1973 Blue Bird

Crazac · Post by **Crazac** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:56 pm

Thanks man! great to have you around.
Where are those Amish guys, figured they would be here buy now.

ezrablu · Post by **ezrablu** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 1:05 am

Nice to "meet" you, Crazac...it's good to hear (and see!) new stories and projects. By the way, very cool moving van

splummer · Post by **splummer** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 1:08 am

same here , nice to meet you also, i do like the chevy

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:14 am

Hi Rudy--Hope you are doing fine--Looks like the Rock House did a little Rock'in--Keep On Keep'in On--Miss Ya--George--

Jesper The Dane · Post by **Jesper The Dane** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:12 pm

Great story and great pics, Rudy!!! It's so good to see you having such a great time in your bus at the new place... Keep those pictures coming, they are very fun to look at!

Jesper

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:55 am

Now, on to the underground house building project. This will be a lengthy project, and the postings will come sporadically.

I will try to keep you entertained with spurts of other things of interest while the house gets built.

The plans for this house came from a book written by a man who has built underground structures with great success. His book has sold many thousands of copies.

The biggest advantage of building an underground structure is climate control.
No more exorbitant heating or cooling bills, which translates into very minimal electrical dependency.

Zac's structure will be framed with trees that were cut down on his property. The posts are cedar. The beams are oak.

Let us begin with a walk up the driveway to see the large hole that was dug last year.

The house will be 2500 square feet.

Zac had to sell his prized Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle to fund the digging of the hole.

Here is what it looks like as we approach the site.

splummer · Post by **splummer** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:14 am

plenty of them , was going for a underground but change to a log house ,this may be a very interesting thread . steve

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:19 am

A neighbor, Goatboy, named so because he has many goats, donated his time and tractor this day to build a dirt ramp so that his tractor, and other tractors could get to upper level of the hole.

Goatboy (Gary) is kind enough to also bring his tractor here to set the beams (logs) on top of the posts when the time comes.

Other neighbors are also donating their time and machines to this project. They all are excited about being part of it. They don't even ask to get paid.

Unfortunately, Zac will have to rent a big machine to dig the holes for the posts. He is also paying the Amish crew to cut down trees and de-bark them. The oak trees will be the beams that sit on the posts.

Here's Gary's tractor at work. It is a Ford with a three cylinder diesel engine. It is a four wheel drive.

There goes Gary taking his tractor home for the day.

splummer · Post by **splummer** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:27 am

i have a question , are we setting logs today , want to see more pics but have to leave , steve

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:48 am

The next day, another neighbor, Rick, brings his Kubota diesel tractor with four wheel drive to straighten the dirt walls up.

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:05 am

splummer wrote:i have a question , are we setting logs today , want to see more pics but have to leave , steve

Steve, the posts may be going in next week.

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:07 am

More photos to come. I gotta go help load some equipment for tomorrow's show.

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:28 am

Here's a neighbor's dog named Abby.

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:40 am

Another photo of this beautiful dog.

Rudy · Post by **Rudy** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:46 am

Up until the posting of the last two photos, I have been using TinyPic to host the photos. Using TinyPic is time consuming. I used Photobucket to post the pics of the dog Abby. I think this hosting site will be a lot faster.

That is a good thing, being that I have MANY more pics and stories to post.

Speaking of dogs, I have to go walk my doggies now. I'll be back.

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