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[Strouty]

Picked up the machines today, the drill press is a lot bigger than I thought. It is almost nine feet tall and weighs about 7000 pounds. Of course they took pictures of the wrong one, so mine is missing some parts, but I think it is still worth $150. The grinder has some parts that I am going to remove, then I can scrap it. I am bringing my Father's forklift over to get the drill press inside, mine will only pick about 4000 pounds. I will post some pictures of the process at some point. Here are a few of the machines after we got them to the shop.

 

[Strouty]

The drill press is inside and I got a bunch of stuff done outside. I also made a serious mess with tree branches and moving trucks and trailers around. I am going to be burning brush all weekend now.

 

[Strouty]

Here is the outside progress pictures. We took down the biggest oak trees that were in the way, as well as a bunch of beech trees. Luckily we had my bucket truck to trim some branches off, then we used the excavator to push two of over as they were being cut. One of them was leaning over my power lines and the main lines coming down the road, so we used a cable to pull that one over as we cut it. Worked pretty well, except for the mess.

 

[nine4gmc]

Dang, you got a lot done man! Looking good around there!! That drill press is pretty awesome, I don't think I would have passed on it for $150 either but the difference between you and I, you have the equipment to move it!! I would have had that thing in 20 pieces and still not been able to do anything with it


Keep up the progress!

 

[Strouty]

Dang, you got a lot done man! Looking good around there!! That drill press is pretty awesome, I don't think I would have passed on it for $150 either but the difference between you and I, you have the equipment to move it!! I would have had that thing in 20 pieces and still not been able to do anything with it


Keep up the progress!

I know exactly what you mean, I have other equipment that is in pieces and for some reason, I can never figure out how they go back together! Just so you know, technically, I do not have the equipment to move it, luckily my Dad does. So I actually have $150 in the purchase, $150 to move it, and $300 to get the forklift over to my shop and back. So it is technically a $600 drill press and full day of messing around. The good thing is I can use the big forklift for a week or so and it will help move more stuff around.

 

[Kev442]

You need a t shirt that says "Go Big or Go Home".
Yowsers, you've been buying some big stuff!

 

[Strouty]

I find that a lot of times the bigger it is, the cheaper it is to buy. Servicing it is not as cheap, but I usually pay less than scrap prices. I told my contact that anything under 25,000 pounds I would be interested in, after that it gets hard to move.

 

[Strouty]

I have now decided that I "need" a 20,000 pound lift capacity rough terrain forklift. Of course I don't want to pay the asking price, hopefully I can find something for a deal. I may consider something smaller, depending on the price.

I sold the Heald Grinder this afternoon, at least it won't become scrap. I also got a bunch done outside the shop. Removed two stumps, decided to leave one so I don't destroy the hemlocks tucked in with it. Finally got the two piles of dirt moved, I have wanted to do that for 8 years. Now I need to burn some brush and get moving the boxes!

 

[propav8r]

All this work and no Volvo pics?

 

[Strouty]

Volvo's have kind of taken a backseat. I do have an idea for a project, but that is another story. I will have to dismantle a 940 sedan with a ford 5.0 H.O. the car is junk, but the drivetrain is one from a Converse Engineering kit, so I want to keep everything so I can get a nice rust free car and reinstall it.

 

[propav8r]

Volvo's have kind of taken a backseat. I do have an idea for a project, but that is another story. I will have to dismantle a 940 sedan with a ford 5.0 H.O. the car is junk, but the drivetrain is one from a Converse Engineering kit, so I want to keep everything so I can get a nice rust free car and reinstall it.

Oh sweet. I'm a longtime Volvo guy myself...currently have an 83 245 Turbo (factory turbo/manual car) and my '79 244 that's the project. A 97 855 is my pickup truck.

I'm building a 5 cylinder from a 99 S70 to go into the 79, but just picked up a 4.8l Chevy motor for $100. I might wind up putting the 5 cyl into to the 83 and making a V8lvo out of the 79. We'll see.

GL with your project!

 

[Strouty]

I would love to have a 242, but they are expensive or total rust buckets around here. I actually am planning on taking a dual overhead 4 cyl from a GLE and turbo charging it. I am a 940 wagon guy, I just love them.

 

[propav8r]

I would love to have a 242, but they are expensive or total rust buckets around here. I actually am planning on taking a dual overhead 4 cyl from a GLE and turbo charging it. I am a 940 wagon guy, I just love them.

Wagons are king. I have a couple friends who have built awesome 16V turbo motors, but they all sound like Hondas. Every damn time. Great motors though.

 

[Strouty]

My other idea is to take a XC90 with the V8 and transplant everything into a XC70. That would be a nice winter beater.

 

[propav8r]

My other idea is to take a XC90 with the V8 and transplant everything into a XC70. That would be a nice winter beater.

Are you on TB? The Buchka Bros. are doing one in a 242. Gonna be mad when they get it done.

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=264064

Obligatory straight pipe S80 (same V8 motor as the xc90)

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[Strouty]

I have not signed in there for a while, I found that a lot of the members were pretty rude when you ask anything for questions. The search feature was broken and I had no clue at the time how to search google. Maybe I should check it out again.

 

[propav8r]

I have not signed in there for a while, I found that a lot of the members were pretty rude when you ask anything for questions. The search feature was broken and I had no clue at the time how to search google. Maybe I should check it out again.

Yeah, there's a lot of "SEARCH NOOB" that goes on, but the search that's built in is terrible. Really it's only good for finding posts by a specific user. that happens because soooo many people get on there and just ask "HOW dO I mak 300 aitch pee from my volvo" or "how much boosta can stock support" when all that is very well documented in the sticky threads. Just jaded against stuff like that is all.

If you need questions answered about the V8 swap, I highly recommend talking to Mike (M.H. Yount on the board). Great guy and a wealth of information.

I highly suggest using google site search. Just type

site:forums.turbobricks.com "put your search term here"

in to the search bar and do it that way.

 

[Strouty]

I have been a member there since 2006 and they would beat the tar out of noobs.

 

[propav8r]

I have been a member there since 2006 and they would beat the tar out of noobs.

You're not wrong

 

[propav8r]

It's a little more civilized now. A lot of the really grating people are gone or have mellowed out. The mods will ban anyone who is overly annoying/rude/insulting, especially in the performance section. They do a pretty good job keeping it on topic.

It's a Kinder, Gentler Turbobicks^®

 

[Strouty]

Sounds like I may have to waste some time on another forum.

 

[propav8r]

See ya around

 

[Strouty]

Got my burn permit, so now I get to play with fire!

Hope to get most of the brush burned today, but I plan on burning tomorrow if needed. It will be a good weekend to burn since the temps are in the 30s and 40s. I will post some pictures of the aftermath later.

 

[bczygan]

I have now decided that I "need" a 20,000 pound lift capacity rough terrain forklift. Of course I don't want to pay the asking price, hopefully I can find something for a deal. I may consider something smaller, depending on the price.

I sold the Heald Grinder this afternoon, at least it won't become scrap. I also got a bunch done outside the shop. Removed two stumps, decided to leave one so I don't destroy the hemlocks tucked in with it. Finally got the two piles of dirt moved, I have wanted to do that for 8 years. Now I need to burn some brush and get moving the boxes!

My wife has wanted one of those for the longest time (Really!, She's a little weird)!

Your heavy moves make my move of a Bridgeport base seem to be nothing. It had sat outside under a tarp for a few years and I finally levered it up with a 2x4 and stacks of bricks. Then maneuvered a little rolling base under it and pushed it up the sidewalk, around the corner and up the driveway and into the garage.

Bill

 

[Strouty]

My wife has wanted one of those for the longest time (Really!, She's a little weird)!

Your heavy moves make my move of a Bridgeport base seem to be nothing. It had sat outside under a tarp for a few years and I finally levered it up with a 2x4 and stacks of bricks. Then maneuvered a little rolling base under it and pushed it up the sidewalk, around the corner and up the driveway and into the garage.

Bill

Your moving experience sounds like more fun, I am all into the lazy way. I have had to move some pretty heavy things with not quite the right tools for a long time. I grew up on a big hill with a nasty steep winding driveway, that is how I learned to drive in the winter. A lot of fun with a tractor trailer truck. Especially after you put chains on only to make it part way up the hill and then figure out how you are going to back down around the corner without killing yourself or the truck. That is why my current shop is all flat, and I like it that way.

 

[Strouty]

I started with this pile and about four other piles in various locations:



At 11:00 Last night, I only had this:



And that made it pretty nice to see the space all cleaned up!

 

[Strouty]

Now I have a bunch of earth moving to do. Then later I will actually be doing a couple of projects inside, or at least attempting to do some stuff.

 

[rmalkow2]

Looks great. Good to see the progress made. I bet it looks even better to you in person.

 

[Strouty]

Looks great. Good to see the progress made. I bet it looks even better to you in person.

It is starting to, overall it is a daunting project. I have done a lot of it by myself and it is pretty easy to lose motivation. That is why I try and post here, I feel like I can look back and really see the progress, otherwise my mind tries to downplay what I have done, making me think I have not really done hardly anything. You guys keep me honest as well.

 

[Strouty]

I now have two huge piles of dirt and one medium pile of decent loam. I am not sure what I will be doing with the piles, but I know it won't be this year. I guess when I finish up all the earthwork next spring I can decide if I am going to use it or if I need to have it trucked off. I almost got the big forklift stuck, so I guess I know to stay away from the loose sandy areas.

 

[Strouty]

It is warmer than yesterday, but it is raining so it feels so much colder. I am working on setting up a snowplow this afternoon, then I hope to tinker with the drill press tonight.

I should be working on my air compressor, but I am not that motivated yet.

 

[Strouty]

No work on the drill press, but I did get the plow rewired. I need to pickup a new headlight tomorrow and then it should be complete. Except for the holes through the plow blade. I guess that will be the next project, it is only my backup plow anyways, I just want to have it all set for the winter. Tomorrow I am also helping my brother, so I probably won't get too much done. Wednesday should be a different story. I have to get a lot done, the grinder I sold will head to the rigger so I can get it unloaded and then they will deal with it. It will be nice, because I won't have an extra trailer floating around the yard. The main goal for this week is to get the conex moved and all the **** that is floating around the building moved so when it does snow, I will be ready and not running over my "future projects".

 

[Strouty]

The grinder was taken to the riggers today, that got another trailer and truck out of the yard. Tonight I am going to work on moving the stubby ford truck to the back forty as well as try and reconnect all the motors on the drill press to 230 volt from 460 volt. Should be fun times!

 

[nine4gmc]

Sounds like progress!

And, happy 5K posts on your next post!

 

[dlcwent]

5000 Strouty...You need to spend more time cleaning up

Things are looking a lot better. You've made a lot of progress this fall. Buckle down for winter. Man today was a bit nasty here. I am freezing my *** off, and I'm inside with the heat on.

Hey next time your up this way, I need an antenna put up on my roof. I'm a ************ when I'm more than 10 feet off the ground.

Did you get rid of the truck and trailer today?

 

[Strouty]

Happy 5K to me, LOL.

Thanks guys, I have been doing a lot of maneuvering in the last few weeks. Dlcwent the Autocar tractor and the drop deck that had the grinder on it are now at my Dad's shop, where they belong. The grinder is headed to Michigan at some point, but the rigger is dealing with all of that. You gotta love the interwebs, I picked up the grinder on Wednesday and had it sold for a great profit on Friday afternoon. I only had it in my possession for one week total and after I pay the rigger and tally up all my costs (including my new drill press and the forklift transportation) I still have about $850 profit. I like it, I want to keep doing it, I am going to keep doing it. I think it is all about the hustle! I won't be able to give much of an update because it is dark now and I won't be here tomorrow or Friday. I will post some pictures this weekend, it is going to look like a different place. I even have room inside the shop, whereas last year, I stuffed all the loose odds and ends in the shop to get them out of the way.

Looking back at the start of this thread, I am really amazed that I have been able to get so much done. I am actually proud of what I have accomplished and I don't usually say that type of stuff.

 

[dlcwent]

Really great to meet you today. You're a very interesting, and obviously intelligent, person. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to stop by my shop. Looking forward to maybe a future get together. Tinker Rick is interested in meeting you on the next visit as he couldn't make it today. Anyway, glad you stopped in and keep up the good work on the "clean up". Don't forget to take some time off for "turkey" day. Enjoy.. Thanks.. And please pass my name off to your friend that deals with lifts.

 

[Strouty]

The pleasure was all mine. We will definitely get together again and I can see a 4 post lift installation in your future. I will talk to my buddy about a lift, if he doesn't have any at the moment he may have a line on some in the near future.

 

[Strouty]

I literally got nothing done at the shop. I may have even gone backwards, I had to rapidly unload a truck and reload another. It kind of looks like a utility truck bomb went off. I am headed to Cape Cod in the morning to pick up a boat for my Dad, I am pretty sure this is going to be an adventure that I would rather not be on. The boat needs to be swapped onto another trailer, then I have to load the old trailer onto the racks of the truck. Lucky for me it has a small crane, unlucky for me, I have no clue how well it will work for this particular situation. Depending on how rainy it is I will have some pictures to show you guys.

I guess I could look at as a good thing, since he is giving me the boat and after we remove the yamaha motor he will give me his old merc. Not exactly sure that I want to do this project, but he has helped me out a lot this fall by loaning me some equipment to clean up the shop. I figure worst case if I hate the boat, I can sell it and buy one I do like.

Wish me luck!

 

[56rpm]

I read the first and last page. Then I said naw, I gotta read it all. Wow! I'm proud of you Strouty. We all have our vices and bad habits. I believe most guys would feel they hit the mother lode if they had half of your stuff. Some of my thoughts have been spoken, however me thinks your issues are that you :
Have a buying addiction,
Buy more than you sell,
Buy on emotion not logic,
Buy entirely too many cabinets, large capacity and nut and bolt type,
Have a phobia of missing out on a deal,
Have difficulty completing a task.

If I recall correctly your thread went like this:
Clean, clean, buy, buy, buy, clean, sell, buy, buy, clean, buy, buy, sell, buy, clean.....Kinda kidding.

You are a wise man based on some of your quotes:

"I overestimate my ability to use things and then get caught up in storing them.

People in general will almost always fill whatever size container they have.

I am pretty sure that the ton of space is my problem.

I feel overwhelmed, under-motivated, and overall like the shop is actually causing me more problems than value.

I have also decided that my goals are may too ambitious for me and I have tried to scale them back so I don't feel so bad all the time."

But then between each great comment and progress you say you've just bought something else because you couldn't pass up on the deal. Before you said your actions were like a drug addict I said to myself he's like a crack head. How many relapses are we gonna have to see? But then I think you turned it around.

If I you I would get that Quincy compressor working pronto, then get the Mohawk lift installed, and keep at least one bay open. Have you thought of putting some of your heavy machines/tools on casters so they can be stored together, out of the way, and moved when they're needed?

Strouty you have made enormous progress in getting rid of stuff and cleaning up the place. You realized you had a problem and you faced it head on. For that you deserve a big congratulations! BTW, you place looks tremendous in the fall with all the colors. As Johnny Carson used to say, in California the changing of the colors meant the smog changed shades of brown.

Keep up the good work.

Bob