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  1. #51
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    Rear deck completed........

    Last edited by jtwassoc; 01-24-2007 at 11:58 AM.

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    .....................and finally some snow pics for TurxSki.........if you want to call it snow, we haven't gotten jack in Minnesota and Wisconsin this winter.






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  4. #54
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    That is a kick ass barn. What do you use it for?

    Also, some more ballsy chainsaw use. I would make that cut but I probably wouldn't have my foot right there.

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    Nice work! That's one hell of a barn.

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    so ... um whens the first barn dance? and this whole lack of midwest snow is killin me here although we at least finally have like 10in
    undergoing a phase change.

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    Quote Originally Posted by matanuskaski View Post
    so ... um whens the first barn dance?
    When Kevin Bacon gets there, he's going to clown you...

    That is a schweet barn...
    Bush got C's.... Obama probably failed lunch

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtwassoc View Post
    ...if you want to call it snow, we haven't gotten jack in Minnesota and Wisconsin this winter.
    Well it's a start, at least

    We're hurting for snow over here too. Pretty much just hard-pack with rocks&trees, off the groomers
    You'll have to get that Amish hottie to try your hot-tub, if & when...

    ...Remember, those who think Global Warming is Fake, also think that Adam & Eve were Real...

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    Too many dudes in this TR. I'm freakin out!!
    So local it hurts...

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    Nice use of cute mini-chainsaw to cut laps and that edgy plunge-cut.

  11. #61
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    That echo chain saw is the exact same one I bought...
    to juggle with.

    Yeah, true story.
    Smallest, lightest chainsaw available.

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    Whats so special about the amish that you pay extra for them when it looks like they use all the modern stuff any other contractor would use?

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    Just wait until Rumspringer....

  14. #64
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    Quote Originally Posted by mavrick View Post
    Whats so special about the amish that you pay extra for them when it looks like they use all the modern stuff any other contractor would use?
    Why do you lack basic reading comprehension skills?
    .....Visit my website. .....

    "a yin without a yang"

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    yes
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    Well thank the Lord I have a pick with an amish showing his finger as I took his photo.
    I first thought lets turn it around drop it in the ocean and put a sail on it then dropping down it sides with snow on it - then how many skis were not built thanks to this barn !!

    I was just wonderingid Tanner Hall popp up ? Did they call him: KORAH !!!

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    Well Mavrick, we didn't pay any extra for the Amish crew. They were about 1/3 the cost of the local crews. But we didn't hire them because they were cheap, we hired them 'cause they knew how to build a barn. Just try finding someone who has built a barn. We started asking around and sure, they local boys said they could do it and put together a bid, but holy crap it sounded like a lot of dough, and no they had never built a barn before. So we started looking around and someone suggested we track down an Amish crew in southern Wisconsin. We visited them at "the community" and they scratched down a contract, in pencil, on one side of a piece of paper, in about 5 minutes. It was VERY reasonable. And the crew was in tight with the Amish sawmill owner who sold us the lumber direct, avoiding the markup from the lumber yard.

    They started at 6:00 am and worked till it was too dark to see. Their idea of a lunchbreak was 15 minutes of summer sausage and Kool-Aid. And that was usually the only break of the day. They were balls to the wall morning, noon and night, and put the beast up in record time.

    And yes TurxSki, the little Amish hottie will be bubbling away in the hot tub next summer. They were great people and asked if they (about 20 of them with relatives) could come up for a week next summer to go fishing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wanghoeby View Post
    Do you know where exactly they were from near La Crosse? I'm pretty sure there are some Amish near Sparta, but didn't know of any in the close proximity of La Crosse.
    I did alot of work in South Eastern Wisconsin in the last year. There's tons of Amish around there. I guess it would be east of LaCrosse and North of Lacrosse. Just the whole general area seemed to have tons of the Slow moving wagon signs. We saw tons of the covered wagons heading to do whatever they do. It was pretty neat.

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    Thumbs up Into the hot tub with you

    ...and just in case you missed her...


    ...Remember, those who think Global Warming is Fake, also think that Adam & Eve were Real...

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    great work by the Amish. Quality building and nose to the grindstone work ethic.

    That sawmill looks like one I used to drive right past on Hwy 21 near Wautoma.

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    Wow, very cool thread, sorry I missed the first go 'round. I had no idea there were quite as many mags kicking around western Wisconsin. My dad's from that area, and I go up there just about every year to visit family. Will have to try and catch up with a few of yous guys next time I'm out that way.

    Still, we must know, what in the HELL is that barn getting used for? That thing is unbelievable.

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    I read the whole thread again. This scarf should definitely be over the post.

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    The community is just outside of New Richland, north and east of Lacrosse.

    The scarf isn't over the post because the sawmill messed up and sent a 16 foot beam instead of an 18 foot beam.

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    I missed this post the first time around so I'm very glad it's resurfaced.

    That barn is...<sniff>...fucking beautiful!

    r.
    I ski because I was born without wings.
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    First nice barn. So they use chainsaws but not nail guns. Or is it a case of the wood spliting more with a gun? Anyway its pretty cool.
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