Ever do something so stupid you wonder if you should be left unsupervised?

[Skyman]

Nice Nova and garage. Bummer about the stumble and tumble. Hope you're soon fully healed. Got more pics of that Nova?

 

[Recountry2]

Nice Nova and garage. Bummer about the stumble and tumble. Hope you're soon fully healed. Got more pics of that Nova?

Thank! I would have to dig around and see. Hoping I can get done with it this week as this 3 month project turned into a 6 month and still haven't even installed the overdrive yet....lol. All is good except for the knee still can't take a knee on it....Got some pics of the Nova...

 

[Skyman]

That's a fine looking Nova.

 

[PassnThru]

I was on a ladder installing cabinets in a friend's new pole barn shop in OK. Had to scalp a couple of posts to get the cabinets to sit plumb.. His only
Sawzall blade was dull, it got so hot it started smoking so I set it aside, then promptly set my arm down on top of it reaching for a chisel...perfect imprint of the Sawzall blade on my right forearm...

Didn't notice it right away did you?
I was using the blower on the driveway right outside the detached garage one day. It's a big area so I was going up and down the apron to clear it of grass clippings. When I got back to the garage I notice a bolt laying on the ground. Right outside of one of the garage doors. Obviously that concerned me - so I picked it up to determine which vehicle it came off of and where it goes (like it would be obvious to me).
Turns out it was one of the bolts holding the muffler on the blower. Which had been running for quite some time and had just fallen off.
Funny how for a few short seconds everything is fine and then your fingers have blisters on them.

 

[TOWLC]

Ah shoot it finally happened, I forgot the drain plug while changing oil on one of our tech’s trucks today. Luckily I remembered before I poured the whole jug in, in fact I think I only lost half a liter.
And while this is the only time I’ve done that in over ten years of oil changes, I’m a little disappointed in myself.

I did this a little while back with a full 5 gallons of hydraulic fluid on my skid steer. Was getting late and I decided to leave the plug out and let it drain completely overnight. Came out the next morning and started filling it, not noticing it all dumping out the bottom until I reached for the second 5 gallon bucket.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Bonehead move of the morning....



Loaded without hooking up the truck....

 

[TOWLC]

Bonehead move of the morning....



Loaded without hooking up the truck....

I have that same trailer. Good thing the axles sit so far back or you'd have found out sooner!

 

[Fav Onefour]

Saddest thing about this thread is that I've done so many already listed.
I sure have a lot of scar tissue and a couple of short fingers.

They say, "Learn from your mistakes". I should check into Mensa membership. I must be brilliant from all the life lessons.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I have that same trailer. Good thing the axles sit so far back or you'd have found out sooner!

Yeah. I know. As the back tires hit the bed, I felt the front end get light. I stopped, looked up, saw my truck sitting about 30 feet away and just thought......shittttttt.

I quickly tried to process what would happen if I backed off the trailer....I felt the odds were better to keep pulling forward, set the brake and get out of the trailer to hook up the truck.

 

[PCustoms]

Yesterday I was standing on the "Not A Step" step on the ladder.

In flip-flops.

Thought about this thread and decided to at least change my shoes.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Yesterday I was standing on the "Not A Step" step on the ladder.

In flip-flops.

Thought about this thread and decided to at least change my shoes.

Crocs ?

 

[PCustoms]

Crocs ?

What I may have lacked in common sense I made up for in style

 

[LOW1]

I could write a book on things I've tried to run through a snowblower.

We used to have sled dogs, and once I was snowblowing around the doghouses (no dogs present!). I managed to **** up one of the dog chains - wrapped it around the auger about 5-6 times before I got 'er shut down. Would've been nice to take the snowblower into the warm garage to clear the jam, but no, I was firmly tethered to a doghouse. That one took a while.

Back in the day when they came in paper and not digital form my snowblower really liked to eat newspapers. A thick Sunday paper can be hard to remove with frozen fingers.