There were a few things I had to do before I can get the fuel shed foundation base set up. I had already brought the foundation blocks in place in the area at the back of the dog yard but I still had to move the miscellaneous junk from the fence line, start pulling some of the fence down to open the yard up and cut the grass all through the area just for the sake of cleaning up the area as the grass was pretty high.
The very first thing I did was clear the junk out. We had placed miscellaneous items along the fence to cover holes that the dog dug under the fence in the past. As the fence is gonna come down anyway, none of this shit is needed in this area anymore. After placing the stuff on the scrap pile as most of it was car parts (rims, tires, a hood), I then brought in some branch cutters so I can cut the little sapling weed trees that were all in the way at the back corner of the dog yard. With that crap done I was able to bring in the push mower and cut all the grass down as I wanted. With the grass cut I then moved to the fence. I removed the cable/pipe set up I had done before to try to keep the dog from climbing the fence in the past then used a hammer to pull the U-tacks from the fence post to be able to pull back the chain link from the first 8' gap between the fence posts. This opened the area up enough so I can bring the foundation base in. As mentioned before, this base is fucking heavy! With the 2x8 boards on this thing had to weigh a few hundred pounds, spread out over a 4x8 area. Well either way, this thing had to move. So I went ahead and picked it up then slowly and gradually dragged it inch by inch towards the back of the dog yard. I had to stop to turn the thing at one point and pull it over some pipes and shit that were in the way. After that I was in the last leg of the trip and got the strength to drag it the rest of the way pretty fast. After I got it staged in the area I lifted it onto a couple of the blocks and after setting the base on the first blocks I continued to place the rest of the blocks in their respective spots in the four corners and the two center points on the foundation base. With the foundation base established on the foundation blocks, I can now start making the studded wall frames and the drum support structure for the setup I plan on doing with the fuel drums. More to come tomorrow.
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