Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage

[Old Man Roger]

Here’s a thought, skip the auction and work on something you already have that doesn’t work.

I know I know, but I had to at least say it.lol

 

[68400BIRD]

Be careful sticking your dicks in

 

[Strouty]

Be careful sticking your dicks in

That must have autocorrected, there will be no **** sticking at the camps...

 

[jack stand]

I put my **** dock in last week!

 

[Strouty]

I get not dock **** or **** dock, going to reschedule for Tuesday, the day that is supposed to be close to 100.

I just put the yard donkey back together with the other style air valve, the trailer brakes work now, so that is a plus, still don't understand why the other one doesn't work, but whatever. I moved Perk and the Muv-All out of the way, picked up a bundle of I-Beams and loaded them onto the extendable trailer for temporary storage. My plan is to setup the saw horses and clean each I-Beam up, all the extra welded parts and the extra brackets or hangers will be removed, then they will all get stacked in a nice couple piles underneath the bridge, should make everything fit into a 10' by 30' area, yet they will be easy to move if I need to in the future.

I am going to take a load of scrap steel to the yard today, be curious to see how bad the prices are, but I need the trailer and this stuff is really just in my way.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I put my **** dock in last week!

The jokes are too easy, I’ll leave it.lol

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

Strouty, dickery, dock
the yard donkey was on the job,
the clock struck one,
the jobs not done,
Strouty dickery dock . . .

Sorry - it was the best I could come up with quickly . . .

 

[Strouty]

Well, I did get a few things done. Yard donkey is functional, need to get two new belts for the engine, one fell off the other week and the other one is almost gone, luckily they are both the same belt.

I also got the scrap steel taken to the yard, 880 pounds of #2 for $50.01

Oh well, the trailer is empty and ready to go. Have to go to the bank, then NAPA for the belts. Still haven't had lunch, so I will probably do that too.

 

[Prospecter]

Good progress! Sorry about the steel. Sometimes we just need to look at it as getting coffee money for going to the dump, rather than a money making proposition.

 

[Strouty]

I haven't thought of it that way for years, regardless, it is better than paying to dispose of it or tripping over it. It almost paid for the NAPA trip, almost...

I am about to head out to the moving sale I think I am actually going to be the only one there, it was a special invite.

 

[Craptain]

I am about to head out to the moving sale I think I am actually going to be the only one there, it was a special invite.

Don't need to advertise, just call Strouty.

 

[Strouty]

Filled the truck, didn’t empty the wallet! I am having lunch, then headed back to the Salvage Garage to try and find a place to put things.

 

[Strouty]

I forgot, there was a loading **** involved.

 

[impala4speed]

Here’s a thought, skip the auction and work on something you already have that doesn’t work.

I know I know, but I had to at least say it.lol

^^This, Strouty, this.^^
I know, too late now. But maybe in the future?

 

[Old Man Roger]

^^This, Strouty, this.^^
I know, too late now. But maybe in the future?

I post things like that, but then I find myself lusting for all of his cranes fork lifts and trucks lol

 

[Strouty]

I am most pleased with this:



Here is the general ****:

 

[Craptain]

I post things like that, but then I find myself lusting for all of his cranes fork lifts and trucks lol

Me too. Even though I don't have time for what I have already.

 

[Strouty]

While the cabinet isn’t full, it has plenty in it.

 

[bimmer1980]

Ok, the drill cabinet is a nice score! How much was that?

 

[Strouty]

I lumped things together, but I think we started at $200, paid $750 for everything I got, some will be useful, some not so much. A couple things I bought to mess with and a couple were a bit questionable, even in my mind...

 

[Strouty]

All unloaded, no idea where anything is going.

 

[Old Man Roger]

All unloaded, no idea where anything is going.

 

[Strouty]

Apparently I bought some valuables, a really crappy looking one sold on eBay in April for a lot more than I paid for these.

 

[Firebrand]

They don’t give Pelican cases that size away. That’s about 1/2 the dollar value of what you gave. Nice scores.

 

[Strouty]

One case is cracked, I didn’t see it until I unloaded it, but it is still mouse proof and that was more what I was looking for. Probably could glue and patch it if I really wanted to make it water tight. That is the one with wheels, the other one is just huge, I didn’t flip it over, but I suspect it may have damage as well. I paid $60 for the pair and they will work for my purposes.

The drill bits that I looked at were all USA made and most were new. This was the rest of the stuff I got.

 

[Johanfpa]

Those two Pelican cases alone would cover your $750 outlay, let alone the autocollimator stands, Kennedy toolbox with all those drills & taps and other stuff you scored.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Why are those vacuums so damn expensive? Just saw one for like 2 grand.

 

[rvieceli]

I think you could flip each one of those vacuums for 3 to 5 times or more than you paid for the whole lot.

Very nice score on all that stuff.

Ron

 

[Strouty]

They are very specialized, used for clean rooms, I guess they are air operated and can handle volatile dust. I have to do a bit of research on things, I know one of them appears to have damage to it, but might be able to make one good one out of the two.

 

[Strouty]

I just got to the Salvage Garage, had enough time to sit down and start figuring things, then the power goes out. Guess I will do some outside stuff and hope power comes back on, this one has no billing issues, but who knows.

 

[Strouty]

I got the outage text, so it isn’t a billing issue. They are aiming for restoration by 2 pm, so a couple of hours. I am torn, didn’t expect to be working in the blazing sun, could go to the Hill and do some repairs to the maroon 3500. I am currently trying to put the belts on the yard donkey, unfortunately I have found what looks like a broken off bolt that holds the alternator bracket. On top of that the broken belt I used to measure must have been missing some of the belt as the new one is a lot shorter. I think I can make it work for now, but not sure how long it will last the bracket was a little wobbly before, but when I moved the alternator to fit the shorter belt it seems much less stable. I really just want to move on to something else, but I know I will need the yard donkey while Perk is getting the trans swapped. I guess it might just be the next project on the list. It needs a new throttle pedal/linkage and the mirrors need to be reworked, also would be nice to get some lights so it can be used after dark. Seems like everything I touch just falls apart lately.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I think it was someone on this site that said, every 10 minute project is one broken bolt away from being a three day project.

 

[Strouty]

Or a broken throttle cable….

 

[Strouty]

Power is back on, but now I have a full fledged project that wasn’t a project at all an hour ago. Alternator bracket was modified, has one bolt in the sheet metal add on piece, the others are broken off and partially drilled, but no good threads. They were 3/8 - 16, but I am going to have to oversized to probably 7/16 - 14 or something a bit larger. I may try and drill out what is there a bit more, but I don’t know how deep the casting is so it is a delicate situation. I will be making a new bracket (using the CNC plasma table!) as the one they used doesn’t really line up with anything, my guess is they changed to a regular style alternator from something that was oddball.

 

[Strouty]

I would not have guessed, but the fine thread 7/16 - 20 uses a larger drill size, I am going to try for the corse thread first, looks like 23/64" and 25/64" for the fine. Now if only I had drill bits that size.

 

[WheelsNT]

The guy with the Tiny Tokyo Shop thread, @Bakafish , will be able to comment on your autocollimator stands. Don't know if he would need one, and shipping to Tokyo would probably make it un-economical for him. But he would know all about them and maybe have an idea about what you could do with them. He‘s got an autocollimator or two and is very knowledgeable about high end measuring equipment.

 

[Strouty]

The guy with the Tiny Tokyo Shop thread, @Bakafish , will be able to comment on your autocollimator stands. Don't know if he would need one, and shipping to Tokyo would probably make it un-economical for him. But he would know all about them and maybe have an idea about what you could do with them. He‘s got an autocollimator or two and is very knowledgeable about high end measuring equipment.

I will have to check it out, I just thought they were cool and could be used for other things, but honestly if they are worth a couple grand each, I would much rather have the money, more forklifts!

 

[macgyver37]

I don't know your potential use for the vac pump(s), but if you use one plumb the exhaust outside as those regenerative blower style produce a lot of heat. I'd also use metal pipe to extend the exhaust as the big one we have will melt pvc. They are also pretty loud.

 

[Strouty]

I wasn't sure what I was going to use it for either, just part of the package deal. I have a few larger ones, this one looked like it had never even been wired up at all, says it is a blower on the tag, was thinking fume extraction if anything.

It is hot outside, warmer than I like it, going to temporarily load all the I-Beams onto the Muv-All so I can figure out my next steps. I suspect I am going to have to do a lot of shuffling and I can tell you right now, I want the yard donkey functional for that. Also leaning towards keeping the H-130 hyster over at the Salvage Garage and moving the smaller Hyster up to the Hill, it leaks oil and has no coolant, so this time of year it is only good for a couple minutes at a time and I rarely need a forklift at the Hill compare to the Salvage Garage. Major issue is that the leaker has five foot long forks and the bigger one has four foot ones, I do have the heavy extensions, but as the name states, they are heavy. Major drawback is that I can't bring the H-130 into the SG, door is too short. I think that I am going to have to fix the BFF and that leaking main ram, at that point I can just about move anything I need to.

I am being totally serious when I say this, but right now all my plans are revolving around prepping both the SG and the Hill for winter, I can't go through another year like the last few. I have to have equipment ready and places to put snow that don't bury the things I need to work on. I suspect I will keep running into repair issues, but if I keep after them, I should be able to get everything done.

Equipment that will be needed:

Yard donkey

BFF

Dresser 510 Loader

Mitsu

Clark

In the mix will be plenty of other stuff, but those are the main things, I put Clark last, because if the 510 Loader is functional it has forks and that means I won't need Clark as much.

So cleaning up for winter is the summer project...

 

[Old Man Roger]

Or a broken throttle cable….

Were both ends of the cable just held together with that trunnion? A cable splice would probably work better.