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    Breaker plate in forklift is shorting...........

    All great answers. Thanks for the help! Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Breaker plate in forklift is shorting...........

    Hello, i have an older yale l50c forklift, tri mass and it wont start. Summary - Pull cap & rotor, points melted, replaced points & Condenser, insulation on breaker plate shorted out. *@#$ I took it too pape, and the tech pulled out the cap and rotor and found the points were melted. We...
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    pour post first then slab?....or all at once....Monolithic including posts

    I went to the county. The short version... Engineer didnt show calc for compacted rock backfill, so county redlined it to concrete. So now I am left with several of the holes being 30" @ 48"....about .7 yards each... ridiculous Option a) re submit with smaller hole for concrete. County...
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    pour post first then slab?....or all at once....Monolithic including posts

    An old friend of mine gave me some advice.... Put the concrete in the bottom.....inspection....then add a little concrete.....lots of rock after it drys....the top it with concrete for final. I have gone back to my engineering firm and said....HELP Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    pour post first then slab?....or all at once....Monolithic including posts

    Pretty sure I got their notes right...... Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    pour post first then slab?....or all at once....Monolithic including posts

    Engineering company gave 3 options they felt all met my wind, structural, dead loads, etc.... King county redlined all of them except concrete. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    pour post first then slab?....or all at once....Monolithic including posts

    In another page. It says it must filled with concrete that is 2500psi after 28 days... The plan was to through a couple of mixed bags into the holes....inspection....fill rest of the hole with concrete......frame....wrap...the pour the slab. Though the concrete guy asked why not, after the...
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    pour post first then slab?....or all at once....Monolithic including posts

    Engineering requires 6" thick concrete footing. Then a min, 4" concrete floor which is shown going over the post holes. The fill is noted as concrete. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    pour post first then slab?....or all at once....Monolithic including posts

    After reading through 150 or so posts...i can find anybody who has done this...hence I think this might be a bad idea... Question: My concrete guy showed up today to give me a price to pour my slab of a 40x72 pole barn. after talking it through with him, he asked me why I am pouring my...
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    Vapor barrier and roof insulation

    For western wa, for shop that will only be heated say 10 times a year....which side is the warm side?
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    how should I have vaulted ceiling insulated?

    why not just do large rolls of 2" batt insulation to act as condensation blanket and to give you some min. r value. I have been going back and forth on my scissor trusses as well, but mine are 12' apart with my purlins only 24". I am leaning towards insulating with an r15 in the purlins and...
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    Metal or wood stakes

    Hello, Trying to decide wether to buy metal concrete stakes (pins) or to make 2x4 wood stakes for my pole barn i will be starting in 2 weeks. Ideally i wouldn't need the stakes long, but murphy is live and well. SO, i am expecting to need the stakes up for atleast 1 month. Rental rates here...
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    Building a mezzanine in my barn

    forming my thoughts, but I will start this thread of by saying...just because you are throwing only lawn chair cushions up their doesn't mean the next person wont be looking to put food storage in it..... I would suggest doing the post route....it decreases the load calcs. can you further...
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    The SK Tools Giveaway...

    count me in! Loved the review
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    Road base....recycled asphat or concrete...rock....or .....

    Glacial till. It drains fairly well, and the road is on the high ground Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Road base....recycled asphat or concrete...rock....or .....

    Nothing "big". Heaviest would be 10k#....but woild be very rare. Wasn't for sure if the concrete would break down or not over time. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    My dream shop! 60x40x14

    Any more details on your light selections? Looks really nice Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Road base....recycled asphat or concrete...rock....or .....

    Looking to put in approximetly 100 yards of new driveway in. I am thinking 6" over road fabric. I am on high ground, but is does rain here in western Washington...so i have been told I am thinking 2-4 recycled concrete ($1,350) and topping it with 50 yards of recycled asphat ($325). Rock...
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    Generator to back feed house from garage

    By a $130 mechanical panel lockout to insure the main breaker is off and stays off. Would I do it yes....legal...no....covered by your insurance company if your house burns down....no....but i would still do it
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    Dump Trailer Build - Hydraulic or winch powered?

    It would be a 12v powered winch. I am not in the mood to be doing it by hand.
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