Above 1200 Sq/FT Cleaning Up My Shop

[dchance]

Andy it looks good. Your work should improve when you can position it so that it is comfortable to do the work.

Dwight

 

[Kev442]

Very impressed with the rotisserie, I am lazy so I bought a used one, but I have a fullsized car body on mine. I too am at a point where what needs welding will involve peeling things like an onion to the center, then working my way back out. Not looking forward to it at all.

But hey, anything is better than working on a greasy oily lift pump or with an angry bull, right?

 

[oldironfarmer]

Awesome job Andy.


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Thank you for the kind words. No fingers were harmed in the fabrication of the rotisserie.

Andy it looks good. Your work should improve when you can position it so that it is comfortable to do the work.

Dwight

Thanks! Good position is like good fitup. Sure makes it easier.

Very impressed with the rotisserie, I am lazy so I bought a used one, but I have a fullsized car body on mine. I too am at a point where what needs welding will involve peeling things like an onion to the center, then working my way back out. Not looking forward to it at all.

But hey, anything is better than working on a greasy oily lift pump or with an angry bull, right?

Wish I could have found a used one. Of course, the odds of finding one would have been astronomically better if I had actually looked for one.

I'm seeing some places that could stand some reinforcement before I put a larger body on it. Eventually I'd like to take the 48 Suburban for a spin.

Thanks for each comment, guys, and thanks to all the visitors who failed to comment. (Did I say you failed?)

 

[drivesitfar]

ANDY: i just looked up your home town since you posted it somewhere and damn i've got more people living on my block than you do in your entire town. in fact my Christmas dinners would have a third of your town's population in my living room.

so back to the subject at hand the TRUCK LATHE. is the 48 Suburban also known as the WILLIES you bought maybe last year or did another one of your kids or grand kids get the Willies?

i can't imagine a big car turning on that little TRUCK LATHE, but you're the engineer and maybe it will or i'm sure you'll figure out how to modify it.

you sure can get to those tough areas now and not sure exactly how you or any of you fix those rusted out holes so i'm watching and learning every day. not that i want to do body work anytime in the future, but i do like OLD TRUCKS and CARS so i'm sure i'll be owning one some day.

did your Dr. have good news and was it your appt. or your bride's?

have a good evening and keep up the good work.

 

[dreamingmuscle]

Looks like a millon bucks

 

[oldironfarmer]

My new container showed up today (right on schedule). I bought a 20' container to use for storage out at the hay barn, primarily for feed storage. I feed bagged feed and go through about 5 tons per year, that's 200 bags. I don't need to buy them all at once, but I need a good mouse proof storage.

I asked him to drop it just inside the barn and close to the corner post and corral fence outside. Great job!

Nice truck with a very strong bed.

I wanted it just inside the barn so blowing rain from the north (right in the picture) would be somewhat deflected.

It is basically in the corral, but makes an impenetrable boundary for cattle.

You can see the bull on the left. He's having his breakfast.

Went up to get door mounting hardware and took a minute to admire the rotisserie.

I did some conveniently placed grinding on the cab. Then in evaluating how to proceed, decided I had to hang the driver's door to make certain the cab hadn't warped and keep the door from fitting. I really don't want to weld the running board on and have to cut it loose later because the door won't fit. I've ordered new mounting screws but had to clean up some old ones to mount the door.

It fits fine, and I got some measurements so I can check it as work progresses.

Pretty good fit all around.

Now the door needs to come right back off.

Thanks for taking the time to look around!

 

[oldironfarmer]

ANDY: i just looked up your home town since you posted it somewhere and damn i've got more people living on my block than you do in your entire town. in fact my Christmas dinners would have a third of your town's population in my living room.

When we moved here in 1985 there were 6 people living on our square mile. We were two on the SE quarter, an old couple on the NE quarter, another old couple on the SW quarter and no people on the NW quarter. There is a second house on the SW quarter so 6 residents grow to 10 for a short while. Now the west half has been broken up in five acre tracts and the NE quarter has about 10 families on it. The neighborhood really started downhill when we moved in. There may be 50 people here now. But most days I can walk a mile down the road and back and not have a car pass by.

so back to the subject at hand the TRUCK LATHE. is the 48 Suburban also known as the WILLIES you bought maybe last year or did another one of your kids or grand kids get the Willies?

The 48 Suburban is a Chevrolet panel truck fitted with glass windows. The 52 Willys is a Willys truck mounted on an 85 Ford F-150 4X4. They are quite different vehicles. The Willys is going to be my daily driver when I get the chance to spiff it up a bit. The Suburban was my father in law's. I dream of making a street rod out of it. It has no engine, transmission, or interior.

i can't imagine a big car turning on that little TRUCK LATHE, but you're the engineer and maybe it will or i'm sure you'll figure out how to modify it.

You're right. I need to do a little strengthening before I put a bigger piece on it. But it is good for the Dakota frame, and that's the next job for it.

you sure can get to those tough areas now and not sure exactly how you or any of you fix those rusted out holes so i'm watching and learning every day. not that i want to do body work anytime in the future, but i do like OLD TRUCKS and CARS so i'm sure i'll be owning one some day.

I must say that the prospect of being able to repair rusted out spots is very empowering. What once could not be fixed is now within reach of repair.

did your Dr. have good news and was it your appt. or your bride's?

Doctor had very good news, he's saved $50 with Geico!

(It was just routine)

have a good evening and keep up the good work.

Thanks for stopping by!! Most places now you can search county tax records online and determine the legal description of someone's home.

Looks like a million bucks

Oh deer! That's a lot of bucks!

Thanks for the comments!!!

 

[Finallygotit]

Oh deer! That's a lot of bucks!

Is it deer season?

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: might i suggest you get a few more cats to keep the mice and rat population from eating your food. even that container won't keep them out unless you are like a HAWK when opening the door.

damn critters would run in my rental house years ago as soon as my garage door would open and then the poison i put out only made it worse cause they crawled up into the basement insulation to die and stink up the place.

i do like those old steel containers for storage and they are selling new white ones around my area that would be great for me if i could convince my bride they are YARD ART.

well at least it might be a bit easier to move the food for the cows now and another great addition to the farm.

if they are cheap enough maybe get a few more to store all the old trucks you buy that the grandkids don't want.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Is it deer season?

It's the part of deer season where it can cost you a lot of bucks if you get caught with a buck. Had a hunter shoot one of my saw bucks one time. I just had to buck up. I guess you just can't buck the system, Bucko...

Andy: might i suggest you get a few more cats to keep the mice and rat population from eating your food. even that container won't keep them out unless you are like a HAWK when opening the door.

I just have no control over how many cats there are around. I think we're down to zero now. The way mice get into feed houses is in sacks of feed from the mill. They do a pretty good job, but sometimes we get one. I'm not too worried about them sneaking in while I'm feeding. They just don't like to be around when people are close. May need to put a trap inside.

damn critters would run in my rental house years ago as soon as my garage door would open and then the poison i put out only made it worse cause they crawled up into the basement insulation to die and stink up the place.

Hmmm, I've never seen a garage door they couldn't sneak under. I keep poison out in my shop the minimize the population. I kind of like the smell, evidence the poison is working

i do like those old steel containers for storage and they are selling new white ones around my area that would be great for me if i could convince my bride they are YARD ART.

I'm way too cheap to buy new, or actually "one trip" they call them.

well at least it might be a bit easier to move the food for the cows now and another great addition to the farm.

The feed will be more convenient, I've been keeping four bags in a steel drum with a bale of hay on the lid to keep the ***** from getting in. I get real tired of lifting that bale up and down. And the bale gets pretty ratty looking after a couple of years of lid duty. I'm concerned about the ambience in my barn.

if they are cheap enough maybe get a few more to store all the old trucks you buy that the grandkids don't want.

20 ft containers are about $13/sq ft, 40 ft are about $10/ sq ft. I can build for about that price if I go cheap (me specialty). The problem with automobiles in a container 8 ft wide outside is getting out of the car when you get it in the container. And they can get warmish on a 105 degree day with bright sunshine. Not too good on plastics and the fuel system. I'm leaning toward a four car garage with a junk iron storage behind it.

Thanks for the comments!

 

[BUGTHUG]

With the door of your container just on one end, is it going to be hard to fill with 50# bags? I was thinking you would have it set up to back the truck close and carry the bags in. With it facing the inside of the shed I was wondering how hard to get to the inside of the box?
This made sense when I wrote it Just looking out for ya.

 

[oldironfarmer]

With the door of your container just on one end, is it going to be hard to fill with 50# bags? I was thinking you would have it set up to back the truck close and carry the bags in. With it facing the inside of the shed I was wondering how hard to get to the inside of the box?
This made sense when I wrote it Just looking out for ya.

Thanks for looking out for me!!

Protecting the doors from weather was my first priority. Not for them, but for me coming and going while it's raining, snowing, icing, etc. I only have to fill a few times per year (usually haul one ton at a time, toolbox makes it hard to get two tons on the pickup). Plan is to drive into the pasture and back up alongside the container with the orange panel swung out of the way, then it's a short hop off the truck and into the container. If it is too muddy or snowy I can back into the far end of the barn and pack it in. For several years, when I had more cattle, I used to pack it up the stairs into the caboose, then the reverse and usually carry on my shoulder it the 500 ft to the barn. Carrying it the 60 ft length of the barn is what I'm doing now to feed. Pretty good aerobic exercise either way.

 

[dreamingmuscle]

Put another on the other side of the shed run some rafters across em and you'll have almost doubled your under roof storage.


Boy I enjoy telling you how to spend your time and money.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Put another on the other side of the shed run some rafters across em and you'll have almost doubled your under roof storage.

Boy I enjoy telling you how to spend your time and money.

And I appreciate it. I seem to have too much time and too much money and am running out of ideas on how to spend them

It would increase my barn by 1/3, but I fear it would take additional funds to make the roof. Unless I used my two 8'x16' doors I took down. Hmmmm

Suppose if I start a GoFundMe page to build on to my barn it would be convenient for everyone to donate?

 

[oldironfarmer]

Got back on the Studebaker this afternoon. Seems like I spend all morning doctoring the bull and getting breakfast fixed. Plus I had to do some grocery shopping and I went in for surgery. It was outpatient to remove a lot of small growths. I was nervous but it went well. The doctor does not use any kind of anesthetic.

It truly was a hairy ordeal. Having excess hair growth removed before it causes problems like vision impairment, hearing impairment, and potential injury or death around spinning equipment is very important though. It didn't hurt like I thought it would. I have a very skillful barber.

Rolled the cab over to start digging in to replace hidden damage. I would like to leave the skin in place until I'm ready to replace it but it looks like I have to remove it. Vertical and horizontal cuts done

The skin is spot welded to the corroded door post behind it.

I'm learning to use the spot weld drill. These welds are hard to find, a light grind highlighted them. One spot was so rotted underneath the drill went right through. There's the damage on the back of the door post.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Then the door post. It's a complete box section. Started by measuring the curve.

I wanted one of these profile gauges for a long time and finally found one at Home Depot. Very inexpensive and very nice. Works smoothly and stays in position.

Cut two wooden blocks, and they match well.

Formed and shrunk the flange between the blocks in the vice. Forgot to take a picture But here are the blocks with vice marks.

The post has a 1/2" step so I thought I'd use a piece of 1/2" plate (it was laying on the table in the way anyway) to turn and stretch the next flange.

Took about six steps moving the work and reclamping it to do the flange to keep the curve in contact with the plate where I was hitting.

It just worked pretty good! I may learn to be a metal mangler yet.

The steps came out ok, but I didn't curve the flat part first (so I could clamp between the blocks). Now I have to try to stretch the area to bow it out. I'm slowly getting there.

Thanks for stopping in! Comments always appreciated, even if they are to help me spend excess time and money.

Laughing is OK too!!

 

[krcoomer]

Andy: I usually read over the page or so added to your thread from the day before while I eat breakfast. I have been intrigued by the truck rotisserie and will definitely use the color coding strategy in the future.

For the energy expended it is hard to beat the storage containers for storage. If only I had the room. Does your mill load feed on pallets? If so, put some forks on Bob and have him help unload the truck and load up the container.

 

[Grumblebum]

For the energy expended it is hard to beat the storage containers for storage. If only I had the room. Does your mill load feed on pallets? If so, put some forks on Bob and have him help unload the truck and load up the container.

I was about to ask the same question krcoomer. Good thought.

GB

 

[Terrick down Under]

Maticulous work there, very nice

 

[gordyy]

I like seeing your work...
and you mangle metal as good as many professional metal manglers

 

[bolensboneyard]

Then the door post. It's a complete box section. Started by measuring the curve.

I wanted one of these profile gauges for a long time and finally found one at Home Depot. Very inexpensive and very nice. Works smoothly and stays in position.

Cut two wooden blocks, and they match well.

Formed and shrunk the flange between the blocks in the vice. Forgot to take a picture But here are the blocks with vice marks.

The post has a 1/2" step so I thought I'd use a piece of 1/2" plate (it was laying on the table in the way anyway) to turn and stretch the next flange.

Took about six steps moving the work and reclamping it to do the flange to keep the curve in contact with the plate where I was hitting.

It just worked pretty good! I may learn to be a metal mangler yet.

The steps came out ok, but I didn't curve the flat part first (so I could clamp between the blocks). Now I have to try to stretch the area to bow it out. I'm slowly getting there.

Thanks for stopping in! Comments always appreciated, even if they are to help me spend excess time and money.

Laughing is OK too!!

Now Andy I also have been wanting a profile gage for a long time and whenever I need one or am thinking of it I can't remember where I saw one for sale. Home Depot is on my list of things to do this Sunday.

 

[LOTW]

I started reading this when you started it...... then I got too busy for GJ. I still am but I have managed to read the whole works in about 10 days time.
I love reading about immaculately restored filling stations and amazing use of space and expensive floor coatings this is more my style.
I had a Studebaker pickup 20 some years ago but my mother sold it for scrap while I was away at college. The bottoms of the doors were horribly rotten.... I wish I had it now!

Keep at it, I love seeing whats going on!

 

[jimreed2160]

Andy said:
"For several years, when I had more cattle, I used to pack it up the stairs into the caboose, then the reverse and usually carry on my shoulder it the 500 ft to the barn. Carrying it the 60 ft length of the barn is what I'm doing now to feed. Pretty good aerobic exercise either way."

Hmmm. Maybe you could have a zoomba class or two at the farm around feeding time. I hear organic exercise is the latest fad. Organic hay, exercise, fresh air, appreciative animals all make a perfect picture of health.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy: I usually read over the page or so added to your thread from the day before while I eat breakfast. I have been intrigued by the truck rotisserie and will definitely use the color coding strategy in the future.

For the energy expended it is hard to beat the storage containers for storage. If only I had the room. Does your mill load feed on pallets? If so, put some forks on Bob and have him help unload the truck and load up the container.

Ummm, I'll get back to you on whether my copyright on the color scheme has been registered.



Our mill does not palletize sacks so far as I know. I could go to Stillwater Milling, I'm sure they palletize. Stockman's in Pawnee is where I go, and they grind all their feed. They store it on ten bag pallets which are moved by two wheeler, or they load out bulk into truck feed bins, or they deliver and auger into overhead bulk bins. I like feeding in bunks instead of on the ground so I've never gotten a truck feeder. Now that I'm down to so few cows bags are the way to go. I don't mind handling 40 50# bags.

Good suggestion, though.

I was about to ask the same question krcoomer. Good thought.

GB

He already asked it

Meticulous work there, very nice

Thank you, Sir

I like seeing your work...
and you mangle metal as good as many professional metal manglers

Thanks for the kind words. I'm trying, while still trying to actually make progress.

However, I'm reminded of the tag line "We're not professionals, but we don't care either!"

Now Andy I also have been wanting a profile gage for a long time and whenever I need one or am thinking of it I can't remember where I saw one for sale. Home Depot is on my list of things to do this Sunday.

I was about to order one from Rockler's when I happened to see this one. I really am surprised how smoothly it works, seems like I've used one years ago that would stick, then slip.

I started reading this when you started it...... then I got too busy for GJ. I still am but I have managed to read the whole works in about 10 days time.
I love reading about immaculately restored filling stations and amazing use of space and expensive floor coatings this is more my style.
I had a Studebaker pickup 20 some years ago but my mother sold it for scrap while I was away at college. The bottoms of the doors were horribly rotten.... I wish I had it now!

Keep at it, I love seeing whats going on!

Too busy for GJ

Studebaker sold for scrap

Bummer. Mine has a lot more rust than I thought but I'm in too deep to go back now. 6X

I like reading about the cool stuff too, but don't think I'll ever get there. 7X

Thanks for reading and staying up.

Andy said:
"For several years, when I had more cattle, I used to pack it up the stairs into the caboose, then the reverse and usually carry on my shoulder it the 500 ft to the barn. Carrying it the 60 ft length of the barn is what I'm doing now to feed. Pretty good aerobic exercise either way."

Hmmm. Maybe you could have a zoomba class or two at the farm around feeding time. I hear organic exercise is the latest fad. Organic hay, exercise, fresh air, appreciative animals all make a perfect picture of health.

Now there's a plan! If only I could get them to come to the farm at 6:00 AM. My Zumba teacher is planning to come out for woodworking lessons (she wants to have some chairs repaired, I told her I'd do them if she would help so she's calling it Woodworking 101) so maybe we can set something up. One needs a new spindle custom turned and the seat caned.

Thanks for the visits and comments.

Short day today. Gave the bull his shots this morning. (Tried to call my Son in Law and invite him over to shoot the bull with me but couldn't get him so I shot the bull alone)

Hershey has taken to drinking out of the stock tank.

She has to stretch but she drinks. She has also started eating cattle cubes with the calves. No mooing yet.

Then had an opportunity to go have lunch with some old work friends (old friends and they're old) so I didn't get into the shop until late.

FAILURE ALERT!!

I could not get the patch plate stretched out enough to work. I had planned to replace the door post to the back but I just wasn't getting there. Inspected the material and it is solid so I cut out what I couldn't get formed and kept going.

Looks like the skin will go back on.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

 

[Kev442]

Honestly, the Stud looks like it lived up here in saltland. I've been surprised at how rough it is.

On another note, looks like someone around here had a Show Truck 40 years ago.

 

[Farmall450]

That curve gauge is pretty neat Andy. Definitely will get a lot of use from you.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Honestly, the Stud looks like it lived up here in saltland. I've been surprised at how rough it is.

On another note, looks like someone around here had a Show Truck 40 years ago.

I've been surprised at the amount of rust too. I'm pretty sure it was an Oklahoma truck. But it was an oilfield truck, so it probably had full time mud caked under and in it.

That truck would be worth resurrecting. That's a red neck dune buggy, shortened frame, and four wheel drive, no less. With bucket seats

That curve gauge is pretty neat Andy. Definitely will get a lot of use from you.

I've used a compass for so long, trying hard to hold it perpendicular. Works OK, but not great. The profile gauge is like sliced bread. Now there's an idea, pack bread on the curve, wait for it to harden, then use it to copy the profile. By golly I think you've got something there. Profile gauge is going in the trash, I can even use my spouse's loaf, I call it the Bread of Wife.

It must be early. Thanks for the comments.

 

[charleyw]

"Bread of Wife" Ouch!

 

[krcoomer]

"Bread of Wife" Ouch!

At least he didn't mention his wife's caboose!

Andy: I have hauled both and I agree with you that I would rather shoulder up a 50# sack of feed (which is soft) and carry it 100' as to shoulder up an 85# bundle of shingles and carry it up a ladder 12 feet.

Only 2 more Saturdays this week for you and back to work for me.

 

[oldironfarmer]

"Bread of Wife" Ouch!

It was early...

At least he didn't mention his wife's caboose!

Andy: I have hauled both and I agree with you that I would rather shoulder up a 50# sack of feed (which is soft) and carry it 100' as to shoulder up an 85# bundle of shingles and carry it up a ladder 12 feet.

Only 2 more Saturdays this week for you and back to work for me.

My wife no longer has a big caboose. She gave it back. Ingrate. But I showed her, I kept it and she has to look at it every time she goes out.

She doesn't go out much any more. Hmmm, I don't know.

Thinking about carrying a bundle of shingles up a ladder staggers me. And to think when I was a kid I would walk up a ladder (not steep) with a bundle on each shoulder. Not any more.

Have a great Saturday

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: your exercising (hauling materials onto roofs and around the farm) when you were a YOUTH is part of the reason at 68 (or older cause i can't keep track) that you can still feed the cows and carry their feed even 60 feet.

my workout program this week is these little 80 pound bags of cement that i bring home (you mean you can pay to have them delivered?), store in shed and then bring out a bag at a time to mix them up in a wheelbarrow cause i need to keep weighing down my lot in case the BIG ONE HITS.

hope you have another great SATURDAY and for part of the membership they actually are already enjoy their REAL SATURDAY.

what's on the agenda today? bending more metal which BTW you are doing a great job or do tell which i'm sure you will later cause you do more on a SATURDAY than most of us do all week.

cheers

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy: your exercising (hauling materials onto roofs and around the farm) when you were a YOUTH is part of the reason at 68 (or older cause i can't keep track) that you can still feed the cows and carry their feed even 60 feet.

my workout program this week is these little 80 pound bags of cement that i bring home (you mean you can pay to have them delivered?), store in shed and then bring out a bag at a time to mix them up in a wheelbarrow cause i need to keep weighing down my lot in case the BIG ONE HITS.

hope you have another great SATURDAY and for part of the membership they actually are already enjoy their REAL SATURDAY.

what's on the agenda today? bending more metal which BTW you are doing a great job or do tell which i'm sure you will later cause you do more on a SATURDAY than most of us do all week.

cheers

I'm only 68, but I'm pretty sure I'm not as strong as I used to be. My real advantage is that I worked office work for many years and did not wear out my joints. I've worked a lot over the years, but joints wear from time and load and I'm not worn out. It is a real blessing. I know guys who worked hard all their lives and they are really hurting now.

Those 80 pound bags are 60% heavier than my 50 pound feed sacks, if my mathematics are correct. I'm impressed! And mixing that much concrete in a wheelbarrow is a lot of work too!

Sidewalks look great!!

Thanks for the kind words. I feel like I don't get much done on any one day. But all I can do is to keep trying.

Ran out of feed in the barn today, and is's supposed to rain tomorrow. I invited my son in law over this morning and he brought his backhoe to lift the container. I needed to put a timber under the door end as it was in soft ground and had sunk a bit.

Still had thirty bags in the caboose.

That's 1,500 lbs to come down these stairs

And go on to the truck

All clean. This may be the last feed I ever put in the old caboose.

Put 6x6 treated timber under the door of the container. The timber came from an old barn I salvaged the columns from last year. I've almost used all of them now.

The truck will back in close to the container. Nice that the doors open 270 degrees and lay flat against the outside.

Looks like I could easily get ten tons of feed in here.

May have to drag some stuff up from the shop that I'd like to have out of the weather.

 

[shortykorte]

Looks like a job for Bob.


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[oldironfarmer]

Managed some time on the Studebaker driver's door post. Had the first half tacked in, started cutting out to fit the second half.

Got a reasonable fit for the second half of the post exterior.

The inside of the post is also corroded, with a small spot through. I've struggled with what to do to fix it. Finally decided to replace the small rusted through spot then reinforce the inside. Started with a small (1" by 2" patch.

It's tight where this needs to be welded so I may have to resort to gas welding it.

Thanks for the visits! The Coke machine is defrosted and reloaded, so please help yourself.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Looks like a job for Bob.


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Naw, Bob is resting. He's been hauling lots of firewood out lately. My woodcutter has really been going to town. And he couldn't climb the stairs anyway.

Tomorrow I feed out of the container. I need a little table in there, and am going to relocate things like my hot shot, veterinary supplies, and other cattle equipment along with a small set of tools to avoid the inevitable trip to the shop for a wrench.

Thanks for stopping by.

 

[krcoomer]

Andy: your exercising (hauling materials onto roofs and around the farm) when you were a YOUTH is part of the reason at 68 (or older cause i can't keep track) that you can still feed the cows and carry their feed even 60 feet.

my workout program this week is these little 80 pound bags of cement that i bring home (you mean you can pay to have them delivered?), store in shed and then bring out a bag at a time to mix them up in a wheelbarrow cause i need to keep weighing down my lot in case the BIG ONE HITS.

hope you have another great SATURDAY and for part of the membership they actually are already enjoy their REAL SATURDAY.

what's on the agenda today? bending more metal which BTW you are doing a great job or do tell which i'm sure you will later cause you do more on a SATURDAY than most of us do all week.

cheers

Drives: The 80 pound sacks of ready mix are a pretty worthy workout too. I definitely wouldn't want to shoulder them. I figured out a while back that it costs about a dime more for the same amount to buy the 60 lb bags so unless I can drive right up to the spot I will get 4 60's instead of 3 80's and count the 40 cents as healthcare expense minimization cost.

 

[bj383ss]

Cab post is looking good Andy. All those bags of feed made me tired just looking at them. I won't complain about the 20lb bags of charcoal I have to throw at work all the time.

Bret

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: nice work on the post and i bet you would be good at JIGSAW puzzles. keep up the good work and even though you are learning as you go you are doing a great job and we all love the pictures and watching all the stuff you get done.

do both ends of the container open? just curious if you don't need the entire thing for feed and your paint booth seems to be more for storage how about putting up a wall inside and using one end of your container for a paint booth for smallish stuff like Don does when he uses his to paint rockets and cool old things he finds?

it's SATURDAY and supposed to rain 2.5 inches here today so maybe i'll stay inside and get some more ORGANIZING completed.

cheers

KC: thanks for your concern, but i don't SHOULDER the 80 pounders and don't put one on each shoulder. unless i'm moving 30 or more at a time my inversion table hang for 5 minutes seems to take out any kinks. i'm not sure what if any money i save, but i remember when i wished they were 100 pounders cause an 80 pound doesn't quite fill up my wheelbarrow and 2 60's or 2 80's is a little too much when i'm mixing it. i know i could have bought a cement mixer and have had several offered to me for free, but i might have the strongest forearms and grip of anybody my age so i call it EXERCISE. thanks for your concern and i'm sure i'll go to 60 pounders before hiring someone to do the work.

 

[power wagon]

andy every time I seeyour pics of the caboose I want one, keep the pics coming, I have many spots here for one no caboose but plenty of old truck and buses

 

[oldironfarmer]

Drives: The 80 pound sacks of ready mix are a pretty worthy workout too. I definitely wouldn't want to shoulder them. I figured out a while back that it costs about a dime more for the same amount to buy the 60 lb bags so unless I can drive right up to the spot I will get 4 60's instead of 3 80's and count the 40 cents as healthcare expense minimization cost.

Not long ago I would have never paid a penny more for lighter bags. I've come to my senses and like 40 lb bags now. I remember 94 lb bags of cement not being as heavy as they are now.

Drives is getting a workout with that manual concrete work.

Cab post is looking good Andy. All those bags of feed made me tired just looking at them. I won't complain about the 20lb bags of charcoal I have to throw at work all the time.

Bret

Thanks! Work on the cab is going incredibly slow. But I'm feeling my way, trying not to screw up too bad. I'm hoping the other side will go quicker. It will be a little easier just because the running board is not rusted completely through front to back so it should be easier to get the dimension right.

Be careful with those 20 lb bags of charcoal. They might give you a strain. When I was in high school I worked for a paint factory one summer (rented a compressor from them to paint my car and they offered me a job), when we unloaded a boxcar full of 50 lb bags we got to throwing them at each other. See if you can pick one up and throw it before the other guy had the previous one stacked on the truck and turned back around to catch. Made the work go faster. And if we broke one we cleaned it up into buckets and could use it within a few days making paint.

Andy: nice work on the post and i bet you would be good at JIGSAW puzzles. keep up the good work and even though you are learning as you go you are doing a great job and we all love the pictures and watching all the stuff you get done.

do both ends of the container open? just curious if you don't need the entire thing for feed and your paint booth seems to be more for storage how about putting up a wall inside and using one end of your container for a paint booth for smallish stuff like Don does when he uses his to paint rockets and cool old things he finds?

it's SATURDAY and supposed to rain 2.5 inches here today so maybe i'll stay inside and get some more ORGANIZING completed.

cheers

KC: thanks for your concern, but i don't SHOULDER the 80 pounders and don't put one on each shoulder. unless i'm moving 30 or more at a time my inversion table hang for 5 minutes seems to take out any kinks. i'm not sure what if any money i save, but i remember when i wished they were 100 pounders cause an 80 pound doesn't quite fill up my wheelbarrow and 2 60's or 2 80's is a little too much when i'm mixing it. i know i could have bought a cement mixer and have had several offered to me for free, but i might have the strongest forearms and grip of anybody my age so i call it EXERCISE. thanks for your concern and i'm sure i'll go to 60 pounders before hiring someone to do the work.

Thanks for the kind words. I do like jigsaw puzzles. This is a little more challenging because you have to keep track of three dimensions. When I'm done I really want the doors to close and not look twisted because the body is sucked in or sticks out from where it should be. Time will tell.

Nope, doors are just on one end. And it is out at the hay barn and corral, 500 ft from the house. Just a little too far. When I've walked out there 5 times in a day I've gone a mile. I need to put a little table in it for medicines and other small stuff. A flat surface to fill up.

Thought of you, Drives. We put a door in the stairs to the mezzanine and finally got around to putting a counterweight to help open it. Needed a 40 lb weight, and found an import vise I had missing the jaw inserts and the lead screw is pulled. Seems like a counterweight was the best and highest use.

andy every time I see your pics of the caboose I want one, keep the pics coming, I have many spots here for one no caboose but plenty of old truck and buses

I'll take a few just for you! Look around, I bet you could find a caboose. One word to the wise, however, buy it for yourself, don't give it to your wife or GF. They tend to be unappreciative, and it doesn't have a cord.