Living near the noisy factory.

My back yard abuts a 16' high factory wall.
It is a small high tech foundry.
There are big chillers running outside 24/7 that make quite a bit of noise.
But ya know, I like it here.
I can make quite a bit of noise here in the city and no one even notices.
And I have a 1/2" air line in my garage that's hooked to a 75 hp air compressor in the factory.
But even better is the fact that I've gotten to know the owner of the place pretty well and he lets me sneak over there on Saturdays and use one of their sand blasting cabinets.
So I've been availing myself of that perk lately.
I'm going to paint my newest tractor one of these days and have sand blasted most of the tin and light parts on it.
I just finished the nose a little while ago and got some primer on it before it started to rain.
Next week I'll get the fuel tank cowel done and start thinking about a little bondo and then some color.
Life aint all bad living by a factory.

It would drive me nuts. I like peace and quiet. When I retire I am going to find a place that is miles from the nearest freeway, railroad track, and airport.

Looks like you and the Blaster do a great job!

Lookin' good.

Greg

Club campgrounds for the Tri-State club grounds in Portland, Indiana is next to the Portland Forge. Like hearing the big forge hammers and the big Ingersol single cylinder air compressors with their thump-thump-thump all night long. Really makes me sleep good, knowing they are making money.

Gene

Good to hear there is some industry thriving in MN! There used to be a few people complain about the noise from the paper mill that I retired from, now they are cutting the whole place up for scrap. 600 jobs gone, it will be real quiet there when they get it all hauled away.

good neighbors both have to see the good.

Be aware that the primer you have there is NOT a sealer. Water or rain or moisture can work through it. Store it indoors and get it painted as soon as you can. If you want a bulletproof base primer it has to be epoxy.

I Don't hear well... Just today a guy showed up that's gonna do some dozer work for me,,, his son said he hears a constant ring I hear it a little but it don't bother me.. There's a big arse power line in front of the house and one behind me the one behind me does have a ring to it but I got to get rite close to it to hear it... There's also a train track and I don't pay it no mind... BTW Amtrack is running late the 10:15 train has not run yet...

You just get use to it... BTW the RR use to be a double track and they took up one set of tracks,,, Free rock, free land fill and cross ties

Its 10:26 Amtrack jut ran...

Born and raised on farms in Indiana. Did four years in the Army. Came back fome a few months, then an Army buddy asked me to come to Chicago and go to work at one of the trading floor exchanges, so did that for some years. Took an apartment near Austin and Lawrence not real far from O'Hare Airport. Lawrence Ave. was a direct line with one of the runways, so jets of every size flew a couple hundred feet over me and a couple blocks north. At first, was impossible to sleep, but got used to it. Did that about three or four years, mostly because were some real hot chicks and nightclubs around there. And, back in those days long before terrorists even thought of 9-11, could go hang out at O'Hare and pick up chicks on lay over. Life was good for a young single nitwit like me, at the time. Terrorists sure messed up a lot of stuff, for everyone. Them boys is out of their misguided minds to say the least. Then moved well south in another county to a town of 16,000, Romeoville, IL, long before terrorists and 9-11. Couldn't sleep for weeks because was so quiet that all I heard was occasional wind gusts through trees across the fields and plains. Did that for about a decade, then moved back home to Indiana. Pretty quiet out here except for an occasional pack of yotes will pass through now and then, waking you up after they yipped through. Not much though. We've thinned them out pretty good.

When I was stationed at Ft. Gordon, GA, were paper factories nearby. Now, there's a smell you never get used to. I can sleep down wind of hot wet pig manure, and that's a smell that will bring tears to your eyes. But the smell of wood pulp being boiled into paper? There's one you never get used to. At least I didn't.

So, I can't quite make that out. Massey?

Mark

As Mark-IN mentioned, when I was young I rented a one room apartment from one of my uncles for awhile. It also,was under the approach/takeoff path of one of the local airport runways, didn't take long to get used to it though. Funny thing though, some years later a developer built a subdivision not too far from the airport, and it wasn't very long before the residents were complaining, wanting the airport authority to do something about the noise. Well,DUH!

did you get the e-mail I sent ? phone 814-873-five274

You must live around Sartel. Is that the one that caught fire a year or so ago?

The Twin city Ford Assembly plant is all gone except for a little cleaning up. They employed 2000 at one time. The neighbors did not like the plant that had been there since 1924.

Those things are LOUD!!!

I used to work IN one of those noisy and smelly factories. I live about 12 miles away from that factory, and that is WAY too close.

I live in the country and have a neighbor a little more than a half mile away that plays music at night so loud you can make out the words. I would hate to be one of the 20 neighbors within 150 yards of him.

i lived 3 blocks from the highway once. i put a koi pond with waterfall and it still didn't drowned out the noise, i turn on some music and the neighbors would start screaming. moved to the country, aaaah, peace and quiet, i can crank my music as loud as i want. i don't miss neighbors.

Ford 4000 - 3 cyl

One of my nieces friends went to college and then took a job in NYC. She loves it. A couple of years ago she was back when my niece got married. She had trouble sleeping. I was able to talk to her the day before she flew out. She said she finally figured it out. They were outside the day before when the fire alarm for the local volunteer department went off and she could hear the siren. It made her relax! That was when she realized that all the noise to include sirens were now a comfort to her because that meant that fire, recuse and cops were there is something went wrong. Not hearing that made her feel unprotected. Faulty logic, when you hear sirens it's too late, then they are responding to something, not preventing it from happening.

Rick

Well said Russ.
There is one neighbor here - kind of an ornry old woman who has tried to stir up some trouble about the noise.
She was knocking on doors soliciting others to talk to the city council about it.
I told her (and the owner) in no uncertain terms that I was on the side of the foundry and would go to bat for them at any council meetings should the issue come up.
People complain about there being no jobs - especially good manufacturing jobs - any more.
But how are we going to manufacture anything if we don't allow any industry?
Factories are noisy. That's just how it is.
I kind of look at it like it's putting my money where my mouth is.
I know darned well the city/county collects a lot more tax $ from the foundry than they would from a bunch of homes on that site.
Let's encourage business not destroy it.

20 neighbors within 150 yards, means you"re in town. Or a trailer park. Which is like the bad side of town.

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I kind of look at it like it's putting my money where my mouth is.
I know darned well the city/county collects a lot more tax $ from the foundry than they would from a bunch of homes on that site.
Let's encourage business not destroy it.

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Exactly! Ford closing in the Cities really hurt those folks. I'm not pro union by any means but they lost a lot of good paying jobs over that. That has a ripple effect on the local economy. Go some place where one factory is the only game in town. The town is alive and well one minute but let that factory shut down and game over! Let the EPA have it's way and make the cost of electricity go through the roof because they forced all the coal power plants to shut down and it's going to be game over for any manufacturing in the US.

Rick

My closest neighbor is 1/4 mile.

Good thing you like living there because your property value to sell the place is probably close to zero. I noticed a place for sale yesterday behind a tire store that was for sale and I thought, good luck selling that place. I can't imagine listening to impact wrenches taking tires on and off and that big air compressor running every day of the week while you try to live your life. I work in one of those noisey factories and I was wondering the other day how the guy that lives across the street can stand to be there. Constant noise and chaos. After I walk out of that place all I want is some quiet for a while. Hard to find in this overcrowded world.

There are always advantages and disadvantages.
Being a remodeler, I commute to any and all parts of the metro. So to get to work I'm going out when everyone else is coming in and vice versa or crossing via the side streets from one area to another.
When I hear of the daily commutes some people put up with - like some drive 2 hours or more each way on a good day - I wonder if their so called peace and quiet is worth that kind of toll.
Also, I'm within a mile of 5 different auto parts stores, 3 miles from 3 major grocery stores, two bearing houses, A Menards, 2 Home Depots and two old time lumber yards. 4 miles from a major plumbing supply outfit and two big steel yards and a few smaller ones and a couple of large metal scrap places.
There is a Target, Walmart, Wallgreens, Rite Aid, and CVS within 3 miles from me.
There are about about 7 major hospitals within 12 miles from me.
There is every concieveable kind of resturaunt and 40 gas stations within 5 miles of me, and a movie theater 4 blocks away.
There is every kind of live theater, opera, comedy shows, museums, universities, vo techs, concerts, major malls and major league sports centers you can imagine within 15 miles of me.
I grew up in the country and wouldn't live there again.
There is a reason more people live in the cities and or burbs.
The reason - despite what you hear - is a higher quality of life.

(quoted from post at 18:21:09 04/26/14) It would drive me nuts.[b:99c9ece9e4] I like peace and quiet[/b:99c9ece9e4]. When I retire I am going to find a place that is miles from the nearest freeway, railroad track, and airport.

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ame here, i live deep enough in the bush and away from neighbors i can't even hear road traffic, only when the wind is my way i can occasionally hear a semi's retarder brake kick in.
Air planes do fly over but they're so high up all i see is a shiny spot and the smoke trails.
And i ain't even retired :lol:

They could not pay me enough to go live in town :wink:

(quoted from post at 11:40:49 04/27/14) There are always advantages and disadvantages.
Being a remodeler, I commute to any and all parts of the metro. So to get to work I'm going out when everyone else is coming in and vice versa or crossing via the side streets from one area to another.
When I hear of the daily commutes some people put up with - like some drive 2 hours or more each way on a good day - I wonder if their so called peace and quiet is worth that kind of toll.
Also, I'm within a mile of 5 different auto parts stores, 3 miles from 3 major grocery stores, two bearing houses, A Menards, 2 Home Depots and two old time lumber yards. 4 miles from a major plumbing supply outfit and two big steel yards and a few smaller ones and a couple of large metal scrap places.
There is a Target, Walmart, Wallgreens, Rite Aid, and CVS within 3 miles from me.
There are about about 7 major hospitals within 12 miles from me.
There is every concieveable kind of resturaunt and 40 gas stations within 5 miles of me, and a movie theater 4 blocks away.
There is every kind of live theater, opera, comedy shows, museums, universities, vo techs, concerts, major malls and major league sports centers you can imagine within 15 miles of me.
I grew up in the country and wouldn't live there again.
There is a reason more people live in the cities and or burbs.
The reason - despite what you hear - [b:55257386f6]is a higher quality of life.[/b:55257386f6]

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er fooling yourself but don't know it yet.
I live 40 km from town,it takes me 20 min to get there, every thing i may possible need is there,and one hospital is enough if one needs one.
I usually run in and out town and be back home in peace and quiet when you are still waiting for the first set of traffic lights to chance. :wink: