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2020 Projects
Matt Simerson edited this page Apr 20, 2023
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- Bridge over tombstone canyon from South is eroding and needs repair.
- Replaced tracks on TomCat
- Deep kitchen cleaning
- Replace Tomcat Differential (Jun 27, 28)
- Water line between Dam & Cistern subject to freezing, bury under soil for added insulation - either with trench or build up a terrace
- Cut firewood supply
- Felled noble fir above swamp: cut into rounds and stack to season.
- Felled trees near diesel hut: cut, split and stacked near lodge
- Thing PEX tubing buckles under snow load, change to EMT tubing of similar diameter
- Shipping containers for storage #8
- Ski Hill trench for comms & power #15
- Staircase Fire Door – new counter-weight installed with spring-arrest and turnbuckle adjustment (for future maintenance) so door centers on frame opening.
- Extending conduit for electro-magnetic release.
- Jim’s Den – conduit work for fire-alarm system and emergency lighting.
- Emergency Lighting moved in Entrance Hall for new glove dryer.
- First Aid Room – north wall cleared for new control centre
- Committee Dorm – strobe with delay timer added to emergency lighting for furnace power-outage protection
- Moose - replace plywood bed (mostly done as of 6/8)
- Mach Tow Routing Jigs labelling currently stored loose in Tow Hut Attic, attach proper (metal or laminated) labels to jigs so future Meanities know WTF they are looking at
- Replace Worm tow Bull and Idler wheels, Tacoma Steel quote $300
- Super Worm & Turtle Bull & Idler wheels
- Super Worm wheel got split - needs re-gluing.
- Quarter Pole, replace, fabricate the missing broken off tie off metal hooks for rope
- Quarter Pole and Mid Tower, inspect and replace pullies, they are 20 years old
- Ski Hill
- Need new required safety signs
- Dam
- Water pipe inside dam failing, needs attention
- consider adding mill pond liner to allow easier cleaning
- design and install clean out valve
- Turtle Tow
- drill new hole in "I" beam to hold tow lower for low snow levels
- design better belt holding system on drive belt
- Kitchen, fix faucet by window
- Design and install new propane powered generator for lodge
- Replace the Mach rope
- Replace small window on stairs going up to cut down the cold air from around the window
- insulate wood shed wall, cannot use styrofoam or batting because of hornets/insects
- add plumbing for drinking fountain and a small sink near the coffee/drink station
- build retaining wall along the driveway #13
- caulk unused screw holes in roof of Pump House.
- upgrade ventilation in bathrooms
- build a glove/mitten drying rack
- recover wood used in construction of snow bridge at skiers pickup
- install exterior motion light on Pump House
- rolled the hitch of Pack-Rat's roller out of the driveway
- replaced decayed guard rail on Tow Hut platform
- correct improper 240V Zoo wiring
- Project WiFi, property signal survey (April), procure equipment (June), install (Aug)
- Create Meany History site
- clean up stacked wood at top of the Lane
- screw together chimney pipes in the telephone cabin
- Paint exterior of buildings
- Mach tow hut
- Lodge (top)
- seal the washroom countertop
- backspash for the washroom counter
- New furnace requires multi-year seasoned wood, build new drying shed for 2 yrs of wood
- Brush 420 Rd, clean ditches, fill potholes
- Mark trees on XC trails for removal, remove if time permits
- Install new culverts on Nikki's to improve drainage
- Work with Mike L on zoo Addition. #14
- Culvert near Pump House
- Wash through at Skiers Pick-up, there is a culvert ~25-50ft from the washout (towards I-90) that probably needs to be cleaned out (UPDATE: culvert has some sediment, could use cleaning, but bigger problem is that its uphill from the 2-track that water was flowing down this winter. Regrading of that 2-track is needed) (Nov by Matt & Dave C)
- Thoroughly clean kitchen and dining room floors (Aug 2nd)
- Refinish the kitchen floor (Aug 3rd)
- Generator Hut needs shoring up, rotten support beam.
- replacing screws on the stair treads from the family dorm
- siding repairs (caulk, paint, misc.)
- Paint the kitchen
- brush cleanup on Junior trail
- brush cleanup behind the diesel hut
- trench digging at mid-tower (5/23)
- Firewood - split and stack outdoors, so the summer warmth seasons it
- Firewood - transported rounds from top 'o hill into "sunning positions."
- Fire safety: remove all wood and wooden debris from a 20' perimeter around the lodge
- Reader board on 420 road: transport up to the lodge
- Wood stove: sweep the chimney (Aug 29)
- carpenter ant control around the lodge
- Fire Safety
- Fire exit signs - replace batteries. Change north batteries on even years, south on odd years.
- Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors - change batteries and test
- Fire extinguishers - bring to town for annual inspection
- Mow grass around lodge
and on the hill
- Kitchen:
- stove/range annual maintenance
- range hood
- do a "first pass" cleaning of the range hood. Removed exhaust grills and cleaned off bulk gunk with flat edged spatula
- purchase degreaser to remove more of the gunk in other areas
- degrease the range hood
- remind expired food workers to renew their cards
- fridge
- vacuum dust from coils
- perform dryer maintenance & desiccant replacement
- Generators
- Zoo: test & run under load
- Lodge: test & run under load
- Water Bars - repair and trench out all existing water bars
- on the 420 road
- on lodge property
- Snowmobiles - At each work party, idle the engines for a few minutes to charge the batteries.
- Chip limbs from winter debris and firewood and spread chips on the XC trails
- inspect and refill mouse traps
- refill mouse poison dispensers
- Fuel
- purchase diesel fuel: presently 17.5" of 46" tank. Gage reads 3/8, tank size is 1,000 gallons. From 0-100 gallons.
- purchase gasoline
- cat house tank: 25.5" of 46"
- diesel hut tank: 23" of 46" (plenty)
- purchase propane
- Snow Machines
- oil and grease
- service
- Rope Tows (all 3)
- pulleys - grease all 3 of Jim's tows
- Add 'Benite' to wheels to improve snow & ice shedding. Needs coordination to take the ropes off their respective pulleys/wheels.
- Firewood - move seasoned wood into the wood shed
- Generator gas cans: fill and place in generator hut for ready use during winter.
- Torque thru bolts on idler and bull wheels
- Inspect all wooden wheels for cracks and other defects
- Mach
- torque universal bolts on drive shaft
- Water System
- Dam - clean out
- Change water filters, ask Phil
- Clean silt out of dam reservoir
- Clean and empty the Zoo
- Set up plywood tables atop sawhorses, as many as we can find
- Clean the Lodge
- Hang all three ropes high, tied off with hooks to prevent blowing out of hooks
- Hang Mach’s third extra rope hook at ¾ point in the trees
- Hang Mach rope at top of hill at the safety gate
- Tie up all three safety gate chains to tow rope to prevent them from becoming buried under several feet of snow
- Clean and make ready for winter:
- Cat House
- Zoo
- Basement
- Propane hut
- Tow Hut
- Drain and run empty gas pole saws
- Reader board on 420 road: transport to 420 entrance