Good to get a recommendation for the caulking. I knew yall all liked the Sika products, glad to get the right type!
Above 1200 Sq/FT Overcoming Good-Deal-Itis One Project at a Time
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
madison069
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Shop is looking great! I dig the baseboard moulding. I also dig the Equipto Benches you have. I have been watching marketplace but nothing in decent shape has been posted lately.
Regarding your air compressor. I think we all do sketchy stuff but just lucky it don’t end badly every time.
Regarding your air compressor. I think we all do sketchy stuff but just lucky it don’t end badly every time.
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SilverJimmy
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Yes, my wife also helped a lot. She cut in the edges along all the walls and around the red iron columns. She also helped roll out some of the floor areas.
It was interesting how the color of the epoxy changed depending on how the epoxy was rolled on. Different direction of the roll, length of the roll stroke, and how many times it was rolled. My shop floor has about 5-6 different shades of the gray, different gloss from shiny to an almost mat finish and also surface smoothness.
My friend who I’m going to help him do his new garage floor told me he has watched a bunch of YouTube videos on epoxy coating. He said the one thing stressed on all was to only apply the epoxy in one direction with a modified exaggerated “M“ pattern for the roller. If not done that way you will end up with a coating that is not consistent…..Yup, come on by, I can show you everywhere my wife did!
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SilverJimmy
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I think I’m done with epoxy for a long time, hopefully! Yes, my wife is amazing, she always tries her best to help me with what ever I ask her to help me with. We had a guy running one of our Snap-On routes back in the early 2000’s. Guy had a ton of potential but couldn’t see the big picture and quit after 8 months.
Wife asked me what were we going to do to continue to serve our customers in his route. I told her it was simple, we would rearrange all three of our routes, give our other guy more to do and that she could run one of the routes. Customers didn’t go one week without service, she was a star, ended up running her route 14 years!
When she started she thought the screwdrivers were in the kitchen drawer, right next to the forks and spoons (maybe I’m exaggerating, but not by much!) and at the end she was selling everything on her truck from simple hand tools all the way up to diagnostic platforms!
A couple years after she started in her Snap-On truck she admitted to me that for the first year she would cry leaving the house until she got to her first stop… I asked her why she continued to do it if she hated it so much. She just looked at me and told me because I had told her that I needed her to do it, that I needed her help. I am a truly blessed man.
As a side note, my other employee bought his route from us after he had run it for 5 years and he got to retire about a year after we did. The other guy? He is still working at his “Good job” that his wife insisted that he quit us to go work at. He will be working long after he is eligible for Social Security! And that guy had so much potential, really sad.
Wife asked me what were we going to do to continue to serve our customers in his route. I told her it was simple, we would rearrange all three of our routes, give our other guy more to do and that she could run one of the routes. Customers didn’t go one week without service, she was a star, ended up running her route 14 years!
When she started she thought the screwdrivers were in the kitchen drawer, right next to the forks and spoons (maybe I’m exaggerating, but not by much!) and at the end she was selling everything on her truck from simple hand tools all the way up to diagnostic platforms!
A couple years after she started in her Snap-On truck she admitted to me that for the first year she would cry leaving the house until she got to her first stop… I asked her why she continued to do it if she hated it so much. She just looked at me and told me because I had told her that I needed her to do it, that I needed her help. I am a truly blessed man.
As a side note, my other employee bought his route from us after he had run it for 5 years and he got to retire about a year after we did. The other guy? He is still working at his “Good job” that his wife insisted that he quit us to go work at. He will be working long after he is eligible for Social Security! And that guy had so much potential, really sad.
Finallygotit
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Awesome!
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SilverJimmy
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Got a bit more of the base moulding installed between trips hauling stuff down from Flagstaff. Really liking how clean it looks with the black to white to gray contrast.
Also went ahead and put it on the wall behind where the tool boxes will be. Probably won’t be able to see it, but I don’t think I could rest easily knowing it wasn’t there!
Thanks for following along, I appreciate you guy’s input.
Also went ahead and put it on the wall behind where the tool boxes will be. Probably won’t be able to see it, but I don’t think I could rest easily knowing it wasn’t there!
Thanks for following along, I appreciate you guy’s input.
Finallygotit
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That looks really good and finishes it off nicely. 
madison069
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I like the color combo going on!
Putting that trim behind the toolbox just ensures it’s done and won’t be a problem if you move the toolboxes around the shop after settling in.
Putting that trim behind the toolbox just ensures it’s done and won’t be a problem if you move the toolboxes around the shop after settling in.
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SilverJimmy
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Yup, another “Good Deal” that I couldn’t resist! I’ve been looking for one of these old HF drill presses for a while, finally found one on FBMarketplace. These are cool cuz they have a 2MT spindle and I can use a Hougen annular cutter chuck in it to poke nice holes in stuff.
Only thing wrong with it is the table lift screw handle is broken.
I‘m going to look on the HF parts site and see if it is still available, but being from 1999 I don’t know if they still have them. I might go to HF and measure the handle on the new model, might get lucky!
I also picked this bench grinder up at a yard sale the other day.
Made in Taiwan so it’s better than the cheap stuff @ HF these days. I don’t know what the drill chuck on the end is for, maybe a die grinder cable arbor? I did have to buy it though, can you guys see why?
Only thing wrong with it is the table lift screw handle is broken.
I‘m going to look on the HF parts site and see if it is still available, but being from 1999 I don’t know if they still have them. I might go to HF and measure the handle on the new model, might get lucky!
I also picked this bench grinder up at a yard sale the other day.
Made in Taiwan so it’s better than the cheap stuff @ HF these days. I don’t know what the drill chuck on the end is for, maybe a die grinder cable arbor? I did have to buy it though, can you guys see why?
Worst-case check McMaster Carr for something compatible(-ish)?
I like how you turned the casters 90° from the product photo. How does that affect stability?My drill press:
zmotorsports
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Sterling, that drill press looks to be in excellent condition. Nice score.
If you are referring to the front casters, they aren’t in contact with the floor in the picture.
When the two foot pedals are depressed and locked down over center there is a foot in contact with the floor which raises the front casters.
Sorry, I was assuming you bought the Harbor Freight universal machine base. Looking more closely, that is not the case. The HF unit has its front casters and feet swapped from your photo. I was curious if that would change the stability much in that it narrows the footprint slightly and I know drill presses tend to be top-heavy.
Sorry for the hijack, @SilverJimmy, back to the regularly scheduled programming...
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SilverJimmy
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I try to work on the shop every day and I know I’m getting a lot done, but it just seems to be taking forever. So when I do get something accomplished that is a milestone it’s pretty cool and exciting to share!
I got two of the Equipto work benches cleaned up and also got the electrical outlets installed into the front legs/panels. The lead electrician on the shop build said I’d be fine using old 14/3 extension cord and 15 amp outlets with medium duty Leviton plug ends, so that’s what I did. Then when I moved the benches into the clean room it was simple to plug into the outlets that were installed for these bench outlets. Sounds complicated but it wasn’t.
Got both benches moved into my clean room, plugged in the extra outlets, even tested them, they work!
These double doors will make it super easy to roll an engine stand in and out of the clean room. It a straight shot into the room.
And when I’m working or when shutting down for the day the doors will keep everything clean and hopefully dust free.
Have another two benches going into my hobby room. Those will also get the extra outlets and the last two benches I’m planning on staging them back to back close to my two post lift so I’ll have a work surface handy in that area.
Thanks again for your input and following along, I appreciate it.
I got two of the Equipto work benches cleaned up and also got the electrical outlets installed into the front legs/panels. The lead electrician on the shop build said I’d be fine using old 14/3 extension cord and 15 amp outlets with medium duty Leviton plug ends, so that’s what I did. Then when I moved the benches into the clean room it was simple to plug into the outlets that were installed for these bench outlets. Sounds complicated but it wasn’t.
Got both benches moved into my clean room, plugged in the extra outlets, even tested them, they work!
These double doors will make it super easy to roll an engine stand in and out of the clean room. It a straight shot into the room.
And when I’m working or when shutting down for the day the doors will keep everything clean and hopefully dust free.
Have another two benches going into my hobby room. Those will also get the extra outlets and the last two benches I’m planning on staging them back to back close to my two post lift so I’ll have a work surface handy in that area.
Thanks again for your input and following along, I appreciate it.
zmotorsports
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Looking great Sterling.
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SilverJimmy
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With the benches moved into their final spots I had the room to move the lift into its bay and get it unwrapped and ready for standing up.
I mapped out on the floor with blue tape where I believed the rebar was so I could try to miss them!
Then yesterday a few of my friends came over and helped me get it stood up and anchored down.
Sure am glad I’ve got a forklift, this thing would have been a major project without it, with it, easy as pie! Just need to finish all the anchor bolts and then the hydraulic hoses, release mechanism, safety limit switch and then get the electricians over to wire it up. I do have an issue with two of my anchor studs, one I accidentally used a 7/8” bit so now I need to use some epoxy to set that one, and then the other one I somehow managed to hit a double run of rebar. Does it cause a potential problem if I use a drill bit to go thru the rebar so I can get the anchor down to the full 8” depth? Thanks again and I look forward to your thoughts!
I mapped out on the floor with blue tape where I believed the rebar was so I could try to miss them!Then yesterday a few of my friends came over and helped me get it stood up and anchored down.
Sure am glad I’ve got a forklift, this thing would have been a major project without it, with it, easy as pie! Just need to finish all the anchor bolts and then the hydraulic hoses, release mechanism, safety limit switch and then get the electricians over to wire it up. I do have an issue with two of my anchor studs, one I accidentally used a 7/8” bit so now I need to use some epoxy to set that one, and then the other one I somehow managed to hit a double run of rebar. Does it cause a potential problem if I use a drill bit to go thru the rebar so I can get the anchor down to the full 8” depth? Thanks again and I look forward to your thoughts!
zmotorsports
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Looking good Sterling. That's going to be a gamechanger. Did you have to special order the Challenger lift in black?
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It shouldn't be a problem to drill threw the rebar. They make rebar cutting bits for this, https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauk...4PHLHOO9SlQDRYJWHqcz3wi0mL-yMm67CRjYvehp5_I84. We did the concrete for big grain bins and the crew that put the bins up drilled thru the rebar all the time since it was a pretty tight grid of bar in the pad and their anchors for mounting the bin supports would end up hitting a bar.
Like Scott said Sterling. If you don't have one, I think I have one up here but if not I do have them down south and can bring back up with me middle of next week.
Prospecter
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Nice to have friends! You'll enjoy that lift. Nice set up.
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SilverJimmy
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Not a special order, just a check on the order form, red or black. If my box was red I would have gone red. But I’m really liking the White/Black/Gray theme I have going on right now!
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SilverJimmy
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That would be cool Cam, would hate to buy a one time use tool… like I’ve never done that, OR sold some to many!
madison069
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Can't wait to get my 4 posts lift myself, consider me envy at the moment!
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SilverJimmy
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I wasn’t able to punch thru the rebar with my hammer drill so I called up my contractor and asked if he had any ideas. He suggested that I put away my tinker toys and come borrow his real hammer drill! Once back to the shop it did make quick work of that rebar. I continued down to the full 8” depth I needed for the anchor bolt.
When I tried to install the bolt it seemed really tight and I didn’t want it to hang up 1/2 down so I decided to do a cleanup pass with my new 3/4” bit in my hammer drill…. Probably not my best idea!
Absolutely stuck and not coming out! With vise grips clamped as tight as I could get them I couldn’t get it to budge, let alone turn. After about 30 minutes of trying everything I decided to call it a night and try again in the morning. The last thing I want is that hardened bit broken off in the hole!
When I tried to install the bolt it seemed really tight and I didn’t want it to hang up 1/2 down so I decided to do a cleanup pass with my new 3/4” bit in my hammer drill…. Probably not my best idea!
Absolutely stuck and not coming out! With vise grips clamped as tight as I could get them I couldn’t get it to budge, let alone turn. After about 30 minutes of trying everything I decided to call it a night and try again in the morning. The last thing I want is that hardened bit broken off in the hole!
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SilverJimmy
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This morning after thinking about it all night I thought I had a plan. A buddy came over to help me too so if I really screwed it up there would be someone there to at least laugh while I cried!
I clamped two pairs of Vise Grips as tight as I could get them, one on top of the other, and then I took my 4MT 5/8“ Jacobs Drill chuck and put it on the stub against the pliers and tightened it as much as I could. Then we used two 36” prybars and evenly applied upward pressure at the bottom pliers.
Success! It came cleanly out after about 4 steps with me adding spacers as it came out. Got that bolt installed and then drilled the final bolt holes and got the remaining bolts installed. Now I just need to finish fixing the oversized hole. I have a RedHead structural epoxy kit for that one. Then need to finish assembling the lift. FUN!
I clamped two pairs of Vise Grips as tight as I could get them, one on top of the other, and then I took my 4MT 5/8“ Jacobs Drill chuck and put it on the stub against the pliers and tightened it as much as I could. Then we used two 36” prybars and evenly applied upward pressure at the bottom pliers.
Success! It came cleanly out after about 4 steps with me adding spacers as it came out. Got that bolt installed and then drilled the final bolt holes and got the remaining bolts installed. Now I just need to finish fixing the oversized hole. I have a RedHead structural epoxy kit for that one. Then need to finish assembling the lift. FUN!
madison069
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Got to love it when you get a hammer drill bit stuck, takes a good bit of wiggle, pry, and holding the tongue in the right spot before it finally lets loose. I’ve also forced air into the hole to blow out any dirt mess that’s free while wiggling the bit as much as I can. If you can get some of the dirt/dust out it helps reduce the friction of the bit
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SilverJimmy
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Thanks for the advice guys, but I really think this bit hung up because of a couple reasons.
1) The rebar forced the bit slightly over from my original vertical travel.
2) The bit in the drill kit I borrowed has a lot of use and is undersized.
3) When I tried to cleanup the hole with my new bit once the rebar deflected it out of line it just got wedged tightly. I did vacuum the hole with my shop vac sucking up all the dust before I tried the new bit.
4) On the remaining holes I drilled I did the initial hole with the big drill but I had to do a finish cleanup cut with my drill because the other bit is undersized, just no rebar involved so no issues. And I decided to use my 8 lb sledge to set the rest of the anchor bolts cuz nothing ***** worse than a stuck anchor bolt! Well, almost nothing!
In hindsight I probably should have run the big drill thru that hole a couple times more before trying to clean it up, but, hopefully there won’t be a next time. But now all my friends think that I’m the “Lift-Master”!
1) The rebar forced the bit slightly over from my original vertical travel.
2) The bit in the drill kit I borrowed has a lot of use and is undersized.
3) When I tried to cleanup the hole with my new bit once the rebar deflected it out of line it just got wedged tightly. I did vacuum the hole with my shop vac sucking up all the dust before I tried the new bit.
4) On the remaining holes I drilled I did the initial hole with the big drill but I had to do a finish cleanup cut with my drill because the other bit is undersized, just no rebar involved so no issues. And I decided to use my 8 lb sledge to set the rest of the anchor bolts cuz nothing ***** worse than a stuck anchor bolt! Well, almost nothing!
In hindsight I probably should have run the big drill thru that hole a couple times more before trying to clean it up, but, hopefully there won’t be a next time. But now all my friends think that I’m the “Lift-Master”!
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SilverJimmy
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Decided to not chance it on some 10 year old epoxy so I bought a tube of the Simpson SET-XP and shot it in for the win!
Used a bit of plastic and some tape to try to keep the excess ****** under control. Then I put the anchor bolt in by spinning it down as instructed. I let it set up for about 5 days before I torqued the nut to 150 ft lbs like all the rest of the anchor bolts. I had to use some of the supplied shims to get the idler column as plumb as the other column, but it’s all good now!
Waiting on the electricians to come wire it up and then I can bleed the hydraulic system and adjust the safety locks and call this one done!
Used a bit of plastic and some tape to try to keep the excess ****** under control. Then I put the anchor bolt in by spinning it down as instructed. I let it set up for about 5 days before I torqued the nut to 150 ft lbs like all the rest of the anchor bolts. I had to use some of the supplied shims to get the idler column as plumb as the other column, but it’s all good now!
Waiting on the electricians to come wire it up and then I can bleed the hydraulic system and adjust the safety locks and call this one done!
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SilverJimmy
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Some days you win, and some days you don’t……
yesterday I won! Got my 06’ CTS-V and my 65’ GT350R Clone down to Prescott Drama Free!
Today….. maybe not so! Started out really good, got the 4 post loaded…
And then just simply drive it down to Prescott….
Really!? This is the third Michelin to fail catastrophic, twice on this truck and once on my Snap-On truck. 3 strikes, you’re out! What do you guys recommend for a 16” load range E tire?
yesterday I won! Got my 06’ CTS-V and my 65’ GT350R Clone down to Prescott Drama Free!
Today….. maybe not so! Started out really good, got the 4 post loaded…
And then just simply drive it down to Prescott….
Really!? This is the third Michelin to fail catastrophic, twice on this truck and once on my Snap-On truck. 3 strikes, you’re out! What do you guys recommend for a 16” load range E tire?
OutlawDrifter
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That's unfortunate! I've had great luck with Yokohama Geolandars (in both a highway tread and an A/T) and the Falken Wildpeak HT02. A lot of the HT02s are made in the USA.
Love the gt350! Same paint scheme my dads 65 coupe has. ***** about the blowout, last one I had ony truck was while pulling a 36ft fifth wheel, managed to get it acroos 3 lanes of I75 and hit a rest area and commence to spending the next 2 hours trying to get it all changed out.
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SilverJimmy
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I was able to swap the spare on in about 30 minutes after I limped down the road 100 yards to a paved driveway so I wasn’t doing the change on the side of the highway. Hwy 89 from Prescott to I-40 is really scary, lots of accidents and very heavy traffic so getting off the side of the road was first priority. The tire ripped the ABS sensor wire right out of the loom, tore up the fender and broke the running board but after putting the spare on the truck it was back to normal, smooth like new with just the ABS light on.
I’ll go shop tires tomorrow, really not feeling much love for Michelin right now. They’ve been great tires until they’re not. This set was put on in 2018 as warranty for the previous set that started having cracks around the bead. So 8 years old and about 70k miles. Last oil change I rotated them and put the more worn on the rear. Those are just now getting close to the wear bars and the fronts have a bunch of tread left, at least one does!
I actually shopped tires last month cuz I was planning to put new tires on before the summer heat hits in May, now I have to get them, just need to decide which tires I want now.
I’ll go shop tires tomorrow, really not feeling much love for Michelin right now. They’ve been great tires until they’re not. This set was put on in 2018 as warranty for the previous set that started having cracks around the bead. So 8 years old and about 70k miles. Last oil change I rotated them and put the more worn on the rear. Those are just now getting close to the wear bars and the fronts have a bunch of tread left, at least one does!
I actually shopped tires last month cuz I was planning to put new tires on before the summer heat hits in May, now I have to get them, just need to decide which tires I want now.
OutlawDrifter
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Michelins are great, but they dry rot much faster than the tread wears. I typically don't get much more than 2 years/30k miles out of a set of tires on our DD's because of the rock road...so mine never age out. The '49 has the oldest tires @ 9yrs because it sits inside and gets less than 500mi/yr drive time. 2200ish miles on this set in 9yrs 
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SilverJimmy
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I have a friend who just sold his Auto Repair/Tire Shop and he suggested to replace tires @ 5 years and if you do that it makes sense both financially and safety wise to go with a cheaper than the Michelin tires as he said that unless I’m going to put the 80k miles on them and wear them out they will rot/time out before I wear them out. So now I’m looking at Coopers and other more affordable shoes for my truck.
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SilverJimmy
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Anybody have any experience with the Cooper HT3’s or some of the other $200.00 tires? I’m going to go see what I can find at the local tire shops but I need to go up to Flagstaff and pickup another set of factory wheels I have. When I had a blowout on my truck back in 2014 State Farm Insurance fixed the truck. The factory wheel was destroyed in the blowout.
State Farm replaced the wheel with a refinished wheel from LKQ and of course it was not as good as the OEM wheel as after a couple years the clear coat started coming off…
Of course when I tried to get my “Good Neighbor“ State Farm to take care of this they politely told me to pound sand! Now that I’m getting new tires I don’t want this wheel on my formerly pristine truck so I need to bring down one of my good used wheels that I was given years ago. Now I just need to decide if I want to risk running up to Flagstaff without a spare tire….
What to do, what to do!
State Farm replaced the wheel with a refinished wheel from LKQ and of course it was not as good as the OEM wheel as after a couple years the clear coat started coming off…
Of course when I tried to get my “Good Neighbor“ State Farm to take care of this they politely told me to pound sand! Now that I’m getting new tires I don’t want this wheel on my formerly pristine truck so I need to bring down one of my good used wheels that I was given years ago. Now I just need to decide if I want to risk running up to Flagstaff without a spare tire….
What to do, what to do!
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SilverJimmy
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Did have a win today! @LXCam (my wife calls him my InnerTube Friend!) came by and really stepped up and helped me unload my 4 post lift! Went totally slick after I remembered that I had a perfectly good forklift sitting right next to where I wanted to unload the lift! I had both my floor jacks and a bunch of cribbing all staged to somehow get the lift unloaded sorta like the wife and I loaded it yesterday when suddenly I saw the forklift just sitting there asking if it could maybe help! It’s really funny how it so easy to get so focused on what you want to do you are blind to something or some other way of doing the job! Sometimes I just need to stop and look at the job and think…..
Thanks Cam, I owe you BIG!
Thanks Cam, I owe you BIG!