New garage time!

[fatjay]

Changed gears real quick and went to HD and got some 4x4's and built a new mailbox post to put the new mailbox on. The old post was a bear to get out of the frozen ground, and i didn't realize there was concrete on it.

 

[airbiscuit]

My New Year's wish for you is that your next project will be easy!

 

[fatjay]

My New Year's wish for you is that your next project will be easy!

as long as they keep coming.

 

[fatjay]

I went at that mailbox post to hard not knowing it was concreted into the ground and pushed hte limits a bit. Now my muscles in my legs, abs, and shoulders hurt to move, so I took a day of rest and just cleaned up the misc framing of the battery room. The concrete anchors were something else, and I think i'm going to use construction adhesive instead this time.

Tomorrow I'll put the header and footers of the wall in and get measurements, then cut the drywall and put it in, before i can actually frame it, otherwise the wires will prevent me from getting drywall in.

I'm going to have to have some gaps in the drywall for the wires to pass through, and i can live with that. The biggest challenge will be having them look decent.

 

[airbiscuit]

Don't you have a loader that could have lifted out the mailbox - or is that another kettle of fish?

Alternatively, you could have done the engine swap on your Bobcat and used that

 

[fatjay]

I could have used the loader, i didn't think it was going to be a big job. I didn't realize there was a concrete block on the end of it. By the time I got to it, it was dark and I could just barely see what I was doing.

 

[fatjay]

Who would have thought I'd use the tire machine again so soon. Found the kubota tire so flat the tire came off the wheel.

 

[kenmbz]

Could you run the wires through the ceiling? Or will that add too much length?

 

[airbiscuit]

Who would have thought I'd use the tire machine again so soon. Found the kubota tire so flat the tire came off the wheel.

son's camper trailer sat for a long time with a flat tire and was so deformed, I couldn't get the bead to seat. I put some grease along th eedge of th erim

My son's camper trailer sat for a long time on a flat tire. I couldn't get it to seat, so I put some grease along the edge of the rim. That did the trick.

And then, there's always ether....

 

[fatjay]

Could you run the wires through the ceiling? Or will that add too much length?

Several hundred dollars of wire. I'd like to avoid it if possible. 6 inverters need equal wire lengths, but are not equal distant from the bus bar.

 

[fatjay]

My son's camper trailer sat for a long time on a flat tire. I couldn't get it to seat, so I put some grease along the edge of the rim. That did the trick.

And then, there's always ether....

I opted for no ether this time. I tried the ratchet strap, but it didn't work. If jumping on it didn't work I was going to get the assembly lube.

Someone else recommended this stuff.

 

[fatjay]

My cart kept getting flat tires, and I had no traction in the snow, so I decided to tube them and put chains on. Tubes were $30 and chains were $40. Got a little dirty, but got it done. And the my thumb got caught between the pry bar and tire once. RIP thumb.

I do love my cart.

 

[fatjay]

I took the tractor down the road to my mothers and drove out to the barn to get my fathers snowblower. With the snow melt and almost 40f the field was inches of mud. I backed up with a pallet on the forks to the barn door, got out and wheeled the blower onto the pallet, and drove away.

The best part is the mile drive home cleaned off my tires pretty well.

 

[fatjay]

Also, lots of profanity. Two lugs were 5/8 when the rest were 3/4. I was mad, and I cross threaded the stud trying to get it back on so i could break it loose. So now I have a wheel running on 3 studs instead of 4.

 

[fatjay]

My cart is awesome in hte snow now! Those tire chains made all the difference. I didn't get stuck once even on the hills. Last snowstorm before the chains, I made it about 6", then had to dig out, and made it another 6" before getting stuck again.

 

[fatjay]

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Also, lots of profanity. Two lugs were 5/8 when the rest were 3/4. I was mad, and I cross threaded the stud trying to get it back on so i could break it loose. So now I have a wheel running on 3 studs instead of 4.

Well that thumb looked like it survived. Did you really lose part of your thumb?
Hope not.

 

[fatjay]

Well that thumb looked like it survived. Did you really lose part of your thumb?
Hope not.

That was before it got crushed. No, didn't lose it, but it looks like I'm going to lose the nail. I've lost 2 big toe nails in the past 4 years due to crushing and it looks like this is nail #3.

 

[airbiscuit]

Good thing you weren't wearing short shorts when you were working on that tire.