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[plastikosmd]

Salt water, near Long Island sound/block island sound

 

[plastikosmd]

Moved the power hammer out to farmer porch/blacksmith area

 

[Code54]

Blacksmith area??? Cool - we need more photos. I would love to set something like that up at some point.

 

[plastikosmd]

So removed the bestop and put on the hard top
Also dug out an LED light that neighbor was tossing. Temporarily mounted for fit. Now to make up some brackets and switch
Let me know if u need the besttop

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Your neighbor was tossing that?

Is the house on the other side of him for sale?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

My buddy says to mount it just above your bumper for better lighting. Overhead creates glare.

 

[plastikosmd]

Thank u for advice
This is the farm plow in the winter, so no bumper mount
It also serves to camouflage a few blemishes on my 20 foot paint job

Ps u can see the 3 point hitch system being prepped on the die cart in first pic

 

[plastikosmd]

2 days off
Traded the 3/4 for 1 ton
Wife is happier w/o lift and 37 but I hate the stance. So 3 Front/1 rear level kit going in. Also got to undercoat the ram/jeep and crane truck for winter

 

[TSO]

I'm one of the weird ones that loves the smell of Fluid Film ...

 

[plastikosmd]

Directions= misleading, inaccurate
Kit mostly complete= again, should not be my problem


All told, about 3 hrs, could do it again in about 1/2 that knowing what I know now.

Before:

39 front/43 rear




Apart:



Final:

43/43



Got to practice my endoscopic skills grabbing a dropped spacer in the frame

 

[plastikosmd]

5$ scrapyard stand adapted to new blade grinder

 

[Industrial Toys]

That, back there was what you call a fork lift!

I'm looking for some kind of belt sander, just not that big. Don't have the room. Be carefull. A friend has one where the belt broke and slapped him good.

 

[plastikosmd]

Yes, tried it out today
Definitely need a face shield
Goggles were not enough

Forklift is a Clark ranger 6000lb capacity
Fwd or rwd or 4wd
Articulated and does fine on lawn and in woods

 

[plastikosmd]

Got the ram/crane truck and cj5 undercoated today
Fluid film was a bit thick at 60 deg, warmed up to 90-100 to be able to pour in spray containers
1 gallon gave good coverage for all 3 vehicles (2/3 went on crane)

 

[Industrial Toys]

Not articulated. Not that I can see. Never seen such a thing except wheel loaders being used as a fork lift. Kind of not the ideal machine anyway given their instability when crooked.

 

[plastikosmd]

I am probably using the wrong terminology. Rear wheels/axle steers and entire center section rotates around at central portion so for wheels are always in contact with the ground

Four tires are always in touching the ground as the entire machine pivots around the center of the machine



Articulation spec

 

[not2old]

I don't understand your use of fluid film. I only use aerosols as a lubricant. Would you please explain?

 

[Industrial Toys]

You are absolutey correct on your terminology. Trouble is, I want one.

 

[Industrial Toys]

You are absolutey correct on your terminology. Trouble is, I want one. What's in it for power?

It's like my articulated loader. Hardly leaves a mark anytime of year.

 

[plastikosmd]

There were some rather reasonable rust studies that were done by several people on the inter-web. It may have been in garage journal?

For a lubricant I prefer boshield
For an undercoating on a vehicle and rust prevention, fluid film seems to have one of the best overall protective abilities. (Of course it Has to be resprayed from time to time. (yearly For me in New England salt))
I will try googling them for you later