/frost and wonder how well it would do.  Were do you get it?

Just like sawmills, concrete plants have waste streams, too, all you have to do is call and ask.  

[Ljohnsaw]

Hmm,
I'm going to need to get a dump truck or at least make a dump trailer to get this "free/cheap" stuff...

[YellowHammer]

Most times you just have to pay for trucking.

[YellowHammer]

I've been fairly busy working the kiln lately.  It finally stopped raining and I was able to get the kiln base finished.  

Here is the container dropped in its new home.

[AlaskaLes]

Go Man Go!!
Looking really good.

[OneWithWood]

If you do not already have one now would be a good time to buy a decent spray gun.

[Glenn1]

I have never seen someone get as much productivity per minute as you do!  You take being organized to a whole new level    8) 8)

[FarmingSawyer]

[GAmillworker]

Looking Awesome

Thanks for all the pics

You are one productive fellow.

[scsmith42]

Looking good!  I like your pallet idea - much quicker to load on the cart as opposed to trying to match up the sticker locations exactly.

[AlaskaLes]

I agree with OneWithWood.
Spray guns are cheap these days and painting really isn't  that hard. 
You should look at HVLP=High Volume Low Pressure.
It wastes a lot less of the expensive material than a Conventional gun.
Most...75% of the material makes it to the substrate that you intend to paint.
HVLP is quite common these days and you can pick up a good gun for not very much $.
Just be sure to break it down and flush  it well with solvent when you're done.
A good solvent clean or a light sandblast and solvent wipe, will ensure that your finish bonds well.
It's better to coat it right the first time than watch it rust and have to rebuild it.
You should look at Polyamide Epoxy, as it is made for extreme moisture and heat.

[YellowHammer]

The only thing better than a spray gun is a wife who knows how to use one.  We got the carts finished, painted and wheels mounted.  Took awhile.

[Ljohnsaw]

That's quite a railway!  Look like you need one more tie...  Putting on a tab on the end so you don't run off the end of the track?

[AlaskaLes]

Might just be my eyes, but it looks like your whole assembly is laying on it's side.
You may need to rotate that 90° :D :D
Looking really good Yellowhammer.
I can relate to the ultimate tool being a hardworking wife who's willing to pitch on whatever is needed.
My partner/wife was running the controls on our 10K lb boom crane for a 9 hour shift of piledriving 2 days ago.
...and smiling the whole time.

[YellowHammer]

I have problems loading photos from my Ipad, as it always shows the photos as being correct side up, even when I view the final post with my Ipad, but when I look at it with the PC, they are rotated.  

[WDH]

You have some pretty big hills for those carts to roll down  . 

Will you be stacking the pallets three high?

[beenthere]

I have problems loading photos from my Ipad

Know the problem. I send them from iPad to PC, and upload to gallery from the PC.  Seems to work then, as apparently there is a tag from iPad to know which is the bottom/top etc. Prolly an app that would sort that out, but no idea what it would be.

Like the new RR and the kiln build.

[Bruno of NH]

YH you are the man !
That's some nice work !
How's the new tractor working out for you ?
Jim /Bruno

[YellowHammer]

No, we are switching from three high to two high.

How's the new tractor working out for you ?
Jim /Bruno

It's working out great.  It's increased loader capacity lets me lift these full packs with ease, and was a very important part of the new kiln strategy, as well as our new Cat forklift.  Both lift full packs of every species we saw, including heavy hickory.

[OneWithWood]

Excellent build, YH.  A good an inexpensive stop for the carts is to use full size rubber wheel chocks placed next to the track against the cart cross member.

[scsmith42]

YH, you do nice work!