drivesitfar
Well-known member
110 isn't bad if you aren't standing in water, but 220 will give you a kick. like you i agree and I don't plan on working on live lines again.
good luck with that!!
good luck with that!!
Above 1200 Sq/FT The Warthog Hidey Hole
- Thread starter jbmatth
- Start date
Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
Sadly I've been hit by both, the 220 was bad because I accidently created a direct short with my volt meter which proceeded to blow up in my face. A couple of burns and some arc flash but nothing permanent.
I've learned to not do that again. I suppose you can teach an old dog new tricks.
JB
mybigwarwagon
Well-known member
Years ago, I was installing a ceiling fan in my goddaughters bedroom. As I was on the ladder, holding the wires, their sweet mother came in the room. I heard, "It is dark in here" Then her husband yelled no. Then I was sitting in the toy box. She flipped the light switch to turn on the light.
Judging from the horrified looks on everyone's face, I may have said a dirty work on the way down.
Judging from the horrified looks on everyone's face, I may have said a dirty work on the way down.
Just like most of the mid-west it is quite cold out here and a bit of snow has started falling. The ice on the pond was thick enough I decided to go play for a minute and Cat decided to join me, Bear decided to stay warm in the house with Mama:
Cold? Why yes, this was my greeting this morning:
I did very little work this weekend in the shop, but did manage to get an oil change complete:
Lastly my newest license plate came in the mail, I did have to write a letter explaining it to them, but they still issued it:
That is all for now, stay warm ya'll,
JB
Cold? Why yes, this was my greeting this morning:
I did very little work this weekend in the shop, but did manage to get an oil change complete:
Lastly my newest license plate came in the mail, I did have to write a letter explaining it to them, but they still issued it:
That is all for now, stay warm ya'll,
JB
Attachments
Lastly my newest license plate came in the mail, I did have to write a letter explaining it to them, but they still issued it:
JB
This tops Chitbox....well done....well done!
Sent from The Garage Journal mobile app
OutlawDrifter
Well-known member
Hahahaha, I'd love to see the explanation!
drivesitfar
Well-known member
i've never seen an oil change need to take the tires off, but I know you like to do things over the top. 
once your little girls learn what all your license plates mean what then DAD?
i bet you'll have any of the young guys showing up at your place helping you clean your shotguns right?
cheers and STAY WARM!!
once your little girls learn what all your license plates mean what then DAD?
i bet you'll have any of the young guys showing up at your place helping you clean your shotguns right?
cheers and STAY WARM!!
I think Chitbox is better personally, but this one has a better story on actually being able to get it approved after the explanation below.
Ask and you shall receive:
"To Whom it May Concern,
"I will try to keep the explanation short as to why I chose the acronym for my personalized plate to not impede your business more than necessary. The acronym stands for three men that were great inspirations in my life. Charles O’Rear (CO), Ian Thompson (IT), and Uncle Sherm (US), please read on for further clarification.
"Charles O’Rear was a mentor early in my carrier, he instilled a business and investment sense that has served me well to date. He encouraged me to live a gratifying life that would be full of activity, friends, and most importantly fellowship. While living life in this manner he instilled the virtue of living below your means and saving heavily for your future. His encouragement has been a part of my life and helped me prepare for a happy and fruitful carrier and retirement to come soon.
Ian Thompson was a man that most wouldn’t believe could be a positive role model. I worked with him in my first job at a factory making portable wooden dollies while attending school. He was always willing to show how machines worked and was almost always had a joyous and playful mood. The reason most wouldn’t think of him as a positive role model was because he smoked like a chimney and drank like he didn’t want tomorrow to arrive. These two habits cost him everything in his life the “American Dream” is made of yet he retained his positive outlook on life. From him I learned moderation in vises, keeping a positive outlook, and to be thankful for what I have. Sadly, he passed before I could tell him of his impact on my life.
"The last is my Uncle Sherm, I worked with him as an adolescent in a variety of disciplines from ranch work, automotive restoration and maintenance, and even gardening to hearten wholesome living. He typically would start his day at 4 am and continue working until dusk only breaking for water and meals. This work ethic and schedule have been instrumental in allowing me to accomplish more tasks than my peers and standout in a tough working environment. It showed me how much can be completed in each day if the non-productive portions of the day are eliminated.
I strive to instill these values and habits in my own two young children to encourage happy and healthy growth all of which I’ve learned from these three men. I would ask that you please reconsider my personalized license plate choice based on the above reasoning. I wish all a bountiful and blessed day.
Regards,
JB"
i've never seen an oil change need to take the tires off, but I know you like to do things over the top.
once your little girls learn what all your license plates mean what then DAD?
i bet you'll have any of the young guys showing up at your place helping you clean your shotguns right?
cheers and STAY WARM!!
I rotated the tires as well while I had it on the lift, good timing all around for it.
I hope they laugh as much as I do at the plates, they have to grow up sometime.
Rather than that how about just have a 6' hole and have them help me throw something heavy wrapped in cloth and a tarp taped up into it, that should make a good point. 40 acres and a bag of lime, then plant an endangered plant over the top so it can't be disturbed.
JB
OutlawDrifter
Well-known member
JB, you sir, are a master wordsmith!
drivesitfar
Well-known member
we've been catching up on more than a few murder mystery shows this year that is for certain (Columbo, Monk, Midsomer Murders,...) so i hear you on the boyfriend training.
have you seen YELLOWSTONE with Costner where he owns a 50,000 acre ranch in Montana? it's got most of everything you'd like a show to have if you have time to watch it.
I was pulling your chain a bit with the tire rotation or change and just wishing I had a big shop with a lift to do that job as easily.
stay warm cause it looks like this cold blast is going to be in your area for a while.
cheers
have you seen YELLOWSTONE with Costner where he owns a 50,000 acre ranch in Montana? it's got most of everything you'd like a show to have if you have time to watch it.
I was pulling your chain a bit with the tire rotation or change and just wishing I had a big shop with a lift to do that job as easily.
stay warm cause it looks like this cold blast is going to be in your area for a while.
cheers
Thank you Outlaw, it was certainly a fun time writing it and pulling all of that information together for them. I'd say about 85% of the letter is true, but it didn't quite happen to or for those people in that way, oh well it is mine now.
I'd be thrilled to be inside during all of this, but that isn't in the cards, still making sure the horses have water and feeding them as my wife has had to cover shifts for her employees that are calling in. Funny how some can make it 15 miles from the country with a car but 4wd truck drivers don't even attempt to make it to work. Now she is stuck working 16 hour days to keep the place running.
I think I'd like Yellowstone from what people at work have said, but I don't want to pay for anymore TV or shows than we do between Netflix and Amazon Prime.
I certainly enjoy the lift for oil changes, but I'd guess I've only used it for half of the oil changes I've done since getting it installed. It seems like more often than not there is something there for long term work.
JB
drivesitfar
Well-known member
we watched Yellowstone on Netflix a few months ago and watched all 3 seasons in a week or two and they do leave you hanging a bit for season 4 that is supposed to be out at the end of 2021 i think.
that said my 30 year old son and his new girlfriend flew up from California for Christmas and while staying with us for a few days they binge watched it almost all Christmas day on PEACOCK (free, but with commercials) and they both said it was the BEST Christmas present ever.
it's pretty good, but i'm not going to any dude ranch for the experience and catching the train (you'll know what I mean when you see the show).
sorry your bride is picking up the ball for the slackers cause there are more than a few now a days.
have a great day!!
that said my 30 year old son and his new girlfriend flew up from California for Christmas and while staying with us for a few days they binge watched it almost all Christmas day on PEACOCK (free, but with commercials) and they both said it was the BEST Christmas present ever.
it's pretty good, but i'm not going to any dude ranch for the experience and catching the train (you'll know what I mean when you see the show).
sorry your bride is picking up the ball for the slackers cause there are more than a few now a days.
have a great day!!
Grizz1963
Well-known member
Love the new plate JB.
Simple and respectful of those who mentored you.
Simple and respectful of those who mentored you.
I thought Yellowstone was an additional cost that you had to buy on top of the normal service, is that not the case?
She has had to cover many shifts over the past year due to COVID and it is really wearing on her. Sadly being on salary she doesn't get anything extra for the extra work she is covering. Ticks me off her owners don't give her anything for the hundreds of extra hours she has put in even though they are actually saving money by not having to pay anyone for a shift.
Well a lot of that specifics are true, but the names don't really apply to the events, but I needed the acronym to spell the word.
JB
jon72vega
Well-known member
JB,
You truly are the master of personalized license plates.
I'm flabbergasted that the Oklahoma DMV let that one thru.
You truly are the master of personalized license plates.
I'm flabbergasted that the Oklahoma DMV let that one thru.
Thank you jon04, I'm still surprised they issued it to me, but I don't want to send it back.
Now to think of the next round of plates to request. 
All,
Well it was another cold one, only the second time I've seen temps like this in my life:
Horses were happy to get to see me yesterday when I got home:
I was surprised to see the front door this morning, frost on the glass is one thing, but frost on the door itself:
Stay strong everyone going through this cold, it is no joke, even my gas powered truck isn't happy starting in this weather.
JB
Attachments
drivesitfar
Well-known member
when you are not keeping all the animals warm and fed and keeping your pipes from busting you should be able to watch YELLOWSTONE for free on PEACOCK.
I just checked if it was still on Peacock and all 3 seasons are (about 10 or so episodes per season if I recall). you'll just have to watch a few commercials which I didn't when it was on Netflix.
all the characters develop pretty nicely and it's got a WILD WEST THEME you might like. my wife is a lot like BETH (not in everyway thank GOD) so I can relate to Riff's character.
best of luck with the super low temps!!
stay warm
I just checked if it was still on Peacock and all 3 seasons are (about 10 or so episodes per season if I recall). you'll just have to watch a few commercials which I didn't when it was on Netflix.
all the characters develop pretty nicely and it's got a WILD WEST THEME you might like. my wife is a lot like BETH (not in everyway thank GOD) so I can relate to Riff's character.
best of luck with the super low temps!!
stay warm
I'll see drives, hadn't heard of Peacock before. With the huge increase in natural gas demand the power companies aren't producing like they should here so they have done rolling blackouts in some areas around and my house was supposed to be on that list. We have backup propane only heat and I have a little generator that is 110v to run necesities when the power goes out. Problem is the well pump house is all 220v, the heater runs off of one leg of that, not good to loose power in these conditions. I stacked hay all around it and crossed my fingers, luckily we never lost power and all was thawed today when I got up for work. Crisis averted for now.
We will see how the next few days turn out, it could be a while before I have "free time" to relax with all the problems we are having at work.
JB
drivesitfar
Well-known member
losing power would not be good at those below freezing temps that is for certain. if this could happen often you might consider buying another bigger generator for the pump and/or emergencies.
Peacock is an NBC channel that I think they are setting up sort of like HBO, Netflix and so on. it's been free in our cable package so far, but like I mentioned there are a few commercials stuck in the movies and shows you can't fast forward through.
keep warm!!
Peacock is an NBC channel that I think they are setting up sort of like HBO, Netflix and so on. it's been free in our cable package so far, but like I mentioned there are a few commercials stuck in the movies and shows you can't fast forward through.
keep warm!!
Drives,
This is the first time this has happened since moving here and the only time ol' timers have mentioned it happening. I heard a good idea that I could install a small solar panel with a battery to run a lamp switched off of a thermal switch to make up for the loss of electricity.
I would like to get a much bigger generator that may just so happen to be able to weld with and wouldn't be much more than just the generator. Time will tell if I can justify it though. To hook it up to the pump and house would take some pretty big rewiring that would be a big expensive project. If it came down to it I could use my current generator to run the heater in the pump house and the watering trough heater. But all is well now and we should see 15°F (-9.5°C) so hopefully through the toughest part of this weather.
JB
This is the first time this has happened since moving here and the only time ol' timers have mentioned it happening. I heard a good idea that I could install a small solar panel with a battery to run a lamp switched off of a thermal switch to make up for the loss of electricity.
I would like to get a much bigger generator that may just so happen to be able to weld with and wouldn't be much more than just the generator. Time will tell if I can justify it though. To hook it up to the pump and house would take some pretty big rewiring that would be a big expensive project. If it came down to it I could use my current generator to run the heater in the pump house and the watering trough heater. But all is well now and we should see 15°F (-9.5°C) so hopefully through the toughest part of this weather.
JB
drivesitfar
Well-known member
hopefully you are nice and warm, critters you like are all alive and well, and no plumbing or other issues while you ride out this MIDWEST FREEZE.
Drives,
Thanks for dropping me a line, I am doing okay, not staying out of the cold too much though. I'll be working 7 days a week for a while now as we suffered some damages due to the cold like many industries have around here. Otherwise no damages to the house or animals, just glad to finely be on the warm side of this winter now.
JB
Thanks for dropping me a line, I am doing okay, not staying out of the cold too much though. I'll be working 7 days a week for a while now as we suffered some damages due to the cold like many industries have around here. Otherwise no damages to the house or animals, just glad to finely be on the warm side of this winter now.
JB
mybigwarwagon
Well-known member
Glad to hear there are no damages. Good luck with work.
don long
Well-known member
From where I sit I can't imagine what it's like in minus temperatures good luck with that!!
I was thrilled with no damages at home either. Sadly work didn't fair as well, we have dozens of lines split from the water in them freezing. Should be a fun time fixing everything for a while.
I hope to never experience temperatures below freezing either, but sadly we do get them from time to time. I've had a few winters here where it'll never get to the single digits and rarely in the teens. Others are like this, no fun. Hopefully I'll be able to get to working on cars in the shop soon though.
JB
Not much going on at home for now due to work so I thought I'd share a quick story. We bought a new Maytag high capacity washer a few years ago when our last one was too much trouble to keep running. A few months ago the belt started to slip from what I suspect was too high capacity.
Friday the 12th the belt gave in and broke, shame on me for not ordering one sooner, but ordered one with Prime to be delivered on the 16th. On the 16th, no show, 17th I received a message it would be there by 9pm, no show. No info for the next two days so on the 20th they issued a refund and I ordered a new one to be delivered on the 25th.
Low and behold I receive a message yesterday the 22nd the package is out for delivery, check the status and it had gone from locally to Salt Lake City, Ut. to Louisville, Ky. then to Tulsa, Ok. then Oklahoma City and finely back local again.
Delivered yesterday and installed, washing machine works great again and I'll have a spare belt to ensure this one never breaks again.
Many long days in the future for me, many industries such as mine are struggling from Oklahoma to Texas and Louisiana. Gas is already up nearly a quarter around here and I suspect it'll only go higher in the near future. I'm supposed to only be 2 weeks away from starting my 7-13 schedule for 8 weeks so I doubt much will get done other than emergencies for a bit now. Yeah!
JB
Friday the 12th the belt gave in and broke, shame on me for not ordering one sooner, but ordered one with Prime to be delivered on the 16th. On the 16th, no show, 17th I received a message it would be there by 9pm, no show. No info for the next two days so on the 20th they issued a refund and I ordered a new one to be delivered on the 25th.
Low and behold I receive a message yesterday the 22nd the package is out for delivery, check the status and it had gone from locally to Salt Lake City, Ut. to Louisville, Ky. then to Tulsa, Ok. then Oklahoma City and finely back local again.
Delivered yesterday and installed, washing machine works great again and I'll have a spare belt to ensure this one never breaks again.Many long days in the future for me, many industries such as mine are struggling from Oklahoma to Texas and Louisiana. Gas is already up nearly a quarter around here and I suspect it'll only go higher in the near future. I'm supposed to only be 2 weeks away from starting my 7-13 schedule for 8 weeks so I doubt much will get done other than emergencies for a bit now. Yeah!
JB
Grizz1963
Well-known member
Morning mate
Looking at it from here, I guess the important stuff is fixing the machine, eventually.
And having a job.
Looking at it from here, I guess the important stuff is fixing the machine, eventually.
And having a job.
drivesitfar
Well-known member
great fix on the washer!! just an FYI we bought a set of Speed Queen commercial washer and dryer when we moved here in 1987 and about 5 years ago we replaced them and they were still working somewhat ok with another set of Speed Queen which I can't say enough good things about in case you need to ever replace yours.
I hear you about the deliveries cause I sent a package to just outside of San Francisco to a friend and it was supposed to arrive at his place 4-5 days later. 2 days later it arrived in San Francisco and then nothing for a week, then two so I called USPS and asked what was going on even though my friend wasn't in a hurry for the package and they said they'd look into it. well it arrived 5 weeks from the day I sent it with NO EXPLAINATION. I guess at least it arrived and the excuse was COVID.
sorry to hear your work is mainly doing repairs, but I have no idea what a 7-13 work schedule means so care to enlighten this old guy?
thanks for the smoke signal even though you are not pulling an engine or fixing a mower.
take care!
I hear you about the deliveries cause I sent a package to just outside of San Francisco to a friend and it was supposed to arrive at his place 4-5 days later. 2 days later it arrived in San Francisco and then nothing for a week, then two so I called USPS and asked what was going on even though my friend wasn't in a hurry for the package and they said they'd look into it. well it arrived 5 weeks from the day I sent it with NO EXPLAINATION. I guess at least it arrived and the excuse was COVID.
sorry to hear your work is mainly doing repairs, but I have no idea what a 7-13 work schedule means so care to enlighten this old guy?
thanks for the smoke signal even though you are not pulling an engine or fixing a mower.
take care!
Having a job is nice, I'm not a fan of giving up my shop to live in a van by the river. But if it was a van like Mark is building, I could stand it.
I'd considered getting an industrial or commercial washer when we bought our pair, but it just wasn't in the cards at the time. I'm quite disgusted with what has happened to the residential appliance market in the last couple decades. I don't need all of the computers and fancy pieces included now, there is a lot to be said for simplicity.
During highly intense periods of work such as what we have now unplanned and in a few weeks for planned work we work longer hours than normal. Usually days and nights with the crafts working 10-12 hour days and staff working 13-14 hour days so we can gather the information from the crafts then put it in a report to hand over to our counterparts on the other shift. This goes on for 7 days a week hence the 7-13 schedule. I don't have a counterpart on nights for the time being so I'm only working 13 hour days.
When on a big outage such as the one coming up if I'm working it as an engineer I'd have to work 14's, but as a coordinator of the work I only have to do 13's. We are limited to 14 days in a row and must take the 15th day off, or what we usually do is work 13 days in a row and take the 14th off to keep a standard 2 week schedule. Makes for some long days, weeks, and sometimes months.
JB
drivesitfar
Well-known member
I totally agree that our QUALITY has dipped far below acceptable the last few decades and it won't get better until we quit importing junk or maybe getting our factories back here without all the attorneys and government making it impossible for them to make quality and keep in business.
ok funny you should say that about computer or fancy gadgets cause when we bought our first set of Speed Queens we were only 32 and we liked the bells and whistles and modern push buttons. they didn't work great after a few years, but washer did and we figured out how to work around them. THEN when we bought new ones we bought the best guts so to speak and the MANUAL bare bones controls.
that's a ton of work you and your wife are doing and even though i'm guessing you are making decent money it almost seems like you should be running your own business with those hours and getting compound wages so to speak.
I was self employed for years and did ok, but I did find out the value of a good medical package from an employer and a few other things that come with owning your own business that had me wondering if I could have done better working for someone.
too late for me so i'll just get up every day to live, learn and maybe get something done all while trying to smile.
cheers!
ok funny you should say that about computer or fancy gadgets cause when we bought our first set of Speed Queens we were only 32 and we liked the bells and whistles and modern push buttons. they didn't work great after a few years, but washer did and we figured out how to work around them. THEN when we bought new ones we bought the best guts so to speak and the MANUAL bare bones controls.
that's a ton of work you and your wife are doing and even though i'm guessing you are making decent money it almost seems like you should be running your own business with those hours and getting compound wages so to speak.
I was self employed for years and did ok, but I did find out the value of a good medical package from an employer and a few other things that come with owning your own business that had me wondering if I could have done better working for someone.
too late for me so i'll just get up every day to live, learn and maybe get something done all while trying to smile.
cheers!
I hear you, it is tough to build anything in the US any longer, but that is an entire other soapbox.
Wife doesn't work in the same industry as I do and have pretty much mutually exclusive jobs and sectors of the economy. She does have to work too much as well and would happily take a different position if one came available that was only a 4-50 hour job where she wasn't on call 24-7.
The way my job works I am salary so no paid overtime typically. When the powers that be deem it necessary they can claim it as a high intensity work period. What this means is that for anything over 50 hours a week I get paid my hourly rate based on a 40 hour work week. Sadly what is happening now isn't currently deemed a high intensity work period thus no extra pay. The outage this spring "should" be considered one so it'll be nice to get a few extra dollars for the crazy hours.
My wife on the other hand doesn't get anything extra even when she has to cover shifts and work 3-4 jobs over 2 shifts which is very frustrating. Normally her bosses would have to pay someone say $10 an hour for those extra 2-3 jobs but she gets jack squat for covering them. The bosses/owners save many thousands of dollars a year with her extra work and give her a pat on the back.
Okay off of that soapbox as well.
JB
Wife doesn't work in the same industry as I do and have pretty much mutually exclusive jobs and sectors of the economy. She does have to work too much as well and would happily take a different position if one came available that was only a 4-50 hour job where she wasn't on call 24-7.
The way my job works I am salary so no paid overtime typically. When the powers that be deem it necessary they can claim it as a high intensity work period. What this means is that for anything over 50 hours a week I get paid my hourly rate based on a 40 hour work week. Sadly what is happening now isn't currently deemed a high intensity work period thus no extra pay. The outage this spring "should" be considered one so it'll be nice to get a few extra dollars for the crazy hours.
My wife on the other hand doesn't get anything extra even when she has to cover shifts and work 3-4 jobs over 2 shifts which is very frustrating. Normally her bosses would have to pay someone say $10 an hour for those extra 2-3 jobs but she gets jack squat for covering them. The bosses/owners save many thousands of dollars a year with her extra work and give her a pat on the back.
Okay off of that soapbox as well.
JB
Things are slowly starting to come together at work which is a nice change of pace. I was able to get out a little earlier than normal and had plenty on my to do list. I pulled Little Bo Jeep in for an oil change as I doubt it has been changed in 4 years. 
Although old it still looked good and flowed fine so shouldn't be too big of a deal hopefully. I've only driven it maybe 50 miles including the 30 mile drive home so time will tell.
After that I pulled the Chitbox in to finish some odds and ends on it before putting it away in the new barn for a few month, more to come on that front. Just trying to keep busy and not fall too far behind in the crazy recovery from this last round of crazy weather.
JB
Although old it still looked good and flowed fine so shouldn't be too big of a deal hopefully. I've only driven it maybe 50 miles including the 30 mile drive home so time will tell.
After that I pulled the Chitbox in to finish some odds and ends on it before putting it away in the new barn for a few month, more to come on that front. Just trying to keep busy and not fall too far behind in the crazy recovery from this last round of crazy weather.
JB
Attachments
Saturday was my only day off in the last two weeks and I had my plate full. I started off by going to pick up a couple of pieces of equipment for the 4010 tractor, got both of the Festivas moved to the barn, and went for a drive on the mini bike waiting for the girls to make it home. So what did I get? I had been looking for a while for a bale spear for the front end loaded and finely came across one for a good deal:
It'll make moving round bails a bit easier than just the rear spike I have now, and I'll be able to move two at a time. Next up I found a ripper or subsoiler for sale that had been beefed up quite a bit, cost more than what this one did new, but weighs about twice as much now so I can't complain. Here is what it looks like:
All of these old footings are near where I cleaned all of the concrete out last year but wasn't able to easily get these removed, well now is the time, you start about 3' behind the object, lower the 3 point and pull forward:
As I hook it I start to raise it up and then very slowly pull forward to pop the pieces out:
Simple as that and much quicker than using pry bars and I can actually get a bite on it where the bucket just couldn't quite do it on its own. I also decided to take the mini bike for a spin around the block and explore a little bit:
All in all a pretty good day and to finish it off I tried out a recent present and air fryer on some steaks and watched back to the future 2 with the girls.
JB
It'll make moving round bails a bit easier than just the rear spike I have now, and I'll be able to move two at a time. Next up I found a ripper or subsoiler for sale that had been beefed up quite a bit, cost more than what this one did new, but weighs about twice as much now so I can't complain. Here is what it looks like:
All of these old footings are near where I cleaned all of the concrete out last year but wasn't able to easily get these removed, well now is the time, you start about 3' behind the object, lower the 3 point and pull forward:
As I hook it I start to raise it up and then very slowly pull forward to pop the pieces out:
Simple as that and much quicker than using pry bars and I can actually get a bite on it where the bucket just couldn't quite do it on its own. I also decided to take the mini bike for a spin around the block and explore a little bit:
All in all a pretty good day and to finish it off I tried out a recent present and air fryer on some steaks and watched back to the future 2 with the girls.
JB
Attachments
drivesitfar
Well-known member
it's amazing what you can get done in a DAY.
AND you were able to take a little spin and smell the roses so to speak.
AND you were able to take a little spin and smell the roses so to speak.
OutlawDrifter
Well-known member
JB, base on my calculations, 2 bales at a time should speed up your work by DOUBLE! 
That ripper shank definitely has some iron in it!
That ripper shank definitely has some iron in it!
No rest for the wicked Drives, lots can get done if I'm not lazy, just gotta keep moving.
JB, base on my calculations, 2 bales at a time should speed up your work by DOUBLE!
That ripper shank definitely has some iron in it!
It sure should speed things up a good bit, I haven't ever installed one of them, so hopefully they work as planned, time will tell. The ripper surely has a bunch of extra steel in it, aught to be tougher to break than the standard one would be. It works great for this concrete, I'm interested to see how it does on some tree stumps.
JB
XJSuperman
Well-known member
It'll be good for your horse pasture someday too, help break the compaction.
Getting new tractor attachments is always a good day.
Getting new tractor attachments is always a good day.
Sifan
Well-known member
Can't remember if your 4010 is wide front end or narrow?
If wide front end, with all that extra weight, tie rods are a known weak spot. If you don't have one, might want to inventory a spare for when you need it. Avoid the temptation to beef up the tie rods because then the steering arms break.
With the ripper, go slow, don't let the front end come back over you, it can happen that quick.
If wide front end, with all that extra weight, tie rods are a known weak spot. If you don't have one, might want to inventory a spare for when you need it. Avoid the temptation to beef up the tie rods because then the steering arms break.
With the ripper, go slow, don't let the front end come back over you, it can happen that quick.
mybigwarwagon
Well-known member
New tractor toys are always fun