After having gone for about a little better than a week without going to the gravel pit it was time to get back to hauling gravel as there is a lot of real estate that needs to get covered. This time however the area that I want to go back over is the area along the western fence line. If you remember, I spent a lot of sessions of gravel hauling to get the grounds between the fence line and the house covered with gravel from where the chicken yard gate ends all the way to the midway driveway in order to be able to move vehicles around without the risk of getting stuck on mushy dirt. This time though I want to extend away from the midway driveway, going deeper into the section of the yard going towards the northern fence line. Reason for this is because I want to use this area as the site for the A-frame crane that I plan on using for hoisting the 65 Mustang body in the air in the process of dropping it on the Ranger truck frame that we have. This set up will also be used for when we do the 51 Chevy and drop it on the S10 frame in the future. Of course I still plan on doing the same thing with the 69 Mustang when I find the right Ranger frame for that job. The good thing with dumping gravel here is that I'm able to back the F250 right up to the spot where I want the gravel, just like I did in the midway towards the eastern fence line, making it super easy to just shovel the rock right from the back of the truck onto the ground. The load of gravel was enough to get a good section of ground covered, even into and over the old crushed asphalt patch we laid a couple years ago. Since the crushed asphalt is still pretty solid I only dusted the surface with gravel versus laying a thick layer over the ground. I was able to get gravel coverage up to the front of the FMT where it was parked at. Now the funny thing is the FMT is sitting just about where I want to set up the A-frame so obviously this means it's gotta move. But conveniently, since the F250 was already there and still running, out came the tow chain. I pulled the truck out into the driveway enough to get it staged so all we had to do was give it a good push and be able to just roll it right into the new spot it needs to be temporarily parked in. After getting the truck staged, I needed a little help giving the truck a push to get it started since there was a slight grade that I had to hit to get the momentum for it to roll straight home. After turning the wheels we started to push and just before hitting the lip of the grade, the ole lady got in the truck and turned the wheel to help steer it as I finished pushing it into its new spot, closer to the chicken yard fence. We got the truck pushed back enough that its well out of the way even of us building the A-frame and moving the other vehicles into position under and in front of the A-frame. With the FMT moved out of the way the next thing I want to do is move the 65 Mustang body into position where the FMT used to be parked. This is right where the A-frame will be built, over the car's body. Of course I want to dump a little more gravel over the ground but even if I get the car moved before laying gravel, I can still lay it down using the wheelbarrow and a shovel just to get the gravel under the car's body, or just push the body out of the way. Either way I just want to get things moved around where I want them to be so I can get these other projects started in order to make progress. We're going to be taking ADD to the next level as I'll be bouncing from one project to another but having the discipline to keep coming back full circle as supplies and opportunity show up. There will be more to come.
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