We have a roof! Still need downspouts, but the house should be dry finally!
Farmhouse Roof, Day 7
Farmhouse Roof, Day 6
We’ve got shingles! They’re not on the house yet … but they exist 🙂
But the porch roof is covered again!
Farmhouse Roof, Day 4
It’s starting to be more house-shaped …
Farmhouse Roof, Day 2
They’re making progress on repairing the roof …
Farmhouse Recovery – Roof Edition
We removed some massively overgrown yew and arborvitae — before, you could barely see the house through the plants
And now, we’ve got a house again
They’re starting to pull the tarps off the roof and repair the roofing
It’s Alive!
We got the battery finalized on the Ranger, and it’s driving beautifully! Turns out they had two of the buttons reversed on the dash (?!?!)
Benches
My mom’s dad had a stroke later in life, so he had trouble getting around his property. Having someplace to sit was vital to being able to continue enjoying his property … I always wanted to do something similar for our property. We found an auction for dozens of benches at a nearby university — getting them home is an undertaking, and they need some cleanup. But we absolutely will have some place to sit anywhere on the farm now!
Lisa challenge end
I hereby declare that, as of the eighteenth of this month, the restrictions outlined in my last post have been ended.
I understand that I am four days late in announcing this, and thus will throw four hazelnuts at myself.
Polaris Ranger Lithium Conversion – Battery Mount
We made a quick, temporary battery mount to get our Ranger going – a rectangle of OSB with a few strips of 1×2 screwed in to hold the battery in place.
There’s a ratchet strap around the whole thing to ensure the battery stays on the board, and the board is screwed into the frame. Wired up, and we are driving!
Polaris Ranger Lithium Battery Conversion
We were able to revive three of the eight batteries that came with the Ranger, but we need four to move. So we’ve removed all of the lead acid batteries & cleaned up the trays. Battery acid isn’t great for a steel plate — baking soda water to neutralize it, then a scrub.
As a proof of concept, we’ve got the 48v lithium battery in the bed and will temporarily wire it into the vehicle. It’s wild that the one orange battery has about as much usable power as four of the red ones. Weighs about the same, takes up slightly more space but not that much.
