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

[Warrens69GMC]

How do you keep it from rolling all over the floor?

[mr.mud1]

thanks guys

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

I like it

Wheel On

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

It looks nice, great job!

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

How do you keep it from rolling all over the floor?

thanks guys. i guess it should be anchored to the floor but i wanted to be able to move it around,depending on what i was working on.i could've used caster wheels with brakes but i didn't have any so i used what i had.i've only just finished this thing and played with it a bit,i set each wheel on a scrap piece of 4 inch channel,flat side down at 90 degrees to the wheel.it's heavy enough it doesn't go anywhere.the next time Princess Auto has caster wheels on sale with brakes,maybe i'll change them?

[special-K]

Looks like a Nova Scotia wheel to me

Great job!

[Dieselwrencher]

I've been busy trying to get dodges fixed for people outside of normal work. I've got 1 left to finish and a square body waiting for parts to get the 12v conversion done. I also decided this year was the year to get the scrap hauled in. Since it was worth nothing the last 3 to 5 years, I just hoarded it. I'm getting down to where I don't have a whole lot left after 3 good loads of shred and 3 of cast. Next is to clean radiators.

I'm not sure what happened on the cab. All I wanted to save was the windshield?

Just kidding! The roof was shot but someone put a brand new floor in the cab. They did the install poorly so I will be using that floor in my 72 Cheyenne Super K20 build.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by special-K

Looks like a Nova Scotia wheel to me

Great job!

ha ha,thanks.i think you're onto something here,a Nova Scotia wheel has a nicer ring to it.take care.Greg

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I've been busy trying to get dodges fixed for people outside of normal work. I've got 1 left to finish and a square body waiting for parts to get the 12v conversion done. I also decided this year was the year to get the scrap hauled in. Since it was worth nothing the last 3 to 5 years, I just hoarded it. I'm getting down to where I don't have a whole lot left after 3 good loads of shred and 3 of cast. Next is to clean radiators.

I'm not sure what happened on the cab. All I wanted to save was the windshield?

Just kidding! The roof was shot but someone put a brand new floor in the cab. They did the install poorly so I will be using that floor in my 72 Cheyenne Super K20 build.

WOW,you've been busy.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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Made a 280 mile round trip to pick up a Western plow for my '03 Suburban. 13 mpg going with no wind and 15mpg return with a tailwind. I'm happy with that....

GM crate 350 with an NV4500 5 speed overdrive trans.

LockDoc

Nice MPG & great rig.

[57taskforce]

I cut a couple truck loads of aspen firewood. About 4 more loads of oak over thanksgiving week and I’ll be set for next winter. (I always cut a year out) Today was my first real strenuous day of work since getting over Covid last week. felt great to get out and enjoy the highcountry air.

[allchevy58]

Got the H post done on entry, front and back gates done.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by allchevy58

Got the H post done on entry, front and back gates done.

Are you going to put anything up across the top with the name of your ranch?

LockDoc

[leddzepp]

Been at the new house for about 4 weeks now. Had 3 giant pepper trees removed, along with 3 dump truck loads of dirt hauled off to get this 70’x30’ space cleared out and graded in my backyard for a concrete slab and retaining wall. Also had a huge eucalyptus tree removed on the other side of the yard to finish off the concrete deck and not have any more leaves drop in the pool.

[special-K]

Going right at making it yours

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

Are you going to put anything up across the top with the name of your ranch?

LockDoc

Going to put something up, haven't decided what yet.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

I thought I was done building with rock here, I've only built 600 L ft. of retaining walls, channels, and a levee, and another 400 L ft. of french drain, just wasn't enough.

Back at it today because we got 5" of rain some weeks ago. With the heavy winters 2017-19 the hill behind me finally gave way one spot. I checked the area during the storm and the floor in front of this hill was soaked, first time I've seen that in 20 years I've lived here. After the storm I checked again to see it slid this spot, go figure. There's nearly a 90 closer to the street (cough). The hill is very steep and maybe 20' high.

Above it is city property, and they have "taken care" of this hill past. But they just dump 3/4-3" rock (dirt) on occasion, the wrong size of course. I mentioned that to the city's engineer that approach is useless, especially since we get far more water in stints than we once did. I've seen the covert on the north side run three months straight. A fluke I built for it, because it left 3-3.5 ft. square trenches beyond it that winter, timing is everything. I learned along time ago if you wait for the city you're done, because I'd have received half the water from that easement otherwise, or even all of it, the foundation wouldn't have survived it for starts.

Someone gave this rock away so I grabbed what I could lift. You can see the grade is too heavy behind it. I have a shovel, but it can never be right without some ROCKS, 8"ish, not the pebble BS.

Thanks to my neighbor this was 6-7 trips in a barrel 250' downhill instead of 350' uphill. Only took 2-3 hours. It's deep and tight, but not built for looks. Nice day. I think I'll rock the entire hill at some point, another 30-40 feet. Just the bottom. The rest is the cities problem.

I built that short channel behind it years ago, it runs well often, cuts through the top and out of my place. Like everything else that runs down to the Mayor's place where it's supposed to Go figure the developer & city made a provision for that, but not the covert that feeds almost all of it?? Luck has it I like to build with rocks somehow, and the rock for a B/A levee was literally dropped in the field behind my place, just a fluke....."Yeah take it", Rearwee?

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

My daughter and I refinished these the other day. They belonged to my parents who bought them new in the 60s. Her project, I was there for supplies & moral support

[Dieselwrencher]

Those turned out really nice! She did great work!

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Those turned out really nice! She did great work!

X2, they look new.

[special-K]

That really does look great. She has talent and you got to watch

I don't know where I left off on my 'barn move' project. I keep poking away at it off and on between getting other things done. I have the stem wall all ready and some wall cut away. It's still standing on it's posts but most I have the bottoms cut.

Next is temporary support, cut the posts, and bolt up the bottom plates.





This is the reason for moving the building. B Fn Tree:

[leddzepp]

Retaining wall put up, concrete forms in place, mesh laid down. 25 year old flexible drain pipe that was clogged and full of tree roots was removed and a new straight pipe put down in its place. Went out to the curb and gutter and used my roto rooter machine to clear out the remaining pipe under the existing driveway that was not removed. Reconnected everything to ensure proper drainage.

[leddzepp]

Pics

[special-K]

Good getting the groundwork done for the big day!

[Ol Blue K20]

A lot of work, but it's going to be nice.

[Sheepdip]

I finally got the transmission and transfer case out of this 59 CJ5 parts Jeep I hauled home about 2 months ago. Seemed like every day I went to work on it, the phone would ring and plans got put on the back burner.

It was SBF powered and has an early Borg Warner T10 4spd adapted to the stock Dana 18 Transfer Case with an overdrive, I don't think it's Warn, I'm thinking Atlas, never the less it's all good stuff, I cringed at the thought of it being scrapped.
The body is a total loss to rust, so Monday the rest of the carcass goes to scrap.

[3757chevy]

I replaced the light in the dining room . We're hosting Family for Thanksgiving this year.