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knuckle47 said:
My wife and I have been in our house….the same house 45+ years with several changes along the way . We were thinking of moving 2 yrs ago and questioned where we would go based on climate, comfort and cost of living. Winter is no longer our friend so going back to Vermont was out. California..fires and earthquakes. Texas..too f’ing hot..so we said “what about Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska” ….tornadoes … that part actually scares us. I admire you guys and girls out there in defiance of these extremes. Did not know new houses must have a storm cellar.

I don’t see how we might beat the seasonal change we enjoy here on the east coast, reasonable weather mostly. The worst part is HIGH cost of living.

Read an article tonight I read said Colorado….#1. Problem will always be distance from our daughter who seems to demand taking care of us even though we don’t show any need for that!..yet
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Al it’s only crazy hot couple months of the year. Outside of that winters are mostly mild, spring and fall are incredible and the cost of living is insanely low.

Many homes now have the safe rooms. I’ve never heard it was mandatory but haven’t lived in town for awhile. We live where you don’t have to have a permit to build a house or anything else, that’s not going to change for us.
 
Jon, that is my kind of place to live. It was that way years back in Vermont…no permit, no inspections, no red tape. I could never live in a town setting and cost of living is now a consideration.. my wife however came from a VERY rural border town and when we moved to NJ, those bright city lights blinded her judgement. While we have good land on a dirt road and privacy galore…the freakin’ malls are only 10 miles away….😂
 
Funny how you just get used to things, I grew up in Austin on the south edge of tornado alley. It’s pretty rare here, but just north they get plenty of twisters. I hadn’t realized that just our thunderstorms are unsettling to folks from elsewhere, pretty mundane spring storm last week had several California transplants scared in the office. The sky can open up and 2”+ with thunder/lightning/wind and sometimes hail … think some of you have witnessed at a spring LSLC roundup. To @knuckle47 point, it’s all what you get used to I suppose (earthquakes scare the crap out of me!) -
 
When moving back from Colorado most would say they wouldn’t move Oklahoma due to Tornados.

Personally, I love the spring storms. What I won’t miss is the risk of huge forest fires (gonna be bad this year unfortunately) and blizzard conditions which aren't scary they are just a PIA.

Lots to love here in Oklahoma and surrounding areas. I’d like to keep it a secret!
 
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an employee in Iowa posted this today with the caption "near our farm yesterday"
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I was on helicopter as medic when we responded to this Catoosa, Ok truck stop tornado in 1993. I vividly recall looking down at all those semis which were destroyed and laid over. Prior to responding this was not terribly far from Tulsa Airport where we were stationed. We listened and commented that the sounds similar to a train we always had heard tornado's made. Of course, we didn't know it was a Tornado until we were told to respond.
 
Here in NJ we rarely have earthquakes, wildfires, floods, tornadoes and other assorted disasters yet, in the last 10 years or so, I’ve been through all of them.

Only a few weeks ago my wife and I were watching TV around midnight when both phone started screeching sounds like we’ve never heard. “Eminent danger…seek shelter” kinda stuff. We had no clue what was going on but last year a small tornado passed within 1/8 mile of my house and took out my ham radio tower. We’ve got 3 - 80 lb dogs who don’t go down to the basement…it is pitch black outside and all we have are trees swaying back and forth…roaring winds.

Why would I move to anyplace where I can increase the frequency and severity of any of that? At this age sadly I am staying put. Some of the realities we all face. On the other hand…I’ve been reading about something called “Bliss Cruise”. Now that is right up my alley
 
Mental health break, headed to the ranch in the morning to help dad with spring chores. Not sure my health is going to last much longer with the office stress I take on, so a reset/reflect break.

Spring in the Cariboo, it melted same day…

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scrapdaddy said:
If I remember right, your parents don't spend the Winter there, do they?
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Right, they went up a week ago.

So I’ll help with fence repairs and putting ~20 batteries back in equipment etc.

We also have all the big hyd cylinders to re-install, I’m hoping my bro comes up to help with those, heavy work.
 
We it's finally spring like here, still feet of snow everywhere but got out to do some non-pig stuff. Lifted the cab off my unimog 404 and pulled the engine toward a diesel swap, and frigged around with my latest scrapyard find, a mid 60 Schramm model 62 tractor. Thought you guys would appreciate this, its a pneumatractor, so the front 3 cylinders run the engine, the back three a giant compressor. This one had a cherry picker crane attached to it, likely was used for line work. It's been kicking my a$$ though low compression and had to do a magneto to coil bypass for spark. If I can at least get the hydraulics working, i will use it to finish my siding and building the garage that I (finally) got most of the funds for and a permit to build last week...

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YukonCruisers said:
We it's finally spring like here, still feet of snow everywhere but got out to do some non-pig stuff. Lifted the cab off my unimog 404 and pulled the engine toward a diesel swap, and frigged around with my latest scrapyard find, a mid 60 Schramm model 62 tractor. Thought you guys would appreciate this, its a pneumatractor, so the front 3 cylinders run the engine, the back three a giant compressor. This one had a cherry picker crane attached to it, likely was used for line work. It's been kicking my a$$ though low compression and had to do a magneto to coil bypass for spark. If I can at least get the hydraulics working, i will use it to finish my siding and building the garage that I (finally) got most of the funds for and a permit to build last week...

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That tractor is wicked cool!!!
 
It's a cool Sunday here, and I feel like it's threatening to rain. We need it!

Great to be home. I'm still cleaning up and putting my camping gear away from Cruise Moab.

Just a cozy Sunday w/ the :princess: and the dogs...



(great song, I don't think this video fits the vibes)
 
Spending some time reading the Bacon Bits thread - what a great build!

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Build Thread 'The Return of Bacon Bits, the bastard pig'

Some of you might remember a build thread that @bugsnbikes started back in 2014 which captured my attention with Plasma cutter and some duct tape.
Link -> How it all started
I was always a fan of the 55 series. Not really sure why, was it the obnoxious bug eyed front end with the box like cabin? Don't know for sure but I would find myself in the classified section looking for one to make my own. After all, it started the break away from the 40 series platform into a Wagon. Other than finding a 55 that wasn't rusted and falling apart I was still left with the underpowered and...
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Back from watching the ice leave the lake, the grass turn green and the tree buds come out…we watched spring start.

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Long days doing mostly physical labour, still hard to match dad’s pace 👍🏻
 
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