What did you do today?

[Pullstart 62,905]

@8ntruck this is the KY property?  Looks like some great wildlife pictures are in your future!  @roadapples would have been proud of them…

[WHX?? 48,828]

Little less dangerous than a 5/8 drill bit through the hand but still...  

[8ntruck 7,014]

Yup.  This is our property in Ky.  

 

We haven't seen much wildlife so far.  About all I've seen this week has been a hawk, a chickadee, a sparrow, and we've heard some crows laughing as us.  I saw a bunch of game trails while I was wandering today, but saw no deer tracks.  I'm guessing that the game trails are from small game.

Edited November 27, 2022 by 8ntruck

[ebinmaine 67,562]

On 11/26/2022 at 8:47 PM, 8ntruck said:

The edge of the hill drops down maybe 15 feet to an intermittent stream.  What do y'all think about the location?

 

The time you want to see that is right after a major hurricane goes through. 

Might be no issue at all similar to many of the mountain run off streams here. 

Or ..

Might be a raging torrent..... 

[8ntruck 7,014]

  right in front of where I took those pictures will be a 3 foot waterfall when the stream is running.  That was a factor in the intrest in this site.

Edited November 29, 2022 by 8ntruck

[Stormin 9,981]

 Day spent with my farmer friends eldest son repairing a 30+ yr feed hopper in the farm milking parlor. We made one good one out of two bad ones.

[ebinmaine 67,562]

1 hour ago, Stormin said:

made one good one out of two bad ones.

Ya done good there. 

[ebinmaine 67,562]

I've had these top 2 red boxes for 2 or 3 decades. 

A few weeks ago I bought the bottom black one. 

Now we can roll the tools around to wherever we need them. As a side bonus I've cleared out a little workbench space where the red boxes used to sit.  

 

 

 

 

The bottom drawer of the red box has been broken for longer than I recall. I may have even bought it that way.  

 

You can see the scratches on the lip of the box below the drawer. It shouldn't ever drop to touch there.  

 

 

 

There was a crease where the yellow dot is too.  

 

Those are slide type drawers with no bearings. 

Turns out the slide carriers were badly folded, as you can imagine.  

 

I got the bottom red drawer out. Looked at the good drawer holders to see how they're supposed to be shaped. 
Bent some stuff around.  
Put it back in and lubed all the drawers.  

@peter lena would be proud. 

MUCH better.  

 

[ohiofarmer 3,276]

On 10/21/2022 at 7:41 PM, SylvanLakeWH said:

Way to go!!! 

 

Won't need to worry about this:

 

 

 Yeppir....I was lust tooling around on marketplace and looking around for a used Tundra. Found a single cab with a six banger and a manual that was so much cheaper than the extended cab and v-8 . probably should have travelled to knoxville and looked at it. its gone now. I have had people tell me that buying a manual transmission truck hurts the resale, but i figure that the next buyer who is actually looking fr a manual will be ready to grab one before its gone. My brother put half a million plus 30 K miles on one with no transmission issues at all.

 

[Horse Newbie 7,071]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

I've had these top 2 red boxes for 2 or 3 decades. 

A few weeks ago I bought the bottom black one. 

Now we can roll the tools around to wherever we need them. As a side bonus I've cleared out a little workbench space where the red boxes used to sit.  

 

 

 

 

The bottom drawer of the red box has been broken for longer than I recall. I may have even bought it that way.  

 

You can see the scratches on the lip of the box below the drawer. It shouldn't ever drop to touch there.  

 

 

 

There was a crease where the yellow dot is too.  

 

Those are slide type drawers with no bearings. 

Turns out the slide carriers were badly folded, as you can imagine.  

 

I got the bottom red drawer out. Looked at the good drawer holders to see how they're supposed to be shaped. 
Bent some stuff around.  
Put it back in and lubed all the drawers.  

@peter lena would be proud. 

MUCH better.  

 

I wish I had a mid box (red) for my set up… I don’t think they make them anymore, and I haven’t seen a used one…

[ebinmaine 67,562]

28 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

I wish I had a mid box (red) for my set up… I don’t think they make them anymore, and I haven’t seen a used one…

Home Depot and Lowes both sell them. Different format and brands. 26" width is standard.  

 

[Horse Newbie 7,071]

33 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Home Depot and Lowes both sell them. Different format and brands. 26" width is standard.  

 

I’ve seen those… different format and brands.

I was hoping to get a matching era correct (1983ish) to match…

[lynnmor 7,307]

1 hour ago, Horse Newbie said:

I wish I had a mid box (red) for my set up… I don’t think they make them anymore, and I haven’t seen a used one…

 

You might not be missing much, the top could be so high that it becomes useless.  Place a cardboard box on top now to see if it makes sense in your particular setup.

[ebinmaine 67,562]

41 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

 

You might not be missing much, the top could be so high that it becomes useless.  Place a cardboard box on top now to see if it makes sense in your particular setup.

This is a valid point.  

 

I'm just over 6' tall.  Trina's 5'-6". She can't see anything in the top.  

 

[Stormin 9,981]

14 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

This is a valid point.  

 

I'm just over 6' tall.  Trina's 5'-6". She can't see anything in the top.  

 

 

That could be a benefit. 

Edited November 30, 2022 by Stormin

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

Today I put a full size snowmobile ski on my Yamaha tri zinger and I’m gonna test it and see how brilliant my not at all crappy idea is 

[Horse Newbie 7,071]

4 hours ago, lynnmor said:

You might not be missing much, the top could be so high that it becomes useless.  Place a cardboard box on top now to see if it makes sense in your particular setup.

 

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

This is a valid point.  

 

I'm just over 6' tall.  Trina's 5'-6". She can't see anything in the top.

I have thought about that… maybe I should just go ahead and spring for another cabinet and chest …

Edited November 30, 2022 by Horse Newbie

[davem1111 2,030]

I spent a lot of time in bed today.  Tested positive for Covid. Been feeling crappy for several days.  So far it's just headache, dizziness, and general achiness. If it doesn't get any worse than this, I'm okay with that.

 

My wonderful wife made me homemade chicken and rice soup.  Fortunately, she didn't test positive, nor did our son. But I'll be sleeping in the guest room for a while.... 

[ebinmaine 67,562]

14 minutes ago, davem1111 said:

I spent a lot of time in bed today.  Tested positive for Covid. Been feeling crappy for several days.  So far it's just headache, dizziness, and general achiness. If it doesn't get any worse than this, I'm okay with that.

 

My wonderful wife made me homemade chicken and rice soup.  Fortunately, she didn't test positive, nor did our son. But I'll be sleeping in the guest room for a while.... 

Get well soon 🙂

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

Ok update keeping the wheel on works better than the ski 

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

13 hours ago, davem1111 said:

Tested positive

No fun! Get well soon. How's the tastebuds?

Are you able to taste the soup?

 

 

[sjoemie himself 3,068]

Polished the headlights of my GF's car today. Car has to go for yearly inspection/MOT and the headlights were going to be a problem since they were discolored and dull.

Tried a diy polishing kit and I'm pretty pleased with the result.

 

Before; yellow and dull

 

After; nice and clean again

[ebinmaine 67,562]

6 minutes ago, sjoemie himself said:

Polished the headlights

Nicely done. I've tried that in the past myself. Those kits seem to work well.

[lynnmor 7,307]

1 hour ago, sjoemie himself said:

Polished the headlights of my GF's car today. Car has to go for yearly inspection/MOT and the headlights were going to be a problem since they were discolored and dull.

Tried a diy polishing kit and I'm pretty pleased with the result.

 

Here in Pennsylvania, USA, we have annual inspections but there are numerous cars with headlights that are completely dull, much worse than yours.  I guess that the main point of the inspections is the money grab.

Edited December 1, 2022 by lynnmor

[19richie66 17,508]

Painted a set of wheels I had and started tearing into the D200. Hopefully what I have planned works. 🤞