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We're working out a deal for him to mow the yard
Above 1200 Sq/FT 86's 20HP shop
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
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First of 4 days off, and for the first time in a while i don't have a kid's car to fix. Lets see what we can do...
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Holy smokes it's hot. Got the shop cleaned up and started back in on the forklift.
Started by using the angle grinder to cut through welds and i could see it was going to take a fortnight, so i switched
to the plasma. It's hot. And playing with 50,000F surface of the sun is not helping.
These side plates held the wheels on the Yale ESC. The drive wheel was the single center under the counterweight. There's more than twice as much time invested in these cuts than the plasma.
This big bar on the back of the mast is the pivot point for the mast tilt and also holds the counterweight to the mast.
I started with the plasma cutting the channel iron on the back bottom of the main channel out. That's half inch steel there.
I still want to cut all that stuff off leaving nothing but the mast main channel. I might gouge the welds out, not sure yet. All this stuff i cut off is what i knew i don't need for mounting. Still tbd how i mount to the namco, but i am starting to formulate a plan.
This is the channel at the bottom that i cut out. That big mount in the center is where the tilt cylinder attached. At the bottom, so sort of opposite of normal forklifts.
That big pivot bar on the back is mounted with 1" steel plate and that bar is solid. That is one heavy mofo of a mount i cut off. I can barely move that thing. Mind boggling how heavy built this mast is for a little electric forklift that is rated at 2000lbs. I bet that mast is 1000 lbs at least. The namco was maybe half that.
On unrelated note, i stopped on monday and picked this up in Detroit. That's a 5hp single phase TEFC motor. It's going to replace the motor in the pressure washer, below.
This is the HOTSY that i bought a while back, it's already too heavy to move around really, so i figured lets get it repowered so i can haul it around anywhere and get work done. If it's single phase, i can roll it anywhere in the shop, or fork it to the house garage or the horse stable. Anywhere i have 240V single phase. If i used the 3 phase motor on it, it's only good in the shop. Bad news is the new motor is a lot larger, so i'm going to have to extend / move things around a bit. Pretty simple unit, so i am not too worried about it. I think i'm going to put fork pockets on the bottom so i don't worry about it sliding off in transport.
I broke for supper, we'll see what happens later. Stay tuned.
Started by using the angle grinder to cut through welds and i could see it was going to take a fortnight, so i switched
to the plasma. It's hot. And playing with 50,000F surface of the sun is not helping.
These side plates held the wheels on the Yale ESC. The drive wheel was the single center under the counterweight. There's more than twice as much time invested in these cuts than the plasma.
This big bar on the back of the mast is the pivot point for the mast tilt and also holds the counterweight to the mast.
I started with the plasma cutting the channel iron on the back bottom of the main channel out. That's half inch steel there.
I still want to cut all that stuff off leaving nothing but the mast main channel. I might gouge the welds out, not sure yet. All this stuff i cut off is what i knew i don't need for mounting. Still tbd how i mount to the namco, but i am starting to formulate a plan.
This is the channel at the bottom that i cut out. That big mount in the center is where the tilt cylinder attached. At the bottom, so sort of opposite of normal forklifts.
That big pivot bar on the back is mounted with 1" steel plate and that bar is solid. That is one heavy mofo of a mount i cut off. I can barely move that thing. Mind boggling how heavy built this mast is for a little electric forklift that is rated at 2000lbs. I bet that mast is 1000 lbs at least. The namco was maybe half that.
On unrelated note, i stopped on monday and picked this up in Detroit. That's a 5hp single phase TEFC motor. It's going to replace the motor in the pressure washer, below.
This is the HOTSY that i bought a while back, it's already too heavy to move around really, so i figured lets get it repowered so i can haul it around anywhere and get work done. If it's single phase, i can roll it anywhere in the shop, or fork it to the house garage or the horse stable. Anywhere i have 240V single phase. If i used the 3 phase motor on it, it's only good in the shop. Bad news is the new motor is a lot larger, so i'm going to have to extend / move things around a bit. Pretty simple unit, so i am not too worried about it. I think i'm going to put fork pockets on the bottom so i don't worry about it sliding off in transport.
I broke for supper, we'll see what happens later. Stay tuned.
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Broke out the 9in angle grinder. Things a beast.
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White knuckle grey hair moment just now. Had the daily Audi in the shop for service and tire rotation. I don't have a ton of extra room in the shop as you might imagine, so i lowered the car near the floor, buzzed all lug bolts off, pulled wheels, raised car, moved wheels to new locations, and while i was setting the car back down to the ground, to ease my aching back, one of the tires rolled under the quarter on the other side from the lift controls. I didn't see it until the whole *** end moved towards me as i was lowering. I stopped immediately, and didn't touch anything while i threw tires back on where it was. The lift pad on the far side was right on the edge of slipping off the body. It would have dropped nearly 3 feet. Real close call fellas. I need that shop cleaned out.
bimmer1980
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Yikes. Narrowly avoided disaster!
Well, you what what needs to happen. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither will a garage clean up, but taking measured steps each day will get you there....
Candidly, I need to do some cleaning and organizing in my own garage. Its been a busy couple of months and **** has been building up... ug, not a big fan of cleaning and organizing, but it's great when "done"..
Well, you what what needs to happen. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither will a garage clean up, but taking measured steps each day will get you there....
Candidly, I need to do some cleaning and organizing in my own garage. Its been a busy couple of months and **** has been building up... ug, not a big fan of cleaning and organizing, but it's great when "done"..
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Yeah, it was almost a real bad day. I can't afford to lose that car right now. I have one job left on daughter's car before she can run that again. I'm hoping to hit that tonight, then get back on the forklift. I've got all the old mounts knocked off the new mast, and have the parts for the motors. I want to get it back in the shop, and moving again, then start mocking up. I could do it all in cad, but i would rather visually see it as i mock it up. Trying to get the mast as close to the tires as possible.
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So last job before forklift can go back in the shop, replacing wheel bearing on daughter's car. I've got a press in/out kit for it, pricey, but i don't have to pull the hub off the car. I'm about 3/4 done, the wife keeps asking if it's going to be done by Saturday 4am. I'm on a call tonight at 7, but working at home so i just snuck out and pressed the new bearing in.
I will be glad to have my parking spot back.
I will be glad to have my parking spot back.
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New wheel bearing seems to have done the trick. Never seen a wheel bearing lock up like that when pressure was applied to it. But it came out in 2 pcs! Anyway, i'll wrap it up tonight and the daughter has her car back.
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Moved the new mast into the shop today. Had an issue getting it stood up. Whoops.
And moved the namco back in behind it and got wheels put on. The motors are next step.
And moved the namco back in behind it and got wheels put on. The motors are next step.
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Was cleaning the basement yesterday, and found myself into some of the same situation i do in the shop quite regularly.
"i forgot i had this. probably need to clean and organize more often...."
Definitely a problem.
"i forgot i had this. probably need to clean and organize more often...."
Definitely a problem.
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Positive note, i just scored 3 10lb class ABC fire extinguishers at an auction for $11.
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So i took a chance on a parts book for the Namco on ebay. It was dated about 15 years after mine was made, late 70s. Lots of interesting changes. Among them, totally different mast mounting. Pivot point for mast was two welded ears hanging off the front of the main body, kind of like i had planned. I will do something sort of similar to that now. Off work today, just getting some stuff done in the yard.
There is a company installing fiber on our road. I'm signed up, and they put the conduit under the road to my property yesterday. So that's exciting.
There is a company installing fiber on our road. I'm signed up, and they put the conduit under the road to my property yesterday. So that's exciting.
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The fiber has been a life changer, anything to kick Spectrum (or any cable company) to the curb.
Cool to see that they modified things, sounds like you can use that as your new "engineering" blueprint.
Cool to see that they modified things, sounds like you can use that as your new "engineering" blueprint.
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Yes, i'm excited, i walked out and talked to the lineman working on our property on Friday, he said they'd pull fiber in a couple of weeks, but didn't know when it would be live. Mentioned "christmas" which i made no comment on and bid him a good day.
The change to the namco encourages me. They had up to a triple mast on the same mounts hanging right off the front like i planned. So it seems i should be good to go.
I have been updating the wife's trailer for a trip tomorrow to get hay, and planning the heat pump condenser install outside. Was going to go get concrete but its looking like rain so i think i'll just hold off a bit on that. Maybe tomorrow. Meanwhile i have a ton of other things to do.
The change to the namco encourages me. They had up to a triple mast on the same mounts hanging right off the front like i planned. So it seems i should be good to go.
I have been updating the wife's trailer for a trip tomorrow to get hay, and planning the heat pump condenser install outside. Was going to go get concrete but its looking like rain so i think i'll just hold off a bit on that. Maybe tomorrow. Meanwhile i have a ton of other things to do.
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Are you sure it is only a ton???
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Did you at least give him a participation trophy?So this weekend, i got sucked into working on my boy's truck. He took 2 days off, Sat/sun, and we thrashed pretty good.
Back in January, he got impulsive waiting in line on a local road and tried to dart across opposing traffic at the wrong time, slamming his front end into a Tahoe. Same corner as a deer hit the year before. He pieced it together the first time, and this time, he wasn't able to do what was needed. He ordered a new core support, header panel, valence panel, and we picked up headlights, hood, grill and a few other bits and bobs at a swap meet. In the meantime he's been just driving it with the occasional police stop for missing headlight.
A few weeks ago, i had a day off and it was warm and i painted his core support and valence panel. And Saturday he drove over and we tore into it.
By Saturday night, we had it all apart and the new core support back in. Sunday, we picked him up and brought him back home and we started in around 10Am. Facing some significant uphill battles, such as cutting parts of the LMC core support to fit his super cooling radiator, massaging mounts, fitting his new headlights, etc. We got it mostly back together, with exception of the valence panel under the grill, which we were waiting on some amazon fasteners which didn't show until 7pm Sunday. BUT, we threw the battery back in and found it was dead. The positive post was turning in the casing pretty good when i pulled the cable. I think it must have pulled the connection inside the case. So i told him i thought we were done for the day, and drove him to walmart to get a new battery then dropped him off at his apartment.
He was super mad that i didn't take him back home and spend the next couple hours working on it. Basically stormed out of the car at his appt and had nothing nice to say.
But the reality is, he lives 1 mile from work, its summer and he has feet.
I had an hour into taking him to walmart, and probably at least 2 more hours to hang a hood, bumper and valence panel at best. That puts me in bed about 1.5 hrs AFTER my usual bedtime, and I get up at 4-ish am to go to work. IF i don't get to bed on time, i usually don't sleep at all. And i have visitors from overseas here at work all week.
Some people just don't know when to be gracious. I did spin all the wrenches, cutting and painting. He filled the coolant back up.
Anyways, here's a photo.
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He's getting no trophies from me. I'm an ornery old cuss.
bimmer1980
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Has he at least mowed the grass for you???
How's the forklift project going?
Its been hot and stormy and humid in York... ug. I finally turned on the minisplit yesterday afternoon to cool the garage a bit.
How's the forklift project going?
Its been hot and stormy and humid in York... ug. I finally turned on the minisplit yesterday afternoon to cool the garage a bit.
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1. No. The tractor blew a head gasket, which generated 2 more projects.
2. It's not. We've been all hands on deck for the following project:
3. The HVAC is well under way, i'm making an air-water heat pump. 2.5T condenser into a flat plate heat exchanger in the house, fed by the existing hydronics. At some point, i'll plumb that into some 3 ways to bring the GSHP back online, but that's another project. I have the electric mostly done, and the copper for the rest is on the kitchen table. I've been trying to work on it when its not 95F and i have time. The problem is when it's not, its usually raining.
Back on the tractor. It's filthy, so i want to use my pressure washer to clean it before teardown. I picked up a 5hp TEFC motor a few weeks ago to swap in, but it's too large for the space. So i tore down the pressure washer to fit the new motor in, as a result i have to extend the frame about 5 inches, which isn't too hard in itself, but does take some time. I picked up the steel for that this lunchtime. Once that's done, i can tear the head off the tractor and throw a gasket in, then we can mow the yard that hasn't been kept down by the other mower. The zero turn is capable of keeping most of the yard down, and my daughter has claimed that right. The rest, well it's too deep at this point for anything but the brushhog.
The boss was off last week, which allowed for a little more time to get things moving, but she's back this week, so now it's headlong back into the grind and late night meetings. What a pressure cooker.
2. It's not. We've been all hands on deck for the following project:
3. The HVAC is well under way, i'm making an air-water heat pump. 2.5T condenser into a flat plate heat exchanger in the house, fed by the existing hydronics. At some point, i'll plumb that into some 3 ways to bring the GSHP back online, but that's another project. I have the electric mostly done, and the copper for the rest is on the kitchen table. I've been trying to work on it when its not 95F and i have time. The problem is when it's not, its usually raining.
Back on the tractor. It's filthy, so i want to use my pressure washer to clean it before teardown. I picked up a 5hp TEFC motor a few weeks ago to swap in, but it's too large for the space. So i tore down the pressure washer to fit the new motor in, as a result i have to extend the frame about 5 inches, which isn't too hard in itself, but does take some time. I picked up the steel for that this lunchtime. Once that's done, i can tear the head off the tractor and throw a gasket in, then we can mow the yard that hasn't been kept down by the other mower. The zero turn is capable of keeping most of the yard down, and my daughter has claimed that right. The rest, well it's too deep at this point for anything but the brushhog.
The boss was off last week, which allowed for a little more time to get things moving, but she's back this week, so now it's headlong back into the grind and late night meetings. What a pressure cooker.
bimmer1980
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Whew, you have a lot on your plate..... good luck with the AC project. Its been blistering hot in York.
Candidly, the small electric pressure washer has done a lot for me. I know you want a big manly pressure washer set up, but sometime the Harry homeowner light duty electric does a well enough job to move past it.... I would be looking to load shed projects, not add to the mix....
Carry on with the regular programming.... good luck!
Candidly, the small electric pressure washer has done a lot for me. I know you want a big manly pressure washer set up, but sometime the Harry homeowner light duty electric does a well enough job to move past it.... I would be looking to load shed projects, not add to the mix....
Carry on with the regular programming.... good luck!
bulletpruf
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I got an electric for the house and took the gas powered HF pressure washer to the shop. Just took up too damn much room in the garage. So far, I haven't missed it.
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Dammit, i'm trying to get out of the 3X quantities on everything.... you guys make too much sense.... 
Strouty
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You moving up to 4X?
bimmer1980
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Let's not make it five x.
The idea is to have a small working piece of equipment that is not another project for the project..... lol....
Were you able to get the head gasket replaced on the tractor?
Finally some cooler weather in York, whew...
The idea is to have a small working piece of equipment that is not another project for the project..... lol....
Were you able to get the head gasket replaced on the tractor?
Finally some cooler weather in York, whew...
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No, i'm struggling with BPPV right now. The world spins. It's hard to work a full day and then on stuff in the shop
bimmer1980
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Had to Google that one. Does not sound fun.
kent_323is
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My mother struggles with BPPV as well, and it really *****. Staying hydrated is helpful. There are exercises/movements that can help that her doctor recommended. There are some decent Youtube videos that show the movements to do, and those do help.
The crappy part is that it also just takes time for an episode to resolve.
Good luck, I feel your pain.
The crappy part is that it also just takes time for an episode to resolve.
Good luck, I feel your pain.
Strouty
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Too crazy, my GF's Mom is having issues with that too. She was so bad Monday that she couldn't even keep water down. Hopefully it is something that you can manage well enough. My thoughts are with you.
rattle_snake
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BPPV and stress have the same symptoms (extreme headaches, dizziness, never ending nausea, extreme fatigue, ringing ears, blurred vision, ect). I was diagnosed with BPPV but didn't have it. If it is stress, none of the treatments will help. I hope you can find some relief or solution to you misery. Stress can ruin life or worse.
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bimmer1980
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Wow, that's an interesting thing to note!!
Based on what -86 posts, I would imagine he has chronic and acute stress from many factors--job, etc.
I know cortisol from stress is a big factor in affecting physiological function.
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I hear you but it is BPPV. The last time, the Epley maneuver helped, this time it did not. Headache is mild, and generally manifests after it's been acting up for a while, i interpret as due to brain compensating for motion sickness. No ringing ears, blurred vision, fatigue. I am thinking due to being sensitive to rotating my head, that's horizontal canal this time. Way less common, but does happen. I remember when it started, i looked back over my shoulder in bed at the alarm clock and got the big fast wave of dizziness. It's been about a week so far.
I have a book on dealing with it showing up today.
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Slowly getting better with the dizziness, just have to be careful. Finally gave up on short term fix for the pressure washer and picked up a small gas job yesterday. Decent enough quality i can use it a little and send it on down the road with minimal loss when done. Lawn is getting long, and winter will be here soon enough and i need that tractor for winter.
bimmer1980
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Good deal, sometimes it's just about removing the friction so you can move forward with the key items that will make a difference.
Hopefully the dizziness subsides.
Easier to fix the tractor while it's warm out.....
Hopefully the dizziness subsides.
Easier to fix the tractor while it's warm out.....
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I pressure washed the tractor last night. I didn't know how much filth would fly off. Wife took one look at me and said "Shower, NOW!"
bulletpruf
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Y'all starting to cool off yet, 86? Still roasting here; will be another month before we get some relief.
bimmer1980
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Good job on getting the gunk and grime pressure washed off.
Will it be head gasket time tomorrow?
Is it a flat head or overhead valve head?
The bobcat 600 that we had with the Wisconsin engine was notorious for eating head gaskets. The only good thing is that we got pretty good at swapping them.
Will it be head gasket time tomorrow?
Is it a flat head or overhead valve head?
The bobcat 600 that we had with the Wisconsin engine was notorious for eating head gaskets. The only good thing is that we got pretty good at swapping them.
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86turbodsl
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No, it's just HOT all the time. 90+ is hard stuff in as humid an area as this. The lakes just pump water into the air.
Strouty
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We have been similar, luckily closer to the coast hasn't been as bad, but the humidity definitely *****. I am sure it won't be too long before we start complaining about it being too cold...