Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage

[Prospecter]

Added a good 30 minutes into my wait, but they did help me load the racks into the trailer, so I can’t ***** too much.

Now I have to decide if I am going to relax or not.

I've been ordering online for curbside pickup at Lowes. Send in the order. Ready in 3 hours. Let then know I'm on my way with the ap. 15 minutes total at the store. Big stuff is palletized and they load it on for me with a forklift.

 

[68400BIRD]

Just go relax!!!!!

 

[Strouty]

I got 15 minutes of relaxation, dropped Dad’s truck off at his house and my GF drove me back, I didn’t have to do anything the entire 15 minute ride!

Got the Conex moved, now I am going to work on some shelving. I love hydraulics.

 

[xtremek]

I'm relaxing now. At least that's what I'm calling it. My shoulder is sore from all the work I did over the weekend, so I have the ice machine on it for the next 20ish minutes. Then finish getting everything ready for tomorrow and the return to work. I'll be so glad, a chance to relax a little bit.

 

[xtremek]

How tough a job is it to put a fuel pump in the Clark?

 

[Strouty]

The fuel pump will be easy, I just ran out of time, it is an external unit that runs off the key switch. I will have to do a bit of work because it doesn’t mount the same, shouldn’t take more than an hour.

I got all the racking unboxed and ready for assembly, I put together part of one to see how I wanted things, the new totes are a bit different size, so the shelf spacing is going to look wasteful. I need to figure out what is going on the floor, right now I have it so you can easily put a five gallon bucket under the bottom shelf. I have a bunch of taller stuff that has to go in there, might have to do some adjustments as I start loading things. I should have about 50’ of shelving, not sure of the layout yet, I usually leave some space in the front, and same for the rear, then line both walls.

 

[kaymccampbell]

The fuel pump will be easy, I just ran out of time, it is an external unit that runs off the key switch. I will have to do a bit of work because it doesn’t mount the same, shouldn’t take more than an hour.

I got all the racking unboxed and ready for assembly, I put together part of one to see how I wanted things, the new totes are a bit different size, so the shelf spacing is going to look wasteful. I need to figure out what is going on the floor, right now I have it so you can easily put a five gallon bucket under the bottom shelf. I have a bunch of taller stuff that has to go in there, might have to do some adjustments as I start loading things. I should have about 50’ of shelving, not sure of the layout yet, I usually leave some space in the front, and same for the rear, then line both walls.

I bought 2 of those shelves, branded Husky. They made a great Dingo attachment lean-to. You can really pack the **** on them.

 

[Strouty]

They have some that are taller and wider, but I can only fit four of the totes on a shelf, even with the larger ones. I was thinking about just making risers for the ones I have, I don't use the bottom shelf, I use the floor, so if I raised it up a foot, I could just lower the bottom shelf to fit my needs. Right now, I am just installing them to get things out of my way, I can work on organizing things later.

 

[Strouty]

Now I can go home and relax for a bit.

 

[Strouty]

That is enough relaxing, going to bed.

 

[Strouty]

Got the new bucket teeth for the Mitsu and a piece of cutting edge, I may just weld new teeth on, they were only $30.

 

[xtremek]

YOu spent a whole hour relaxing? I want some of that.

 

[Strouty]

The problem is, that relaxing cost me some time this morning, I needed more than 5 hours of sleep.

 

[Strouty]

New bucket teeth on, I really do just need a grading bucket. Even welding a new cutting edge onto the teeth is just going to make a stepped mess with a bunch of large gaps between the bucket edge and my new smooth edge adapter. It stinks because no matter what I buy for a grading bucket, it will still need to be modified to fit the machine.

 

[jack stand]

Would the gap be less bothersome on top of the teeth?
Weld on the bottom with some minor filler to close the gap?
Without knowing exactly what the situation is, whatever I did I'd probably use the old teeth for the new grading edge.
Easy to say from 30 miles away

 

[bimmer1980]

When you get a chance, can you show the bucket with the grading edge on it?

On my bobcat320 mini-ex, I just have a three toothed 12" wide bucket. I have a couple of thoughts to make a grading edge for it, but haven't designed or cut steel yet.....

 

[Strouty]

I ordered some teeth that should make things much closer to what I want. I will have to cut slots for the teeth to sit into the cutting edge, but having the bottom as smooth as I can is my goal. The shanks are going to stick down anyways, so it will never be as good as a grading bucket. I found the perfect one, but they want $5k for it and I still have to modify things. Here are the teeth:

 

[Strouty]

Today was a sidetrack nightmare (this is what happens when I relax for an hour the night before), I have had to deal with the engineers with the tower project as well as Verizon, Dad needed info and had an issue I had to deal with, I had to setup the online account for the company cell phones, the old system wasn't applying payments, so we kept having issues with an overdue bill. I went to Bev and tried to grab the extension cord, well it wasn't there, not sure where it is, so I am at the Salvage Garage looking. I returned the cutting edge that was too long, but the shorter one was too short, so they are cutting me another one that is just right. I was supposed to go and check out the sand blasting that my brother was doing, I wanted to see how they have the equipment setup, might still make it there depending on if I can find the extension cord.

 

[Strouty]

Found it!

 

[Strouty]

After more sidetracking, I am back at the Hill, going to try and get something done, can’t stay too late, I have to do laundry tonight. I need to make a list for tomorrow, I feel like I am off the rails a bit too much and I have to get things done so I can get back on track. I am still shooting for Sunday to pick up the CNC mill, but at this point I don’t even have a forklift.

 

[Strouty]

I got what shelving I had assembled, probably could use two more units, we will see, I am running well beyond my budget, I have actually spent June’s budget too.

 

[Mr.zippy]

thumbs up on the shelves, not on the budget

 

[Strouty]

I blame the $15k gravel, it has put me over budget ever since.

 

[68400BIRD]

No more relaxing. I will never recommend it again.

 

[Strouty]

I am going to help my brother for a bit, he is getting prepped for the sandblasting. I am interested to see how the auto body shop has everything setup, might make it easier for me to get my stuff setup.

 

[jack stand]

What's he blasting?

 

[xtremek]

If it's an auto body, I would expect it won't work for your situation, unless it's just a cabinet. I thought most autobody shops used different techinques so it doesn't warp the sheetmetal.

 

[Strouty]

This place rebuilds big trucks and everything, the setup is essentially what I bought except smaller! My brother has his chipper all torn apart, he had a bunch of bearings to replace and cracks to weld. At this point it was just another few days of blasting and painting to have a looking nice chipper. I will post some pictures, I am at the SG right now trying to get some hose sizes figured out, we are doing the hydraulic hose/crimper deal today and I would like to have everything I need to make the new hoses for the Hyster forklift.

 

[Mark_17]

If it's an auto body, I would expect it won't work for your situation, unless it's just a cabinet. I thought most autobody shops used different techinques so it doesn't warp the sheetmetal.

Auto body does soda blasting, no heat to warp the sheetmetal

 

[Strouty]

This is more for rusty metal, might have 16 gauge as the thinnest stuff.

In a crappy area, will post some pictures later.

 

[Strouty]

I am at the SG again, unloading the hydraulic hose, fittings, and crimper. Then I have to go to the Hill and load the Hyster forklift tires so I can get new ones (new to me) mounted in the morning.

Here are the pictures from today’s sandblast project.

 

[Strouty]

It is too early.

 

[Strouty]

Hyster forklift tires dropped off, the used ones he had are awful, while they are a tube tire, there isn’t much left of the sidewall and they are really old tires. I am currently trying to see about new ones and if there are any available, cost is going to be pretty bad, but if I put the used ones on, I will spend at least what one new tire costs. More budget hits, I can already feel it.

 

[1Garageman]

That is a nice sandblaster setup!! About how long did it take to sandblast all of those objects?

 

[Strouty]

He spent about 6 hours sandblasting. The pot only takes 5 bags, so he has to reload every 30 to 45 minutes. I am excited to setup mine, just need to spend more money!

Forklift tires, well pneumatic ones (tube type) are about $800 and depending on the rim width (unknown right now) the solid tires are any where from $1400 to $2300. I would love to be able to buy the $1400 set, but they are for the less common 6” width rim, once the guy that is pressing the existing tires off gets me the dimension, then I can make my decision. I don’t really want air filled tires, one or two flats would make me hate them, plus the solids would be the last tires I EVER need to buy. Buy once, cry once?

 

[bimmer1980]

I guess a dumb question.... But why not just have your brother sandblast all your stuff when you need it? Or buy the sand and use the equipment?

While I understand the desire to want the setup, sometimes (many times) it just does not make sense to have it.

You have a trailer... Prep your stuff for blasting, haul it over there, get it blasted, then you're done. No need to waste time and money with set up and tear down and maintenance.

The pointed question is, do you want to spend your time setting up equipment or getting to the point where you are actually moving your projects forward? I.e. payloader, crane truck, etc?

The comment is "don't reinvent the wheel".....

Onward and upward.... All that said, that is a great setup for blasting larger stuff. The shed, the blaster, hopper, etc.

 

[Strouty]

I have two 600 pound pots and 30k pounds of media already, I am going to use it, besides, that isn't my Brother's setup, it is a friends and he was just using it. Only thing I actually need is an air compressor and I could technically rent one or steal my Dad's. Once Dad knows what I am using it for he will find a reason to "need" it so that it isn't available to be used. I suspect buying a compressor would be around $4k, will have to look into renting one, if it was $100 a day, it would probably be worth it, only issue is planning the rental and dealing with weather issues once it is rented.

 

[Strouty]

The local guy can get tires for $800 each. I guess I won’t be buying from him. Luckily he doesn’t care and will mount whatever I bring to him. Hopefully when I sandblast the rims I can find the part number to confirm the width. I do not want to order the wrong tires and have to ship them back.

 

[bimmer1980]

LOL, how could I forget the quantity of sand you have!!! Fair enough....

Which location do you plan to set up to blast at?

In using your Dad's compressor, does he need to know? I.e. just hook up and take it and "do maintenance" on it... it needed a test run to double check... Or the yearly run to burn the carbon out... How often does he use it? I guess, how "aware" of the compressor and it's location is he?

 

[Strouty]

Not very aware, of anything. Last week I brought over the seat covers for the F-350 company truck that is now Dad’s personal truck, I get an email today with a delivery update for seat covers for the F-350.

The forklift rims are pretty nasty, if the tires hadn’t been spinning on the rims (2 out of the 4), I wouldn’t have even touched them. Looks like I may have to weld steel to the rims so when he presses on the tires they can’t spin.

Talking with the local tire guy (New England), he used to work for the company that made the old tires I have. He thinks I should weld bars on the rims and reuse them, but regroove the tires. I am inclined to do that, new tires on these old rims is probably a waste of good money.