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farmer2009
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69 this morning and headed to 89 today.
Moved some equipment this morning after dropping boy off at preschool. Now time for eye doctor appointment and then go look at some equipment after that. Will be seeing about a demo later this week.
Moved some equipment this morning after dropping boy off at preschool. Now time for eye doctor appointment and then go look at some equipment after that. Will be seeing about a demo later this week.
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68°F and 2.1 inches rain last 24 hours, pouring as I type.
Glad I got the dogs' area mowed yesterday.
Be safe
Have a great day
Glad I got the dogs' area mowed yesterday.
Be safe
Have a great day
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Good Morning! 61F @ 10:30AM. Abundant sunshine. High 69F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Congrats on the new position, David. Hope it's what you expect and offers all the opportunity you deserve!
Don, they want seventy-five bux for that tool set on line. You got a steal!
The crankey laptop got to the point that it was rebooting every few minutes yesterday, not useable at all. But since I'd already pulled the disc drive out of it and had it on a USB adaptor, I moved the other laptop into the office and used the USB drive to boot from. It came up and ran without any problems, and there were no issues with missing data. So I plugged in the SDD that was the main drive for the old laptop into another USB, and it too booted and ran just fine. At that point it was clear that the problems were in the old laptop itself, so it's sitting waiting on the new battery before I try anything else. To speed things up I cloned the backup drive I'd been running on for the last couple of days to the SDD and got a nice improvement in speed, but nothing like having the drive in the laptop itself. But it's good enough to get by on for another day or so before the new battery arrives.
The rest of the day involved sanding off the lumps of body filler from the bell housing cover so it's ready for paint on Thursday when the weather man promises things will be warmer.
Then it was on to a little machining job to facilitate swapping out the drum brakes on the rear axel for discs. Got the drum off just fine, but couldn't find the wheel hub I was supposed to modify. Not being very familiar with this thing, I got out the Haynes manual and it wasn't very much help, either. So I called my mechanic, who described what I was to do, and it became obvious that the hub had come off with the brake drum and was still stuck to it. A couple blows on a brass drift with a three pound hammer knocked it loose, and I was over yet another n00by problem. Mounted the thing up in the lathe, using bronze pads on the jaws to protect the sealing ring, the only thing square and round available to grab. Took nearly an inch off the diameter, and at 0.060" per pass, that's a lot of chips! Because of the shape of the brake rotor, the outer corner of the wheel hub needed a very generous radius to let it sit flat. I'd just used a radius cutter on the mill a few days ago, so grabbed one that I thought would work. Turns out it fit perfectly in the boring bar holder, and did a pretty nice job cutting the rounded over corner. I'd have been there for day with a file.
Spaghetti for dinner, TV, then a nap before I woke up at 2:30AM to try that download again. This time the downloader wouldn't even connect to the server, so it looks like I'll need to call Exede tech support again and complain. Last time I did that they admitted it was "network congestion" and offered no solutions, so I may have to spend some time camped out at Panera to get this one done. Ah, the joys of satellite Internet.
Today it's back under the van to apply undercoating to the fender wells and wire brush off any blue paint I find there. It'll be the first time I've ever put a vehicle up on four jack stands and removed the wheels, and frankly I'm not looking forward to it. I'll use a couple pieces of railroad tie as a dead man, and fortunately the wire brushing won't move the van around much, but still...
Have a good 'un, folks!
Congrats on the new position, David. Hope it's what you expect and offers all the opportunity you deserve!
Don, they want seventy-five bux for that tool set on line. You got a steal!
The crankey laptop got to the point that it was rebooting every few minutes yesterday, not useable at all. But since I'd already pulled the disc drive out of it and had it on a USB adaptor, I moved the other laptop into the office and used the USB drive to boot from. It came up and ran without any problems, and there were no issues with missing data. So I plugged in the SDD that was the main drive for the old laptop into another USB, and it too booted and ran just fine. At that point it was clear that the problems were in the old laptop itself, so it's sitting waiting on the new battery before I try anything else. To speed things up I cloned the backup drive I'd been running on for the last couple of days to the SDD and got a nice improvement in speed, but nothing like having the drive in the laptop itself. But it's good enough to get by on for another day or so before the new battery arrives.
The rest of the day involved sanding off the lumps of body filler from the bell housing cover so it's ready for paint on Thursday when the weather man promises things will be warmer.
Then it was on to a little machining job to facilitate swapping out the drum brakes on the rear axel for discs. Got the drum off just fine, but couldn't find the wheel hub I was supposed to modify. Not being very familiar with this thing, I got out the Haynes manual and it wasn't very much help, either. So I called my mechanic, who described what I was to do, and it became obvious that the hub had come off with the brake drum and was still stuck to it. A couple blows on a brass drift with a three pound hammer knocked it loose, and I was over yet another n00by problem. Mounted the thing up in the lathe, using bronze pads on the jaws to protect the sealing ring, the only thing square and round available to grab. Took nearly an inch off the diameter, and at 0.060" per pass, that's a lot of chips! Because of the shape of the brake rotor, the outer corner of the wheel hub needed a very generous radius to let it sit flat. I'd just used a radius cutter on the mill a few days ago, so grabbed one that I thought would work. Turns out it fit perfectly in the boring bar holder, and did a pretty nice job cutting the rounded over corner. I'd have been there for day with a file.
Spaghetti for dinner, TV, then a nap before I woke up at 2:30AM to try that download again. This time the downloader wouldn't even connect to the server, so it looks like I'll need to call Exede tech support again and complain. Last time I did that they admitted it was "network congestion" and offered no solutions, so I may have to spend some time camped out at Panera to get this one done. Ah, the joys of satellite Internet.
Today it's back under the van to apply undercoating to the fender wells and wire brush off any blue paint I find there. It'll be the first time I've ever put a vehicle up on four jack stands and removed the wheels, and frankly I'm not looking forward to it. I'll use a couple pieces of railroad tie as a dead man, and fortunately the wire brushing won't move the van around much, but still...
Have a good 'un, folks!
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RNG, I looked at the picture before I read below and thought, "Man it would sure be nice to put disk brakes on that thing". And poof, the magic mechanic made it start happening.
Buckeye, did you go back to look at that 4wheeler?
Eric, I won't lie, we have a gator side by side with a bed about like your trailer. It is a good thing it has no hydraulic dump, because I would love to dump my kids out at times. Just kidding. But ever since I got a FEL, my wheel barrow got real lonely. Only used for small batches of sack crete.
Cooler weather coming here Thursday morning.
Buckeye, did you go back to look at that 4wheeler?
Eric, I won't lie, we have a gator side by side with a bed about like your trailer. It is a good thing it has no hydraulic dump, because I would love to dump my kids out at times. Just kidding. But ever since I got a FEL, my wheel barrow got real lonely. Only used for small batches of sack crete.
Cooler weather coming here Thursday morning.
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Thanks Guys for the well wishes!
Be well,
David
Be well,
David
daugen
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David, congrats and do well. And you have your own cheerleading squad!
long day, good day, though I threw my back out picking up too many sticks while the workmen built the carport in 3.5 hours start to finish. Filled that UTV up five times. Realize now why they say don't spec a square building, i.e. twelve feet high by twelve feet wide; should have gone 14 wide for two reasons. One, the slides would have been able to come all the way out, not a big deal, but two, the whole thing is too wobbly for me. And no wonder considering the lack of side braces. I'm going to get a price on extending the three foot side wall around the back; that would add bracing. The workmen said the easiest fix was to sink large wooden poles near the corners, which I'm sure would work but kinda defeats the purpose of an all metal building. Pleased with the job, they cleaned up after themselves, though not happy with their boss who sent them out without a ridge cap. So they have to come back in two days to finish the job. The woman who is running this operation had her husband die two months ago and their business got seriously flooded in the hurricane, so I'm going to cut her some slack. All Mexican install crew. Newmart Builders out of Virginia with a NC location about two hours West of me. And apparently they keep busy. They had the neatest super duty drill/wrench gizmo to screw in the ground anchors.
was nice to get the trailer under there and see it in the shade.
long day, good day, though I threw my back out picking up too many sticks while the workmen built the carport in 3.5 hours start to finish. Filled that UTV up five times. Realize now why they say don't spec a square building, i.e. twelve feet high by twelve feet wide; should have gone 14 wide for two reasons. One, the slides would have been able to come all the way out, not a big deal, but two, the whole thing is too wobbly for me. And no wonder considering the lack of side braces. I'm going to get a price on extending the three foot side wall around the back; that would add bracing. The workmen said the easiest fix was to sink large wooden poles near the corners, which I'm sure would work but kinda defeats the purpose of an all metal building. Pleased with the job, they cleaned up after themselves, though not happy with their boss who sent them out without a ridge cap. So they have to come back in two days to finish the job. The woman who is running this operation had her husband die two months ago and their business got seriously flooded in the hurricane, so I'm going to cut her some slack. All Mexican install crew. Newmart Builders out of Virginia with a NC location about two hours West of me. And apparently they keep busy. They had the neatest super duty drill/wrench gizmo to screw in the ground anchors.
was nice to get the trailer under there and see it in the shade.
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With the extra weight of the camper stuff, the sound deadening, and a dirt bike, discs were a safety requirement and were on the ToDo list from day 1. This isn't the mechanic's first rodeo, but he has been fussing over better routing and length for the front brake hoses. On someone else's van! So by the time he's ready to start mine, all the kinks should be worked out...
My Kubota RTV has a hydraulic dump, and like you, my wheel barrow sits in the box trailer gathering cobwebs. I can't imagine trying to dump a cubic yard of gravel without the hydraulics, though, or even a bed fulla kids. :laughing:
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If it's wobbly now, what's gonna happen the first time the wind blows? The builder should have told you up front that the building wasn't going to be steady, that's a safety problem. And fixing it shouldn't be your problem. That frame either isn't bolted together well, or it's just not strong enough. Guy wires out at each corner might help, but then you'd have guy wires to trip over and mow around. I feel sorry that the owner recently lost her husband, but don't let her problem become yours. You can be nice about it, but with winter coming and more hurricanes potentially on the way, something needs to be done before your trailer is badly damaged, or worse.:shocked:
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I ordered a pretty plain carport without the extras like ends on my ends. Pushing really hard I can get the top swaying at least an inch.
While I needed the front open for backing in an rv, the rear could have had the same three foot section added, which I opted out of. Now that I see how
it's built, and the metal is all really good tough stuff, this is more of a design issue, and yes, perhaps a little more advice on a 12 foot high carport, the highest, might have helped, but anything now is not more expensive; installer said it was easy to add a small rear section up top and run a horizontal brace. I think that might do it.
If it's wobbly now, what's gonna happen the first time the wind blows?
particularly with the slides extended to within an inch or two of the uprights. Obviously I'd pull them in during a bad storm,
but for normal windy days, I don't want this thing moving around.
While I needed the front open for backing in an rv, the rear could have had the same three foot section added, which I opted out of. Now that I see how
it's built, and the metal is all really good tough stuff, this is more of a design issue, and yes, perhaps a little more advice on a 12 foot high carport, the highest, might have helped, but anything now is not more expensive; installer said it was easy to add a small rear section up top and run a horizontal brace. I think that might do it.
If it's wobbly now, what's gonna happen the first time the wind blows?
particularly with the slides extended to within an inch or two of the uprights. Obviously I'd pull them in during a bad storm,
but for normal windy days, I don't want this thing moving around.