SCU Lightning Complex and Midge As most of the world knows, a lot of the state of California is currently on fire. Right now the… Continue reading “SCU Lightning Complex and Midge”…
No more static In addition to the race cars built here at Purgatory Auto Works and Dinosaur Farm, we, well really Agent Smith,… Continue reading “No more static”…
The Small Idiocies Since tackling the creek embankment that had been used as an illegal dump site by people who don’t live along… Continue reading “The Small Idiocies”…
Everyone needs a green Ferrari A short video of little tractor Dino. And yep, he’s a diesel. Continue reading “Everyone needs a green Ferrari”…
Tree Removal Back in August I started interviewing arborists as we want to have a certified company come to Purgatory yearly to… Continue reading “Tree Removal”…
Meet Dumpy McDumpface and Chompy Jack Our little fleet of useful vehicles grew this summer. In addition to Bambi, we acquired a nice little gas powered… Continue reading “Meet Dumpy McDumpface and Chompy Jack”…
Now Open: Purgatory Heavy Equipment School One of the more fun but unmentioned facets of life here at the ranch is that we often get visitors… Continue reading “Now Open: Purgatory Heavy Equipment School”…
Why excavator? Because dig. Because push or drag. Because lift and carry. Just don’t ask too many questions about how floppy… Continue reading “Why excavator?”…
Houseaversary (Bonus Post) Yesterday was our Houseaversary: the anniversary of first discovering this house. I posted about it last year here and I remembered… Continue reading “Houseaversary (Bonus Post)”…
Learning to work with Tony Our new tractor arrived a while back and Agent Smith has slowly been getting the hang of things. Tony is… Continue reading “Learning to work with Tony”…
Tony Arrived This Week Several notes about this video. Just after the second cut Agent Smith accidentally ran over one of our neighbor’s dogs.… Continue reading “Tony Arrived This Week”…
The Auto Works As many people know, we spent about two years looking for the right “house”. By the word house what I… Continue reading “The Auto Works”…
A peek inside I’m currently working on a bunch of posts covering things from the last two weeks, but those won’t be up… Continue reading “A peek inside”…
A man’s got to know his trucks’ limitations. Having a handle on the various uses of the apostrophe doesn’t hurt either. With the MiniTruck (Truckster, Truckette, Truckling… we… Continue reading “A man’s got to know his trucks’ limitations.”…
Vehicles and such Great news this week: our 2012 Mini Cooper Clubman (which was heavily modified to make it even more fun than your… Continue reading “Vehicles and such”…
We have a truck! Today we got up early to head all the way out to Fairfax where there was a truck deemed suitable… Continue reading “We have a truck!”…