This site uses cookies to maintain login information on FarmallCub.Com. Click the X in the banner upper right corner to close this notice. For more information on our privacy policy, visit this link:
Privacy Policy

NEW REGISTERED MEMBERS: Be sure to check your SPAM/JUNK folders for the activation email.

555 wren houses

Got a project that you are working on that is not a tractor? Maybe a barn to hold your tractors or just fun stuff like woodworking, glass, tools, sheds, gardens, custom implements, etc., this is the place to talk about it.
midmo
10+ Years
10+ Years
Posts: 327
Joined: Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:28 pm
Zip Code: 65018
Tractors Owned: 1947 cub #11248
1948 #39811 trimmed dash
1950 VAC Case
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: MO California
Contact:

555 wren houses

Postby midmo » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:55 pm

Ever wanted to know what 555 wren house kits look like?
Image
Image
The last line of our job description says "Duties as described". It will only take 8,880 nails to put them together. It took a board 1"X6"X4' for each one. They will be put together by kids in 13 different state park and then taken to Joplin to put up where the tornado went last year.
Ron in Mid Missouri

SPONSOR AD

Sponsor



Sponsor
 

User avatar
Chris Todd
10+ Years
10+ Years
Posts: 713
Joined: Sun Feb 02, 2003 8:15 pm
Zip Code: 43701
Tractors Owned: 1955 Farmall Cub
1947 Farmall Circle Cub
1973 Int. 474
Location: OH, Zanesville

Re: 555 wren houses

Postby Chris Todd » Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:17 pm

Midmo, you better check again. I only see 553! :) ..... Great cause. Love the wrens in my yard. And I still remember building a birdbox years ago in Grade School. :)
Chris Todd
55 Cub (Red), 47 Cub #2752 (Roosevelt), 61 CCO

User avatar
Don McCombs
Team Cub Mentor
Team Cub Mentor
Posts: 17446
Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2003 6:45 am
Zip Code: 21550
Tractors Owned: "1950 Something" Farmall Cub
1957 Farmall Cub w/FH
1977 International Cub w/FH
1978 International Cub
1948 Farmall Super A
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: MD, Deep Creek Lake

Re: 555 wren houses

Postby Don McCombs » Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:42 am

Ron, can you post the plans?
Don McCombs
MD, Deep Creek Lake

Image
Proud Member of Maryland Chapter 39

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
A. K. Trenfor

Eugene
Team Cub Mentor
Team Cub Mentor
Posts: 20344
Joined: Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:52 pm
Zip Code: 65051
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Mo. Linn

Re: 555 wren houses

Postby Eugene » Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:52 am

http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/how/w ... wren-house

Plans: http://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/r ... 7_2375.pdf

I have the feeling Ron made the wren houses following the Missouri Dept of Conservation plans.
I have an excuse. CRS.

User avatar
Stanton
Cub Pro
Cub Pro
Posts: 7760
Joined: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:56 am
Zip Code: 64070
Tractors Owned: 1942 Farmall AV, serial #87025
1947 Farmall Circle Cub, serial #2116
1948 Farmall Cub, serial #46066
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Lone Jack, MO

Re: 555 wren houses

Postby Stanton » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:04 am

Have 3 wren houses in my yard--two usually get nested. One of the first sure signs that Spring is here is to hear the song of the wren. Love 'em!!

Thanks for doing "duties as described" to help restore the wren population in Joplin and make a bunch of kids feel useful.

For all interested, the Missouri Department of Conservation has many plans for wildlife. Check it out: http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/how/woodworking
Stanton
Image Circle of Safety

User avatar
Yogie
Cub Pro
Cub Pro
Posts: 5238
Joined: Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:49 pm
Zip Code: 25271
eBay ID: yogiefisher
Tractors Owned: 37 John Deere A
63 Farmall Cub
53 Farmall Cub
56 Farmall Cub
IH 140
Massey 165 & 250
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: WV. Ripley

Re: 555 wren houses

Postby Yogie » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:04 am

Brought back a memory from several years back. Wanting to get a little closer to my step son I prefit a few bird houses together drilling holes where each nail should go so things would work out well for small hands. Day comes to build and he and a friend join in saying they would help me build my houses but " It'll cost you $2.oo each" :roll: :lol:

Nice job, your also building many happy memories. :wink:
Image
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin

User avatar
Rudi
Cub Pro
Cub Pro
Posts: 28706
Joined: Sun Feb 02, 2003 8:37 pm
Zip Code: E1A7J3
Skype Name: R.H. "Rudi" Saueracker, SSM
Tractors Owned: 1947 Cub "Granny"
1948 Cub "Ellie-Mae"
1968 Cub Lo-Boy
Dad's Putt-Putt
IH 129 CC
McCormick 100 Manure Spreader
McCormick 100-H Manure Spreader
Post Hole Digger
M-H #1 Potato Digger
Circle of Safety: Y
Twitter ID: Rudi Saueracker, SSM
Location: NB Dieppe, Canada
Contact:

Re: 555 wren houses

Postby Rudi » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:11 am

Ron:

Now that is a real nice production run :D :!: And for a good cause as well.
Confusion breeds Discussion which breeds Knowledge which breeds Confidence which breeds Friendship


irons
10+ Years
10+ Years
Posts: 15
Joined: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:00 pm
Zip Code: 16901

Re: 555 wren houses

Postby irons » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:59 pm

Ron
that's a great project congrats

MoRedMan
10+ Years
10+ Years
Posts: 88
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:00 pm
Zip Code: 64119
Tractors Owned: 1948 Cub
Location: Kansas City MO

Re: 555 wren houses

Postby MoRedMan » Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:29 am

GREAT job! Hat's off to you from a fellow son of Missouri!


Return to “Projects Forum”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests