This post is post,postings by Shorty, "picture of a post you posted trying to post a picture", Andy's post,"like the post you posted about posting a post " and BB's post " don't mind my post about the post being posted.
I've tried to précis the posts as much as poss.
Steve
Sorry, not a lot going on here.
as another 1 arm long guy on here to another... This thing is great, I use quite a bit.
Here it is in action
I have also used 3 wheeled small furniture dolly to move large sheets around.
Well that's an interesting development - the app wouldn't let me post a picture in my reply (it said that I didn't have permission???).
Anyway it looks like it will let me post it here...
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Mark, I hear you on the drywall. I had to hang 5/8-inch thick fire rated drywall in the garage by myself and it would have been so much easier to move them around with one of those grippers. I used a furring strip screwed to the studs four feet below the ceiling to hold the top sheet so I could attach the stuff in multiple spots. I did that when I was a 56-year-old child.
Andy, I agree. Posting post posts, post post posts makes my day.
Good eye Stewart. That post posting a post picture is very helpful.
Steve, I'm just hanging from a tree so not a lot going on here either.This post is post,postings by Shorty, "picture of a post you posted trying to post a picture", Andy's post,"like the post you posted about posting a post " and BB's post " don't mind my post about the post being posted.
I've tried to précis the posts as much as poss.
Steve
Sorry, not a lot going on here.
Seagoon, it always sounds better with the accent!That's quite erudite for an Essex boy
Bobby, I'm glad you found something to laugh about. I spoke to my invisible friend about Sarah and I hope she was listening. I'll check your thread for updates.
Patlun, welcome to the Garage Journal and I am honored that your first post is on my thread. We are coping with Florida winter weather today. It is around 27C (81F) outside so I need to go out soon. We are well into Spring with flowers blooming and in a few weeks some of our trees will lose their leaves (very confused plants in Florida). Thank you for your very kind words, I really appreciate them.
John, I look for ways to save my back. I've made it to 74 without chronic back pain so I don't want to start something new. If it doesn't involve a lever, wagon, pulley or winch, it's probably light enough for a six-year-old to lift.
John, I noticed your location and I've passed close to your place quite a few times. In the early 1970s we towed our boat up the Northway to Lake George and camped on the state park islands. The last time we were there was in the Fall of 1974 to see the foliage. Great place for the kids to be kids.
John, thank you for those very kind words. My drinking back in the '80s was barely affordable if I stayed home. I rarely drank in bars unless it was at an all-inclusive vacation spot. With unlimited Johnnie Walker Black, I wore a sign that said "Don't let me drive or get near heavy equipment."
Steve, I can turn cooking into a tool, chain and winch affair. OK, maybe not that good but sharpening and honing stuff for sure.Bob, great dedication in getting the fern upright, why had no one told me that gardening involves so many tools, chains and winches, I might be inclined to do more of it.
Today has been the hottest winter month day in recorded history, 21c,70f, I think we're catching you up. "T" shirts in February, it's just not cricket.
Steve
Kirk, it has gotten a little out of hand. They are usually little ferns attached to a tree or a board. To give you an idea of the size of ours:
Gerard, the last time I moved the fern (to its current location) was in 2011. I was able to lift it with a set of four sailboat pulleys and nylon line but it was dicey. Like you I tie it back for hurricanes.Bob, what I used to hang my staghorn was a pulley system like this.
This allows me to raise and lower the stag when I need to cover it when it freezes or when hurricane hit. I just rap pull end around tree trunk and tie it off. I also use a pvc fitting as a stop.
I must say mine is only half the size of yours and mines a PIA to move but this does make it easier.
Thanks Mark.
Philip, I sometimes wonder what's going on in my mind. I could easily hacked this fern into four or five pieces but thought "One more time."
Gerard, the staghorn ferns grip whatever they are attached to but at some point the size of the object determines how well it hold. We have a little staghorn in the back yard that started in a wire basket and in three years it has grown around the outer layer.
Jim, you hit the nail on the head. I have cut down more than my share of trees that outgrew their space. I bent my pinky taking down an avocado tree. The tree wasn't the problem -- the avocados dropping from 20 or 30 feet above the pool screening were the problem. The fourth or fifth time you replace a roof screen those avocados lose their attraction.
John, it will be 16 years in April since I had my last alcoholic drink.
Rick, taming the jungle is a great description of Florida. Someone planted a Monstera deliciosa in the yard next to us and you can see it grow.
Eugene, this will be the last time I put that whole fern back up. Hopefully the branch of the mahogany tree will make it through but if it doesn't, we'll be giving away a whole bunch of staghorn ferns from this monster.That staghorn has definitely exceeded its natural evolution boundaries and fit to become a 'ground' fern but it is all about the art of the possible right? Just need to apply some serious engineering to the problem!
My dad also has a few and last storm knocked the big one down, took the whole branch down with it. Ran out of big enough trees to put it in then realised some are cluster plants and can be broken up into their rhizomes or whatever you call them. He pruned it a bit and now it is all manageable again.
Jim, I agree with both of you. The only reason I'm putting it back up whole is because that's what Liane asked me to do. I told her it was the last time but I explained the need for a cable hoist and some serious hardware so I did get something out of the deal.
Craig, I feel like you have lived in Boca. When we wanted the ficus "hat racked" the guy said he and his crew would have to do it on Sunday when the "Tree Police" aren't working. For those unfamiliar with hat racking a tree, it involves cutting off all the branches with leaves like this:I'm surprised you living in Boca you didn't have to get a permit for hanging that monster
I can envision having to get a professional engineer to determine the tree is sturdy enough to support the fern, that the hardware is on the approved state list of products for wind load, a plan on how the fern is attached, certified load calcs.
OK, now the building dept tells you your almost done, thier happy with it, but......... It needs to be reviewed by the tree guy. This will make the building permit seem like a cakewalk.
Great job as always Bob. May no winds of hurricane test it out for years.
Stewart, Staghorn Ferns are listed as Zone 9 and 10 plants. You can probably grow them in Tallahassee (Zone 8b) but would have to protect them from freezing weather. I think they can thrive in Gerard's area but even he takes steps to protect them in the cold.
Great job Bob!Andy, you're right. As I shuffled stuff around the workshop it was clear I have too much stuff in it. I have room to work and as long as I keep it reasonably closed in, I can run the A/C and not pass out.
Drives, thanks for stopping by. There is some superficial termite damage on the top base plate (it's two 2"x6" stacked). The damage was limited to a small area next to the cripple stud. Apparently the rat I poisoned died in there and his decomp fluids attracted the termites. If your kids have to replace a big section of the base plate, they should build a false wall about two feet from the wall they are fixing. Once the false wall is carrying the load, they can take the wall apart and replace any damaged wood. In my case the damage was concentrated in a few studs and spacer blocks. I did manage to finish the section of wall around the window and moved the window to the right. I flipped the clamp heads on one of the Harbor Freight clamps to turn it into a spreader for the sill plate. I ended up using Simpson ties to reinforce the sill-to-jack-stud framing rather than using cripple studs. There's also a few construction screws holding it all together.
Thank you Bobby but your gaffs would make my day any day of the week.Headers look like my Dad made them! I'll have to watch not to post my gaffs now!
Kirk, we have the occasional poison ivy vine just to remind us of the good old days. A few posts back I mentioned taking down a tree for the view behind our house in New York. There was a nice maple sapling on the hillside as well so I dug it up to plant in the yard. Easy job after pulling down all the vines. Poison ivy goes well with sweat and open pores.
Can you slow down, you're making me look bad. :I'm surprised you living in Boca you didn't have to get a permit for hanging that monster
I can envision having to get a professional engineer to determine the tree is sturdy enough to support the fern, that the hardware is on the approved state list of products for wind load, a plan on how the fern is attached, certified load calcs.
OK, now the building dept tells you your almost done, thier happy with it, but......... It needs to be reviewed by the tree guy. This will make the building permit seem like a cakewalk.
Great job as always Bob. May no winds of hurricane test it out for years.
