This forum has messed me up in so many (not bad) ways. from a few pages ago, you can see an example of a stand made out of a semi-truck drum and a pipe, and I have been meaning to do something like that for a while. So I finally had the time to visit the scrap metal yard here in town for the first time ever earlier this week. I found a few things, and also saw some semi-truck brake discs and have been contemplating whether or not that would work better than a brake drum. So I went back to the scrap metal yard yesterday and noticed that this must be a very busy yard, because I only saw a few things that I recognized from just a few days earlier, and much stuff had been cleared out. There was the remnants of an old AutoCar truck that caught my eye, so I walked over to it to check it out. When I looked down, I saw a pretty "nice" looking brake disc and then figured I would walk around the yard some more before deciding about getting it. After walking a while, I went back to the front of the truck, saw the disc setting on the pile, then noticed something that caught my eye. Something that looked like the bar of a vise, with a rounded ball end. It was like slow motion, but my eyes followed the shape and then I could not believe what I saw half buried in the dirt/scrap metal pile. After I drug it out, I saw it was a Reed 106! Holy cr@p, I though this stuff only happened to others on the forum, and I was never expecting to find anything like that......ever. Anyway, I dug it out, made sure it did not look like it had been destroyed by the heavy machinery at the scrap yard, tried turning the handle (it did move, pretty well considering the condition it was in), then figured how to drag this monster about the length of a football field to the front counter to pay for it. I carried it slowly and painfully, and managed to get some help about 3/4 of the way to the scale. It weighed in at 135 pounds, and I had to pay $26 for it. I gleefully handed over the cash and loaded it in my car. Got it home, unloaded it, and have just really begun to get it apart for further cleaning. Everything came apart fairly easily considering the quantity of gunky build up on it. Looking forward to getting this one cleaned up and put back together. Does anyone know how to get the ball ends off the bar handle? The bar is really bent and I'd like to straighten it. Enjoy the pics.
Thanks for the 'you *****' on the Reed, I really appreciate it!
