May take me a bit in the 100 yard backstop. Gotta figure out how to get the ties over there. Too many sharp stumps sticking up for me to drive the truck. Too far to carry them. May have to borrow a tractor.
I guess you are not aware that you can rent stump grinders?
Not stumps. I shredded all the brush covering my property. So, the ground is covered with sharp objects sticking up. Don’t want to risk a tire sidewall.
So you created a multi acre spike strip...
Might need to borrow one of your tougher vehicles from work.
May take me a bit in the 100 yard backstop. Gotta figure out how to get the ties over there. Too many sharp stumps sticking up for me to drive the truck. Too far to carry them. May have to borrow a tractor.
Or a bulldozer...
This!
An expensive undertaking.
I'm about to do just that and been checking on it. It's not nearly as expensive as I would have thought. There's even a place right in your town (I just checked) and for what you are doing a small Bobcat with a front loader should do the trick in a day or two. Those things move a LOT of dirt and they are powerful!
May take me a bit in the 100 yard backstop. Gotta figure out how to get the ties over there. Too many sharp stumps sticking up for me to drive the truck. Too far to carry them. May have to borrow a tractor.
Rental car and a heavy right foot.
To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
May take me a bit in the 100 yard backstop. Gotta figure out how to get the ties over there. Too many sharp stumps sticking up for me to drive the truck. Too far to carry them. May have to borrow a tractor.
Buddy has a tractor and a plow/disk. He’s going to check out the place and see if he can use it in my land.
The only issue is that it could tear up the tractor tires and those are not cheap. That's why something in front of the machine is better than something dragged behind. But hey it's worth checking out and if his tractor has a front load bucket, that would work too.
Buddy has a tractor and a plow/disk. He’s going to check out the place and see if he can use it in my land.
The only issue is that it could tear up the tractor tires and those are not cheap. That's why something in front of the machine is better than something dragged behind. But hey it's worth checking out and if his tractor has a front load bucket, that would work too.
The tires are foam filled.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
May take me a bit in the 100 yard backstop. Gotta figure out how to get the ties over there. Too many sharp stumps sticking up for me to drive the truck. Too far to carry them. May have to borrow a tractor.
I guess you are not aware that you can rent stump grinders?
Not stumps. I shredded all the brush covering my property. So, the ground is covered with sharp objects sticking up. Don’t want to risk a tire sidewall.
In my world, those are called "stobs"...
Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
Slight diversion from the topic...When I lived in KS, I was surprised to learn about the number of tractor tires that are flattened by running over shed deer antlers...
Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
Maybe a slow forward march with a rototiller, though it sounds like you have a fair amount of dirt to cover. . .
Considering that you do seem to have access to a fair amount of steel, you might think about setting up an angled deflector plate with a sand box underneath it behind your target frame. In my world, this would be to recover and re-cast lead. In yours, it will serve to greatly prolong the life of your railroad ties, and I'm sure you know at least ONE local caster who'd love to periodically screen the lead out your sand.
Once upon a time, I ran across someone's post (maybe here) where they set up a rolling V-rack of maybe 6-10 old tires directly in front of their bench. Inserting their muzzle into those tires gave them a gigantic multi-baffle suppressor. Depending on your situation, it might help to preserve certain forms of tranquility - domestic or otherwise.
4 posts to hold it up ( 2 half way along and 2 at the far end)
Electric 12 volt radiator fan on a hinged frame at the far end to clear heat and smoke. ....string operated with a sash weight to swing it closed when you need to use it. ( release the string from the bench and it closes, pull the string to open it) sourced from Bloodhounds Landrover lol,
Chicken wire.
Non flammable stuffing.....( Stuff the tyres with the non flammable stuffing and use chicken wire to hold it in place, It will absorb more sound if you fill the tyres)
12 volt burglar alarm battery to power the fan ( we park the quad next to the bench and use the quad battery)
Works well and cuts the noise down to where the 7mm08 sounds like an unsuppressed 22 at 100 yds and further.
The only thing to watch out for is make sure you take into account the height of the scope from the barrel when shooting..............(dont ask me how I know this.....
Still enjoying the trip of a lifetime and making the best of what I have.....
I’ll be shooting from inside my barn (25yrds) or from inside my garage (50/100yrds). Which should keep my distant neighbors somewhat less perturbed. Yes
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
Just ask your neighbor for help carrying the ties.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience -- Mark Twain How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
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Might need to borrow one of your tougher vehicles from work.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Considering that you do seem to have access to a fair amount of steel, you might think about setting up an angled deflector plate with a sand box underneath it behind your target frame. In my world, this would be to recover and re-cast lead. In yours, it will serve to greatly prolong the life of your railroad ties, and I'm sure you know at least ONE local caster who'd love to periodically screen the lead out your sand.
Once upon a time, I ran across someone's post (maybe here) where they set up a rolling V-rack of maybe 6-10 old tires directly in front of their bench. Inserting their muzzle into those tires gave them a gigantic multi-baffle suppressor. Depending on your situation, it might help to preserve certain forms of tranquility - domestic or otherwise.
Cool arrangement, any way you prep it!
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
Yep........will see if I can find some pics.........
How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain