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    Turbine Batmobile

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    truss / pole design for a 20 x 20 attached to the house.

    Just wondering how this project turned out. I've never heard of anyone joining railroad ties, end to end with threaded rod. Although, I did once see a "wrecker" (using the word very loosely) that had the boom made out of old car/truck frames welded end to end, about 3 long. I remembered watching...
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    Industrial Metal Desks

    While a student in college I worked on the research farm and occasionally had to help the federal surplus property people move their old **** around. They had hundreds of these desks stored in old barns on the research farm and we were always having to move these heavy things around. I hated...
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    camera security system?

    I went the really cheap route. I used an old webcam that someone no longer wanted and some software set for motion sensing. It only records when there is motion in the garage or when the light comes on. I have the computer in the detached garage networked into the rest and all the video is...
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    Station wagon hauling a car on a farm trailer = disaster

    I once borrowed an enclosed trailer from a former landlord to haul our furniture as we were moving in. Before going to get it, I called and asked him what size ball it took, so I would make sure I had the right one when I got there. His reply was, any will work, but I have been using a 2" with a...
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    Station wagon hauling a car on a farm trailer = disaster

    My first post here and I have experienced something similar and a few of you with solid axle trucks will probably know exactly what I am talking about. The first time I experience Death Wobble in my 2005 Dodge 2500 4x4 diesel, I was pulling my 35' gooseneck trailer and running about 65 mph. A...
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