Old Man Roger
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A bottle with an aluminum cap is always a great party gag.lol
Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
xtremek
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My little brother was asked to start a bonfire around an old 10' tall stump surrounded by a bunch of dead branches we cleaned from a fence row. We poured gas on the brush pile and Dad handed him the matches. He got to the middle of the brush pile before we got him stopped. Should have seen his face when Dad threw the match on the pile. We're still a bunch of pyros.
bowtiguy
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1/2 full aerosol cans will get the attention of the states attorney. Even more so if its 2am and his bedroom window is within 50’ of the hot fire.
xtremek
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Do tell. Was a girl or alcohol involved?
As of yesterday things were going nice, this morning when I checked the weather forecast it had gone from a dusting to possibly 8" of wet heavy snow. I have been way too lucky and also way to dumb, basically pretending that winter isn't really here. I have to get a ton of stuff moved out of the way for plowing by tomorrow night, also have to get the snow tires on the plow, the sander in the bed, and the plow needs to go on as well. I did get some things moved at the Salvage Garage today, will need to go back over there tomorrow afternoon to finish up, it started raining and I got soaked. I am at the Hill now, just trying to get a few things done in preparation for an early morning.
The plow is on the yard *****, it didn't sag the front as bad as I thought that it would, I know the manufacturer did not approve a 9' 6" V plow for these trucks, the front tires are also a bit under inflated because all I do it plow with it and I get better traction that way.
The plow is on the yard *****, it didn't sag the front as bad as I thought that it would, I know the manufacturer did not approve a 9' 6" V plow for these trucks, the front tires are also a bit under inflated because all I do it plow with it and I get better traction that way.
Still at it, rain just stopped and it is still almost 40 out after midnight. I haven't spilled any oil on the floor yet, so I am ahead of the game. I want to go home and get some sleep, but will be back early for sure. The plan looks doable and I have things on the list that can be dropped if needed. Time is not my friend right now.
Finally got the big tank drained and the valve off, not to install the new one. Afterwards it can temporarily go outside while I shuffle things, going to need the lift to put the tires on the Ford.
Earlier I shuffled things around to make some room in the other bay, my pickup and the military forklift are going to weather the storm in the Quonset hut, that will save me some time rather than wasting it on creating space.
Earlier I shuffled things around to make some room in the other bay, my pickup and the military forklift are going to weather the storm in the Quonset hut, that will save me some time rather than wasting it on creating space.
Prospecter
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Calm before the storm. Can't complain too much. We've had an easy winter so far.
My complaint is the dang weather guessers, there was no indication that this one was going to hit us until Friday night, I know things shift, but there wasn't a lot of talk about it as it was supposed to be more north and we would just get a little bit, now it is totally reversed. I have what looks to be a solid plan, I do need to go to the Salvage Garage for a bit, but I am going to get everything prepped at the Hill first. I can say one thing for sure, I need to make one of those forklift trailer hitch adapters, would make the Quonset hut so much easier as Dad just piled boats in whatever way they fit at the time, no thought at all about trying to get at things (like the sander), at least I pulled the plow and snow tires out before he started, they would have been really buried otherwise. So far it looks like the wood chipper is really the only thing that was in the way. I would love to clean things up a bit more, especially since I have a nice little forklift that runs now. For right now, I am just going to get things put away that I can't have buried in a snow bank.
Dixie_Flatline
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Drill a hole in your fork and just put a ball in whenever you need to move trailers around. The weather guessers made no mention of us having snow in the forecast, woke up this morning to take the dog out and there's enough to cover the ground already. Nothing sticking to the roads, only thing I saw mentioned was just concerns of bitter cold.
If all I was doing was moving them around on a flat surface I would probably do that, I have ups and downs and left and right tilts, the ball wouldn't be too bad, but I need a pintle hitch for some trailers. Would do that with the ramp truck (using the stinger) and I lost a trailer a couple times, instantly turned into a mess.
Almost ready to head to the Salvage Garage, I am definitely not going to have much daylight, but it isn’t supposed to start snowing until well after dark, I am going to have to get some sleep at that point, looks like I will be plowing and snow blowing from about 3AM on. The temps are going to drop like a rock and I think if I don’t get it cleared ASAP the bankings will be a semi permanent fixture.
xtremek
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It's supposed to be a bit brisk around here too. Highs below 10 until Wednesday when we hit a balmy 15*F. Good luck and stay warm.
We are going to have a heat wave, highs will be almost 20.
I just changed the tires on the Ford, got the tailgate off, now I am going to head down to the quonset hut to put the plow on and then get the sander in the back. I just need to torque the lug nuts. The snow started a couple hours early and instead of getting to work at the Salvage Garage until it started snowing, I got there just after it started snowing.
Luckily I had spent time prepping on Saturday and I had everything ready to go, it took me about an hour and forty-five minutes to get everything buttoned up. I just wish I had been able to do it the week we had warm weather, but I got stuck on another project for Dad's company. I haven't slept since yesterday morning and it is catching up.
I just changed the tires on the Ford, got the tailgate off, now I am going to head down to the quonset hut to put the plow on and then get the sander in the back. I just need to torque the lug nuts. The snow started a couple hours early and instead of getting to work at the Salvage Garage until it started snowing, I got there just after it started snowing.
Luckily I had spent time prepping on Saturday and I had everything ready to go, it took me about an hour and forty-five minutes to get everything buttoned up. I just wish I had been able to do it the week we had warm weather, but I got stuck on another project for Dad's company. I haven't slept since yesterday morning and it is catching up.
kaymccampbell
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Same deal here. Maybe an inch. Can't go back to sleep. Have to take Harry's body to the crematorium.
I've run that fork truck beforeGot the sander ready, made enough room to get the military forklift inside as well as my pickup if needed.
Probably 6 inches of the white **** hereRichard Cranium
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who is Harry?
kaymccampbell
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That's like saying who is Jesus. Harry was our WHFT dog. He was Otto's adopted baby. He was a lovely, goofy kid. We all miss him.
bowtiguy
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LOTS of alcohol. 1st one was by mistake, next two were intentional.
Richard Cranium
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sorry to hear about your dog
So the electronic push button lock at the office had the battery get too cold and died without warning, no problem, just use the key, right? Problem, not one of the keys worked to open it, tried heating it, nope. Today was warmer, so I tried to heat it again, still blinks red designating critically low battery, locksmith says they are going to drill it out, so I decide to drill it myself and save the time and money. I get the pilot hole drilled and then move up to the larger bit to take out all the pins, as I am drilling the last part of the hole, I pump the keypad and it beeps, mother facker! You guessed it, my heating just needed more time and the freaking combo pad worked fine. Lesson learned in two ways, oh well at least I am inside now.
That’s awesome! Drill a hole through the door and hang the battery inside.
The battery is inside, it just transfers the cold through the steel better than the heat on the other side. Normally it will beeb and blink at you when it is time to change the battery, it must have been close and the cold pushed it over the edge. This particular door sees almost no sun during the winter, so it is extra chilly. I guess I have to install the spare key box I bought a long time ago. It is things like this you forget about, until it is too late.
Jim_No_Garage
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Then you will forget the combo to the key box and have to smash that open. I'm an optimist! I'm sure somethings gonna go wrong!
We were staying at an AirBnB recently and the keypad lock was acting wonky. We eventually figured out it was the batteries going bad and told the owner. I came home and changed the batteries in the keypad lock here immediately.
Cheers
Jim
I have ****** luck with batteries in electronic locks on my shop. They seem to eat batteries. I've had 3 different ones on there over the last 12 yrs or so. Thing is I rarely lock the shop up and when I do the POS doesn't work so I end locking the door from inside and going thru overhead door. The keypad on overhead works great, go figure
dr_clyde
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We had that recently, took the host like 4 or 5 hours to get someone out to fix it, then they tried to charge us almost $700 for "breaking the locks" among other stuff that was already broken when we got there.
Those battery keypads are a joke if you don't have a backup key or some way to override them on a dead battery.
**** airbnb. I'll just get a hotel.
kaymccampbell
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I've added a pair of contacts to the outside of one to power it when the battery is dead. I've also added a pair of contacts to just open one that was powered by a transformer, but the building constantly lost power.
FullRaceMerc
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I added a combo deadbolt to our shop a couple of months ago. It has no key, but has external contacts where you can touch a 9v battery to power it if the battery dies. Schlage must have copied @kaymccampbell 's plan. 
And I just installed one at our retirement place. Setting up access for some friends. It's a Kwikset with a smart key, so it was an easy rekey to match the master key already on my ring. I don't usually like the smartkey locks, since we do a lot of master key stuff, but for this it's fine. The programmable combos will handle anyone else, & my master will override if needed, since I can't ever find a key that I set aside for a special purpose.
And I just installed one at our retirement place. Setting up access for some friends. It's a Kwikset with a smart key, so it was an easy rekey to match the master key already on my ring. I don't usually like the smartkey locks, since we do a lot of master key stuff, but for this it's fine. The programmable combos will handle anyone else, & my master will override if needed, since I can't ever find a key that I set aside for a special purpose.
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kent_323is
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I run the keypads on my garage, sheds and shop building. Putting in the lithium batteries rated for cold weather helps immensely. I also have spare keys available as well just in case i'm locked out.
I have had issues when we've had a rain/ice storm with water getting inside the lock and freezing it up. Then the little spring and pawl doesn't work when the solenoid cycles. I've had a couple of them all apart to review when there's been issues.
When they work (which is most of the time) they are great.
I have had issues when we've had a rain/ice storm with water getting inside the lock and freezing it up. Then the little spring and pawl doesn't work when the solenoid cycles. I've had a couple of them all apart to review when there's been issues.
When they work (which is most of the time) they are great.
The spare key dilemma was basically all my fault, but the keypad not working is still a mystery as it works right now without any issues on the same batteries. It was like there was some other issue that was solved by destroying the key part of the lock. I haven't locked it yet, just keeping it set in the "passage" mode. I have a new setup and I was and will continue using the lithium battery, this time there is going to be more than one key in more than one location.
FullRaceMerc
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4.1 is a pretty good shake, especially if stuff isn't built for it. Did you have any damage?