What did you buy this week?

[aba4430]

Ordered 300’ of 6” wide SS gutter guard from Costco.

 

[hayden]

If forced to pay union dues as a condition of employment, only a fool would not join and that is the point actually.

Having said that, Neither Omni nor Steel Dynamics or HS is union. The repeal of RTW here was never put to a vote either. The governor took ot om herself to repeal it.

Myself, I prefer RTW. That way if you work in a unionized establishment and eant to join, you can but if you don't, your choice entirely. However. they way I understand it even if you aren't a rank and file member and have an issue, the union must still represent you in the initial steps prior to arbitration. Working in a union shop for me was brief as I worked in a non union shop most of my working career. The outfit I was employed at for over 30 years, paid better than comparable union rate, had better healthcare and better retirement as well. The owners knew that if they didn't offer a better employment package, they would have wound up with a union. So they did and stayed non union even though I delivered to union plants all the time..

The article that you linked says the house and senate passed the appeal and the gov signed it. So the normal legislative process, not something unilateral by the governor.

 

[LouNY]

Ordered 300’ of 6” wide SS gutter guard from Costco.
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Good luck with that, if all you have are deciduous trees with large leaves they will work to keep the leaves out of the gutters.
If you have Pines many of the needles will get stuck in the mesh, if you have a valley that concentrates the needles it will buildup and the water will run over and off.
And then my favorite if you get snow it builds up on top of the mesh and then turns to ice, creating a nice ice dam.
I end up going up with a shop vac and cleaning the pine needles frequently and have to run roof cables in the winter.

When I contacted the gutter and gutter guard installers about the issue which included water over running the gutter in the valley corner they responded by adding a corner "splash guard".
Another project to do this summer is to reroute the roof cables so they actually open paths to the leaf guards.
As they are now they provide little relief to the gutters icing over.

 

[MossRoad]

Hopefully I can explain it in a way that makes sense.

The bed of the trailer has a fork (yellow circle) in each corner, while the chassis has an hinge pin (blue circle) per corner as well that these forks will slide into. Then there are two locking pins.

These locking pins are the ones that let you choose either rear dump or either of the side dump. By putting the locking pins in the rear forks, it will dump to the back. Putting the locking pins to either side, will make it dump to either side.

I suppose with this trailer, you can put the locking pins diagonally and make a mess out of the bed though.

Due to the much shorter distance between the hinge and the cylinder when dumping to the side, it gets a much higher angle than when dumping to the rear.

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That's what I was thinking in regard to no lockout to prevent brain fog from not taking out the correct pins and mangling the bed, like back in the olden days when we had to think before acting.

Thanks for the details. Appreciate it.

I've been in a few situations where I thought it would be nice to be able to just dump to the side VS unloading my flatbed trailer from the rear.

 

[arto98607]

Good luck with that, if all you have are deciduous trees with large leaves they will work to keep the leaves out of the gutters.
If you have Pines many of the needles will get stuck in the mesh, if you have a valley that concentrates the needles it will buildup and the water will run over and off.
And then my favorite if you get snow it builds up on top of the mesh and then turns to ice, creating a nice ice dam.
I end up going up with a shop vac and cleaning the pine needles frequently and have to run roof cables in the winter.
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When I contacted the gutter and gutter guard installers about the issue which included water over running the gutter in the valley corner they responded by adding a corner "splash guard".
Another project to do this summer is to reroute the roof cables so they actually open paths to the leaf guards.
As they are now they provide little relief to the gutters icing over.

My solution to this about 20 years ago was to remove all trees (large Douglas Fir), which were too close to the house and garage/shop!

The previous owner had left them when the hose was built...

 

[aba4430]

Last week I installed these powder coated screen guards (6" x 3' lengths) on our 40' X 30' detached garage; about 85 linear ft with a minimal manipulation wastage.


Wanted to try something different around the house. The SS mesh gutter screen reviews are generally positive, but there are some disappointed folks who do not reflect great experience during snow and freezing conditions. I live in NE OH and do have a concern regarding how the screens will perform during winter; will see. Screens should be delivered in the next couple of days.

 

[MossRoad]

A Rubbermaid 50 gallon stock tank to use as a vanishing fountain reservoir for my giant clamshell water feature.

 

[ptsg]

That's what I was thinking in regard to no lockout to prevent brain fog from not taking out the correct pins and mangling the bed, like back in the olden days when we had to think before acting.

Thanks for the details. Appreciate it.

I've been in a few situations where I thought it would be nice to be able to just dump to the side VS unloading my flatbed trailer from the rear.

Being able to side dump does have it's advantages for sure, specially in tight places, where there isn't any room to back the trailer so it can dump out the back.

 

[MossRoad]

Being able to side dump does have it's advantages for sure, specially in tight places, where there isn't any room to back the trailer so it can dump out the back.

Anything to the sides of my roads and trails would be nice VS having to back off into the bushes.