What did you do today?

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

1 hour ago, pullstart said:

 

looks a tad leaky...

Imma flex seal it! 👌

[SylvanLakeWH 25,600]

Set up the bird bath fountain I made from spare pump and parts from old fish tank...

 

5 gallon reservoir in garage with hoses to bird bath makes maintenance a lot easier...!

 

 

[cschannuth 3,816]

I sprayed in a bedliner on my old ranger. I bought the gun and it works like a dream. My wife was even impressed because she is usually just tired of me messing around with my little truck. The gentleman that I bought this truck from was older and eventually could no longer drive. Unfortunately he parked it under a tree and a lot of debris accumulated in the bed that actually had some rust issues. Other than that the truck was from Arkansas wit zero rust through. I patched the holes and then sprayed the bedliner on in three coats and it really turned out nice. 

Edited April 8, 2021 by cschannuth

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

7 minutes ago, cschannuth said:

really turned out nice.

 

I'll say!  What brand bedliner did you use?  Did you run the 'purple gun' ?

[Tractorhead 9,064]

6 minutes ago, cschannuth said:

I sprayed in a bedliner on my old ranger. I bought the gun and it works like a dream. My wife was even impressed because she is usually just tired of me messing around with my little truck. The gentleman that I bought this truck from was older and eventually could no longer drive. Unfortunately he parked it under a tree and a lot of debris accumulated in the bed that actually had some rust issues. Other than that the truck was from Arkansas wit zero rust through. I patched the holes and then sprayed the bedliner on in three coats and it really turned out nice. 

 

Whow looks good,

is it a hard coat or was it a rubber style coating?

[cschannuth 3,816]

13 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

I'll say!  What brand bedliner did you use?  Did you run the 'purple gun' ?

U-Pol with the U-Pol gun at 45psi. I couldn’t believe how nice it worked. I prepped the bed, shot it with a couple light coats of etching primer, and then used enough liner for a full size 8’ bed on my 6’ bed. 

[cschannuth 3,816]

17 minutes ago, Tractorhead said:

 

Whow looks good,

is it a hard coat or was it a rubber style coating?

It’s a hard coat and it seems really tough. 

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

Not to much went and got my 1st covid shot this afternoon. 

[8ntruck 7,016]

Worked on the flat Sears garden trailer tire.  One step forward, two steps back.

 

Patched the tube, inflated it, all good, put the tube back in tire, remount tire, inflate, all looks good.  Put my tools away, picked up the wheel to put it back on the trailer, tire is now squishy.

 

Dismounted one tire bead, pulled the tube and found the patch not fully adhered.  Re applied glue, stuck the patch down.  Inflated the tube and found a second leak.  Patched the second leak, inflated the tube, no leaks.  Installed the tube, was seating the tire and noticed that the bead bundle was coming loose from the tire .   Tire is now scrap.  Was a cheapo from TSC, I think.  Only one season on it.

 

Need to get another tire.  Might as well pick up a new tube as well.

[ebinmaine 67,623]

Did some market research and ordered a portable bandsaw this morning. Went with a DeWalt. 

 

BBT and I took the dog up to the top of the mountain across the street from the house here. 

 

Her and her mom spent some time working on setting up the garden boxes. 

 

I worked on my hitch mounted crane for awhile this evening. Ground down a bunch of mill scale and some welds that I'm not happy with. 

 

Fired up the buzz box Lincoln 225 and went to town burnin rods. 

 

7014 is my friend. 

 

6011 has a place in the world but it's tough to run (for me). 

 

I also laid out some 6013 1/16 experimentally. Also went well. 

 

Should have time to work on that more tomorrow after martial arts training in the morning. 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Did a little more on the rear door project, some wiring and checking of cupboard positions etc.

Also spent a couple of hours doing DIY jobs for my sister in law. 

Been a weird day weather wise, bright sun but deathly cold and occasional snow flurries. 

Pubs reopen tomorrow after easing of lockdown so get ready for idiots of the UK to go over the top lol. 

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

Fired up the grill for the 1st time in 2021! 

[ebinmaine 67,623]

3 hours ago, OldWorkHorse said:

Fired up the grill for the 1st time in 2021! 

Niiiiiiiiiiice. 

 

We did too. 

Not the first time this year though. 

 

 

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Niiiiiiiiiiice. 

 

We did too. 

Not the first time this year though. 

 

 

My grill was buried behind tractors and piles o tractah parts my excuse is valid haha

[Stormin 9,981]

6 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Not the first time this year though. 

 

 

 

So that why Colossus is taking so long.

[ebinmaine 67,623]

42 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 

So that why Colossus is taking so long.

That's a cause, yes. 

BBT is to blame. She's the 99.9% cooker here. 

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

A guy dropped off a dozen wood pigeon yesterday do I will be cleaning them up ready for the pot.

 

[ebinmaine 67,623]

5 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

A guy dropped off a dozen wood pigeon yesterday do I will be cleaning them up ready for the pot.

 

What parts do you keep?

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Usually I just remove the breast meat, you can skin them and roast them whole.

The breast is lovely and tender, dark with a bit of a liver texture and flavour. 

Our farms are plagued by wood pigeon so they become fairly available. Most folk don't know how to deal with things that don't come wrapped in plastic or microwave ready lol

 

[ebinmaine 67,623]

5 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

Usually I just remove the breast meat, you can skin them and roast them whole.

The breast is lovely and tender, dark with a bit of a liver texture and flavour. 

Our farms are plagued by wood pigeon so they become fairly available. Most folk don't know how to deal with things that don't come wrapped in plastic or microwave ready lol

 

THEY AREN'T WRAPPED IN PLASTIC????

 

 

[Horse Newbie 7,075]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Most folk don't know how to deal with things that don't come wrapped in plastic or microwave ready lol

That would be me...

[Stormin 9,981]

Got a couple of pairs that are resident here. Nice big plump ones. Have to leave them alone or I'd end up the main participant in a lynching party.

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Been playing fire fighter today.

First bit of dry weather and kids have been setting fires on the grassland opposite where I live. 

 

Lots of dry dead grass that is perfect for setting light to. But when it gets going it could be a real problem. 

 

Kids are supposed to be back in school, little bleeders.

 

Mick 

 

[cschannuth 3,816]

The wind finally died down enough to spray my clover/weeds.

[Ed Kennell 38,227]

Pulled my dinner out of the creek.