Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage

[Strouty]

I am going to dump the steel, then I think I am coming back to see how the tire cage looks on the trailer. It won’t fit because of the taper, but it will let me get a better feel for what I am working with.

 

[Sifan]

Taper? Flip top to bottom, bottom to top?

 

[Strouty]

Width, it is 63” at the front and 61” wide at the doors. It followed the pickup truck rails, they are always weird.

 

[Strouty]

Got most of the scrap and trash cleaned up at the Hill, still need to haul the trailer off. One step at a time.

 

[Prospecter]

Got most of the scrap and trash cleaned up at the Hill, still need to haul the trailer off. One step at a time.

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With the price of trailers, I bet you could sell that as is, where is. Then you would not need to haul it off.

 

[banshee483]

With the price of trailers, I bet you could sell that as is, where is. Then you would not need to haul it off.

Really. I want to go shopping in his junk piles.

 

[Strouty]

i thought about it, but the tires are junk, the box is rotted off it and the brakes were locked up, I didn’t want to get into dealing with the tire kickers.

Today was almost a $250 scrap day, better than nothing, but nothing like it used to be.

First load ended up being about a ton, then the next load was just the tail of one of my old trailers. It was 880 pounds, I didn’t expect it to be that heavy.

 

[Strouty]

Back at the Hill with the Chuck, he is having a blast running around and playing in the tube.

 

[Strouty]

My Brother is up at the Hill, he has been removing trees at the neighbor’s house, now we are looking at doing a bit of cleanup for me. Seems like everything we are talking about doing means I have to undo something I already did. The big tilt trailer has to be moved and it is all torn apart waiting to redo the brakes. So now I have to put it back together to move it.

I can’t pass up the help though, so it should be worth it long haul. That is assuming I end up buying the Hill, but I don’t want to think about that right now.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Back at the Hill with the Chuck, he is having a blast running around and playing in the tube.

I've got at least 5 baby chucks running around. At least they are sticking to eating the clovers. If they attack my garden, all bets are off.

 

[Strouty]

My Brother and I discussed and looked things over, I think we are going to take a bunch of the trees down around my tower, should be easier and it will get me moving forward, they need to be cleared before winter anyways.

 

[Strouty]

I don’t like having to get up this early, but it was now or way later than I would like.

 

[86turbodsl]

Careful, early waking is a slippery slope. Most days i'm awake by 4. Of course that comes with in bed by 10 also.. lol.

 

[Strouty]

I would like to always be up by 4, but getting to bed at a reasonable time is tough when I don’t get home until after 9.

 

[Strouty]

One new ground strap for the tail of the Muv-All trailer, now for the other side.

 

[Strouty]

I should have started on this side, then I could have matched the holes on the other side, now they are either going to be off, or I drill new holes. OCD probably isn’t going to let me have it asymmetrical.

The old wire tried to be the ground for welding, it melted and then I just twisted it back together, it has kept working for almost a year now.

 

[68400BIRD]

Well, you can't see both of them at the same time. The only ones that will know are you and a few thousand readers of this thread. LOL

 

[Strouty]

I think this ground will work much better, especially having one on each side. As for the holes, when I do the full restoration, I can weld them up and grind them smooth. At least it will look the same on either side.

 

[Strouty]

With the wide flat ground strap, the original holes would have made it twist and look bad too, it will stay flat now.

 

[harley jim]

My OCD agrees with you
I don't care if they are on different sides, I can still see it!

 

[Strouty]

I wish I had time to rebuild the rams on the Muv-All, two out of the three leak constantly while the pony motor is running and the other one leaks, but not as bad. I am not sure if the lock mechanism one leaks, will have to look into it. All the pins are seized in there, so they are going to have to be cut to get the rams out, that is why I haven't done it yet. I need to get some things done at the Hill with the Mitsu, then I can bring it over to the Salvage Garage, after that I can tear into the rams. Would be nice to just do the complete restoration on the trailer all at once, but I think I am going to have to do things in stages. If the summer goes well, maybe I can make it a priority, I suspect that this year is pretty much shot already, so I am not going to keep my hopes up.

I am trying to get the lights changed out, but every time I need something, it is either at the other shop or I just don't have it. Frustrating, a few minutes ago a bin settled off the side of something that I had it precariously propped up on, got to see what that mess looks like.

 

[Firstram]

I am trying to get the lights changed out, but every time I need something, it is either at the other shop or I just don't have it.

You should rent another place at the half way point for a cache

 

[Strouty]

What I need is a full time stock person at each end, with a constantly updated inventory....

I need to order some parts, I can make do with what I have right now, but it isn't up to my standards, going to see if NAPA has what I need.

 

[Strouty]

I can get what I need at NAPA today, also placed an order with McMaster, that hurt, but I am always needing ring terminals and I never seem to have them, now I will have just about every size imaginable.

 

[Strouty]

I guess things could be worse, I could be in a tin can trying to look at the titanic.

 

[Strouty]

Or you could place the order with McMaster, then have NAPA call you and tell you that they do not have any of the items in stock and they would be here next week or I could pay an additional $43 to get them here tomorrow.......

Now I have to hope that I can get what I need elsewhere. Oh Well, at least I have oxygen for a few more days.

 

[Firstram]

Or you could place the order with McMaster, then have NAPA call you and tell you that they do not have any of the items in stock and they would be here next week or I could pay an additional $43 to get them here tomorrow.......

Now I have to hope that I can get what I need elsewhere. Oh Well, at least I have oxygen for a few more days.

I can't fathom how your sense of humor could sink so low

 

[86turbodsl]

I can get what I need at NAPA today, also placed an order with McMaster, that hurt, but I am always needing ring terminals and I never seem to have them, now I will have just about every size imaginable.

I've been buying big cans of ring terminals off amazon. They've been working well and are a one day delivery like mcmaster

 

[86turbodsl]

I guess things could be worse, I could be in a tin can trying to look at the titanic.

WOW.

 

[Firstram]

Every time I order from McMaster, I remember 5 other thing I should have added while I was there

 

[86turbodsl]

Every time I order from McMaster, I remember 5 other thing I should have added while I was there

This. I identify with this...

 

[Strouty]

Well now I did it, ran into something that is missing that I may not easily be able to come up with. I apparently did not buy any of the red lights, just the amber ones, I need three red ones. I have already made it so the new ones are the only way forward, guess it is time to make some phone calls.

 

[Strouty]

Found some lights, pretty close by too. I have everything prepped, need to change out several more lights still, I am just going to do all of them and be done with it.

 

[Strouty]

Another $175 and I have everything I need to finish the light swap. I am working on the hardest ones right now, the mid blinkers are run by a converter box that has to be installed, this allows me to use the standard style surface mount lights instead of the oddball marker/blinker lights. The rear lights are all done and functioning.

On a sad note, not that anyone really thought there was another resolution, RIP to the people on the Titan.

 

[Strouty]

Got all the lights swapped out and had time to get things prepped for tomorrow.

 

[Strouty]

I have to pick up dock parts today, along with a few other things, then help my Brother with the trees for a bit, then go and install the two docks.

 

[xtremek]

Sounds like another busy day.

 

[Strouty]

It got worse, second trip to the scrap yard and they were closed for a couple hours while doing scale maintenance. Now I am haloing my brother for a bit before I head back over there.

 

[86turbodsl]

Haloing?

 

[Strouty]

Or heading, autocorrect decides.