To start off the week we looked out of our kitchen and what do you know, we have a mommy dove and her two new chicks. More of God's wonder.
Back to work! I was given a good helper to complete the painting in the new gym. There are a lot of block walls and they must all be sealed before they are painted. With the help of a paint sprayer and Will we can cover a lot of territory in a hurry. I really need Will as the walls are 10 feet tall and I can only spray about 7 feet high and he pushes it on up to 10.
When we got to the 18 foot high walls we had a little help getting up there.
On the weekend our Sower group made a trip to Pierre. With us are Tony and Amy Vejar and Sam and Pat Gamboe.
Some of you may recognize the inside top of the capital building.
The ladies are excited to be able to visit the capital and each others.
This is such an impressive building.
While in Pierre we also visited the Cultural Heritage Center. This is a very worthwhile visit.
Back at the ranch. We have decided that the time is now to fix the scraper. The last time it was run the loader chain jumped off of the drive sprockets (there on the top). One of the guys said all we had to do was start the chain rolling then take a screwdriver and flip it back on track. The only problem is, the chain weighs between 2,000 and 2,500 pounds and we don't have access to the Jolly Green Giant to handle the screwdriver. Therefore, we devised a plan of putting a piece of 2 1/2 inch pipe in every other tooth of the drive sprockets, take a handyman jack and slide the chain sideways until it is over the gears then remove the pipes. IT WORKED!!!!!
This is what the Sower campsite looks like. Isn't it wonderful!
This is one of the "tools" we used to help move the chain.
We tried to use this one but after the lift attempt the right cylinder had an Euler buckling failure. We still haven't found a replacement for the 1936 Farmhand.
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