Consolidated Kansas

[ByN8ureHomstead]

Remember to wear glove when you handle the tin/steel. It can slice your hand very quickly and deep.

 

[chicken danz]

Been there, done that! It really does sneak up on you even if you are being careful. I would suggest wearing long sleeves too.

 

[vebi]

Anyone on here from south west KS ?

 

[ChooksChick]

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Hi!!

I don't think we have anyone active from down there right now, but I know there are some on BYC occasionally. Hubby was born and raised in Ulysses and in-laws just moved to Arkansas from Garden City, so we don't get down that way anymore.

Join us anyway!

 

[LN2008]

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I've started it.. It's coming around slowly, only because I've changed my mind like.... 1,000 times. As for the tin, I have a friend with a truck but I hate to make him drive out Topeka with me! Sometimes I hate having a tiny tiny car.

 

[LN2008]

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Ahh!! I'm sorry you cut yourself! I totally see myself doing that. Though, so far I have yet to cut myself or "hammer" my fingers. I'm pretty proud.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I've started it.. It's coming around slowly, only because I've changed my mind like.... 1,000 times. As for the tin, I have a friend with a truck but I hate to make him drive out Topeka with me! Sometimes I hate having a tiny tiny car.

Then think about this. Today I filled up our vehicle, I put in 38 gallons @3.25 a gallon. The $124 I spent will last me 6 days. I can't have a little car with 4 kids, a wife and myself. The most I have spent at one fill-up is $146. This is one of the biggest reason we are moving back to Topeka, I will cut my fuel bill in half.

 

[Hawkeye95]

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Welcome to this thread!

 

[Hawkeye95]

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I've started it.. It's coming around slowly, only because I've changed my mind like.... 1,000 times. As for the tin, I have a friend with a truck but I hate to make him drive out Topeka with me! Sometimes I hate having a tiny tiny car.

oohhh... pictures!!!! I want to see!! Are you doing a walk in or a raised up coop like mine?? I love seeing progress pictures! You must be a lot further along than I am if you are getting roofing! WOW! I've been working on mine for a month!! You may need to ask your friend to have him drive you at some point... but maybe you'll manage on your own. There would have been no way I'd have gotten the 4X8 ft plywood home or the 8 ft 2X4's without my truck. And ByNatureFarms is right- you have the advantage of great gas mileage with a little car. I have a diesel truck (it is a 1-ton single axle) so it's a big heavy truck and if it had a gas engine- I'd spend a fortune in gas! Diesel engines get really good gas mileage. It's also a stick shift- which does even better! I picked it out for exactly those reasons. I can haul fully loaded with 4 horses and still get right around 18 MPG. My old truck- which was a gas engine and was a dullay (double axle) 1-ton got right around 8 or 10 MPG!! It was baaaaaaad. It was also an automatic transmission, even worse. Anyway- I've got 3 kids, so I drive a minivan with them- not the greatest on gas, but what else could I do.

Sooooooo.... those pictures?????

Is everyone else getting RAIN!?!?! We are! We got rain all night long, too!! WooHOO!!!

 

[chicken danz]

No rain but looks really cloudy here at the moment and it's cool. I am kind of hoping for one rainy day so I can just have an excuse to stay inside.