Originally Posted by 3757chevy (Post 9144983)

During breaks? :confused:

Originally Posted by special-K (Post 9145217)

What I didn't do is go along with my Buddy on an adventure that sounded interesting. The adventure was run out and down through WVA to Huntington along the Ohio R. to pick up a railroad speeder. I helped him drag the trailer out last Friday when he asked me if I wanted to go along.

Why I decided not to take him up on the offer. He inherited this trailer from a contractor who left it behind on his rental property. He brought it to where we pulled it out from, never used it. It's like new and a very heavy built single axle tilt deck w/16" rubber and full width with a pintle hitch. First red flag came when he said "Tires aren't all cracked up". I looked between the treads and said, "They're cracked between the treads". In one ear and out the other.

The tow vehicle is an Astro Van with the small receiver hitch. Can you smell that second red flag coming up? He bought an adapter for a ball coupler that mounts to the pintle rack on the trailer and a 2" adapter for the receiver on the van. This is many red flags in one. The trailer with load will be at the old vehicle's max tow capacity by way of coupling through a light duty frame-mount hitch adapted (extended) "up" to 2" using a ball coupler (extended) on the heavy trailer with cracked tires. He is also cutting out the round connector on the trailer to put a flat one on since that's what the Astro has. So no trailer brakes.

I'm overdue for a great adventure but I decided to pass this one up. If I throw caution to the wind I like to make sure the wind is blowing first. We are very different in that way :lol:

Originally Posted by Boog (Post 9145566)

Oh man! This sounds like a good you tube video in the making. :lol:

Originally Posted by special-K (Post 9145799)

I hope he has a selfie stick!! :lol: He should rent a U-Haul trailer.

This guy is my friend so I know him well enough that I should call him Haphazard Harry. Last winter he went to start his Astro Van and it only cranked, no fire. It was a very damp day after it rained all night. I'd be pulling the distributor cap, cleaning out the carbon tracks, and on my way to buy new quality cap and rotor. Probably a good time for spark plugs and check out the wires. But that's me. He sat there and cranked, cranked, cranked, cranked, crank crank crank crank.............. I was amazed how well his battery held out. He said it's done this before, it'll start eventually. Finally it starts to kick every so often, then more, and finally he got it to start after 10-15 minutes of cranking. All the while he's having a fit because he was leaving to go watch a Ravens game with no time to spare. I saw him a couple/few weeks later and asked if got the Astro straightened out. "It hasn't done it since". Ok, so it fixed itself or it hasn't rained. I wonder if he even put a new cap on.

Originally Posted by Rich84 (Post 9147483)

My daughter is moving back to Ct. from Salem, Ma. I'm proud of her. She is single and she is buying a house in our old hometown. It's 105 years old so I know where I will be spending much of my time. My wife and I have been moving her stuff to our house the last 3 weekends. My garage is absolutely stuffed. Moving the furniture damn near killed me. The kid loves old stuff. She has my FIL's old gold velvet couch. It is 9' long. No legs in the middle. It ways about 87 million Lbs. One more trip this weekend and we are done.

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20 (Post 9147703)

I had appointment with my oncologist, almost 5 years since Stanford. It looks like I'll be around to bug ya'll for a while. All Good!

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20 (Post 9147703)

I had appointment with my oncologist, almost 5 years since Stanford. It looks like I'll be around to bug ya'll for a while. All Good!

Originally Posted by ol blue k20 (Post 9147703)

i had appointment with my oncologist, almost 5 years since stanford. It looks like i'll be around to bug ya'll for a while. All good!

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper (Post 9146175)

Was down at the horse farm early first day of rifle saw nothing so at 3 I cut some wood . Got some RTB wood and as I was leaving right at the driveway to the farm this guy must have gotten hit . Nice big 8 pointer .

Originally Posted by Steeveedee (Post 9147991)

Put the second wing and the router table extension on my new table saw. I've had it since April, but had no room to assemble or use it. Sold my old table saw, and moved some tool boxes and the old router table to temporary storage. I contacted the saw manufacturer because a bunch of fastener hardware is just plain missing. I'll get that sometime next week and finish building it. Still don't really have room, but once I put my carving bench and tools in their final place, there'll be plenty of room.

Originally Posted by special-K (Post 9148020)

Sounds similar to my situation created by clearing out my barn so I can move it. I got it moved so now tightening it up. My woodshop tools have been "no access" for far too long.

Today I flashed the roof where the lean-to connects. One more step toward moving back in for a fresh start placing things in the best place vs before when it was a 30 year accumulation.