How'd it go today?

[pantheraba]

 

[FireFighterZero]

I bought a flat belt buzz saw and a 1966 IH one ton 4x4 pickup today at the auction sale.


Spent 330 bucks all together.

 

[cory]

 

[Bodean]

Oh man... a 66 IH... classic.

 

[FireFighterZero]

It was the gentleman's first 4x4 pickup.


It even has a PTO winch on the front.

 

[SeanKroll]

PICS

 

[SkwerI]

Spent a few hours working on the big truck yesterday and today. Finally replaced the trailer hitch so I can tow my dump trailer without picking the front wheels off the ground. The original hitch was the military style 30K lb deal with no way to lower it. I had my welder fab up a bolt in replacement receiver hitch so I can swap inserts to adjust my height.

Also had him fab up a cap for the end of the boom to protect the hoses and the giant sprocket. The original cap was designed for electrical insulation, not bashing into trees. 3 months and it was already beat to hell. This one should hold up for a while.

I also spent some time on the hoses, shortening the loops hanging in front of the material handler and tracking down a leak. I removed the hydraulic tool circuit to get it out of my way (we had just mentioned that yesterday).

 

[SeanKroll]

Nice, and under the cover of a carport. Seems very useful, between intense sun and rain.

Carports are popular hear. Strange to me, but I grew up in Chicago.

I'm looking to do something similar to your carport, or truckport, as it were.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I was so excited that I forgot pictures.

Makes no sense....I take a picture of nearly every trivial thing that happens.....but not today.


Fellow has a winch on his truck and is going to haul it home.


We loaded the buzz saw into a friends pickup. He will bring my hay rake back to me and bring the saw too. \



There was a kid there that wanted the saw to make knife blades out of. I did not trust leaving the saw there. Scoundrels abound.

 

[Fiddler]

I believe I've worked the last day at the course this season unless something comes up where the Boss needs a hand, or it warms up enough to have to mow once more.

Removed a couple more dead birch and picked up all the wood & brush I had down from this week & dropped it at the brush pile. Nice leisurely Fall afternoon.

 

[pantheraba]

Jim...those both sound like treasures. Great stuff. A buzz saw? Like Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner?????''

 

[SeanKroll]

Learned about power steering pulley pullers, and got one as rental-tools, from O'Reilly's.

Happy I got the milled lumber restacked and covered. Our wet weather is here.

 

[Bodean]

It hasn't rained here in SF in a long time...

 

[squisher]

I went to a local live rendition of the rocky horror show tonight. Enlightening to say the least. My father in law got spanked onstage by a man in leathers as it was his birthday.

 

[pantheraba]

spanked onstage by a man in leathers

The high point of some people's life I reckon...

You had to love it!

 

[Wood Collector]

Had my monthly night markets last night sales were okay did about $217 in sales was hoping for more as the weather has been perfect for the last week. Got 2 more markets that will see me out until the end of the year and then I will think about if I want to continue the markets of not and maybe increase what I sell through a friends shop. Found 2 investment properties that I like ones outside my budget but has been listed for a while so expecting that the price may be reduced soon another is within my budget and has been recently renovated, only a few cosmetic things need doing on it few more plants here and there. I found a few nice places on acreage but my main issue is trying to rent them out or the distance to my work is longer than what I travel at the moment.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Farmer rancher appreciation night tonight.

First night out with no kids since the 4 wheeler accident a couple years ago.

Wife is toast.

 

[No_Bivy]

I think I see light at end of tunnel.......last two exams Monday and Tuesday......if I test out of final on Monday, otherwise its three.

must maintain......

 

[MasterBlaster]

I said the same thing once on an acid trip!

 

[Tree09]

 

[treebilly]

Good luck on the exams No Bivy.
Good luck with el wifo Jim. My wife had a surprise party for my birthday this year. Boy was I surprised. She was falling down everywhere and sick as hell the next day. Needless to say there was no happy birthday present for me

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Hate it when that happens. Like "happy anniversary!!" . Who ended up in jail or sick?

 

[No_Bivy]

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tested out of medsurge final yesterday........one more to go in 5 hrs!

 

[Raj]

Good work and good luck!

 

[MasterBlaster]

He aced it!