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[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

That’s moving . Wouldn’t do it myself with a trailer

not our truck...heh heh
2021 silvy. trailer was empty, 'bout 1500-1800 lbs. after 3 weeks, we were READY to get home.
was hard to get pics moving at that speed though. tons of old iron everywhere. less than half the pics i took turned out, most were blurry

[dieseldawg142]

a few oldies


this guy had a decent square collection, 4 steppers and a longbox


was one guy with
bout 35-40 vintage rigs in his yard, old Reo's, Diamond T's and a bunch of '50's and '60's Macks. will try to get non blurry pics when we go back up in a couple weeks

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by special-K

Where is that and what is that big building in that small community?

it was a school. hasn't been used in a few yrs, only had 21 students so they closed it and bus them 20 mins down the road. it is actually a pretty big roof (approx 140 square) and the only reason we could see them doing a roof on a not being used building is to burn up the budget. if the school board has money left over at yrs end, it goes back to the gov and they will usually get less budget next yr. So at budget deadline there is a mad scramble to spend it all so they get the same amount or more next yr. ya, stupid, but it keeps me in work...lol...and money.
been paid for two of the 3 weeks so far. grossed $4200 for the first 2 weeks up there. $3400 for work, and just over $800 for travel time. nice thing they put my travel on a seperate check so i don't pay as much taxes


and they sure do get some nice sunrise/sets up there...

[special-K]

That's how gov't allotment works down here, too. They scramble to spend surplus money once the final quarter comes up, once the bulk of the year is behind with surplus funds left. What shape was the old roof in? Could be they know a building is only as good as it's roof and, although they closed the school, they want to save the building for other purposes or to sell.

They want to close down the elementary school in the town my mom lives in due to shrinking student body. I remember when they built that school. There are only two jr/sr high schools in that county. I guess the elementary school kids will get used to a long bus ride before jr. high

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

That's how gov't allotment works down here, too. They scramble to spend surplus money once the final quarter comes up, once the bulk of the year is behind with surplus funds left.

That's how it works in the private sector too. Management was a bunch of skinflints all year but then at the end of the year if you were coming in under budget they'd tell you to order all kinds of stuff otherwise the budget would get cut next year.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

not our truck...heh heh
2021 silvy. trailer was empty, 'bout 1500-1800 lbs. after 3 weeks, we were READY to get home.
was hard to get pics moving at that speed though. tons of old iron everywhere. less than half the pics i took turned out, most were blurry

Not so much the truck . I wouldn’t trust trailer tires at that speed . Think at most they are rated for 75mph

[FleetsidePaul]

I have this random poster in my hallway. A guy that I knew was the singer. He died at 39 of brain cancer. Too bad. He was a nice guy.

[Killer Bee]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Not so much the truck . I wouldn’t trust trailer tires at that speed . Think at most they are rated for 75mph

bingo!

ST tires are typically rated for 65mph hence reduced trailer towing speed limits in most states..

trailer bearings, brakes, suspension, and couplings are also not designed for high speeds..

load stability and weight distribution, wind and weather, etc. are also major factors far safe towing speed..

see those guys in the ditch all the time, usually the median after going too fast in left lanes..

brought this big fella down through the mountains from Ojai few years ago slow and steady no trouble at all

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by special-K

That's how gov't allotment works down here, too. They scramble to spend surplus money once the final quarter comes up, once the bulk of the year is behind with surplus funds left. What shape was the old roof in? Could be they know a building is only as good as it's roof and, although they closed the school, they want to save the building for other purposes or to sell.

roof was actually not that bad of shape. with a little maintenance they prob could have got another 7-8 yrs more of life. this is the new roof based in, has been 90% cap sheeted since these pics were taken last week. waiting for some special order scuppers and a new roof hatch to come in before we go back up and finish it.


is actually 3 roofs on this job. you can see the old roof on this one section we hadn't got done yet- is not really that bad of shape, some maintenance and prob could have easily got some more life out of it.

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Not so much the truck . I wouldn’t trust trailer tires at that speed . Think at most they are rated for 75mph

once again, not our trailer either...heh, heh...
as the trailer is insured as commercial, it goes for an annual inspection, which was just last aug, at which time some new Carlisle TrailRated HD tires went on it. the Carlisle's are rated for 81 mph.
sure, we were over the limit, but new tires, 3 weeks out and a burning desire to get home to see my wife, kid and dawgs meant the hay with it...lol

[dieseldawg142]

lots of old buildings around there. this was just down the road from where we staying. some heritage preservation society...looks like they need to do a better job "preserving"...lol
where's Special K when ya need some old boards replaced...


semi restored building from the 1800's in a mining town. you can hike up the mountain behind it and go into a mine tunnel that goes almost a mile down in the mountain. all done by hand and some old steam equipment. they grew miners tough back then... ignore the road sign i managed to get right in the middle of the pic.


another old homesteaders house. only prob driving 150 is the pics get kinda blurry...

[dieseldawg142]

passed this up there.
dawg hawg heaven...

[special-K]

Heritage is easy to preserve. It's the buildings that take work

That ranch house reminds me of the couple toll houses I showed a while back

Here is a historical wrought iron fence at a historical house in a historical town

[72c20customcamper]

Raining so I pulled an old Hershey sale box my Dad had tucked away . 72 Ford t bird gran torino rear side markers , 65 mustang bumper guards 70 -74 AMX /Javalin rear side marker also fits Avanti II ,62 ford Galaxy 500 backup light kit . Also in the box was a red plate 55 amp Alternator for my AMX . All NOS need to get an idea of what the ford stuff is worth and a place to sell them .

There was also NOS MB 280SL rotors and calipers still in the box’s . Dad must have bought them when he had the 250 and 280 SLs

[HO455]

Out of curiosity what is the AMC marker light worth? I need some for my 70 Javelin and I've been wondering how much they were going to set me back..

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by HO455

Out of curiosity what is the AMC marker light worth? I need some for my 70 Javelin and I've been wondering how much they were going to set me back..

The red markers go for 150 to 200 each. That's for NOS

[HO455]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

The red markers go for 150 to 200 each. That's for NOS

Yikes!

Looks like I will be doing something custom.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by HO455

Yikes!

Looks like I will be doing something custom.

I'm sure you can find used much cheaper .

AMC and Studebaker parts and cars used to be cheap no longer the case . I have some group 19 parts that are impossible to find nowadays.

[HO455]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

I'm sure you can find used much cheaper .

AMC and Studebaker parts and cars used to be cheap no longer the case . I have some group 19 parts that are impossible to find nowadays.

I certainly hope I can. But between the peeling plastic chrome and their general fragility I'm not placing any bets.
I do get the group 19 stuff being expensive and hard to find. It wasn't that common back in the day and factory high performance parts always commands a premium.

[72c20customcamper]

When I go to my other house I'll look to see what I have . Might have a couple of amber and red used .

[HO455]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

When I go to my other house I'll look to see what I have . Might have a couple of amber and red used .

That would be great. I will go and take a close look tonight and see what I really need.
Thank you.

[62c30]

Planes, trains and automobiles

[CG]

I keep putting off hauling these willow chunks out to my honeys sister and bil’s place. Gonna have a willow forrest if I don’t get to it.

[Willowrun]

Originally Posted by 62c30

Planes, trains and automobiles

Early on in their trip from Wichita to Washington.

[62c30]

Originally Posted by Willowrun

Early on in their trip from Wichita to Washington.

I've heard that some of them get used for target practice on the way to Washington

[Steeveedee]

^ That's some pretty stupid stuff to do. I worked on a space program years ago where we had bullet-resistant shielding surrounding some REALLY high dollar hardware, and discovered a bullet hole through-and-through in the shipping truck. It obviously happened after delivery, on the return trip. It wouldn't surprise me that some dumb bass would shoot at something, though. With the new tech that locates gun shot sources, hopefully those yahoos get busted, and have to work for the rest of their lives paying for the damage.