handy dandy doo dad
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The boy at the septic tank place told me to be very careful handling that thirty five hundred pound five hundred gallon tank. "Break it if'n you want" he said. "It's yours".
So I whupped up a quicky that worked on the same principle as the professionals use. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
BTW digging four hundred foot of septic trench and setting two five hundred tanks is work. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
So I whupped up a quicky that worked on the same principle as the professionals use. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
BTW digging four hundred foot of septic trench and setting two five hundred tanks is work. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Junkman
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Back East, they will set it in the hole for you if it is ready when the truck arrives. For that reason, no one ever orders on before the hole is ready. Mine is a 1250 gallon tank and I know that I wouldn't want to handle that monster..... not to mention that the top is 15 feet below the ground surface. When I built my house, I said that I wanted the septic pipe to be below the cellar floor.... Since the back yard sloped away from the house at the time, it was only about 10 feet down.... since then, we did some major removal of the hills around the house and built up the back yard so it was usable land....hence the 15' septic tank. You should see the honey wagon operators face when he comes to pump it. If looks could kill, I would have to be a cat with 9 lives!!!!!!
bgott
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Isn't that called a "strongback "?
I knew right away it was a spreader, but what I actually saw in the background was that truck body with the twin propane/butane tanks, and figured what you needed was a spreader to handle them. I couldn't figure the little pipes on the ends of the vertical rods because I figured you'd use hooks, but then I figured you just used whatever you happened to have on the back of your truck.
But, when I saw how you actually used it, you were redeemed in my eyes - those chain guides were exactly what you wanted, not just what you happened to have!
Your heart musta gone up into your throat a little, when that top pipe started bending!
But, when I saw how you actually used it, you were redeemed in my eyes - those chain guides were exactly what you wanted, not just what you happened to have!
Your heart musta gone up into your throat a little, when that top pipe started bending!
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I think in this case. "The Handy Dandy Doo Dad" isn't necessarily, the actual item. I think it's Harv himself !!
I can see where he could be one of those, "Handy Dandy Doo Dads to have around. The All in One Shop Tool. We call it the "Harv".
When all thought and ideas escape you. You just whip out your trusty dependable Harv and a solution is at hand.
He drills and cut's, hammer's and saw's, chops and welds. The greatest little gadget know to man.
And Don't You Wanna Know Where To Get one.
The "Harv" will be available soon at you local TSC. All right and royalties are property of the TBN.
Neet piece of work Harv, thats what I call thinking on your feet.
I can see where he could be one of those, "Handy Dandy Doo Dads to have around. The All in One Shop Tool. We call it the "Harv".
When all thought and ideas escape you. You just whip out your trusty dependable Harv and a solution is at hand.
He drills and cut's, hammer's and saw's, chops and welds. The greatest little gadget know to man.
And Don't You Wanna Know Where To Get one.
The "Harv" will be available soon at you local TSC. All right and royalties are property of the TBN.
Neet piece of work Harv, thats what I call thinking on your feet.
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wroughtn_harv
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Morning Don,
The pipe lasted one tank. I replaced it with a chunk of I beam for the next tank. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
It was really sorta kewl at the septic shop. Two kids in their late twenties maybe who were staring at the clock wanting quitting time to get there sooner rather than later. They really didn't have time for an old phart that talked too much.
But when the old phart explained how old wagon wheels were once made by blacksmiths they decided he was cool enough to share all their knowledge on septic systems with. Seems one of the young men was building his own custom car even down to wanting to cast his own center caps for his wheels.
Quittin' time came and went and the generation gap was bridged. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Funny how making things talk can do so much more than make things.
They had a truck for deliveries but that is a service they reserve for septic system contractors. Good old boy service is BYOT (bring your own trailer). The problem with handling the tanks is they are two inch wall thickness and concrete.
This is for a bud so we're doing it on the cheap. The most effective and reasonably priced help is usually bud help. Yesterday was a full one. There was one moment when the pucker string stretched thin enough to be mistaken for spider silk. I was real careful to align the corners of the septic fields for minimum hand shovel work. It happens that way when the tractor operator is also the square point specialist. I lined up the Cat 416B for the intersection and didn't kick the shuttle shift into neutral. Soooooooo when I kicked the throttle to max to put down the stifflegs we got a ride for about five feet, right into the trench with one rear wheel.
I carry a spare change of clothes in the truck just for those occasions. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The pipe lasted one tank. I replaced it with a chunk of I beam for the next tank. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
It was really sorta kewl at the septic shop. Two kids in their late twenties maybe who were staring at the clock wanting quitting time to get there sooner rather than later. They really didn't have time for an old phart that talked too much.
But when the old phart explained how old wagon wheels were once made by blacksmiths they decided he was cool enough to share all their knowledge on septic systems with. Seems one of the young men was building his own custom car even down to wanting to cast his own center caps for his wheels.
Quittin' time came and went and the generation gap was bridged. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Funny how making things talk can do so much more than make things.
They had a truck for deliveries but that is a service they reserve for septic system contractors. Good old boy service is BYOT (bring your own trailer). The problem with handling the tanks is they are two inch wall thickness and concrete.
This is for a bud so we're doing it on the cheap. The most effective and reasonably priced help is usually bud help. Yesterday was a full one. There was one moment when the pucker string stretched thin enough to be mistaken for spider silk. I was real careful to align the corners of the septic fields for minimum hand shovel work. It happens that way when the tractor operator is also the square point specialist. I lined up the Cat 416B for the intersection and didn't kick the shuttle shift into neutral. Soooooooo when I kicked the throttle to max to put down the stifflegs we got a ride for about five feet, right into the trench with one rear wheel.
I carry a spare change of clothes in the truck just for those occasions. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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