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I had kicked around ideas about building elevator style lift in my pole barn to raise my dirt bikes up onto a mezzanine and a shelf. after a bunch of designs and back and forth, we switched gears and decided to do something simpler. As we had limited overhead room, I went with a Jib crane...

Went another direction.. Built a jib crane instead... Works great.... Bob

It is SUPPOSED to be full.... Do some research on septic systems and how they work. After they pump the Solids out, they refill with water. Bacteria breaks down the solids. A good designed septic system should go for a long time without needing pumped. (our shop one went 24 years with out...

You can take down just a few sheets at a time... We do it all the time on pole barn siding.. Bob

Sberry is correct. Didnt use rod. Wire welder. Hobart. .030 HF Wire. Bob

It is a SnowDogg MD75. This one was the first year they came out with them, It had a very thin plate. We got a 2nd one about a year later and it had twice as thick a plate, more gussets in other areas and never had a problem with it. Bob

Had to do a little repair on one of our snowplows ! The front nose pivot area completely broke out of the frame ! It was an early model that had too thin metal in this area. I beefed it up with heavier plate.. And of course it always happens at 3 am when its a blizzard out !! Bob

Sam carried a snowball in to play with !

Justanengineer, Not sure where in NW Indiana you are ? I live in northern Indiana (Near South Bend). Most of the NW corner of Indiana gets a LOT more than 2-3 inch twice a year snows. The average is about 50inchs a winter.. We had 15 inches for December already. The lake effect snow off...

My dirt bike lift at home.

And the reason he gave us was, If a toddler tripped and fell into the window, the tempered glass would protect him from serious damage. Bob

I had the same issue with a house we bought to use as a rental. The window company told us the same thing. Had to have tempered windows if less than 18 inchs from the floor... and the walking space was inside, not outside. and the price jumped up a lot, so we passed on the new windows and just...

I have wondered what the difference would be in a forced air Nat. Gas furnace or a Nat Gas water heater used to heat your garage would be ? The forced air furnace would use gas and fan. The Water heater would use gas and a pump. Wouldn't it cost more to pump water than blow air ? Anyone...

I lay awake last night couldn't sleep, as my wife was admitted to the hospital yesterday with severe pneumonia and then they found a problem with her heart. They are running tests this morning so we are waiting for that. I kept thinking about what I wanted to do with my lift (lift motorcycles...

Yeh. Got a few Huskys as well... 76 CR250 81 CR250 82 CR250 82 CR430 85 WR400 85 WRX400 I like the old aluminum tank models the best.. They have Character ! Bob

A gold wing drag bike ?? wow. never saw that before Bob

Pentons were the early KTM's. John Penton wanted a light 2 stroke that handled good to beat the big heavy 4 strokes. He went to KTM with ideas and they made them from 1968 to 1976. After that they became KTM only. They were top of the line bikes for years. The whole Penton family raced and...

A few of my vintage bikes...