jonw440 187 #6051 Posted September 3, 2023 36 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: We hiked out to some cellar holes between the mountains across the street. Roughly 5 miles. Did some metal detection. Cool stuff. Stopped for some soup and cheese then came home. Excellent day!! So..........What did you find? Any Colonial coppers? Silver pieces of eight? Or just horse shoes and harmonica reeds. LOL I have a few machines myself. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,114 #6052 Posted September 3, 2023 Had a rotten fence post… so decided to get started on mending it instead of sitting on my kiester. Got the old post out… hole is too big so I used a rather unorthodoxed method to replace. I always wrap my posts in roofing felt paper… maybe it slows the rot- I don’t know. After the felt paper I used one of those cardboard tube concrete forms and spaced it away from the post with nails. Got the post where I wanted it… added a little dirt to stabilize everything… filled the tube with concrete… When it sets up I will backfill the hole with dirt tamped in tight… Tied the gate back where it won’t swing around and knock the post out of plumb. The guy that installed the fence when we moved in in 2007 screwed the end posts next to the house to the house. Talk about shortcuts- he did not want to move the post out past the footer for the house so he sat the post on top of the footer and screwed the post to the house. I will be remedying that… 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayoutdoors 82 #6053 Posted September 4, 2023 been a 3day project here. had a major water pipe break in the basement so I got to gut everything out of there!.... took tomorrow off work so time for a little woodford bourbon and fix my fuel tank on the b60 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 17,075 #6054 Posted September 4, 2023 18 minutes ago, Jayoutdoors said: so time for a little woodford bourbon Ah, love a good whiskey to settle things down! Sometimes even a krappy one works too. Discovered this one by trying something new. Ever try it? It's my favorite by far. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,132 #6055 Posted September 4, 2023 10 hours ago, jonw440 said: @jonw440 One of the cellars has a pile of charred timber. Fair amount of crap like shingles and nails. We did find a few whole bricks and a couple small grates from the heating system. One single square nail. There are at least 3 other locations there for the next time we head up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,132 #6056 Posted September 4, 2023 10 hours ago, Horse Newbie said: wrap my posts in roofing felt paper… When the builder put our barn up last year they wrapped all the Poles in self stick bituthene. His information is that it changes the lifespan of the PT yellow pine from "approximately 20 to 40 years" up to "40 to 60 years minimum". In other words, 😜 they don't actually know because it can't be tested, but they can't say "lifetime". 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bds1984 1,442 #6057 Posted September 4, 2023 13 hours ago, Horse Newbie said: I always seal off the ends, especially if the wood is more porous since the moisture will wick up through the ends substantially. I bucket of warmed up roofing tar does a nice job. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,114 #6058 Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) I worked on the other fence post today… To get the height I need, I have to dig down 28 inches to keep from cutting the bottom of the post off. I don’t like to cheat on most projects. I brought the post off of the house by about 11.5 inches. I will close the gap with two 5.5 inches wide dog-eared fence boards like I did on the other side. I’ll let the post set at least until Tuesday before I put the split rails and wire back on. Of course being as anal as I am I had to wash the post hole diggers, shovel, wheel barrow, and most of my tools before storing them. Then I took the Wheel Horses for a run… Edited September 4, 2023 by Horse Newbie 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,450 #6059 Posted September 5, 2023 Just got back from Pocono raceway Got a chance to go for a few laps around the track. What a ride, 6600 rpm's = about 130 mph. 3 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,578 #6060 Posted September 5, 2023 That your daily driver Randy? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,450 #6061 Posted September 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: That your daily driver Randy? Don't I wish! That would be fun on the turnpikes! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,287 #6062 Posted September 5, 2023 20 hours ago, rjg854 said: Just got back from Pocono raceway Got a chance to go for a few laps around the track. What a ride, 6600 rpm's = about 130 mph. Falls, Chicken Wings and now Steve McQueen. Randy living the High-Life! At least you can fit Thu the window! I would get stuck! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,287 #6063 Posted September 5, 2023 Whilst everybody was racing cars and pigging out, I was battling the heat. Gas chiller was rip roaring at 9 AM and it wasn't even super hot out yet. Spent the afternoon on a hot black roof bypassing controls to keep another chiller running with a bad 2nd stage compressor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,343 #6064 Posted September 5, 2023 May have been not so hot in NY but at 11AM it was 100 degrees on the southside of my house. New A/C has a outdoor temperature do hickey build into it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,054 #6065 Posted September 5, 2023 @rjg854 I was at a couple local short tracks this weekend, Craig’s Cruisers and AJ’s Fun Park. (Go karts ). I saw a couple kids get the little booster cushions from time to time. They got those for big cars too? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,054 #6066 Posted September 5, 2023 Another scorcher on the barn roof today. Instead of laying a few strips of underlayment, then a few steel panels, I worked on just underlayment. It was quite reflective. I took a funny selfie. The clouds look like I’m up there enjoying the new Michigan state flower! 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,450 #6067 Posted September 6, 2023 14 hours ago, Pullstart said: @rjg854 I was at a couple local short tracks this weekend, Craig’s Cruisers and AJ’s Fun Park. (Go karts ). I saw a couple kids get the little booster cushions from time to time. They got those for big cars too? I was surprised that I fit right into that car without alterations. The only thing they changed for me was that Huns device, that goes around your neck to keep your head in place. I just wish I had ALOT more money to have been able to go for more laps. I was just beginning to feel comfortable with what the car could do. I can see why drivers get addicted to the speed. That was my birthday experience, from the boys. They thought the experience would be better than a present and let me tell you brother they were so right! 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,578 #6068 Posted September 6, 2023 39 minutes ago, rjg854 said: I can see why drivers get addicted to the speed. Time to juice up an old Raider Randy? 1 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,392 #6069 Posted September 6, 2023 17 hours ago, Pullstart said: Well you’ve been outed with that image of you wearing the safety harness! 👍 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,054 #6070 Posted September 6, 2023 38 minutes ago, Handy Don said: Well you’ve been outed with that image of you wearing the safety harness! 👍 ehhhh looks safe but it’s just tool belt suspenders 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,450 #6071 Posted September 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: Time to juice up an old Raider Randy? Before I ever took that ride, I had changed the pulleys on the 854 and on the 1045 to increase their speed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,287 #6072 Posted September 7, 2023 Everybody havin fun including Kevin. It was 130° in this boiler room and over 150° on the roof. played ping pong keeping the AC going. Keeping with the racing theme, This is for the Big Block Chevy fans in the room! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,054 #6073 Posted September 7, 2023 @squonk I think that BBC needs a thumpr cam! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,392 #6074 Posted September 7, 2023 1 hour ago, squonk said: This is for the Big Block Chevy fans in the room! Is that a compressor or a pump or both? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,287 #6075 Posted September 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Handy Don said: Is that a compressor or a pump or both? 454 Chevy Marine engine turning a Hall Screw Chiller compressor. 100 lbs of R134A 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
