Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

Looks like it might be a Rato?

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/massimo-mb200-mini-bike-1346172

Yeah I didn't think to look at the tractor supply website. Just Farm and Fleet, and Massimo's website.

But I found some page where they were being sold on Amazon and in the Q&A someone asked about the engine and they just gave a model number and when I looked for that, it was Rato.

But in one of the minibike groups on Facebook they were saying the 196 engines were all Lifan or clones of the Lifan.

The Predator 212 engines are Honda clones.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Yeah I didn't think to look at the tractor supply website. Just Farm and Fleet, and Massimo's website.

But I found some page where they were being sold on Amazon and in the Q&A someone asked about the engine and they just gave a model number and when I looked for that, it was Rato.

But in one of the minibike groups on Facebook they were saying the 196 engines were all Lifan or clones of the Lifan.

The Predator 212 engines are Honda clones.

I was looking into this a little more and it appears my Generac 196cc pressure washer is also a Rato.

 

[Duck]

I was looking into this a little more and it appears my Generac 196cc pressure washer is also a Rato.

Well the one on my minibike, with no modifications to the engine other than removal of the throttle limiter screw (4500 RPM governor still operational) barely has enough power to reach governor RPM with me on it.

So it's running at max load.

I ran it 42 miles like that yesterday and t seems to handle it just fine.

It's probably a good little engine.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Well the one on my minibike, with no modifications to the engine other than removal of the throttle limiter screw (4500 RPM governor still operational) barely has enough power to reach governor RPM with me on it.

So it's running at max load.

I ran it 42 miles like that yesterday and t seems to handle it just fine.

It's probably a good little engine.

You're like 75lbs heavier than it's rated to carry. Lol.

I'd say it's a darn good little engine.

 

[Duck]

You're like 75lbs heavier than it's rated to carry. Lol.

And I'm adding even more weight to it with this little cargo rack I'm making for it.

 

[Duck]

Wind ripped the north overhang off the barn roof, leaving exposed framework at the top of the wall.

The horizontal planks under two layers of shingles and old steel used to extend to the edge for the overhang.

Proper way to fix it would be a whole tear-off and new steel.

In Biden's economy...


So I'm going full redneck here and using shelf brackets. I've got 5" long screws holding them on, the screws go through the trim and the siding and into the 2" thick old growth hardwood rafter.





That peak is 24 feet

The drip edge of the upper section of roof is 18'

 

[Duck]

Even with all that rust I can't grip it. I can't get up on it to screw down the steel.

I'm gonna have to put the bottom of the ladder in the back of the ol' Ford truck to get it to reach the upper roof, and somehow I'll use a rope to pull the other ladder up.

Sarah has not had a seizure in the 3 months since her hysterectomy but she still ain't allowed up on the ladder.

 

[GAnthony]

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Even with all that rust I can't grip it. I can't get up on it to screw down the steel.

I'm gonna have to put the bottom of the ladder in the back of the ol' Ford truck to get it to reach the upper roof, and somehow I'll use a rope to pull the other ladder up.

Sarah has not had a seizure in the 3 months since her hysterectomy but she still ain't allowed up on the ladder.

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great news to hear about Sarah.......i hope she continues to stay well, and be as happy as she can be, being married to you



but, now about you and fixing that roof.......

will this be another 6 year repair job..??

filled with copious amounts of pictures that will take up a lot of space..in this thread...???

will you stop midway and decide that you will after all rip off the entire roof, and make this then a 27 year repair project..???

then will you use the old metal to maybe build some sort of raft..??? maybe a sand-buggy.....??? maybe a lemonade stand...????

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

great news to hear about Sarah.......i hope she continues to stay well, and be as happy as she can be, being married to you



but, now about you and fixing that roof.......

will this be another 6 year repair job..??

filled with copious amounts of pictures that will take up a lot of space..in this thread...???

will you stop midway and decide that you will after all rip off the entire roof, and make this then a 27 year repair project..???

then will you use the old metal to maybe build some sort of raft..??? maybe a sand-buggy.....??? maybe a lemonade stand...????

Complete rebuild from the ground up a la Mike Holmes. This is unacceptable.

 

[Duck]

will this be another 6 year repair job..??

Nope. It's done.

will you stop midway and decide that you will after all rip off the entire roof, and make this then a 27 year repair project..???

No. We have the wrong president for that.

It's $26 for one single 8 foot sheet of that corrugated steel and it's damn thin too.

Maybe in the future we'll have a better president and roofing materials will be affordable again.

When that day comes, I'll probably have some other excuse not to do it.

 

[GAnthony]

Nope. It's done.

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No. We have the wrong president for that.

It's $26 for one single 8 foot sheet of that corrugated steel and it's damn thin too.

Maybe in the future we'll have a better president and roofing materials will be affordable again.

When that day comes, I'll probably have some other excuse not to do it.

wow...2 pictures, and 1 posting later, and you're frigging done..???

now, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE......!!!



which begs to ask, if you can do a project inless than 3 pictures, and in less than 2 postings, why can't you do ALL your projects that fast..????

 

[389 Hood]

which begs to ask, if you can do a project inless than 3 pictures, and in less than 2 postings, why can't you do ALL your projects that fast..????

Ehhh! To fuck with you, maybe!

 

[Duck]

wow...2 pictures, and 1 posting later, and you're frigging done..???

now, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE......!!!



which begs to ask, if you can do a project inless than 3 pictures, and in less than 2 postings, why can't you do ALL your projects that fast..????

When I take on a job that's normally done by a whole crew of professionals, it's gonna take a while.

Derrr..

 

[Duck]

Ehhh! To fuck with you, maybe!

When GAnthony retires, he's going to be one of those cranky old guys who sit on their front porch and scowl angrily at all the young people walking by, occasionally yelling "GET A HAIRCUT, HIPPY" and waving his cane in the air when he sees one with a hair style he doesn't like.



"What's taking Door Dash so long to get here with my damn ravioli?"

 

[GAnthony]

When I take on a job that's normally done by a whole crew of professionals, it's gonna take a while.

Derrr..

well doh........

so it took you like 8 months to build that fucking raft, 2 years ago..????

uh..huh.....

hhmmmm.....them's sure were professhonals....huh....????

 

[Duck]

well doh........

so it took you like 8 months to build that fucking raft, 2 years ago..????

uh..huh.....

hhmmmm.....them's sure were professhonals....huh....????

It took me a few hours to build the rafts, not counting the drying time for the sealant.

It took me 6 months to build my 25x35 heated, insulated shop.

 

[389 Hood]

When GAnthony retires, he's going to be one of those cranky old guys who sit on their front porch and scowl angrily at all the young people walking by, occasionally yelling "GET A HAIRCUT, HIPPY" and waving his cane in the air when he sees one with a hair style he doesn't like.

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Hey now, wait a minute, I resemble that remark. Us dudes with no hair are jealous of that remark!

 

[GAnthony]

When GAnthony retires, he's going to be one of those cranky old guys who sit on their front porch and scowl angrily at all the young people walking by, occasionally yelling "GET A HAIRCUT, HIPPY" and waving his cane in the air when he sees one with a hair style he doesn't like.

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"What's taking Door Dash so long to get here with my damn ravioli?"

i don't need to be retired to do that now...dumbass.........

 

[Duck]

Photoshopped picture of my mom when she was a kid. Original is black and white




I took about 40 pictures of my computer screen while that was in progress. @GAnthony you want to see them ALL?

 

[GAnthony]

Photoshopped picture of my mom when she was a kid. Original is black and white

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I took about 40 pictures of my computer screen while that was in progress. @GAnthony you want to see them ALL?

sure why not?

i got time, it's raining today, i can't do nothing else.

funny too, you don't resemble your mom at all..........you sure you ain't adopted..???