Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage

[Prospecter]

Old guy wisdom. You say that like 2050 is far away! My projects are smaller than yours, I'm not finished, and I've been working in stages since '85. The thing is, 26 years to work in stages also gives you 26 years to think up more stuff to do and more projects to buy!

 

[Strouty]

I got the last of the material from the bottom of the Hill spread, I really wish I had seen how bad it was (full of root pieces), I am not sure I would have put it where it is. I should be able to bury it a bit, but for now it is kind of towards the top, right where I wouldn't want it.

Tomorrow I have to get at least one forklift going so I can actually move things around again, now I am regretting taking Clark away so early, might have to go the the Salvage Garage for a mercy mission. I think I may try and swap the mast on the Hyster H130, that would give me a lot more lifting capacity, if I remember there is no e-brake on that either. I am just going to have to become an e-brake repair master. My Brother is coming over with his excavator and the grapple, so we will be hauling scrap steel that is tough to handle otherwise. I hope to get at least a couple loads gone. He said he can leave the body and I can fill it this weekend, he will take it over Monday, so that is a good thing too.

Then we have a delivery I have been waiting for for weeks, seller didn't ship, now USPS is trying their hardest to keep it as far away from me as possible. Who ships from Oregon, to Kansas, then to California to get it to Maine????

 

[Strouty]

Of course then to outdo themselves we have this one:

 

[FullRaceMerc]

Who ships from Oregon, to Kansas, then to California to get it to Maine????

I know! I know!

now USPS is trying their hardest to keep it as far away from me as possible.

 

[Strouty]

I am going to bed, I need more sleep.

 

[Strouty]

Delayed start, had to finish folding my laundry.

Today I get pulled in three or four directions, should be fun. Hopefully I can get something actually done.

 

[Strouty]

Might be four or five directions, forgot about the truck loan. Apparently the salesman has been sick and didn’t want to pass it on to someone else, so now it may screw up my timeline in a bad way. At least I can start the day off frustrated so I don’t get my hopes too high.

 

[Monza Harry]

This showed up on my "feed" today and I thought of you of course! Here you go:
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[FullRaceMerc]

I was down at Copart this week, picking up my boss's wrecked truck. @Strouty While there somehow you came to mind. Their loaders had forks long enough to pick up cars from the end.

Video found online.

 

[Strouty]

Eventually, baby steps...

 

[Strouty]

The H130 forklift now has a mast and ONE fork, apparently I left the other pin at the Salvage Garage, so I am going to make a trip over there later tonight. The “good” military forklift has a bad fuel pump, at least that is what all my troubleshooting has lead me to. The other one seems to have a rusted out air tank, so I need to figure that out before I can actually get air for the brakes and throttle. My Brother says that there is a local place that can make the parking brake cables, so I will have to take one those off and get two more of each made up.

We loaded up some of the tough scrap steel and my Brother is dumping that now, going to get one more load tonight, then I think he is going to leave the excavator here so I can try and get some of the tougher stuff out and ready to go.

 

[Strouty]

The one fork picture.



The pins in the tilt cylinders were so stuck we gave up and left both cylinders on the mast, I think one has a leak, but I can’t really remember, too many leaky rams to keep track.

 

[Strouty]

I think tomorrow we will be able to get almost all the guy wire gone. I am glad to see that go.

 

[Strouty]

I got the fuel pump, now I am at the Salvage Garage getting a couple other things, then I can head home and do it all over again tomorrow, hopefully with a couple working forklifts.

 

[Strouty]

Jokes on me, the pin isn't where I remembered it being (still in the forks), now that I have had time to reflect, it may be in the Blurb at the Hill, so I may have been able to put the forklift together this afternoon. Facepalm times 100.

 

[Strouty]

I tried to sleep in, basically sat in bed thinking about sleeping, then gave up. Probably got an extra half an hour of sleep, but getting home at 11 means I lost more than I gained. The only thing I can say is that having the guy wire gone will be worth it, I was concerned that it wouldn’t be this easy to get rid of.

I ordered some more 24 volt LED lights for the equipment, almost everything I have is 24 volt now and most of it has minimal lights. Found a decent deal on some NOS military lights, probably going to order some more before they are gone. I also want to see if they will run in 12 volts, it seems like they might as they are newer and made by trucklite, specs say 24 volt only, but, could just be a spec for the military?

 

[Strouty]

Found the pin for the H130 forklift can’t wait to see how easy it is to get stuck, at least I am already planning on being stuck, so the only surprise will be if I don’t get stuck.



I have some broken bolts that need to come out and the part that goes over the mast is tweaked quite a bit, might try and bend it back, someone did a really professional job bending it, will take a pro to bend it back.

 

[Richard Cranium]

fire wrench time

 

[jack stand]

I hope you're brother or a extra hand is around to help lining up all that heavy ****! (Pin/fork)
You're fork fleet really has stepped up quite a bit!

 

[Strouty]

I am still fighting the fuel pump on the military forklift, the previous one had the wrong fitting wound in, going to try and do it right so if the pump gets replaced again I won’t have to go through this.

 

[Strouty]

Got the military forklift running, my Buddy had the correct fitting, glad that is functional. Brought the H-130 down to the bottom of the Hill and lift the box trailer up, put some **** under the jacks so I can hook up to it. Was much easier than any other solution.

 

[Strouty]

Not only did the H-130 lift the front of the trailers no problem, it also drove out of the softer material afterwards. Then to top that it drove up the driveway, in second gear no less. I think it might be able to do the Quonset hut hill, but I won’t try that until I have the Mitsu back up there, otherwise it would be trapped where I can’t use it.

 

[walrus]

Get some chains for it, might be hard on the concrete though

 

[Seagoon]

Not only did the H-130 lift the front of the trailers no problem, it also drove out of the softer material afterwards. Then to top that it drove up the driveway, in second gear no less. I think it might be able to do the Quonset hut hill, but I won’t try that until I have the Mitsu back up there, otherwise it would be trapped where I can’t use it.

It's good to hear of one of your purchases exceeding expectations. I like to hear you being chipper once in a while.

 

[Strouty]

Today turned out really well, my Brother came up and took all of the tough to get guy wire, I still have a decent amount that is on spools, hopefully they will take it as is and just knock off some money for the wood. I would like to get those gone before it snows if possible. The military forklift is fully functional again, the H130 has proven it was worth the effort, I got both of the trailers out from the bottom of the Hill. All in all a productive day and it is only 5:30. I have to shuffle a few things around, then so I am ready for tomorrow, but I am going home early tonight (famous last words).

 

[Strouty]

I got myself sidetracked, cleaning up things, changed all the lift pads and added the hangers for the truck adapters. I have a few more parts coming for the lift, the older short side of the lift pads had no lip on the edge and I didn’t like it. Technically there was one that did have them, but I changed them all out and kept one good one of each size.



I have one set of forks from the military forklifts, going to cut off the eyes and weld up some new 60” forks, hopefully that extra 20” will let me see the forks from the seat, it is pretty bad visibility wise right now. Also loaded up a shelf with all the parts for the GMC pickup, it is nice having space to put stuff that is out of the way, yet still accessible.

 

[Strouty]

Going to bed and no alarm set, doubt that will help, but whatever. More to come tomorrow.

 

[Strouty]

Got a little more sleep, the weather is supposed to be nice again today, always a good thing this time of year.

 

[walrus]

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Inverter generator, although it might be cheaper to just buy whatever tool in M18 you need to run on 120v

 

[Strouty]

I looked into that when it originally came out, it had some flaws that made it not for me, been so long I can't even remember what it was, seems like without a heavy load it shut off after a short period of time and there was something weird about charging as well. I generally don't need much more than my little Honda inverter and if I do, I would need a much, much bigger generator.

I am doing a quick bit of office work, then I am going to grab some breakfast, after that I will start looking over things on the military forklift. I need to load the tool box up, and figure out what to do about trailer hitches, I have an idea or three, but I don't have time to dedicate to starting a big project today. We are getting rain tomorrow, luckily I have planned the day out so it won't be wasted, unfortunately only one little part of it involves anything to do with either shop.

I am going to remove the tow bar from the rear of the forklift, it isn't something I will ever use, it is actually in the way more than anything. The pintle hitch is a decent height, but I will have to install a receiver tube to move most of the smaller trailers. I am thinking long term I might try and install a small wheel lift from a one ton wrecker, I have one that hasn't had a purpose yet.

 

[68400BIRD]

Just wondering, do you ever celebrate a weekend or do the days all mesh together like someone who’s retired

 

[Strouty]

I have almost always worked around the weather, so usually when it is good I am trying to do something, too hot or too cold and I slow down significantly. Fall and spring are my most productive months, I will probably take some time off for Christmas, but it is supposed to be 40, so not too much time.

I did pull off the tow bar, just so it is clear, the tow bar is to tow the forklift, not for the forklift to tow something else. The pintle was frozen up and tweaked to one side, got it back to working order. I am now working on the e-brake valve thingy, I don't have the proper wire, but I can get it locally today, so I am going to take a quick trip for that. If I can get the e-brake to work, even with a bit of temporary voodoo style wiring, then the forklift will be much more useful. I will have to address the forks, I might just be able to throw the extension on for now, not ideal, but could work. I suspect that normal things would be fine, but trying to lift something that is not normal will end up making trouble. I also need to address the fuel line, it is about four times longer than I need and has a tee in it for some unknown reason, I put a little glass filter in there for now, but ultimately I want a canister filter, for some reason they removed it. Now that the toolbox on the rear is accessible, it needs to be modified, the lid won't open enough to stay up, maybe one of those gas shock things would be the best bet. I have to remove it temporarily anyways to install the receiver tube, but like I said before, not today.

 

[Strouty]

The solenoid and wiring was messing with my head, glad I did a little more research before buying more wire, the solenoid has three prongs.

I wasn't sure how that would get hooked up, then I saw where someone mentioned to ignore the ground and just use the two other terminals, eureka. I tested it using my booster pack and "Look Ma, no wheel chocks!"



I think in order for this to be a "permanent solution you would need to have the normally closed valve rather than the normally open. You would give it power to open and use the brakes, then push the pedal and turn the power off and you would have a parking brake. The way it is now you draw voltage to keep the brakes on, no problem if the forklift is running, but not ideal for parking it for a while. I am still going to rebuild the manual system, that is the best way to do it for long term use. I did test it on the quonset hut road, it worked perfectly, but since I just had it rigged up with the booster pack I decided it wouldn't be worth the risk of taking a picture. Now I need to figure out where to get power from, then run wires to a switch. At least I know I can make it work and that is a lot better than it was yesterday.

 

[Strouty]

I have given up for now on the wiring, I don’t have a switch (well, can’t find one) and routing the wires isn’t exactly going well, I have tried to fish it two places so far and it gets stuck part way through. I will need to pull a floor panel off, then I can route it properly. The weather isn’t as great as expected and I need to get some stuff done outside, so I am going to regroup later, hopefully with a switch. What I had planned for today isn’t going to happen regardless, so I will concentrate on the big picture stuff that needs to be done (especially outside), then deal with the smaller stuff later. At least the forklift is inside and out of the weather to work on.

 

[rvieceli]

Hey Strouty, is that a hydraulic winch on the back end? Does it work? Looking good and even better if you get some inside shop time with it.

Ron

 

[Strouty]

It is a hydraulic winch and it does work.

I ended up having to clusterfack the wiring, I needed to use the forklift and it needed to have the ebrake. It works perfectly, but the installation is less than stellar, I taped the wire to the rops cage and used a switch from the dash that I had no idea what it did. Still starts, stops, and drives, so I guess it is ok. I have a few more things to shuffle at the bottom of the Hill and then I have to take Dad’s freightliner to his house and get the F-250 so I am ready for Monday.



I can almost get to the Drott, will have to do some work with the Mitsu, but I think it will be fairly easy to load, just have to figure out where I am taking it and what I am taking off it before it goes.

 

[Firstram]

and what I am taking off it before it goes.

1) Emergency brake switch!

 

[Strouty]

If only it had one.

Almost done shuffling, moving the big fire truck now, it isn’t charging, so I will need to do some troubleshooting at some point. It drove up the Hill perfectly, didn’t even chain the concrete block down.

 

[walrus]

You guys came up here to get that well worn out Drott. It was worn out long before you guys ever got it Tomorrow’s weather may be worse than last Monday, they are calling it a bomb cyclone,whatever that means.

 

[Strouty]

I am expecting fun driving conditions.