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Guys: most of you are as old as I am. I remember inflation at 7%, with a prime lending rate of over 12%. They called it stagflation. Remember graduating from high school, with high unemployment, and insane interest. Considered myself damned lucky to get a summer job, at an airbase for...

Those are all “male”. The plug has the 12-mm square male hex protruding, and he needs the female socket.

8-pt 1/2-inch socket will work fine

Thanks guys. Need to start pricing, and researching a bit more. Have to go out of town for a few weeks, so the project is going on hold for a bit.

I am going to wire some auxiliary lights, and solenoid driven diverter valves. The wiring will be exposed to sun and weather. Is SJOOTW, or SOOTW a suitable wire? Or do you have better recommendations? And on wire sizing: How do you size wiring for LED lights? I sized wire for the tiny...

I started looking for a diesel, standard cab, long bed, with a manual transmission. Ended up with an 08 Dodge 1-ton, mega cab, with a short box, and an automatic, and the factory optional Class V, receiver hitch, a fifth wheel Hitch, and airbags. It tows well. And is the second worst...

They stole your saws, because none of the rental places, had saws left. I ended up with a 20-inch electric Chainsaw after a high wind event when I still lived in Las Vegas. The rental places all wanted $100 for half a day. I had gone to HomeDesperate, to see if they had any rentals. I...

The manuals Operators/Service/Parts for the T233 and T273, are readily avaialble if you search for them.

Just an FYI for folks finishing this in the future: Typically, the valve itself has the port identifications cast into it.

But, no matter of how deep you embed the bar, the chlorides will penetrate far enough that it willl corrode. Which is why for bridges and similar structures, the recommendation is to use epoxy coated, or pultruded synthetic bar. And I think they are starting to recommend against using the...

If you do a Google search, and look for a Smiths Enterprises archive link, you can get the manuals for the older tractors, which the folks at TYM dropped from their online listings, when they updated the site. (Piss poor customer service TYM.) That is where I got the manuals for my T233HST...

The current "best practice" is to avoid galvanizing, if any part is exposed. Because any nicks become focus points for the corrosion. Steel with good embedment, usually won't corrode, because the environment in the concrete has too high of a pH level to allow red rust to form. And, the...

It is important to remember, that the trailer rotates around the axles. I’ll try not to go off into the physics of what goes on too far. Think of the trailer from the hitch point to the center of the axle(s). This lever length for easy to follow math, I’ll do like a physicist, and make it...

Recommendation on Weight Distributing Hitch. I highly recommend the WeighSafe weight distributing hitches. They have an integral tongue weight scale built in. And they have an app, which based on the weight of your load, the tongue weight and the axle lay out, the app gives you what tongue...

I found a great book on trailers at the thrift store about 6-months before mu buddy and I rebuilt his trailer. Which was a home built by a local Welder. This is the book: Trailers : How to Design and Build. Volume 2. Structure, by M. M. Smith. It can be found on Amazon, along with the...