Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 372128 times)

ben ji · « **Reply #3625 on:** December 26, 2020, 07:24:14 PM »

Quote from: star seed 7 on December 26, 2020, 05:16:42 PM

Flint hills hobby farming today

Love the flint hills

schreds21 · « **Reply #3626 on:** December 27, 2020, 01:54:21 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on December 21, 2020, 10:37:37 PM

Thinking of purchasing this large property. Obviously, would need some capital. Is the cash flow from an operation this size sufficient to service debt (and taxes) on a property like this? Plus some labor, I guess.

https://hallhall.com/property-for-sale/kansas/spring-creek-ranch/a091Y00002GvxkX/

Go ahead and buy this Spracs. I would be more than happy to keep the waterfowl in check for you.

ben ji · « **Reply #3627 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:05:33 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on May 01, 2020, 10:14:09 PM

These buildings were across the road from each other.

So I did some creeping on these old abandoned buildings/homes while hunting today.

ben ji · « **Reply #3628 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:07:41 PM »

Here are the 3 buildings I creeped on

The one on the far left might have been an old school house as I found some old text books and stuff in there.

ben ji · « **Reply #3629 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:09:55 PM »

Here are some pictures from the house on the right. I really liked the windows along the side of the house and figured it was a sunroom type area but it was just a hallway inside.

There was a piano tho!

ben ji · « **Reply #3630 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:10:42 PM »

And a bedroom!

ben ji · « **Reply #3631 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:12:05 PM »

I'm a coward and did not go inside this house...wonder what is in the basement?

ben ji · « **Reply #3632 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:13:30 PM »

Oh look, a storm/fallout shelter/root cellar! Should I go down the stairs?

ben ji · « **Reply #3633 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:14:48 PM »

I did! Very meh inside, I was expecting some elaborate cold war fallout shelter but this was all I found.

ben ji · « **Reply #3634 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:18:19 PM »

The middle building has an interesting water setup.

ben ji · « **Reply #3635 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:19:40 PM »

The building on the far left had a pile of books on the floor so I picked one up

ben ji · « **Reply #3636 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:21:07 PM »

Here is the inside of the far left building

ben ji · « **Reply #3637 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:23:20 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on December 27, 2020, 09:19:40 PM

The building on the far left had a pile of books on the floor so I picked one up

THE ABANDONED HOMESTEAD SPIRITS DO NOT WANT THESE PHOTOS TO BE SEEN!!!

ben ji · « **Reply #3638 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:24:26 PM »

Here they are again

ben ji · « **Reply #3639 on:** December 27, 2020, 09:24:57 PM »

Some light reading

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #3640 on:** December 28, 2020, 08:16:37 AM »

I'm fascinated by houses that were abandoned with all of the possessions and furniture just left in place. Nice photos.

steve dave · « **Reply #3641 on:** December 28, 2020, 08:26:35 AM »

there are tons of houses like that with the stuff in them all over rural ks. we have a ton of them on our ranch. very awesome to explore as a kid (AND ADULT!)

passranch · « **Reply #3642 on:** December 29, 2020, 10:35:05 AM »

Chip and Joanna would slap some shiplap on those suckers and they'd sell for a million bucks!

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #3643 on:** December 29, 2020, 10:52:21 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on December 28, 2020, 08:26:35 AM

there are tons of houses like that with the stuff in them all over rural ks. we have a ton of them on our ranch. very awesome to explore as a kid (AND ADULT!)

There was a house on my uncle's farm that had TV left inside as well as canned stuff still lined up in the cellar. It was like rural KS was depopulated by nuclear forces instead of economic forces. Old houses that have curtains being blown around because windows are all broken out fascinate me, also. So many genres of decay porn to sample in rural KS

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #3644 on:** December 29, 2020, 11:18:05 AM »

thanks benji I enjoyed the photos

steve dave · « **Reply #3645 on:** December 29, 2020, 11:40:17 AM »

Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on December 29, 2020, 10:52:21 AM

Quote from: steve dave on December 28, 2020, 08:26:35 AM
there are tons of houses like that with the stuff in them all over rural ks. we have a ton of them on our ranch. very awesome to explore as a kid (AND ADULT!)
There was a house on my uncle's farm that had TV left inside as well as canned stuff still lined up in the cellar. It was like rural KS was depopulated by nuclear forces instead of economic forces. Old houses that have curtains being blown around because windows are all broken out fascinate me, also. So many genres of decay porn to sample in rural KS

I'm just speculating but I think a lot of them were great depression victims where they lost the land and had to GTFO. also probably a lot where the owner died and the property was bought by a farm/ranch operation with no intent or need for anyone to live there. obviously the consolidation of land (HOMESTEADS!) under larger operators is a big factor overall.

ben ji · « **Reply #3646 on:** December 29, 2020, 04:12:12 PM »

What is this old timey tool in the workshop? Some sort of drill press?

ben ji · « **Reply #3647 on:** December 29, 2020, 04:15:11 PM »

Side view....if I had to guess I would say it got hooked up with pulleys to one of the bagillon hit or miss motors laying around the cat ranch for power.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #3648 on:** December 29, 2020, 04:50:18 PM »

http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/11/jack-shaft-and-leather-belts-revisited.html?m=1

Hit and miss or overhead line shaft.

Tom

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ben ji · « **Reply #3649 on:** December 29, 2020, 06:57:55 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on December 29, 2020, 04:50:18 PM

http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/11/jack-shaft-and-leather-belts-revisited.html?m=1

Hit and miss or overhead line shaft.

Tom

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