The Stovebolt Site Forums The Side Lot Old Dominion Stovebolt Society (MD, VA, West VA, DC, DE and PA) HQ Move .... Epic adventure... or fake news???

Washing Machine SHOULD be 120v on a dedicated 20 amp breaker.

The Oven if electric will be 240v and SHOULD be on a dedicated 2-pole 40 or 50 amp breaker.

The Dryer if electric will be 240v and SHOULD be on a dedicated 2-pole 30 amp breaker.

If the dryer and oven are propane, then they only need 120v for the controls and lights...there amp draw will be very low...dedicated circuit breaker not required.

Is the barn electrical feed from the house going out still in working order? Is there a breaker/fuse box in the barn or does it just come in and feed the lights and outlets?

Mike B

All I can say for now is that I'm glad we haven't even used the oven yet. Dryer and oven are both electric. Only the stove is propane.

John can answer the rest.

See the PM

John, just a suggestion about all your different circuits, write the circuit number on the back of each switch and receptacle cover. Way more helpful than writing it on the circuit panel cover.

Oh Leo .... That sounds like work ...

Straight to the naughty list go YOU.

Great idea Leo! Wish I would have thought of that years ago. It could save a lot of work later.

Don

Future Garage Mhal?! I like the sound of that.
I enjoyed the write ups. John, you’re pretty good at that writtin stuff, maybe you should give it a try some time.

John- - - -I'm not sure if you happen to know that I was once an industrial maintenance man- - - -working with 480 volt 3 phase equipment and control circuits, and that I've done all the plumbing, wiring, and LP gas work on our place for the past 40-something years. Haven't burned the place down yet! If you need a bit of help with wiring jobs, I'm just a quick phone call away. I'm in the process of setting up my shop for 240V 3 phase power thanks to a rotary phase converter that Evan (coilover) down in Texas practically gave me!
Jerry

Thanks Jerry!

I am hoping to make it over to your place in the next few weeks.

Billy -- Gee... thanks, I guess. Make a go at scribblin for a living? That's crazy talk. It'll never fly, Orville.

I'm a farmer now.

The Skyline Tired Iron Rescue Ranch & Chowder Society.

Also doubles as the secret lair and mountaintop Compound for my alternate persona as a Bond Villain.

“The Skyline Tired Iron Rescue Ranch & Chowder Society. Also doubles as the secret lair and mountaintop Compound for my alternate persona as a Bond Villain.”

The locals are saying: That boy ain’t right!

George,

That's "raht" ... not "right." And it's two syllables. We are just a "little" further south than you!

Peggy,
I was talking to coworker who lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. There's another fella whom we both know who grew up and went to school on some island up that way which has since eroded away so bad that it became uninhabitable. As you can imagine, those folks had their own unique dialect.
Anyway my coworker was telling me a story about ole Dean, but I stopped him mid sentence because he pronounced "Dean" wrong.
Way to fast and not enough syllables. Dean pronounces it "Duh eeeennnn" or thereabouts. We had us a good laugh on that one.
Ole Dean is a professional nutria trapper and a great guy. I could sit there all day to just listen to him talk. The best way that I can describe it is that it was like listening to good music

What an epic journey! You have quite the place now!

Reading through all of that, I am dreading when we finally move, as it will be a much farther drive, just as many trips if not more, and no help.

Glad you found such a great spot to land!

George, when Roache and I made the trip, going into town was such a treat. EVERYWHERE we went, within seconds John was chatting it up with the locals. They were amazed at his capture of the English language and his accent! It was fun showing up in Charlie then watch John hold court. The best part was if you said something that the locals didn't like, all you had to do was push the escape phrase and they would smile....

Roll Tide!!

All so true and fun to watch it play out.

Just yesterday, we went to pick up something John found on Facebook Marketplace. It was a good ways out of town. The first thing the fella said, "It THAT a Quigley?" From there, the conversation lasted about 30 minutes. The fella said he and his Dad had seen a Quigley out in Scottsboro proper many times and wondered where it came from! They were stumped. (*Eventually* they brought in the purchase item and stuck it in Q.)

Now, I can understand if it was Charlie, but a white van??? I know, not a normal white van.

Now I can't wait to go down the mountain in Charlie. Maybe I should be content with a drive ON the mountain. That may be enough for me for the first trip. Pace myself a bit.

I don't know what you are talking about. I have no accent. All of *you* on the other hand ....

Roll Tide! Peggy, the only thing south of me is Cuba!

Sweet George! A 4x4 camper, The ultimate retiree vehicle!
And it’s Ford, another plus.

Don

That IS one beautiful rig!

(John here) WhatEVUR. Its a Sportmobile, not a Quigley... But... He's warm, we're not. 19 Degrees here and we're only one state line north of him.

Semper Fi, my brother!

Note to Sweet and Roache -- 1st pic taken from the pistol range. 2nd one from the veranda.

Bet it has a big diesel in it for pulling whatever toys he has for any high, back mountain fun.
And it would be great for skiing in the Rockies this time of year!

Don

Unfortunately Ford quit putting Diesels in their van chassis a long time ago. I don't think there was a Diesel van newer than 2007 when the 6.0L (aka six-leaker) was phased out.

John, It is a U-Joint rig, not a Sportsmobile! We have traveled the country in this beast for 8 years and have put 47k miles on it. I replaced the tires at 35k and they still had plenty of tread left… I only replaced them because of minor weather cracks. Kevin speaks the truth; the only downside to this rig is that it’s not a diesel. I wish it had a 7.3 Powerstroke in it, but I would settle for a 6.7, if I could find someone to do it right. As for the weather “one state line away”, today is supposed to be a high of 73, which would be the “chilliest” in recent memory. We’ve been in the 78-81 range down here on the Key West Navy base for the past 5 weeks. I hope to park this thing beside the Milliman barn in the near future.

"I hope to park this thing beside the Milliman barn in the near future." -- A road trip this way??!! Yay. I do like that idea. I believe you and John can get in a lot of trouble here. have great time together.

Peggy, I’m always up for a little “trouble”. I’m looking forward to seeing the new digs!

George -- There is some Milliman Family history associated with NAS Key West. A long time ago, my Dad was briefly a "guest" at the brig there. Along with the rest of his crew. When you visit, I'll tell you the rest of that story.

John, Looking forward to it!

George, I saw your Jeep behind your rig and had to do a double take as it looks like my Jeep!

Have fun in the Sun!

Mike B

Jeeps ....

Yawn ....

Barbie drives a Jeep.

Mike B— That’s a good looking ride! I have owned every model of these except for the YJ with rectangle headlights and I still have my 1946 CJ2A. I got this Extreme Recon model because it has a 6-speed manual, diff lockers, sway bar disconnects and other off road goodies, straight from the factory.

John M— “Barbie drives a Jeep”. Duh, why do you think I drive one?

Love the half cab hardtop, but those 2A's are not made for the modern man...guys were much smaller back then...lol!

John, my Spring calendar is filling up...are there any future events I should be planning for?

Mike B

Mike -- Not at the present time. We will keep you apprised.

George -- Point, set, match. Touche, my friend.

S/F
Grizz

I see you all got off track a little but it's been fun to read along and am enjoying the photos. So I guess it's okay for me to join in. Perhaps this thread is more just "Quips from HQ" ...

A little catch up from the original HQ move. (And John has more to share about the last month's doings.)

I need to add to Sweet's comments earlier about stuff getting done. One repair made a huge difference -- fixing the dryer exhaust. The dryer was not working well at all. It took a long time for the clothes to dry. We tested things and were uncertain what we could do to make it right. Was it not hot enough? Was it just worn out?

We saw there was a dryer vent exit square outside, through the brick. It seemed not much air was flowing that way. We weren't sure if there was a blockage. Of all the things going on, that wasn't as much a priority as you'd think since we dry most things with a drying rack.

With Chris here, he and John figured out what was going on with the exhaust. It was venting into the craw space. (Crazy!)

They made the trip down the mountain, picked up a bunch of stuff. Got it all installed and bingo. Hot exhaust in the vent heading outdoors (like it should)! What a huge difference!

And that's only one thing. But me happy!

Sweet and son helped us make the last move this past week. For Peggy and I, it was a 5-day adventure up and back. The Sweets helped us on the return journey -- bring the last of the Stovebolt HQ stuff plus ... da Bus! Da bus had been sitting for 6 months in Maryland. When we got back up, all it needed for the road trip were three new batteries... Ouch!!

Anyway, other than getting a little hot climbing the mountain out of Charlottesville, our 700-mile convoy went pretty smooth. We left Maryland about Noon on Friday and arrived HQ (Skyline, AL) about 0530 Saturday. That included a 3-hour nap just north of Chattanooga. The bus consumed about 109 gallons of diesel fuel

But now we can officially declare the move complete!

Thanks to all who made it happen:

Sweet and family
Andre
Rover Dan
Mike B and Dana
Mike Roache and family
Erik H
Opie
Peggy's sister

And our wonderful Rosalie Way neighbors!

Here's Sweet in the Quigley doing a fly by. He's just catching up after getting trapped by a doofus Amazon driver at White's in Raphine, VA.

Glad to hear and see that you and Peggy got everything moved to the new HQ! You certainly had a big set of helpers that I'm sure made the entire move go off so well.

Great news John - the bus looks good in the Alabama sun. Did you take that curvy back road you put me on back in April ? I’m not sure that bus would make some of those curves !!!

Work safe, stay cool - Joe

Joe -- Heck no. She came up the mountain on State Highway 79 through historic downtown Skyline. Ask Sweet about the road I sent *him* down .... hehehehehehehehe

Will do - I owe him a phone call anyhow. Talk soon.

From what I remember…. Only one breakdown! 😂

Yep! And you were there!

Fords ...