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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Got Mr. Beam moved. Schlepped a long wire rope from the grain store, massive 20mm ø. An hour undoing a stupid knot in the middle of it with steel spikes and hammer. Long enough to reach a distant spruce with the 3 ton hand winch.

It moved but this pace got boring fast, so I used the tractor to pull sideways at the midpoint of the tensioned rope. That moved it much faster!

The soil there was much more solid, so I could pull it by tractor the rest of the way.

A stubborn concrete beam is connected by a chain around it to a long, thick wire rope that leads off into the distance to a far away tree near a house. Lots of churned up half frozen mud is all around.
At the other end, a thick cargo strap is led around a tree and connected to a 3 ton hand winch that pulls the wire rope with a short chain extension. The rope is tensioned and suspended in the air.
Mr. Beam, now completely out of the garden, resting alongside a fence before being rehitched to get pulled from the other end. The sun shines through some puffy clouds.
#Homestead#Concrete#Beam
Mar 17, 2025, 06:45 PM·Public
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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

After I finally got the beam out of the garden, I hooked up the other end and turned it 90 degrees so it can go thick end first towards the gate behind which I want it to be.

But before I can pull it the rest of the way, I had to tidy up the other beams spread out in the yard. Luckily our tractor fits between fruit trees, sheds and old bee hives and I could pull them all into a pile, one at a time. One shattered!

This took the rest of the day 😓

A crumbled concrete beam exposing several long pieces of rebar. The rest is pulled together next to it.
Small blue tractor standing under some large apple trees next to an old dog house, rear towards a couple concrete beams it has pulled into an orderly array. The sun is shining and some snow covers the mud and moss.
The yard at sunset. Some snowy lines show where the concrete beams used to be, now they're all on the right, packed tightly with the short pieces on top.
#Concrete#Beam#Homestead
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Stevan

@yngmar Awwwww. How will we find entertainment now?
(Well done, anyway. The terrier not letting things alone is string in you)

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Stevan

@yngmar Are you sure,? I see no "Yngmar" under "Notable people from Lower Franconia"

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Filomel

@yngmar The spruce is still standing! Imagine the ridiculousness if the stupid beam had torn it out too.

This was a whole saga. Finally done!

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Amgine

@yngmar

Congratulations! Impressive. `s/stubborn/persistent`

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