Duck
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That's Matt on the mower. I know it's hard to tell us apart because we both had the same haircut, but I was the one on the trailer, holding that beer can with two hands like it was something else.
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Duck
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Hey @SkateBoard, here's some more Green Acres stuff for ya'.
Since I broke the mower's hood trying to move it when it's tires were frozen to the trailer floor last winter, I had nothing for headlights. The original headlights were two automotive tail light bulbs in a plastic housing. You could see about 6 feet.
Here's what I did tonight.
Since I broke the mower's hood trying to move it when it's tires were frozen to the trailer floor last winter, I had nothing for headlights. The original headlights were two automotive tail light bulbs in a plastic housing. You could see about 6 feet.
Here's what I did tonight.
Duck
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Southern Fried
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Buy???? Somebody here said "Buy"?? 
Ya don't Buy stuff. Ya onny Buy tools. With tools ya build stuff. The more tools ya got the more better ya kin build stuff. All kindsa tools, sometimes even ones that ya might not need "right now" but someday might come in handy. hecl, sometime such tools can inspire a build that neither you or the original manufacturer ever thought of.
Ya don't Buy stuff. Ya onny Buy tools. With tools ya build stuff. The more tools ya got the more better ya kin build stuff. All kindsa tools, sometimes even ones that ya might not need "right now" but someday might come in handy. hecl, sometime such tools can inspire a build that neither you or the original manufacturer ever thought of.
Southern Fried
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Here's a question for all the rednecks, near rednecks and wannabe's amongst us.
What's your favorite tool in your collection? You know; the one that is most used, most versatile, wonder how you ever got along without?
What's your favorite tool in your collection? You know; the one that is most used, most versatile, wonder how you ever got along without?
Blood
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Duck
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Yeah like my engine hoist. Some farmer was selling termaters & corn in his driveway a few years ago & he had that engine hoist for sale $25. I had no intention of swapping motors on a car, and it's too small to lift an engine out of a pickup unless I take it's wheels off & set it down on it's brake rotors, but hell, it's an engine hoist for $25. So I bought it. Never did anything with it.Buy???? Somebody here said "Buy"??
Ya don't Buy stuff. Ya onny Buy tools. With tools ya build stuff. The more tools ya got the more better ya kin build stuff. All kindsa tools, sometimes even ones that ya might not need "right now" but someday might come in handy. hecl, sometime such tools can inspire a build that neither you or the original manufacturer ever thought of.
Then when I needed to come up with a way to lift my tractor's outer rims & liquid filled tires, weighing about 500 lbs or so, back up onto the tractor & be able to wiggle it into place so the bolt holes line up, I looked over at that engine hoist. ...
Well, ... some smart-asses are going to say duct tape. But being serious, well I'd have to lump all my wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers & stuff into one. Can't get along with those.
I gotta say it's my oxygen/acetylene rig. Except for the tanks that get swapped out when empty, I've had that rig since I was 14. After learning how to weld steel with fire in high school, I mowed lawns to earn the money to buy the torch handle, welding/brazing/cutting/heating tips, hoses & regulators. And to lease the tanks. I made my own tank cart.
Southern Fried
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Ah yes, the good ol acetylene wrench. One of the most educational tools ever. How so, you ask..... well..... once you're under a car/truck busily cutting off an exhaust pipe, etc and you notice the smell of burning cloth, glance down and discover your pants leg is on fire.... you learn real fast not to stand under the torch again. 
One of the most educational tools ever. How so, you ask..... well..... once you're under a car/truck busily cutting off an exhaust pipe, etc and you notice the smell of burning cloth, glance down and discover your pants leg is on fire.... you learn real fast not to stand under the torch again.
Duck
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Um... yeah. I only set myself on fire once.Ah yes, the good ol acetylene wrench.
And it was funny. Ruined one of my favorite flannels but it was still funny.
Duck
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How to use a front-end loader as a trailer hitch:
That reminds me, .. I need to take those wings off the bucket. They're for snow. But they reduce the bucket's scooping ability with dirt & I gotta scoop up my 4 foot high pile of ashes one of these days. Gotta wait til there's no wind & burn all the sticks & paper bags full of dead weeds from my dad's friend's house, .. then wait a day & have a dumpster brought out.
This is why I'll wait til the ashes stop smoldering first.
That reminds me, .. I need to take those wings off the bucket. They're for snow. But they reduce the bucket's scooping ability with dirt & I gotta scoop up my 4 foot high pile of ashes one of these days. Gotta wait til there's no wind & burn all the sticks & paper bags full of dead weeds from my dad's friend's house, .. then wait a day & have a dumpster brought out.
This is why I'll wait til the ashes stop smoldering first.
Southern Fried
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Necessity is an inventive mother.
Southern Fried
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Stick welders are good teachers too.
Did you know it's not a good idea to sit/squat under whatever you're welding?
Did you know that hot welding slag landing on the crotch area of your coveralls/jeans can teach you to fly???
Chewbacca
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My set of Gearwrenches 8 to 19 mm and my OTC brake spring tool
Duck
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I just did an upside down weld last night. On that mower thing. The horizontal tube that connects from the top of the arch to the thingamajig that holds the steering column & throttle lever...Stick welders are good teachers too.
Did you know it's not a good idea to sit/squat under whatever you're welding?
Did you know that hot welding slag landing on the crotch area of your coveralls/jeans can teach you to fly???
I cut a "v" into the end of that tube so it'll fit tighter around the arched tube and I was going to just weld it across the top & then remove the whole thing from the mower so I could flip it upside down to weld around the bottom.
I got the top welded & was about to shut off the torch & remove it from the mower to weld the bottom & then I realized, ... since I didn't measure a damn thing & just eyeballed everything, and drilled some of the holes with a hand drill, that if I removed those bolts I'd likely never get the damn thing back on because the holes wouldn't line up.
So I said fuck it & welded the bottom with it still on the mower.
It had been YEARS since I welded overhead like that.
I had to take the face shield off & tighten it up because when I was leaning over trying to contort my body into the shape of a question mark in order to see what I was doing, it kept wanting to fall off.
White was the only color of spray paint I had lying around. I didn't want to take the thing off to paint it because I'd never get it back on. So after it cooled down I just set a piece of cardboard over the engine & sprayed all around the weld where I'd burned off the zinc plating.
Duck
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If you're talking about the thing over the left "steer" tire, it's my half-assed & only slightly successful attempt at making the exhaust quieter. It's capped off with a washer on the end, and I did some geometry & drilled the appropriate number of 1/4" holes all around the end of the tube to equal the surface area of the tube's inside diameter, then before welding it to the muffler, I shoved a bunch of steel wool inside.
It did make it quieter but not as much as I expected.
I'm thinking that now that I've got something solid on the front end now, I can cut that thing short & put a "U" shaped tube on it & mount a big sausage muffler on the front below the headlight.
It's annoying having to listen to an engine screaming away at 3600 RPM just to go 6 mph. It's not so bad when you're drunk though.
Duck
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Actually I've been thinking of going full redneck on my Ford tractor & putting a vertical stack on it. But only because it smokes a lot & I wanted to plumb the smoke up over my head. But then I wouldn't be able to get it through the stupid little 7 foot roll-up door on the side of the barn. The airplane is in the way of using the big door with the 11 foot clearance that would have been 14 foot had the contractor not been retarded...
I thought of rigging something up where I can have a section of flex-pipe and a quick-release on the vertical stack so I can hang it off to the rear when going through that door. But my experience with flex pipe is that they always leak, especially the smaller diameter stuff.
Scared? You'd be alright at the moment because I lost my MP3 file of the banjo music from Deliverance. I used to have it but lost it somehow and I'm too lazy to find where I can download it again. But if you give me a couple days notice, I'll have it downloaded & put on a CD so I can have my raft stereo hidden in the bushes or something so I can have it playing when you pull up.
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