Above 1200 Sq/FT Restart

[Honch]

Quick update, Monday my buddy got his bumpers all wired up. He added a bunch of new Morimoto lights to the front bumper, white lights that have a spread-out beam, angled to the side and yellow for fog and snow shining straight ahead. He liked the Morimoto headlight housings that I put in my Corvette and ended up converting his truck from composite headlight housings to sealed beam, because Morimoto made new sealed beam LED housings. Those worked so well for him over the last year that he bought their lights for everything else. He also painted his chrome grille to match the bumper.


Out back he put Morimoto's in the back up spots and added their license plate lights.


On the way home yesterday, I got in behind a triaxle dump truck, which normally would just torque me off to no end. I hate following trucks, but I was ok with this one.


When I did finally get home, it was time to get the Corvette out of hibernation. Twelve years and 90k miles later, getting to see it uncovered in the spring still doesn't get old. I have some maintenance to perform on it, plugs, wires, ashtray replacement and some troubleshooting on one of the new seats.


None of that will keep me from driving it now, only the weather, 76 degrees today and rain, upper 40s to low 50s this weekend
Max performance summer tires are the **** below 55 degrees.

 

[Honch]

Two weeks ago, my shipment of nuclear grade resin came in. It's just resin for my deionized water system, but calling it "nuclear grade" sounds a lot cooler. Wednesday when I got home from work, I had some time to change out the cartridges.


Thursday after work, with the new cartridges installed, the Corvette got its first wash of the year.


Last weekend I picked up an damaged pallet rack upright, it had been it a couple of times by a forklift and taken out of service. Initially I was just going to use it for the metal but my buddy talked me into repairing it and he had 4ea beams he gave me. The plan was to take the 16' upright, cut it in half and repair the damage. I was able to straighten most of the damage and rewelded the cross supports that had broken.


Not much fun to set up by yourself I used the tractor to hold the cross beams while I located them.


I have some 2"x10"s that the former owner left in the shop, ill cut to size and use for the shelves, it will be a nice rack for no cost but a bit of my time. I also put together my smaller Lyons rack because I decided where I was going to put it now that I am getting the shop more organized.


This rack fits nicely between the wall and the pull down ladder for the loft.


I needed to wash off the Lyons rack it was covered with 20 years of dust and filth, so while I had the pressure washer running, I took the opportunity to wash off the entire winter of crud from the truck's mats. You can see to the right of the mats where they Lyons rack was laying.


Lastly when I post on this forum I let the photos upload to google photos and then copy them to post here. Across the top of google photos it had a thumbnail titled "19 years ago today". The thumbnail was of my 1996 Mark III Golf I bought in 1999 totaled with 36k miles on it. It was literally in a junkyard sitting on top of another car. I had never bought a rebuilder before and had no clue what I was getting myself into. When I brought it home and took it apart this was the most serious damage. The frame horn was twisted, the motor mounts torn loose and the most expensive single component was the cracked air conditioning compressor @ $400 with no clutch. Because of the prices of everything I let the car sit in my driveway for three years so some of the "newness" going away would hopefully lower the cost.


I made a new frame horn from the undamaged sheet metal in the hood and did the same with the motor mounts. The hood, fenders and drivers door and front bumper all came as new parts.


Both front wheels were curbed and cracked during the wreck so I had to replace them as well, another cost I had not planned on. All in I had about 8k including the cost of the car, which was about 30% more than I thought it would cost.

The picture that came up in Google as being 19 years ago today was the the day I took pictures of it after it was all done. I had been driving it for almost a year before I got around to painting it. I ended up driving it for about 6 years and it had almost 100k on it when I sold it.

 

[Honch]

Last time we were using my buddies trailer I noticed one of the fenders had got hit by something. This weekend I needed to buy some wood, so when I borrowed it from him, I decided to work a bit on the fender.



Not perfect but I knew when to walk away, before I went backwards.

I had some time this weekend to finish the mount for my buffer. I also bought a sheet of FRP to put against the wall behind it. I split the sheet in half and bonded it to the wall. The FRP will make everything much easier to keep clean, the polish should either fall from it or wipe off easily.


I had some aerospace adhesive sealant which for some reason was india ink blue. I measured out to 23.5" and made a line to lay the sealant against, of course it was too close to the edge and I spent an hour cleaning the dark blue sealant off everything white.


The bracket is mounted at 33" even though it looks much lower. It also matches the brackets I have for my band saw along with my vices.


My buddy thought my pallet rack looked a bit pathetic with two shelves so he gave me another pair of rails to add another shelf. After buying enough wood to cover the third shelf I have a total of $100 invested. The expanded metal under the bucket is for my next big project, I'm going to make a vibrating dirt screener, I have about 9 loads of dirt that have 50% rock to screen and its easier getting dirt like that than it is the clean stuff.

Lastly after I made a clean spot to put the pallet rack, I tried taking the tetanus table out of the shop. It has been in the way long enough and being it came from sitting outside I didn't have a problem setting it back outside until my buddy can take it back to its owner. What I didn't think would happen was my tractor moving it. I tried when I first got the tractor but now that I have done a couple heavy lifts, heavy being near the limits of the tractor, I understand a lot better on how the loader works, it's not as simple as just putting the forks underneath and pulling back on the stick. Using the curl actuators to actually lift the table I was able to get it about 12" off the ground and put it outside on the side of the shop. Once the owner has a free weekend my buddy will need to bring over his skidsteer to actually lift it high enough to get it on a trailer.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Do you have a ballast box for the rear 3pt? That made a big difference in my tractor. I've been thinking about adding more weight with some rim saver in the tires.

 

[Honch]

I don't have a ballast box, right now though I have rimguard in the rear tires which adds another 640lbs according to their charts. In addition to that when I am lifting that much, I have my 72" grooming mower attached. It weighs 620lbs and is as long as it is wide so the center of weight is farther back than a ballast box. Which is also its disadvantage if there isn't much room.

I have thought about making ballast box from one of the smaller Rigid jobsite boxes with concrete pavers stacked in the bottom. Then at least I could use it for some storage as well verses a lot of the ballast boxes available.

When I first tried to lift the table yesterday, I didn't have the grooming mower attached I was on a level polished floor in my shop and in two wheel drive. The table lifted three legs and the rear tires were spinning. Adding the grooming mower allowed me to lift it at least a foot off the ground.

 

[Honch]

Small update:

I decided it had been a while since I changed the cabin filter in my truck, its 7 years old and has 51k miles. During that time I have changed it twice and I realized it had been a while when I was cleaning out the inside last weekend. This one is a little more effort than most because the glove box must be completely removed.


It obviously was ready for replacement


I also had some time last night to finish up the Propel door openers, I finally got the new operator covers to install. I think the owner forgot about ordering them so I sent him a text last Wednesday. I probably could have fixed the ones damaged in shipping but for what I spent on this I shouldn't have to.


While I was up there, I dropped the emergency release strings down far enough that I could actually reach them. They were actually probably clost to 16' long so I cut quite a bit off and installed the pull handles.


Lastly the first parts for the dirt screener came in. I got a chuckle out of the motor coming with a tool kit and a funnel to install oil in the crankcase. Ill probably start working on the frame for this during this weekend.

 

[Honch]

I drove the truck to work today and the new filter is fluttering in the housing, it sounds like a helicopter flying around in the truck. I guess I get to take all of that back apart and figure out what is causing it.

Today though I had the unique situation of being invited to two different suites at the track for fast Friday. I am not the biggest IndyCar fan, but I do appreciate the technology and the race vibe, it's hard not to appreciate what is in abundance here in May. It's just that it would be that much better if it was IMSA GTLM or something similar.



Cars going through tech.


Even some Harbor Freight stuff!


This might be one of those captain obvious things but I didn't realize they used supertrapp mufflers in the garages during engine runs.


The first suite we visited was on the inside of the track the last and larger was the Hulman Suites near turn four, these are quite large.


It also had a decient view, you could see part of turn three all the way to the start of the short chute between one and two.


There are worse ways to spend a Friday.

 

[Honch]

This weekend was spent with mostly work around the house. I have some things I want to do in the crawl space but before I started I wanted to address the entrance to the crawl space. My home is old enough that code allowed exterior entrances. One of the previous owners built a nice block entrance but put crushed white rock at the bottom. This made it very painful to get on your hands and knees to enter, so I had a piece of carpet to put down which solved that. The second problem was the entrance collects leaves and foliage which is difficult to clean from the crushed rock. So this weekend I dug out the majority of the crushed rock which half-filled my 6' bucket.


I then added 150lb of sand and some pavers the previous owners left near the shop. This should make entering the crawl space much easier and less painful. I also did some work on the door to straighten it out a bit and I sprayed some Ospho 605 along the bottom where it has rusted in the frame. Ill let it do its thing for a few days then take it out and paint the whole thing.


I have some lighting I want to put in the crawl space along with another hose bib on the south end of the house. Both of the current bibs are on the north end. I should be able to just tap into the PEX I ran for the bib in the garage.

 

[Honch]

This weekend my buddy came by and wanted to replace the Trump 2020 sticker on his tailgate. We brought it in the shop and started peeling it off and it quickly became apparent that the bottom of the tailgate was nearly corroded though. I know he has looked for one for a while and the chance of him finding one that isn't in the same shape as his is very slim. I found a knockoff for $140 with free shipping, at least it won't fall off the truck when the hinge point corrodes through.

While we were getting ready to put the new decal on, he found the edges of it weren't in very good shape. It was like it was damaged or pushed in along the edge in shipping. He contacted the vendor and they said they would just send a new one. The old one is now a sign in my shop, I had some .040 aluminum I attached it to and made it just a little smaller than the tailgate so I could trim the edges back.


I also talked my buddy into giving me another two rails for my pallet rack. I decided I wanted a couple of shelves fairly close together to store metal on. The bottom shelf will hold 4' or less pieces and be accessible from the front, the shelf above it will hold everything over 4' and be accessible from the side. I was able to start putting some of the scraps on it while I was waiting for paint to dry on the dirt sifter.


This is the material i am building the dirt sifter to process, mainly I want the clean top soil, but i also hope for $400 of crushed white rock.


Lastly a shot of the Badboy after its post mowing wash, along with a partial gratuitous lawn shot. I don't get to mow very often, my wife usually is the one on the mower. She left Sunday for a trip to Alaska with her sister, her niece is being promoted to Chief Warrant Officer in the Coast Guard.

 

[Honch]

Thursday the tailgate I ordered for my buddy came in. I was outside when FedEx pulled up so I helped get it off the truck. The box looked pretty rough, but the driver wouldn't wait for me to open it. Not surprisingly it was completely destroyed, there were no markings on the box to prevent anyone from stacking items on it. It was basically the tailgate with cardboard wrapped around it. I requested a refund from the seller and am waiting to hear back on it.


Yesterday I had some time to finish testing the hose bib on the back of the house. While I was in the crawlspace I took the door over to the shop, cleaned i up and painted it with some leftover brown paint. I am hoping I don't have any problems with that part of the house for a while.


My buddy came over later in the day, he had some scaffolding that was given to him for free, but it was made up of multiple different manufacturers and noting fit together right. We spent a few hours trying to figure out what matched what and ended up making some new cross braces along with modifying one end rail. The attach points were different than the other three, so he cut the studs off, and I welded new bolts in locations that matched the other rails.


He also needed decking and I had some wood that came from a Boeing project at work. Some Timberstrand LSL 2'x8's along with some marine grade plywood. These will be way heavier than aluminum decking but free is a lot cheaper.

I was able to fit four of them in my vices so we could cut slots in all four at the same time.



A few decking screws and the scaffold decks were done.


Today I spent a few hours working on the dirt screener, I quickly grew tired of cutting off fittings and grinding welds so I decided to work on a different project.

Two weeks ago I ordered a hose reel for my pressure washer and over the last couple of weeks I have been ordering fittings and a whip so I could install it. Yesterday the last fitting came in and that was part of my reason for deciding to install it today. For over a year now I haven't really done a thing to my garage, today I took the workout mirror the former owner left on the wall and removed the TV mount, leaving a big bare wall.


The wall outlet made finding the stud to mount the reel to very simple. I decided since I had the ladder out to go ahead and put up my garage art that had been boxed up since moving.


I'm excited about using the reel now, dealing with the hose even with it being a very flexible one has always been a pain. It was so easy to roll this on to the reel when I loaded it. I may also look for or build a small work bench, more for cleaning supplies and such. I still have not decided for sure.

 

[Blackbyrd]

Hose reel for my pressure washer kit was some kf the best money I've spent!

Washing experience is so nice, I want to upgrade my pressure washer next and at some point address the spotless rinse setup.

 

[Honch]

Hose reel for my pressure washer kit was some kf the best money I've spent!

Washing experience is so nice, I want to upgrade my pressure washer next and at some point address the spotless rinse setup.

I used it last night for the first time and yes I should have bought it a long time ago. I like being able to roll up the hose with one hand while holding a rag around it with the other. It makes it so easy to clean the hose off.

 

[DeeDubz]

This weekend my buddy came by and wanted to replace the Trump 2020 sticker on his tailgate. We brought it in the shop and started peeling it off and it quickly became apparent that the bottom of the tailgate was nearly corroded though. I know he has looked for one for a while and the chance of him finding one that isn't in the same shape as his is very slim. I found a knockoff for $140 with free shipping, at least it won't fall off the truck when the hinge point corrodes through.

While we were getting ready to put the new decal on, he found the edges of it weren't in very good shape. It was like it was damaged or pushed in along the edge in shipping. He contacted the vendor and they said they would just send a new one. The old one is now a sign in my shop, I had some .040 aluminum I attached it to and made it just a little smaller than the tailgate so I could trim the edges back.


I also talked my buddy into giving me another two rails for my pallet rack. I decided I wanted a couple of shelves fairly close together to store metal on. The bottom shelf will hold 4' or less pieces and be accessible from the front, the shelf above it will hold everything over 4' and be accessible from the side. I was able to start putting some of the scraps on it while I was waiting for paint to dry on the dirt sifter.


This is the material i am building the dirt sifter to process, mainly I want the clean top soil, but i also hope for $400 of crushed white rock.


Lastly a shot of the Badboy after its post mowing wash, along with a partial gratuitous lawn shot. I don't get to mow very often, my wife usually is the one on the mower. She left Sunday for a trip to Alaska with her sister, her niece is being promoted to Chief Warrant Officer in the Coast Guard.

Becareful OP about politics.... some ppl on here dont like other views and will strike with the ban hammer. I spent a week in GJ jail for posting a sticker.... I Did that. Didnt think anything of it just throwing it out there. I do like your sticker.

 

[racer-john]

Becareful OP about politics.... some ppl on here dont like other views and will strike with the ban hammer. I spent a week in GJ jail for posting a sticker.... I Did that. Didnt think anything of it just throwing it out there. I do like your sticker.

"I do like your sticker". Political Jail for you, bad boy.

 

[Sifan]

Sadly, a week in GJ jail is more time than any current politician will serve.
When all is said and done, more will be said than done.

 

[Honch]

Last weekend was a total wash for any projects. Saturday morning started with me trying to change the oil in my truck, getting it all jacked and drain pan in place only to realize the filter I had was for the Corvette. It will fit but is a much smaller filter than the truck uses. Luckily, I realized it before I started to drain the oil. I put everything away and walked over to the house to use the half bath next to the garage and found the tank on the toilet cracked and weeping.

I've never replaced or purchased a toilet before so the only reason I even have a picture of it was for me to refer to at Lowes. I did however allow the crack to kind of be seen.


I'm pretty sure this is why it cracked. Whomever installed it used this spacer to make up the thickness of the tile and apparently thought the two deck screws they put in opposite of the toilet mount bolts would be a solid mounting solution. What happened in reality is the toilet was rocking against the wall with the tank taking the weight. I have no idea why this wasn't leaking at the base either.


After taking the better part of the day finding a new spacer ring and bolts that were long enough to go the original flange so i wasn't just duplicating the problem, I had one last issue. What was I going to do with the old toilet, that was simple and satisfying with a ball peen hammer. I was able to spread the 100lbs between my two trash cans so they would actually dump them. My trash is still dumped by hand and if its too heavy they tend to not empty the can.


The next day I did some cleaning in the shop and got distracted about 20 times with "fixing" things that didn't need to be fixed. For example I was cleaning off my Wilton vices and noticed the swivel locks were a bit corroded. So of course, I needed to "fix" them by taking them off and buffing them. Probably completely pointless since they will likely look the same way again in a year or two. They did come out pretty nice for being steel.


I also spent some maintenance time on the tractor. I bought a LockNLube coupler for my grease gun and had some fun testing its retention abilities. I'm pretty sure it would break the zerk before it would let go of it.


This Saturday went a lot better than last. I have been looking for a trailer for a few months now and saw some sales adds for a place in Decatur which is a good 140 miles from my house. Saturday morning we hit the road about 6:45 to get there by 9:00. The trailer yard had about 300 trailers from various manufactures which is fairly impressive in a town of less than 10k people, and no other large towns very close.

I went there looking for a car/equipment trailer that was minimum 18' long and 10k load capacity, I was willing to be flexible with either of those specs depending on the price. The specific trailer I went to look at was a PJ Trailer 18' and 10k capacity at a great price. I ended up with an Iron Bull 20' with 14k capacity for $600 more. It has 1" wider frame rails than the PJ, 1/4" thick side straps, spare tire mount and a side crank jack but most importantly it had much better build quality.


I don't want to keep this in the shop, it would be a pain to move it out every time I wanted to work so the first order of business this morning was to start with the security aspects of keeping it outside. I am only going to cover one of the things I did. Any good prevention is always more than one thing, and it would reduce the effectiveness of them if I detailed them here.

The most visible item that's probably not standard fare for trailers in the 60" earth anchor.


It took me about 1.5 hours to drive it in with help of the wife unit and the tractor forks pushing down on it. No one is pulling this out with a pickup and cutting the chain / lock would be fairly time consuming. Where there is a will there is a way and like I said earlier this is just one of the security/tracking items. For $19 dollars and 1.5 hours of my time it's a no brainer.


Lastly, I bought this roto tiller for $100, the owner had just spent $75 last year replacing all the tines. It runs great and is in really good condition for its age. I'll probably end up using it quite a bit when I start fixing my lawn over the geothermal lines.

 

[SilverJimmy]

Unfortunately today with the availability of cordless angle grinders the only thing keeping the bad guys away from our stuff is caring neighbors and family who can put eyes and ears on our stuff. I’ve always been told locks and stuff like that just keep honest people “honest”!

 

[Honch]

Unfortunately today with the availability of cordless angle grinders the only thing keeping the bad guys away from our stuff is caring neighbors and family who can put eyes and ears on our stuff. I’ve always been told locks and stuff like that just keep honest people “honest”!

Absolutely correct, that’s why I said any good prevention is more than one thing.

The picture with the chain was staged to demonstrate an idea and make the picture easy to take. The implementation will be less obvious, make getting to it harder and take much more time to cut.

Some of this is fine line stuff too, I don’t want to do things that make it a massive pain every time I want to use it. Like removing all the wheels or setting a Jersey barrier in front of the tongue.

 

[Bob Heine]

Unfortunately today with the availability of cordless angle grinders the only thing keeping the bad guys away from our stuff is caring neighbors and family who can put eyes and ears on our stuff. I’ve always been told locks and stuff like that just keep honest people “honest”!

@SilverJimmy, as a bad guy, I think I'd use a big bolt cutter or compact OA torch to disconnect a lock or chain, avoiding something as loud as an angle grinder. Then again my bad guy image is with Muslim kids in Egypt -- you lose a hand for stealing so they figured I stole something really important or expensive. I used to be a pretty good neighbor, watching for moving vans and stuff. Then the neighbor across the street rented their house to a fraternity -- there's a box van or pickup full of 'stuff' coming and going at all hours of the day and night -- I suspect they have a fair number of drop-outs.

Absolutely correct, that’s why I said any good prevention is more than one thing.

The picture with the chain was staged to demonstrate an idea and make the picture easy to take. The implementation will be less obvious, make getting to it harder and take much more time to cut.

Some of this is fine line stuff too, I don’t want to do things that make it a massive pain every time I want to use it. Like removing all the wheels or setting a Jersey barrier in front of the tongue.

@Honch, I assume you already have a security system for your home. For less than $100 you can install a high-definition camera on the back of the metal building aimed at the trailer storage area, hard-wired to a standalone 8-camera recorder inside that building.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FLRJZK2/?tag=atomicindus08-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GB1IHSY/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I'm not a fan of paid security services ever since a neighbor's company called me to check their house when the alarm went off (the service has to pay police for each call-out above three). Also not a fan of wifi or cloud systems. After the fraternity house across the street had a car broken into, a fraternity brother and the police stopped by to ask if my house had cameras. Decided to install an 8-camera system at my house after that.

 

[zmotorsports]

Love the pics of the BadBoy mower and what a nice trailer...

 

[dmittz]

I just finished reading your whole thread, and what a wonderful read it was, from your last house to this new home with the pole barn. I liked all the projects you shared along the way too. And being a tractor owner myself I enjoyed seeing your new tractor. I know the JD 2032R I bought new a couple years ago was invaluable for the work I did on my property and shop build.

 

[Honch]

@Honch, I assume you already have a security system for your home. For less than $100 you can install a high-definition camera on the back of the metal building aimed at the trailer storage area, hard-wired to a standalone 8-camera recorder inside that building.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FLRJZK2/?tag=atomicindus08-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GB1IHSY/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I'm not a fan of paid security services ever since a neighbor's company called me to check their house when the alarm went off (the service has to pay police for each call-out above three). Also not a fan of wifi or cloud systems. After the fraternity house across the street had a car broken into, a fraternity brother and the police stopped by to ask if my house had cameras. Decided to install an 8-camera system at my house after that.

Bob, I have cameras in the shop and the house, I even have one in the crawl space to watch the sump.


The motion detection built into the camera at that distance works well enough to alert me of any visible water. I actually had to go down in there last week to clear out a cobweb that was setting it off. I am also not a fan of the cloud-based storage so thank you for the link to the DVR mine is a bit old and I need to replace it. I have one camera covering the trailer but plan to add another in that area.

Love the pics of the BadBoy mower and what a nice trailer...

The Bad Boy was probably one of the harder buy decisions I had made in a while. I was really leaning towards a Kubota but their mowers in the same price range only had 3 series hydros while the Bad Boy has the 4400's. For me the hydros are the most important feature of a mower. A year after buying it, my only regret was not waiting for a 72" deck to be available.

I just finished reading your whole thread, and what a wonderful read it was, from your last house to this new home with the pole barn. I liked all the projects you shared along the way too. And being a tractor owner myself I enjoyed seeing your new tractor. I know the JD 2032R I bought new a couple years ago was invaluable for the work I did on my property and shop build.

Thank you for the feedback, I wasn't sure I really needed a brand new tractor. I knew I didn't want to pay used tractor prices and I didn't want to work on it as much as I used it. I will say that I use it far more than I would have ever guessed. I already have 28 hours on it and I don't let it sit and idle needlessly. I know once I get my dirt sifter finished it will definitely get a workout.

 

[Honch]

Last weekend my buddy recommended some cleaner for my trailer deck and I ordered it. It was a same day shipment and when it showed up the seal was broken and was leaking in the box it shipped in. After all that it turned out it was the wrong stuff and so he brought his cleaner over to my house. Its made by a company called Penofin, was in crystalline form and started working the instant I sprayed it on the deck.

This is what the deck looked like before I started, the trailer was built a year ago and the deck boards were very grey.


This is the cleaner being sprayed on with a hudson sprayer. The top is where it was sprayed the bottom is just the wood wet. The amount of dirt that came out of the wood was amazing. I had no idea it would retain that amount of dirt.


This is the deck three hours later after it had mostly dried.


Today I spent about 2 hours and used a gallon of black semi translucent stain and coated the deck.


I'm real happy with how it came out, I think it will be very easy to maintain and I have only a couple spots that I need to touch up. I bought an extra gallon to have for future coats.

 

[Honch]

Yesterday I acquired some rivet rack shelving for free. It took me most of the afternoon to get it loaded on my trailer and I was so caught up in loading it and getting it home I never took a picture of it on the trailer.

Needless to say it was a good test of my trailers load capacity. This wood is mostly 4x4 or 4x3 sheets of particle board for the shelves. Each pallet was right at the lift capacity of my tractor and I ended up stacking another eight 4x6 sheets on top of the top pallets. Conservatively this is around 3000lbs of wood, the top beam has a slight bow to it now.


There were 22ea 4x3 wire shelves all new with tags still attached.


Here is all the racking.


Today I spent the better part of the day going through what is on the pallets to try and determine what I actually have. To this point i have enough uprights to build three 8' tall shelves and four 7' tall shelves. I have tons of parts for the shelves themselves and what would appear to be shelves for other types of racks that I don't have uprights for. The ones I have here stacked against the wall are all marked as ULINE and in excellent shape the only problem being the upright all the way to the left which is damaged in multiple spots.


Tomorrow I'll spend some more time organizing what I have, I need to get my floor back. I'm not sure just yet where I will use them, maybe in the garage. Shelves are nice to have if they get used, otherwise I don't necessarily want to use them just to store stuff forever.

 

[Honch]

I have had a bunch of different things going on over the last two weeks. A lot work related and some personal, over the last week I traveled to my hometown for my 40th class reunion. We flew from IND to DEN and drove on to Mitchell NE for my reunion. Along the way I stopped in Cheyenne to visit my cousin. He had just moved to Cheyenne about a year ago and is now mostly settled in. He still has the majority of his car collection in Nebraska but had added a new car shortly before we arrived. He has a few cars in his collection that I have never seen or heard of before and this is definitely one of them.



It's a 1962 Daimler SP250 with a 2.5L aluminum hemi head V8 that puts out 140hp.


The body is all fiberglass.



He also took us through their new home and the bedroom they set up for his son. He found a totaled Jeep pickup and made it into a bed for him.


When we got back home last weekend, I was able to do some work in the garage. One thing that has annoyed me since we moved in was the four naked bulbs in my 1100+ sqft garage. I am not really doing big projects in there, but I do wash my car and have some smaller projects happening. On Amazon prime day I bought 20ea 8' LED lights for less than three lights in my shop would have cost me. These are also plugin lights, so I converted the naked bulbs to outlets.

I quickly became tired of trying to measure and find every mounting point stud, so I went on Amazon and bought the cheapest laser they would ship to my house overnight. It worked great for lining up the lights. I should have gotten one a long time ago.


This is a picture of it in all its lit up glory they week we moved in and after I took out the 60watt bulbs and installed 100watt CFLs. Those were the biggest bulbs I owned without buying new ones.


After adding 19ea 8' lights, I took the picture mostly aiming downward because the lights were overwhelming the camera on my phone and just making the pictures darker.


I mounted one light on each door track and have none mounted above the doors. That way the lighting is the same wither the door is open or closed.


Over the next few evenings, I will secure the plug wiring to the ceiling, it is just hanging loose right now. It also has me motivated to do some organizing and cleanup in the garage. It's not really a mess yet but starting to become a catch all for different things. For example, the oak shelves on the wall to the right of my Corvette need to find a new home along with the washer and dryer platforms.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

More light is always a good thing. Looks like we missed each other by a couple of weeks in Scotts Bluff County.

I need to pick up a laser for similar purposes.

 

[HogDude]

I have had a bunch of different things going on over the last two weeks. A lot work related and some personal, over the last week I traveled to my hometown for my 40th class reunion. We flew from IND to DEN and drove on to Mitchell NE for my reunion. Along the way I stopped in Cheyenne to visit my cousin. He had just moved to Cheyenne about a year ago and is now mostly settled in. He still has the majority of his car collection in Nebraska but had added a new car shortly before we arrived. He has a few cars in his collection that I have never seen or heard of before and this is definitely one of them.



It's a 1962 Daimler SP250 with a 2.5L aluminum hemi head V8 that puts out 140hp.


The body is all fiberglass.



He also took us through their new home and the bedroom they set up for his son. He found a totaled Jeep pickup and made it into a bed for him.


When we got back home last weekend, I was able to do some work in the garage. One thing that has annoyed me since we moved in was the four naked bulbs in my 1100+ sqft garage. I am not really doing big projects in there, but I do wash my car and have some smaller projects happening. On Amazon prime day I bought 20ea 8' LED lights for less than three lights in my shop would have cost me. These are also plugin lights, so I converted the naked bulbs to outlets.

I quickly became tired of trying to measure and find every mounting point stud, so I went on Amazon and bought the cheapest laser they would ship to my house overnight. It worked great for lining up the lights. I should have gotten one a long time ago.


This is a picture of it in all its lit up glory they week we moved in and after I took out the 60watt bulbs and installed 100watt CFLs. Those were the biggest bulbs I owned without buying new ones.


After adding 19ea 8' lights, I took the picture mostly aiming downward because the lights were overwhelming the camera on my phone and just making the pictures darker.


I mounted one light on each door track and have none mounted above the doors. That way the lighting is the same wither the door is open or closed.


Over the next few evenings, I will secure the plug wiring to the ceiling, it is just hanging loose right now. It also has me motivated to do some organizing and cleanup in the garage. It's not really a mess yet but starting to become a catch all for different things. For example, the oak shelves on the wall to the right of my Corvette need to find a new home along with the washer and dryer platforms.

That Jeep bed might just be the coolest thing ever in a young man’s bedroom.

 

[Honch]

More light is always a good thing. Looks like we missed each other by a couple of weeks in Scotts Bluff County.

I need to pick up a laser for similar purposes.

They scheduled our reunion later in the year this time because of conflicts with other reunions.

I was wondering if you had been home when we drove past Sanburg Implement. I have not been in that area since my last reunion, and it has changed quite a bit. One change was when we drove through the Wildcat Hills there was a flashing caution sign with a bighorn sheep on it. Apparently, the herds have gotten large enough that vehicle collisions are an issue. I was also told that Taco Town got rid of the peas in their taco meat.

In all seriousness though it was nice to see how green everything was, that region has been getting a lot of rain.

 

[Honch]

That Jeep bed might just be the coolest thing ever in a young man’s bedroom.

I wanted to get some more pictures of it, but I didn't feel comfortable taking a lot of pictures in someone else's house.

One nice touch he did that isn't readily apparent was to the rear window. Before moving to this house, they owned a ranch in Robidoux Pass Nebraska. My cousin took a photograph he had of their ranch and the road leading up to it and had an artist paint the photo on the inside of the glass to make it look like it's a reflection of it driving away from the ranch.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

They scheduled our reunion later in the year this time because of conflicts with other reunions.

I was wondering if you had been home when we drove past Sanburg Implement. I have not been in that area since my last reunion, and it has changed quite a bit. One change was when we drove through the Wildcat Hills there was a flashing caution sign with a bighorn sheep on it. Apparently, the herds have gotten large enough that vehicle collisions are an issue. I was also told that Taco Town got rid of the peas in their taco meat.

In all seriousness though it was nice to see how green everything was, that region has been getting a lot of rain.

Yes it was beautiful to see everything looking great.

The recipe for shredded beef in the the flautas hasn't changed...I made sure to try them out , also picked up a cinnamon Coke at Scotty's and had a Kiss-A-Float from Dairy King.

...they owned a ranch in Robidoux Pass...

We made a trip through the pass to check out the country side while back visiting, such a beautiful drive!

 

[Honch]

Yes it was beautiful to see everything looking great.

The recipe for shredded beef in the the flautas hasn't changed...I made sure to try them out , also picked up a cinnamon Coke at Scotty's and had a Kiss-A-Float from Dairy King.



We made a trip through the pass to check out the country side while back visiting, such a beautiful drive!

I missed getting a chance to eat at Scotty's, I love their shrimp sandwiches.

I did get to eat twice at El Charritos though.

 

[Honch]

I have not posted in a while, I have some projects I have been working on that I'll post on my projects thread. Work has been occupying a lot of my time and It's easy to get wrapped up in the whole work thing and be oblivious to things I around you. Last week this one caught my attention, I walked into my office and was greeted by the following sunrise.



I don't post anything about my work for various reasons, some of which are my choice some are not. Because work has been occupying a lot of my time this weekend was one of reflection on just how that had been affecting me over the last couple months. I decided to for the most part take it "easy" this weekend and enjoy a few things.

Saturday I needed some 1k DA paper and while we were out we stopped at our favorite restaurant and I tried something new on the menu.


Yesterday afternoon I had about two hours and it was beautiful outside and very calm. A perfect opportunity to sight in my CZ457 with the suppressor and subsonic rounds.


The can and ammo had it .75 MOA to the right and .25 up. I made a couple of the adjustments as I went down the KYL target and ended up shooting 50 rounds over the course of an hour.


Of course, while I was taking the picture of my gun on the shooting bench, I noticed that I needed to cut down the grass around the pool so it will grow back in next spring and the work started again.

 

[larry4406]

That dinner entree looks amazing! What was it?

 

[Honch]

That dinner entree looks amazing! What was it?

They call it a Burrito Hawaiiana, it was full of chorizo. sausage and a little rice. i didn't even finish half of it. Their meals are so large that they give you reuseable containers to take the rest home in.

They have another burrito called a Cowboy Burrito and I swear it has over half a pound of pork roast in it.

 

[hdv32]

Would you mind sharing the name of the restaurant, lived in Bburg for over 30 years.
Daughter lived in Danville for several years.
get back there often and need to try that out.

 

[Honch]

Would you mind sharing the name of the restaurant, lived in Bburg for over 30 years.
Daughter lived in Danville for several years.
get back there often and need to try that out.

La Presa Mexican Restaurant Bar & Grill

 

[Honch]

The only thing the previous owner of my house recommended we look at was new windows. The windows that were in the house were wooden Pella brand from 1996 and had quite a bit of leaking. We looked at a few different companies some with "lifetime" warranties and I ended up purchasing Anderson windows. They were replaced this January and during the replacement of 18 windows we shut off the heat and it only dropped about 7° over the course of the day. They were very efficient at plugging a hole with a new window as quickly as possible.


The new windows don't have the muntin's which I hated in the old windows. We also didn't put opening windows in the garage or the large picture windows where we have bay windows. The garage didn't need windows that can open, and the picture windows have opening windows right next to them. Dong this saved quite a bit of money as well.


The old windows were leaking air around the tracks and the seals, but the biggest leaks were around the windows themselves. They just had foam strips that were over 25 years old and had no elasticity left in the foam. I could have pulled them out and filled the area with construction foam but that would not have fixed the windows themselves. Since we replaced them our home feels much warmer throughout, it's hard to quantify energy savings with my geothermal basically running off electricity and electricity going up as much as it has, but our bills are lower than last year.

Last April I drove 130 miles to Plymouth Indiana to purchase some crossties. There is a fencing company that had #2 ties advertised for $11.00ea which is less than half of what they sell for local to me. They had #1 ties for an additional $5.00, but I could not see any real difference, and definitely nothing that justified the cost difference. I ended up purchasing two bundles with 16 ties in each.


I purchased the cross ties to build a shooting range in my back yard. This is where the 9 loads of dirt was and I had not replanted any grass yet.


The spot I chose to put the range allows me to shoot parallel to my shop which runs east to west. Most all of the wind comes from the southwest so the shop is a perfect wind break. I can shoot 50 yards from the concrete in front of the shop, or 75 yards from my driveway.

We buried the first three ties and staked them to the ground with 3' pieces of 3/4" rebar that my son gave me. He gave me about 500lbs, so I had plenty to cut into 12" lengths, which we used to stake the ties together. I filled in the back with dirt and made it just far enough into my property to give plenty of room to mow around it.


We used 3/4" Blackpipe to mount the plates and I found some magnetic stencils that allows me to quickly paint targets on the plates.


I ran two crossties across the front and stacked about 6 bad one inside to allow the sand to waterfall without the need to fill the entire thing with sand. Even doing this it still took almost 2 yards of sand to fill it to its current level. The sand is just to absorb the splatter from hitting the plates. A friend of mine has a range that is similar to this and after 8 years of use and thousands of rounds his crossties are still holding up fine to "misses".

The picture above was taken on May 11th, the one below was taken last night. The main difference is I got grass planted and added a holder for my spray paint cans.


The grass in front of the range is still recovering from being run over by my tractor a thousand times. By the end of summer this should all be looking good.

Two weeks ago I started building banister railing for my wife to get to her craft room above the garage. I have no idea why this steep staircase didn't have one. I had enough 1"x2" steel that I decided to go that route versus buying a wood banister.


I have everything cut for the upper banister, I just need to weld it together and paint it.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

I like the shooting stop!

 

[Honch]

I like the shooting stop!

Thanks.

What I didn't say is I was trying to not make it into a monolith in my back yard. If I were to build one on the back forty, that could potentially have new shooters it would be much taller.

My wife already has plans to plant flowers around it....

 

[zanyad]

Looks like there may be some gaps/chinks between sleepers. Are you not worried about lead finding its way through one of these into the field next door?