Duck Pond Redneckery

[389 Hood]

I have a magnet on wheels with a handle like a push broom so I went over there with it but he said it's just a retainer clip and he was about to go to Ace Hardware and get another one.

Something similar to what a roofer uses to police your yard for nails after they rip the old roof deck off. My roofer left his with me overnight so I could really work the yard over. I didn't want Ranger getting old rusted nails in his feet, or me either. But, I also ended up with about 4 pounds of the screws they use when installing a metal roof.

We used to call those 'Jesus clips'. When it snaps off, it flies who knows where. "Jesus Christ, where did that damned thing go".

 

[Electric Chicken]

The third one is a T-2000 and the guy is out there almost every day working on it.

He's kept a generator there for several years now. It just sits out in the weather. I think he uses it to start the truck every day because he doesn't want to buy new batteries.

A couple weeks ago I was out in the yard and he was yelling at his adult son (who I think is autistic) to "FIND THE DAMN THING" and the son was on his hands and knees in the gravel.

I have a magnet on wheels with a handle like a push broom so I went over there with it but he said it's just a retainer clip and he was about to go to Ace Hardware and get another one.

Sounds like every T2000 and its owner I've ever seen.

 

[389 Hood]

A football helmet on wheels. What an ugly POS they are. Akin to a Tesla IMHO.

 

[Duck]

Something similar to what a roofer uses to police your yard for nails after they rip the old roof deck off. My roofer left his with me overnight so I could really work the yard over. I didn't want Ranger getting old rusted nails in his feet, or me either. But, I also ended up with about 4 pounds of the screws they use when installing a metal roof.

We used to call those 'Jesus clips'. When it snaps off, it flies who knows where. "Jesus Christ, where did that damned thing go".

Yeah that's what it's for.

I go around my burn pile with it periodically. 99% of what I burn is from trimming my 27 trees and picking up the litter from the silver maples after the wind exceeds 5 mph

But sometimes I burn stuff like old rotted pallets, pieces of wood fence, etc that leaves nails behind.

Like once every 5 years I get a dumpster and use the tractor to get rid of the mound of ash. I walk around with the magnet and pick up tons of nails.

Then I loosen up the dirt a little bit with a garden rake and push the magnet around again and pick up even more nails.

 

[Reptar]

Sounds like every T2000 and its owner I've ever seen.

I worked for Kenworth as a mechanic when those turds came out. Every time I see one still rolling around I die a little more inside.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Yeah that's what it's for.

I go around my burn pile with it periodically. 99% of what I burn is from trimming my 27 trees and picking up the litter from the silver maples after the wind exceeds 5 mph

But sometimes I burn stuff like old rotted pallets, pieces of wood fence, etc that leaves nails behind.

Like once every 5 years I get a dumpster and use the tractor to get rid of the mound of ash. I walk around with the magnet and pick up tons of nails.

Then I loosen up the dirt a little bit with a garden rake and push the magnet around again and pick up even more nails.

I burn cans because I'm too lazy to peel the labels off.

 

[389 Hood]

I burn cans because I'm too lazy to peel the labels off.

Do you have forced recycling up there? If you don't want to be a greenie, just toss the can, label and all into the trash.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Do you have forced recycling up there? If you don't want to be a greenie, just toss the can, label and all into the trash.

I was being sarcastic. I hate the environment.

 

[389 Hood]

I don't hate the environment at all. It supports me and all around me. I do what I can on my end. I do recycle and no, I won't peel the paper label off of a can. Someone gets paid to do that out of my county real estate taxes for the waste management pick-up. I don't want them to think I'm moving in on their union job or even making it any easier.

If you really hate the environment, get yourself a 1980's Cat 3606B and pull the fuel regulator screw out of the pump and watch that kitty litter blow out of the pipes!

 

[Electric Chicken]

To actually answer your question, we don't have forced recycling. However I buy so much online that I do break down my cardboard and take it to the recycler. Not just for the environment but to reduce my garbage. I store it until there's enough to load up and be worth the trip.

 

[Duck]

@Electric Chicken I was playing around with the projector screen and my phone camera

This plant is called "tree of heaven" but it's an invasive species that destroys underground infrastructure with its roots, so I cut it.

I was about to toss it on the burn pile and decided it's cool looking & I should take pictures.



The background is just a blank white screen.

Below is the plant in front of the screen with the previous picture projected on the screen.



Repeated once more

 

[Duck]

Top Pic is just the plain white background, screen illuminated white by the projector and the lights in the shop all turned on.



And here's some other pictures taken with the plant in front of the screen image of itself.





I used the ladder to take the pictures.

 

[Duck]

And just in case @GAnthony isnt pissed enough, here's even more pictures.

 

[GAnthony]

And just in case @GAnthony isnt pissed enough, here's even more pictures.

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who da fuck takes pictures of fucking tree branches..???

a fucking moron, that's who da fuck..........

jesus h. fucking christ....fucking tree branch fucking pictures........


god damned fucking word fucking filter......

 

[Duck]

who da **** takes pictures of ****ing tree branches..???

a ****ing moron, that's who da ****..........

jesus h. ****ing christ....****ing tree branch ****ing pictures........


god damned ****ing word ****ing filter......

 

[Duck]

I didn't think you could run those little one lungers that high.

I had a buddy with a 56 BelAir with a 265ci V-8 and that thing would turn 6500 and still stay together. Old American iron, you can't beat it.

I ran flathead Briggs engines with their governors bypassed, just wide open on various go-karts, and every 3 hp push mower I ever had as a kid had a piece of wire on the throttle plate so I could momentarily hold it wide open through thick grass. Never blew one up.

Except my friend had a flathead 5 hp on a go kart that threw a rod. But they were running it without the shroud. They'd put the shroud on just to use the recoil starter, then pull it off because they lost the bolts. The shroud directs wind from the fan blades on the flywheel to make it blow across the cylinder fins. So it overheated. The rod went through the engine block and got lodged in the temporary seat backrest I made out of a 2x12 after the original plastic one broke off in a crash.

They don't make flathead engines any more that I'm aware of. Everything is OHV, made by Honda or copied from Honda.

Same 3600 RPM governor but they make racing flywheels for them that are designed for 9000 RPM.
To get 9000 RPM out of one though, you need to rebuild the whole thing though. Motorcycle style slide carburetor, tighter valve springs, physically remove the governor parts inside the engine, and a billet connecting rod I think.

I don't plan to do that. There's no reason to. Why would I want to get 15 hp out of a 7 hp engine, when I can just go buy a 15 hp engine for less than I'd spend building up a 7 hp?

Of course, a 15 hp won't fit in my minibike, but I don't want it to go any faster than it already goes anyway.

45 mph is just right. The fork angle is too steep for high speeds anyway. It'll get the shimmys I bet. I want to be able to ride it drunk. Going 70 mph on that thing would be dangerous enough sober.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I ran flathead Briggs engines with their governors bypassed, just wide open on various go-karts, and every 3 hp push mower I ever had as a kid had a piece of wire on the throttle plate so I could momentarily hold it wide open through thick grass. Never blew one up.

Except my friend had a flathead 5 hp on a go kart that threw a rod. But they were running it without the shroud. They'd put the shroud on just to use the recoil starter, then pull it off because they lost the bolts. The shroud directs wind from the fan blades on the flywheel to make it blow across the cylinder fins. So it overheated. The rod went through the engine block and got lodged in the temporary seat backrest I made out of a 2x12 after the original plastic one broke off in a crash.

They don't make flathead engines any more that I'm aware of. Everything is OHV, made by Honda or copied from Honda.

Same 3600 RPM governor but they make racing flywheels for them that are designed for 9000 RPM.
To get 9000 RPM out of one though, you need to rebuild the whole thing though. Motorcycle style slide carburetor, tighter valve springs, physically remove the governor parts inside the engine, and a billet connecting rod I think.

I don't plan to do that. There's no reason to. Why would I want to get 15 hp out of a 7 hp engine, when I can just go buy a 15 hp engine for less than I'd spend building up a 7 hp?

Of course, a 15 hp won't fit in my minibike, but I don't want it to go any faster than it already goes anyway.

45 mph is just right. The fork angle is too steep for high speeds anyway. It'll get the shimmys I bet. I want to be able to ride it drunk. Going 70 mph on that thing would be dangerous enough sober.

70mph might suck but I bet it feels better drunk than sober.

 

[389 Hood]

I don't plan to do that. There's no reason to. Why would I want to get 15 hp out of a 7 hp engine, when I can just go buy a 15 hp engine for less than I'd spend building up a 7 hp?

I guess for the same reason these dudes hook in tuners to an otherwise stock Ford EcoBoost, pump it up to 700HP, blow it up, then wonder why. Well, duh, it wasn't built for that. Buy an engine that was.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I guess for the same reason these dudes hook in tuners to an otherwise stock Ford EcoBoost, pump it up to 700HP, blow it up, then wonder why. Well, duh, it wasn't built for that. Buy an engine that was.

Idiots. I'd be perfectly okay with 695hp.

 

[Duck]

70mph might suck but I bet it feels better drunk than sober.

Well there's no front brake. Just a rear, and it's cable operated. The cable housing shrinks in length slightly, just enough to make the brake not work well.

With it adjusted so the shoes are almost dragging on the inside of the drum when released, it won't lock up on pavement with the handlebar lever pulled all the way in so it's touching the grip.

That's OK if there's a front brake doing most of the work though.

There's a front brake kit, but it's for a different brand of minibike. I need to find where they sell Coleman mini bikes and get some measurements from one's front fork to see if it'll fit my Massimo.

With a good working front brake, yeah maybe then I can tinker with the engine a little. I'd like more power but at the same RPM.

It's only good for back road cruising here in flat Illinois. It would suck if I took it somewhere hilly.