What did you do today not on your truck...

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by CG

Actually a couple days ago. Granddaughter graduated HS. Starting two years CC and making decisions from there about future schooling or ? She was still a few years away from being born when I joined the board. (how did I get this old? haha)

What a great picture that is. I remember when she was buzzing around in the cyclekart when she was like 14. Man they grow up fast don't they.....

LockDoc

[special-K]

Originally Posted by CG

Actually a couple days ago. Granddaughter graduated HS. Starting two years CC and making decisions from there about future schooling or ? She was still a few years away from being born when I joined the board. (how did I get this old? haha)

Originally Posted by LockDoc

What a great picture that is. I remember when she was buzzing around in the cyclekart when she was like 14. Man they grow up fast don't they.....

LockDoc

Yes they do grow up fast and I remember when, seems like last year, she was sporting in the cycle cart.

Originally Posted by LockDoc

I wonder how that stuff works if the vehicle already has rust though? Maybe it just soaks into the existing rust to help prevent more.....

LockDoc

I think it would help. It seems once metal appears as pitted and rusty the corrosive is in the material pores where it doesn't rinse out. You need to "send in" something to halt or at least deter it. Like rust inhibitor, thin oil, or a paint over product. How far does POR15 (or similar) go toward halting then preventing rust? I'm not convinced on the halting, just Painting Over Rust. I fear the rust will continue under that nice shell

[72c20customcamper]

Bought my wife a new ride . 2006 Yamaha Silverado 1100 with 5k miles went to get some primer for the 68 hood

[Ol Blue K20]

Great pic CG, they grow fast....

[mr.mud1]

well i have been busy,not working on my truck and not all today but a little to show for the hard work.a month or so ago,we built a new deck on the back of the house.i told the guy who was here doing it,momma needed a new clothes line and i needed him to build that into the deck.i didn't think what he proposed would work and didn't.it wobbled all over the place and put a huge strain on the deck.i ripped what he built apart,dug a 6 foot hole in the ground and put a piece of 3 inch pipe,6 feet long in concrete,then built a new steel pole out of 2 1/2 pipe ,slid that down 6 feet into the 3 inch pipe,anchored it to the main frame of the deck,i think it's there to stay.then onto the greenhouse.the new greenhouse i built for my bride last year,blew away during Hurricane Fiona last fall.i found it down over the bank by my brook,we hauled it back up to where it belonged,made some repairs and she has put it to work again this year,well i'll be darned,if i didn't look the other day and was leaving again??so i dug some holes and today filled 5 gallon buckets with concrete and a chain bolted to a brake rotor down in the bottom of the bucket then filled them with concrete and chained up to the bottom sills underneath the greenhouse.tomorrow i'll cover it all in with stone and some dirt over top and make some new grass.the old water pump is going to painted up and planted out there somewhere and my wife will fill an old bucket with flowers and she'll hang it on the spout.i found the pump next door thrown down over the bank at what was my grandparents place.my grandfather passed in 1970 and my grandmother a year later.they bought the property in 1923,built a house and a barn,never had water in the house.i remember them drilling a well in 1969 and putting that old pump outside the front door,you'd think they won the lottery cause before that water was delivered or my dad or his brothers would haul it from a spring with a horse and wagon.

[special-K]

Good deal. You're tying up loose ends

[Gotenntitans]

Caught this 2 lb 1 oz “Big Boy” and turned him loose. I hate putting a knife in those big stud crappie. Maybe I’ll catch him again sometime. Hope so!

[Boog]

"she's a beut Clark". I have a 2 lb crappie mounted.
They are some good eating fish.

[Gotenntitans]

Originally Posted by Boog

"she's a beut Clark". I have a 2 lb crappie mounted.
They are some good eating fish.

They sure are! I really prefer crappie in the 1 pound range for the best eating. Those big uns eat good too, but I just would rather take a picture and let em go. I rarely rarely keep a big crappie.

[68bowtie]

That’s a dandy!

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Gotenntitans

They sure are! I really prefer crappie in the 1 pound range for the best eating. Those big uns eat good too, but I just would rather take a picture and let em go. I rarely rarely keep a big crappie.

You don't take big crappies? Sorry, I never grew up. What the grown man in me wanted to say is "You can eat this one's offspring". That's what I figure when I put a good fish back in the water.

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

very cool stuff.i'm always on the hunt for a pump.

Thanks, we are always looking too. Seems to go in spurts. Haven't found any pictures of that model Bowser pump. No numbers on the pump other than serial number.

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by special-K

Big progress on the house. I have always loved the idea of a windmill to pump well water. Old school way that never stopped making great sense

I would like to put one of the windmills over the well but the wife said no, you have to have the water go somewhere when it's pumping. Probably have to put in a couple of check valves in the line because this well is 400' deep, think they set our pump at 278'

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by 68bowtie

What is the stack of wood in the center? Joists? It looks like you have quite a span for that sub floor.

Those are the 2X12X20 joints, house is 33' wide.

[weq92f]

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Decided to mow the lawn today in the middle of the afternoon. Temperature was about 107* with clear sky.

I took several breaks but still ended up getting way too hot. After it was all done and I was inside in the cool the nausea hit me...I felt like puking for a good half hour and didn't really feel normal for another couple hours.

This has happened to me once before when I was in my 30s at a golf range in the heat. Not a pleasant experience in either case.

Be careful out there.

-klb

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by allchevy58

Thanks, we are always looking too. Seems to go in spurts. Haven't found any pictures of that model Bowser pump. No numbers on the pump other than serial number.

you're right.those old pumps turn up when you least expect them.i went last week to an old boys place about 5 hours from here to buy a landscape rake for my tractor.we talked about tractors in the yard for a few minutes and then he said,you might as well come in and see my new tractor,walked in and there was an old pump,not as old as what you found,probably from the 70's but i asked if it was for sale?he said it had sitting there in the corner for years but he'd sell it,but my truck was full,so i see a trip back there very soon to get the pump.

[72c20customcamper]

The swing tongue jack on my trailer broke . The nut inside the lift tube stripped out . The trailer just dropped to the ground glad I didn’t have the Chevelle on it I had just taken it off and unhooked the trailer from the dodge . The screw is fine but couldn’t find a nut to weld onto the drop tube . It’s 3/4 -8 left handed Acme thread . McMaster has them for 6$ but by the time I buy and ship then weld it up might as well buy a new one . But for the time being I used an old tongue jack from my cargo trailer that I replaced with an electric unit . Couple of cuts and some welding and it good for the time being . Little to light duty but until I get a 2k pound unit it’ll do .

[special-K]

Glad the car was off and toes were clear. It pays to hang on to stuff like the old togue jack. "We have that in stock"

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by special-K

Glad the car was off and toes were clear. It pays to hang on to stuff like the old togue jack. "We have that in stock"

It wasn’t that old when I replaced it . I put the electric lift because of my shoulder . Never was the same after the rotor cuff tear repair just doesn’t like that circular motion

[mr.mud1]

I had a bunch of things to do outside but it's rained for a couple days and the next few don't look promising either so i did the front brakes on my Uncle's Chrysler Intrepid,no pictures but a horrible mess,everything seized and rotten,as always an hour job turns into about 3 fighting with junk but then i got fooling around in an old Craftsman tool box my Father in-law told me to take when we were there a couple weeks ago helping them clean up and thin out some stuff.there were some AC Fire Ring spark plug boxes,long before Delco was involved i think,something on the box about 1949,Made in Canada and The Thompson Co. i think it said.i'd never seen AC plugs in boxes like that,an old,made in Springfield,Mass 1/4 inch drill,sorry i forgot the brand but it must weight 10 pounds?i plugged it in and away it went but the cord had me worried.some made in Canada Gray tools,good stuff,some Craftsman,made in the USA,more good stuff including a 1/2 drive Craftsman ratchet with a long handle.i have several Snap-on ratchets,one 3/8's drive with a long handle and i use it all the time and was looking for a long handled 1/2 inch.i have 3 or 4 Made in England Record vises and brought home a # 4 Record vise that swivels and i have a home for that on a metal working/sheet metal brake table i'm building.all kinds of cool stuff.i love it when a plan comes together.

[special-K]

When you said Fire Ring I pictured that cool logo right away. I have AC plugs in boxed from the '80s and thought that was something. Also 7 on a blister pack. But you win!!

Old tools are the best. A few years ago I had a small hex head screw I couldn't reach and discovered a great long handled 1/4" drive ratchet from Milwaukee. Then at a swap meet I bought a long handle 3/8 drive. all I need now is a long 1/2". I never knew about longer handle ratchets until recently. Great tools! I have all the stubby stuff and palm ratchets, but when there's room to swing....................

[special-K]

When you said Fire Ring I pictured that cool logo right away. I have AC plugs in boxed from the '80s and thought that was something. Also 7 on a blister pack. But you win!!

Old tools are the best. A few years ago I had a small hex head screw I couldn't reach and discovered a great long handled 1/4" drive ratchet from Milwaukee. Then at a swap meet I bought a long handle 3/8 drive. all I need now is a long 1/2". I never knew about longer handle ratchets until recently. Great tools! I have all the stubby stuff and palm ratchets, but when there's room to swing....................

[dieseldawg142]

haven't done it yet, but will be later today once the stores open.
we been having a lot of forest fires lately and not unusual to smell smoke.
every morning i let the dawgs out for their bizness, and this morn (4:30 am) the smoke smell was pretty strong.
i noticed my dawgs running over behind my shed and acting stupid, so i go walk over there and see smoke and flames coming off my fence.
grabbed my hose and put it out....prob be around $300-350 for new panels and assorted lumber to fix.
guess i got lucky, my shed didn't catch and only a couple pieces of siding got all warped and melty.
best i can figure is some a-hole walking down the alley prob flicked a butt in the grass along side my fence.

[best view]

You can’t fix stupid

[tutone]

Weve been waiting for a dry string of days to por a dog pen.
11' x 21' in a nice shady spot under an old cedar. Today was the day. I finished it by hand laying in the front end loader bucket as it was setting up very fast. We got it though.
I'm beat.