{"id":119,"date":"2019-04-01T23:36:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/203.170.86.202\/wildeden.com.au\/news\/?p=119"},"modified":"2019-04-02T22:02:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T13:02:49","slug":"another-days-of-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/owner-builder-rammed-earth-family\/2019\/another-days-of-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Another day of trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was the first day in a long<\/u> time that we have rammed any walls. I have been looking forward to getting stuck in for months, however health and other issues have held us up.<\/p>\n

I was excited to be well enough so started forming up early on the foundations<\/a> we laid a couple of days ago…<\/p>\n

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I planned to do 2, though thought we may get three done as they were only small sections. This is as far as I got before it was time to do our devotionals (Jesus Time) and have breakfast.<\/p>\n

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After that, I got distracted with the smells of fresh bake muesli slice and decided to chop up some meat and make some jerky<\/a>. A couple of the kids made some different marinade and the kitchen was in full swing!<\/p>\n

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An errand up to the gate turned into an hour trying to find something to help someone, then finally could get back to forming up! I worked on this while a couple of the kids used the bobcat to finish mixing the rubble.<\/p>\n

Two walls ready to start:<\/p>\n

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Just as the mix was nearly ready, the youngest boy on the worksite stated we should check the air compressor – which always starts first pop. No need but ok why not I replied…of course it wouldn’t start. The battery was totally dead.<\/p>\n

2 minutes of finding battery chargers and charging and still no go – we had to take the battery out of the bobcat to star the air compressor then put it back again.<\/p>\n

Finally we could start ramming – though my daughter reported there was air leaking from one of the bobcat tyres…normally not a big deal. But today it was leaking out of the side wall which was splitting. We started to try to fix that in between ramming. Another 20 minutes wasted.<\/p>\n

But it looked like it would hold for the rest of the day…maybe!<\/p>\n

The Big M trying ramming for the first time…<\/p>\n

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We started to get into a rhythm and were nearly at the top of the 1st form on both walls when…<\/p>\n

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The bobcat tyre gave out altogether. Numerous phone calls to try to find the best solution – should we stop here & continue tomorrow with a new tyre? Could we get one in Perth? Did we have the funds?<\/p>\n

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We decided to keep going using an old rim with busted tyre to limp through the rest of the wall… This involves treating the bobcat very gently, and keeping about half a bucket full in at all times to keep pressure off the rear wheels. Great training for our budding bobcat driver!<\/p>\n

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Everything takes longer while limping the bobcat – it gets bogged easily, scooping up mix is virtually impossible and the movements are erratic – but, despite this, a blown air hose and a couple of interruptions, we managed to finish the wall by 3:30.<\/p>\n

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Time for lunch, a little bit of office work, arrange a new tyre, get the orders posted and get Sharmini & the kids off to Bible study. As it turns out, someone up here was able to get us a couple of tyres so a quick trip out and by 7pm had a new tyre fitted to the bobcat rim.<\/p>\n

Just enough time to put the marinated jerky<\/a> in the dehydrator, tidy up with the babies (and of course a bit of hide & seek!), some emails planning our Passover and then prepare a bit of a late night snack for the kids and Sharmini upon their return – and its bed for me!<\/p>\n

It’s been a rewarding day, despite the issues – and the progress is great.<\/p>\n

Have to start early to get the other bobcat tyre sorted and see if we can do the other 3 walls tomorrow – I wonder what fun will pop up tomorrow? But not worried – God has it in hand \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\u201cSo don\u2019t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today\u2019s trouble is enough for today.”<\/i><\/p>\n

– Jesus Matthew 6:34 (NLT)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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