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As of May 29th, 2025 Mopar1973Man.Com Shop was leveled by a landslide!

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By Mopar1973Man in Website blog

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Mopar1973Man.Com Shop was leveled by a landslide.

Yeah, with a heavy heart, I lost my entire shop and guest house to a landslide. I won't discuss how this all happened yet. The biggest thing I lost was the entire building. My Best Friend, Mark Hall, was living in my guest house. He was one of the few who helped me out with my cancer. He was protected by a guardian angel. I just saw where his bed landed and what pinned Mark in the house. Mark's Dog Hachi made it too, and no injuries. We managed to hunt for stuff. Like my huge black tool box it was there under the roof lot of our tools between Mark and I. There are tools but scattered all over the ground, spilled out during the landslide. As you can see I had a load of stuff from @Tweety Bird on my BigTex trailer pulled by Thor. We got home at 1:30am and hit the bed by 2am. This event happened at 6am roughly in the morning.

I would like to apologize in advance for my being missing in action for the last few weeks, I've been busy getting @Tweety Bird moved in with me. Then the landslide issues were another that really took all my attention from the website for the last few weeks.

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    Apprentice

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    I'm glad that everyone is all right or recovering. Buildings can be rebuilt, tools found or relaced but you, @Mopar1973Man, know that health and wellbeing is paramount. Here are a couple of photos of the place in May of 2020.

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    JAG1

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    Mike is your homeowner's insurance been out to see that yet? I would think they would be a great help according to what they've done in the past for me as a contractor and homeowner. Often affording enough money to rebuild even better than original.

    I would also contact F.E.M.A. they will help you in a situation like this.

    I'm glad everyone is okay... may try to save those trusses if not broken. Save everything that is in good shape because the new lumber is terrible compared to the old. Turn the new shop 90 degrees and away from the bank. Move the driveway a bit if needed. Situations like this I just grin and bear, have helped many homeowners in worse situations. Always getting it done, sometimes overcoming the seemingly impossible.

    P.S. Sometimes the plywood and roofing will lift off the trusses very easily by using the track hoe thumb. Weve stripped off the plywood and roofing and placed in stacked sheets in a dumpster in just an hour or two. If works well.

    Edited by JAG1