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[jackh113]

She delivered this am.  Ain't she a beauty! 

Ditch was dug this am too.  Have a load of fines coming tomorrow and installing the underground this weekend.

Ready to fire this bad boy up!

[mlappin]

Where you at? If we tried trenching right now we'd either break the hoe or would need a jack hammer to break the slabs of frozen dirt up before we could backfill.

Nice looking stove by the way.

[sceptre74]

Awesome. I cannot wait for mine to be here and get it all hooked up.

[jackh113]

mlappin - I'm in NW Arkansas.  The last (hopefully) snow melted off Monday.  This winter has been crazy.  We normally get 1 or 2 snows a season.  This season we've had 6.  The sad thing is it shuts things almost completely down.  The kids lost most of their spring break to make up days and will be in school til June 10.  Hopefully it will start acting like spring now!

[slimjim]

Nice pics, did you have any trouble getting it off the upper deck of that step deck? Did you use the hoe or bucket?

[jackh113]

We were a little worried when he pulled in and we saw it sitting up there. lol  Fortunately the buck reached just over the top of the stove by about 8 inches.  If I had been getting the 34 sitting next to it, we'd have been screwed.

[jackh113]

I was really impressed with everything I've heard and read about this stove but I'll tell you....now that I have one and have actually seen it in person......wow, this is a bad ass! lol  I can't wait to fire it up! 

[slimjim]

I had to build a ramp 4 feet high to get up enough to lift the gassers off the step deck with my 416 Cat, I wish I could get the factory to call the customers before they load to be sure the customer can reach that high, if anybody ever has that problem the best way that I have found to get them off is with the boom on a lumber truck, they normally are local and will do it safely for less than $100, great way to set it on the pad as well. I'm happy that you are happy, did you let corporate know you came from here?

[jackh113]

I did let them know but I purchased it right before they started the promotion.  Oh well.  Still waiting on that tshirt though.   

The delivery was the only disappointment with all this.  Was kind of blindsided by it.  Never got a heads up from corporate or the shipping company on an eta.  Originally had the backhoe scheduled to be here Friday to dig the ditch and then come back to offload the stove when it delivered and set it on the pad.  Got a call Tuesday from the truck driver that he would be here the next morning!  Had to scramble to get the backhoe here.  Fortunately the job he had set up for yesterday wasn't ready so he was able to come out.  It all worked out in the end but I was a little nervous there for a bit that I wouldn't be able to offload it.

[slimjim]

 No need to worry, they are instructed to give a minimum of 24 hours notice before delivery, if they do not give that then they will wait until you get the equipment there to unload it, I have been there!

[Crow]

 Congrats Jack113.  Happy burning.

[Crow]

mlappin - I'm in NW Arkansas.  The last (hopefully) snow melted off Monday.  This winter has been crazy.  We normally get 1 or 2 snows a season.  This season we've had 6.  The sad thing is it shuts things almost completely down.  The kids lost most of their spring break to make up days and will be in school til June 10.  Hopefully it will start acting like spring now!

 Really? Boy that wouldn't fly up here. The school board plans on x number snow days and even when there are more than planned I have never heard of shortening scheduled holidays. I think it would p!$$ off the teachers (union) more than anyone. They even scheduled "professional development" days the day preceding a holiday, so for example spring break was a week plus a day.
I think what your board does is the right thing to do in this instance.
 

[Pinehouse4]

Looks good Jack, happy to hear that you are impressed now that you can actually have a good look at it.

Bob

[Sloppy_Snood]

Looks great jackh113!     That BL 34-44 sure is significantly larger than the BL 28-40 physically! 

My BL 34-44 will be placed on my driveway this weekend.  Can't wait!

Slimjim,,,, question for you:

Is that big eye hook on the front of the stove for pulling a stove horizontally or what? 

[franky1]

Sloppy Snood,,maybe I should answer this before u start pulling,,in case slim jim don't answer for a few day........,,that hook is for tieing down when transported,,but u can pull sumwhat,,as long as feet don't get caught up too much..??