Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT The "Glendora Garage"

[Dan in Pasadena]

I forgot to post the AFTER of the aluminum scoop shovel refurbish project from post #2652 above.

It works, It looks a lot better and the wood is no longer falling apart.
The rivet that attaches the shovel head was a bit loose - I hammered that to swell it and that fixed that. I couldn't find my very small triangular file so I couldn't square out the holes for the carriage bolts to sit flush with the metal surfaces. Oh well, I can live with it. I won't notice them....eventually!

On to the next thing that needs work.

PS: The shovel is now about 1-1/2" shorter than it was due to rot. But then?... So am I....and more or less for the same reason!

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Happy Labor Day!

Gonna need a LOT of labor to pay these prices, especially diesel since I own a diesel pickup. Fortunately it's a 3.0
Duramax and I get 19-20 mpg around town which consider amazing in a full size truck body. I've gotten a high of 26.7 mpg on a trip though it doesn't truly make the price any less horrible.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Happy Labor Day!

Gonna need a LOT of labor to pay these prices, especially diesel since I own a diesel pickup. Fortunately it's a 3.0
Duramax and I get 19-20 mpg around town which consider amazing in a full size truck body. I've gotten a high of 26.7 mpg on a trip though it doesn't truly make the price any less horrible.

It's one of the reasons I order onesie-twosie stuff online over going to the store. As well as saving up all my stops in one trip, unless it's an emergency. A trip to the store is minimum $10 in gas, plus wear n tear. Sure brings the price of half a dozen screws up into the ridiculous range. Going to an NWA meeting costs almost double that. 1 meeting a week makes it near $1000/year. I'm having a serious rethink about a lot of things.

 

[M.Brane]

Same boat here though the Tool Box Truck gets around 12 MPG. It weighs over 9K. I try to ride as much as I can because mid 30s MPG for the bikes, but temps in the 90s are a no-go for me these days.

 

[kaymccampbell]

I wish I could ride the Burg. My hips and vertigo aren't letting me stand it. Maybe over the winter i can do something about that.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

The other day I was talking to someone about family “Sunday drives”. They were incredulous. “You drove around with a car full of people with no particular place to go?!” Sounds ridiculous nowadays.


And remember my previous rant that prices NEVER go down. There MIGHT be an exception but I think the few exceptions are strategic. Yes, “old man shouting at clouds”!

 

[bugnut]

@kaymccampbell i'm with you on that. Try to avoid doing one and two stop trips, because it is 30 minutes travel minimum and then the fuel.

 

[PugetDude]

@kaymccampbell i'm with you on that. Try to avoid doing one and two stop trips, because it is 30 minutes travel minimum and then the fuel.

I just bought a second pipe and tube sander because the brown truck would deliver it for less than what a round trip to Phoenix would cost me to retrieve the one I have sitting under my weld table there.