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[Muckin_Slusher]

Newfangled floating horse!

 

[kaymccampbell]

Newfangled floating horse!

Not really. Eadweard Muybridge did a chronophotographic study that proved that there are times all four feet of a horse are off the ground. And he did it in the late 1800's.

Eadweard Muybridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Firebrick43]

By law your are supposed to remove it when transporting a farm implement on a lowboy as well. Once 25 mph is exceeded it cant be displayed legally.

It doesn’t always get done however. But the SMV is usually seen on a combine, and not on a kayak.

 

[Farmall450]

Ah. My intention was that the vehicle he's putting it on, the kayak, will be being transported by his legally lighted trailer. No different than having one on a combine that's being trailered between distant farms behind a semi.

A lot of people trailer stuff with rear SMV signs backwards, for what it's worth.

Illegal around here to use them outside of their intended scope.

 

[Old Man Roger]

A red shop rag will usually do the trick.

 

[kaymccampbell]

A red shop rag will usually do the trick.

Sad, but true.

 

[rockinacummins]

Been redoing the runners under the floor of my cattle trailer. I had a load of cows in and just as I started to pull away from the gate a board broke. Luckily it happened before I got away from the house and the cow was totally fine. Pulled the floor out to find some very poor quality welds. The material was all in pretty good shape, it just wasn’t weld very good.

Originally there was only one runner going lengthwise up the center of the trailer (the boards run perpendicularly) but since I cut them all out anyway I decided to go back with two runners (trailer is 7’ wide so I felt it was warranted). I was able to reuse all of the original angle iron so I only had to buy one new stick. I also got some flat strap to patch a couple of areas that were beginning to get a little thin.

3x3x1/4” angle iron and 3x1/4” flat strap all welded with 3-4 passes of 6010 5p+.

Tomorrow I’ll start fitting in new pressure treated 2x10s with self drilling deck screws. But for now, I’m gonna take some ibuprofen and a hot bath.

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

No different than having one on a combine that's being trailered between distant farms behind a semi.

DOT still doesn’t like it, or so the drivers told me back when I loaded/shipped farm equipment for a living.

 

[Beerhippie]

A red shop rag will usually do the trick.

Where I live, a red flag denotes an over-length load--anything that projects farther than five feet behind the bumper of the rig doing the hauling. Lumber stores were always happy to staple a red shop rag to the end of a load--until they cheaped out and went to red plastic flags.

Try wiping your hands on a plastic flag....

 

[rockinacummins]

Final product

 

[PugetDude]

Nice work on the trailer floor. Hadn't really thought about it before but it makes sense the boards would go in crossways instead of in the long direction like a utility trailer.

 

[csp]

Nice work on the trailer floor. Hadn't really thought about it before but it makes sense the boards would go in crossways instead of in the long direction like a utility trailer.

On our 24' stock trailer they run lengthwise.

 

[PugetDude]

On our 24' stock trailer they run lengthwise.

I was thinking about traction for the horses during loading and transport.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I knew a guy from Wellington Florida, who had polo horses, his horse trailer had what looked like “Luxury Vinyl Flooring” lol

 

[rockinacummins]

Nice work on the trailer floor. Hadn't really thought about it before but it makes sense the boards would go in crossways instead of in the long direction like a utility trailer.

I’ve seen them both ways, by far the majority of them around here are crossways. We gap them about 3/4 of an inch to allow the manure to fall through and to give the cattle a chance to have a little grip. These things get way slippery when they’re covered in liquid manure. Other options are cleated floors which are usually synthetic material and are very expensive, or attaching a welded wire cattle panel to the floor with fence staples. With the panel you risk a foot injury if the staple works itself out or wires of the panel get bent upward.

 

[Nortonscustom]

Finished the Bob Heine cart lighting mod. Super happy with it. Picked up two LED strip lights from Menards.



Made the mount so I can pivot the lights up or down depending on the needs.



Doing an oil change on this Jeep. Usually its pretty dark under the lift, not any more!



I think that's the end of the cart mods. I've run out of room to hang stuff off of it.

 

[mattthemuppet]

clever!

 

[jcarapet]

First off pardon the mess. Have about 5 projects going on at once and this is just one of them.

Been working on a bar height table for under my shop porch. If you are asking "why the horrendously complicated middle section?", it's related to the design. I am trying to build 2 removable 24" troughs for the center section for storing drinks. The center section would have removable sections in the top for when you want to use one or both.

I still haven't figured if or how I am going to manage fabricating those, so almost hopeful for suggestions on that. I'd love a magnetic brake to get it done but thats not a viable option long term



Here I have it mocked up and making sure my composite boards fit. Trying to decide if I want to get fancy with footrests or just leave it open.

 

[KwikFab]

Welded this up a few weeks back, now it has its forever home



It's over 7' tall

 

[Beerhippie]

First off pardon the mess. Have about 5 projects going on at once and this is just one of them.

Been working on a bar height table for under my shop porch. If you are asking "why the horrendously complicated middle section?", it's related to the design. I am trying to build 2 removable 24" troughs for the center section for storing drinks. The center section would have removable sections in the top for when you want to use one or both.

I still haven't figured if or how I am going to manage fabricating those, so almost hopeful for suggestions on that. I'd love a magnetic brake to get it done but thats not a viable option long term



Here I have it mocked up and making sure my composite boards fit. Trying to decide if I want to get fancy with footrests or just leave it open.

Footrests! Inset a bit from the front edge so the stools can be pushed into the bar.

 

[jcarapet]

Bonus project on a Trellis I built to fit in one of my planters. Still need to primer the legs but in place. I have another one that's a bit more complicated to build, but thats a later project when I get about 15 other projects done.

 

[KwikFab]

Welded this up a few weeks back, now it has its forever home



It's over 7' tall

In case any of y'all wanted to see it being put together (me in my buddy's shop) -

 

[LXCam]

Well this wasn’t much of a welding project but I’m posting it anyhow. Needed a utility shroud that covers conduit going vertical from a 12” x 12” x 8” junction box in an inmate accessible area. So this needed to fit deadass square and flush to the top and extend up 57”.

The sucky part is it’s 16ga and my brake just barely handles 2ft width let alone trying to do 4ft. So two 2ftr’s and a 9” piece it was.


I didn’t remotely feel like **** welding it so I made some splices to plug weld it together.






Primed n ready to install Monday morning.

 

[PugetDude]

Well this wasn’t much of a welding project but I’m posting it anyhow. Needed a utility shroud that covers conduit going vertical from a 12” x 12” x 8” junction box in an inmate accessible area. So this needed to fit deadass square and flush to the top and extend up 57”.

The sucky part is it’s 16ga and my brake just barely handles 2ft width let alone trying to do 4ft. So two 2ftr’s and a 9” piece it was.


I didn’t remotely feel like **** welding it so I made some splices to plug weld it together.






Primed n ready to install Monday morning.

Cam, I have a Hobart spot welder that would be perfect for that. (Thanks to my trip to Durango / tool trade with @readhead)
You're welcome to borrow it any time.

 

[LXCam]

Cam, I have a Hobart spot welder that would be perfect for that. (Thanks to my trip to Durango / tool trade with @readhead)
You're welcome to borrow it any time.

OH NOW YA TELL ME

I’ve got to make another one in the next couple of weeks. I might just take you up on that offer. Thank ya

 

[PugetDude]

OH NOW YA TELL ME

I’ve got to make another one in the next couple of weeks. I might just take you up on that offer. Thank ya

It has both the long shallow arms and the short deep box arms..

 

[Nortonscustom]

No welding but a little bit of cutting. While at the tractor dealer saw they had some fancy spring style tire chain tensioners for $200. Too rich for this guy but got me thinking...

Plasma cut some scrap plate.



Box of trampoline springs for $19 delivered.



All ready for winter now! Works great plus was able to throw away the bungy tensioners which I hate using.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Made some blocks for raising the 42" HF box up level to the 56" box.

 

[Bob Heine]

First off pardon the mess. Have about 5 projects going on at once and this is just one of them.

Been working on a bar height table for under my shop porch. If you are asking "why the horrendously complicated middle section?", it's related to the design. I am trying to build 2 removable 24" troughs for the center section for storing drinks. The center section would have removable sections in the top for when you want to use one or both.

I still haven't figured if or how I am going to manage fabricating those, so almost hopeful for suggestions on that. I'd love a magnetic brake to get it done but thats not a viable option long term

@jcarapet, have you considered restaurant steam table trays? I did a quick Google and found this 24-gauge stainless one.

It's not the 24 inch size you mention but a couple of adjustments to make the openings 20-3/4" x 12-3/4" could save you some tray fabrication time. I was surprised at the price:

Choice Full Size 4" Deep 24 Gauge Anti-Jam Stainless Steel Steam Table / Hotel Pan

Built from sturdy 24 gauge 18/8 stainless steel, this standard weight full size steam table pan features double reinforced corners that add strength where the pan takes the most abuse. Ideal for use in hot and cold tables at your catering event or buffet, this impact-resistant pan makes cleaning...

www.webstaurantstore.com

 

[danielbuck]

welded up this blade thing last night to help unloading rocks from my truck. Made it from free scrap metal. Works alot better than I thought it would. Gets at least 3/4 of the load out of the truck. Each load is 2 tons of 3/4". I thought I would just try it and see if I need to modify it (make it taller), but I don't think I need to at all. the parts that it doesn't get is because of the wheel wells being narrower than the bed, so the blade has to fit between the wheel wells. But, it's only an easy 4-5 minutes of shoveling/racking to get the rest out of the bed. Much faster than without the blade

 

[Cap'n Coldeye]

I made 4 snow and ice diverters for our building in Anchorage. Basically these protect the outside camera system from falling ice that knock the cameras off the wall. So far, so good.

Cheers

 

[Cap'n Coldeye]

I made 4 snow and ice diverters for our building in Anchorage. Basically these protect the outside camera system from falling ice that knock the cameras off the wall. So far, so good.

Cheers

 

[danielbuck]

I made 4 snow and ice diverters for our building in Anchorage. Basically these protect the outside camera system from falling ice that knock the cameras off the wall. So far, so good.

Cheers

what's the holes and wire mesh for?

 

[Cap'n Coldeye]

what's the holes and wire mesh for?

The holes were just an attempt to lighten them up the expanded metal hopefully will keep the birds out.

 

[VR6ix]

what's the holes ... for?

To let the birds in to build nests.

what's the ... wire mesh for?

Keeps the pesky birds out

 

[danielbuck]

The holes were just an attempt to lighten them up the expanded metal hopefully will keep the birds out.

ah, right on. I was trying to think of what they would do to maybe melt ice quicker or something like that Speed holes always look cool though

 

[Beerhippie]

ah, right on. I was trying to think of what they would do to maybe melt ice quicker or something like that Speed holes always look cool though

I believe these are for deflecting ice and snow sliding off the eve of a roof--which should have been wider to begin with. When the ice/snow hits them, it'll be going about 30 mph.

We have several doors we block off for the winter to keep employees from being injured or killed by falling ice/snow. Also know as "building roof avalanches", these are the most deadly and destructive of all avalanches in the continental US.

Which is why architects that design building for snow country (particularly with steel roofs) with doors under the eves should be chained under those eves on a warm day after heavy snows... FFS, at least put dormers over the damned doors....

 

[LXCam]

I made 4 snow and ice diverters for our building in Anchorage. Basically these protect the outside camera system from falling ice that knock the cameras off the wall. So far, so good.

Cheers

Nice job Cap. I just walked a camera project at a shooting range today. It’s a 300yrd range split in two by a 8ft tall block wall. Each range is roughly 100yd wide. And they want cameras at the 24yd mark.

This might be interesting

 

[Gutman]

Made some blocks for raising the 42" HF box up level to the 56" box.

I may not be a smart man but I don't think that'll roll well.

Any reason why you did not install blocks above the caster plates?

 

[Gutman]

welded up this blade thing last night to help unloading rocks from my truck. Made it from free scrap metal. Works alot better than I thought it would. Gets at least 3/4 of the load out of the truck. Each load is 2 tons of 3/4". I thought I would just try it and see if I need to modify it (make it taller), but I don't think I need to at all. the parts that it doesn't get is because of the wheel wells being narrower than the bed, so the blade has to fit between the wheel wells. But, it's only an easy 4-5 minutes of shoveling/racking to get the rest out of the bed. Much faster than without the blade

Great job.
I had a similar idea while unloading the 4th or 5th load of mulch for the wife's gardening adventures this summer. Problem is she'd get pissed if I drove through her garden beds. So shovel and wheel barrow it is.