Beavers Family Vineyards and Winery, Waco Texas

Today, the neoprene gasketing material arrived from Rubber-Cal. I ordered the 1/8″ material to help with the rusting that is on the edges of some of the panels I am working with (pictures tomorrow of the latest progress). As you can see, this rubber sheeting is in 36″ widths, in lengths of 50′ cut . . . → Read More: 65k Gallon Water Tank – Rubber Stripping

Just got in a tree planter in preparation for planting the 2 acres of grapes this spring. It is a Beloit tree planter with a 30″ cutting wheel. It will need to be modified slightly to allow for a slightly deeper cut (hope to get it to 15-18″ instead of the 12″ that it . . . → Read More: Vine Planter (Modified Tree Planter)

Making more and more progress. Today I was able to get a few more panels grinded. Keep in mind this is just the first grinding. I will still need to come back with a DA sander and take it down even more to smooth it out and get rid of all of the old . . . → Read More: 65k Gallon water storage tank repair – Day 3

Its another day in the vineyard, lol. I got some help unloading the bottom peices of the tank so I can start grinding away. Here is a screenie of all of the bottom peices. 14 peices if I remember correctly. These things are pretty heavy too. Each panel is about 75 lbs of galvanized . . . → Read More: 65k Gallon water storage tank repair – Day 2

Whew, some parts of this thing have seen better days. The outside looks perfect, but the inside where water has been sitting for years and years, the zinc has started to oxidize. Here is 2 peices of the bottom of the tank that I put together to get an idea of the full base . . . → Read More: Cleaning the 65,000 gallon tank! (Part 1)