Bob's Eyes

Wednesday November 22, 2023 Guerneville CA.

Bulkhead work

I need to keep working on the bulkhead before the winter rains really start, so I was back at it today.

I’m installing metal frame work in this spot to support  more of the  metal sheets. I first need to dig some holes to put a couple metal posts in the ground to attach to the existing frame to improve it.

Posts

I welded the metal pipes for the posts to the old stuff. Things are pretty rusty, so the welds weren’t fancy but should be strong enough to hold this stuff together.

I just finished welding this post after digging the hole deeper.

Metal framing

Then I cut some angle iron to length and welded it to the posts to  give the metal sheets some support when I install them.

Next spot

I moved to this spot to put a post in, but it was getting dark. I got the post in but had to quit for the day before I got the framing in.

It was getting dark fast, so I put the tools away for the night and went up and shut the chickens in for the night.

Guavas

My pineapple guavas are getting ripe and falling on the ground. I saw them when I walked on by and stopped to eat a couple of them.

Nice day.

Tuesday November 21, 2023 Guerneville CA.

Shopping

I’m getting older and can’t really do what I used to do, so time to get a new tool, ah, toy.

John Deere

I drove on over to the shopping center to look at some neat toys. The first place I stopped was John Deere.

This is the kind of toy I’m looking for, a track steer. I’m looking at new stuff because I’m tired of doing mechanicing stuff at my age.

I talked with the sales guy and he draw up some papers of what this one would cost, actually one just a tiny bit smaller, a 317g.

Kubota

This was the next place I stopped to have a look.

I checked out this model. The price of this one was just a little less than the Deere.

Bobcats

And the last place I stopped was the Bobcat place. These look ok too, but I dinged the sales guy for not giving me a price today. He said he’d email me the quote.

I’d like a six way dozer blade for the one I get. Cost about 10,000 bucks. The rest of the machines cost from 70 to 80 thousand which includes the dozer blade.

Any one of these machines would do the job and the prices of them are all pretty close, so now I  have to decide.

I’d like to decide by next week so I can get one by then. Decisions, decisions.

Harbor Freight

From there I went on over to Harbor freight to buy a few tools I need. They had a Black Friday sale going on, but nothing I bought was on sale.

Talk it over

I headed on home from there and went over to Tom’s to talk about these toys and to get some fresh crab as he was out fishing yesterday.

Nice day.