Above 1200 Sq/FT Harley Jim's place

[harley jim]

Guys
This is Molly she is a southern 57 she is a descendant of Pat's mothers old cat that they named Ugly. She dose look tortoise.
Molly is just a very laid back cat, if she tires of you she simply walks away, not a mean bone in her.
She will always greet you and try to get you to pet her but she is not pushy. No critters left standing at her house.

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[harley jim]

A friend loaned me his Dingo to dig out the west wall at the bil's house. The area was originally a bbq pit and was open on two sides. Someone tried to enclose it but didnt do it right so we are tearing the bad stuff out and rebuilding it.

The Dingo
You stand up and operate it
The hill behind me pushed the wall over. We dug the hill back a couple years ago

Long shot

Started cutting the dirt out

The top of the wall was about 24" wide

I got this

There was a lot of material to move


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[harley jim]

Cleaned off really nice

Looks like there is enough footer to build the new wall on

The bil admiring my work, he's a good helper: grin

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[harley jim]

Forgot to add the shot where I grabbed the chimney. That thing crushed those bricks, I was impressed with the power

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[Kevkx125]

Nice work Jim!! Bet it was fun using the dingo.

 

[PelicanPines]

Cool toy. I got to use those gripper things on something slightly larger... I forgot it's designation. I was moving 10 foot logs that were cleared from my land when we were clearing it. I did a few "Super Hero moves" with it with left over pallets.

 

[harley jim]

Kev
Yep it was, I was an equipment operator for a couple of years long ago and I got to run some pretty big machines. I was surprized how this little thing moved dirt.
Pines
My buddy Aaron ownes Jones stump grinding and that's what he dose with the dingo is load logs and brush from trees they cut down. That grapple is awesome, just crushed those brick like nothing.

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[Jayman17]

Jim, nice to see you getting some time to play with the grown up toys. Nice job on that, it looks like it would be fun to use.

Jay

 

[drivesitfar]

JIM: you've got skills of which we all see more of very often. keep up the great work.

I'd love to have a property big enough to have some of the tools you and others show that make life a bit easier. I surely love the exercise and getting a hard days work in, but occasionally having a machine do some would be nice.


cheers

 

[harley jim]

Back in the 80s a friend of mine talked me into going to work for him at his construction company as a mechanic but it wasn't long until he had me going out to help the crew catch up then it became full time had to join the union and became a full time operator in the heavy and highway machine operators union. But it was too cold in the winter to play out there so I didnt stay too long. These are example pics of what I ran, the road grader I had was older than the pic but that is close
D9 cat

My pan was a harvester (Binder)

My grader was cat but older than this one, mine was what you called a knuckle buster, it had gear drives not hydraulic.


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[harley jim]

I got to work on the handrails for a short time today.

I had the rails cut and a few pickets so I finished cutting what I needed for this piece

I made a set of gauges to help center the pickets

One side was a bit loose so I added a spot of weld to fine tune the fit.

The first picket is aligned with the drywall square then just keep moving down the line tacking everything first then go back and weld out.

Measure twice weld once. You cant measure too much

The round rod is 3/8" the top and bottom rails are 1 1/2" the pickets are 3/4" so the round rod goes under the picket top and bottom to center the picket in the top and bottom rail. Hope that makes sense.

All tacked up flipped over and tacked on the back. Since these are going on my house I will take it to the house and fine tune the fit before fully welding them. Not something that is done normaly but since it's so close its helpful to do.

Still have a long way to go

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[harley jim]

I had a lot of interruptions today one was the bil, his girlfriends a/c quit in her car so I had to tear the dash out and replace the blend door actuator motor then recharge the 134A to 27 oz it was close to empty, then all of the cold air was coming out of the defrost vents. Took the climate control interface out and put it on the bench it has a vacuum leak and cant pull the vent door down to the dash vents so that will get rebuilt tomorrow. It's a 2009 mercury marquis with automatic climate control, I really hate working on newer vehicles.
Give me anything pre 70s and I'm happy.
Had to go to the Masonic lodge and measure folding chair legs so we can order replacement feet, they are old and cracking off and scratching the tile floor. Then count 4' floursent bulbs so we can convert to led. I need 200 chair feet and 34 led tubes. Ordered from amazon and will be here thursday.
Then I got to go dicker on some really cool gas pump parts, I got them. They will be a future project.
It was a busy day,
I told the bil that when the a/c is done I wasnt to be bothered again until August. It's my turn to get stuff done here.

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[Jayman17]

Jim, that's a clever work station you rigged up to build your handrail sections. What is the thickness of the square tube you are using? Your bil is a lucky man to have you living right next door. Hopefully he won't bother you until August, since that's only a couple weeks away maybe you should have said September.
What is the plan for the gas pump panels?

Jay

 

[harley jim]

Jay
It didnt work at all, he doesn't listen, the bil was here and brought me another job. I will put it in the corner and ignore it til August.
The table is working great and when I'm done with it it will be the new floor for my dump trailer. Preplanning
The tubing is all 10 gauge
I'm going to see if I can build a gas pump to put in front of the shop


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[harley jim]

I'm trying to identify what make it is

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[PelicanPines]

Rust River Petroleum and Petrochemicals.

 

[Jeff Ivers]

I'm trying to identify what make it is

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Jim,

Those are some really unique gas pump doors! Got me curious and I just flipped through my gas pump bible and could not find any pump that appeared to have that u-shaped cutout at the top. You might want to post a pic of those on oldgas.com for some identification help.

Jeff

 

[shortykorte]

Thought I’d pay you a visit. I’m only up to the waterline install but noticed what looks like a 2 Dr Tahoe up on the hill so had to ask.


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[harley jim]

Pines
You are pretty close
Jeff
First, welcome
I have been looking for two days and havent found anything either. That notch is unique. Thank you, I will post over there. I would like to know what they are before I start.
Shorty
Welcome
Yes it's a 95 and is known as flakey, because when we drove it the paint flakes would blow off. Pat and I rolled it a couple of times back in 2012 the tongue latch broke on the trailer and the chains held on it wasnt a good night. But I told Pat that I would rebuild it so it is still here. I purchased a 1964 chevy step side that I am going to put the body on the Tahoe chassis. It will be done after I finish the 1970 ford pickup. Always a project going on.
95 tahoe, aka flakey

The 64 it looks bad but is very solid and no dents

This is an inspiration shot. This is where its headed, I bought a 454 to go in it and I'm going to keep the 4L60E trans

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[kaymccampbell]

Jay
It didnt work at all, he doesn't listen, the bil was here and brought me another job. I will put it in the corner and ignore it til August.

Wrong methodology. You're rewarding bad behaviour.
You said nothing until August. Which means you might have got it fixed by October. In meantime it's eating your space, gnawing on your subconscious, and reducing your productivity.
Drag his useless POS out behind your garage, and let the grass grow over it. And, leave it to December. When it's frozen to the ground, and will have to wait til spring, when it's too muddy to get out. So waits until August, when things are dry enough. Then, if you're in the mood, and he bushwhacks it out of there, then you'll work on it. If not, then the cycle starts again.

 

[SCFire1]

E. J. Potter....The Michigan Madman! Saw him run his Chevy powered motorcycle in Blaney, SC back in the early sixties. TV Tommy Ivo ran his four engined Buick dragster that night too. That brought back some memories@

 

[harley jim]

Kay
I love the way you think, I'll do it.
Pics to follow
SCFire1
I never met the man but I admire what he did, and Tommy ain't so bad either.
I took inspiration from people like that all my life. I had a 5 hp briggs on my stringray bike when I was a kid. I put a 125 motorcycle engine on my mini bike.

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[don long]

Jim
I see you have been a little busy this week
Nice set up on the railing jig

 

[cbacres]

Hi Jim, thought I’d stop by and see your place.

Nice work going on. I like all the infrastructure stuff you’ve done, I can relate.

I like your rack for the vise grip welding clamps, might steal that one.

I’ll be back.

Craig

 

[harley jim]

Don
I have been a little out of it this week, the bil's project was a planned event but I knew it was going to be rough on my back. Getting old ain't for sissys. The old west town is looking great.
Craig
Welcome, thanks. I think that I have finally got passed the trenching, three weeks ago I had help getting the last run done. I'm hoping to get the building projects done this year (I say cautiously) then I really want to get back to my truck projects. Please use anything you see here that's what it is here for. Like they say on tv, but wait theres more,
I hope everyone that stops here gets a smile or an idea to make there day.

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[shortykorte]

I like the idea of the 64 on the modern drivetrain. I had two 77 Blazers and my 99 Tahoe. I wanted to do a 77 but realized the 99 was already 80% like I want it. I wonder if the Tahoe tailgate and rear glass will fit in one of those USPS mail anything if it fits in the box.


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[harley jim]

Shorty
The trailer tongue pierced the tailgate, I'll get a pic next time I walk down to the shop but you are welcome to it, if it fits!


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[harley jim]

So I have been running errands all day first We took Kayla to her volunteer job, then went to ace hardware to buy a couple food grade buckets then went to steel shop and picked up some flat bar, then to advance to pick up a filter, then walmart for glasses repair, then home for lunch and pickup garden hose(we forgot), then to lowes to return crappy hose and bought a new pressure washer. Then back to pick up kayla. Stopped at dollar general and family dollar on the way home. I ain't leaving the yard for three weeks.
I am trying a new technique on making wine, some of the things that I use to make wine foam up and clogs the air lock when I'm using a one gallon jug so I bought a two gallon bucket and drilled the lid to accept an air lock.

Drilled a pilot hole to center the hole

Used a step bit

Nice smooth hole

After sterilizing everything I pureed five pounds of peaches skin and all.

Then I bloomed my yeast and added some water and other ingredients. Sealed the lid and filled the air lock. Now we wait.
I am going to start a run of Blackberry wine but I'm not sure what technique I'm going to use yet. Got to go unload the truck and put things away.

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[PelicanPines]

My wine starts as Alabama grown grain whiskey in mason jars... comes in whatever flavor you dilute it with.

Nice setup there Jim...

 

[Bob Heine]

My wine starts as Alabama grown grain whiskey in mason jars... comes in whatever flavor you dilute it with.

Nice setup there Jim...

I was in Raleigh, NC in the early '70s and discovered you needed to bring your own alcoholic beverage to the restaurant if you wanted a cocktail, beer or wine. Not knowing the area I stopped at a gas station and asked where the nearest liquor store was. The attendant walked over to an old Cadillac, opened the trunk and said RightCheer and pointed to a case of moonshine. I didn't need a gallon so he sent me to an ABC store in the next county that wasn't dry. In the store you could buy brand names but there was also a very large display of clear jugs with tiny bottles nearby. The jugs had tax stamp seals with 100 proof grain alcohol and the tiny bottles had colored and flavored adders to make Rye, Scotch, Bourbon, Gin and Tequila (no color in the last two). I wasn't yet blind and wanted to stay that way so I bought a pint of brand name Scotch. You can still buy the flavoring.

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[scooterbum46]

Friend of mine used to spend summers in Maggie Valley, NC. When we relaxed after a long bike ride, he'd bring out a quart jar (or two) of what he said was called "strawberry jam" by the locals .... 190 everclear type "liquid" with strawberries in it. Old guy would come down to one of the gas stations and if you were "allright" you could buy some jam from him.. Take your breath away, which was fortunate if there was any fire in the area...

 

[shortykorte]

Thanks.

Boone’s Farm Strawberry?


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[harley jim]

Thanks.

Boone’s Farm Strawberry?


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I'm working up to mad dog 2020

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[harley jim]

I've been to Maggie Valley a few times

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[harley jim]

I have identified my gas pump panels thanks to Jeff.
They are from a Dayton 1420 v-g Gulf pump. I'm going to let them circulate on a site for old pumps called oldgas.com. There were a couple of guys that seem to think someone may need them to complete a restoration, so we will see.

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[Kevkx125]

That is cool jim if you can help some one out. How did your bil make out with his foundation ? Hope everything is going great.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Sorta hoped you were going to make a DIY pump out of them. Oh well.

 

[harley jim]

Kev
We have a man in our lodge that dose block and cement work, he is going to come monday night and make a plan.

Dont give up Kay.
I offered them up for trade to help but I am going to build a pump.
I need to build an air station to go next to it something like the old eco free standing ones.

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[harley jim]

Ok, finally got back to my shop.
I finished a couple of little projects that accumulated while I was out.
I finished the tabs on the first section of handrail and moved it to storage. I measured section two and started cutting. I have an echo smart speaker jacked into my old stereo and Waylon Jennings streaming when Alexa announces that I have a delivery, I didnt know this was a thing. So I go to the mailbox and sure enough, stuff.
I got a blade from bigdog that goes on my angle grinder it is supposed to replace the cut off wheels. It has a lifetime guarentee and has some good reviews.
Well I'm about to review this bad boy myself, I dont think anything can last through as much **** as I cut.


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[harley jim]

The blade

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