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Quote from: TexasRedNeck on June 23, 2017, 07:27:18 AMRe the bent cylinder.....Don, use the right tool for the job. You have a 30,000lb track hoe....jus sayin....55,000 lb track hoe!
Re the bent cylinder.....Don, use the right tool for the job. You have a 30,000lb track hoe....jus sayin....
Quote from: Wilbur on June 23, 2017, 02:29:45 AMHey Don you might want to have a guy that knows ponds, dams and the like come check what you dug. Hate to see it fill up then give way and wash out some neighbors place. At the same time you might have the EPA or similar fed agency crawling down your neck for water related stuff. I would just be careful....with that size that much water packs a lot of weight.Plan to!EPA: this is KentuckyI believe we tar and feather folks from places like that!Just kidding, we use heavy oil and mulch!!!!! ;-))The bulk of the water containment will be held below the original grade. I expect water to fill over the years to a level well below the rim. I have observed the amount of filling that hole has received over the years and it is not sufficient to fill that whole-holy-hole.And in actuality, as in no kidding, this is a part of kentucky where a government plated vehicle would not be a completely safe place to be. People down there look at it the same way as they do our hole-ridden stop signs.Having said that, I am a responsible land owner. I wouldn't do anything that endangered my neighbors or upset the balance of nature in the area...
Hey Don you might want to have a guy that knows ponds, dams and the like come check what you dug. Hate to see it fill up then give way and wash out some neighbors place. At the same time you might have the EPA or similar fed agency crawling down your neck for water related stuff. I would just be careful....with that size that much water packs a lot of weight.
Quote from: Flyin6 on June 22, 2017, 09:14:46 PMAnd now for everyone's favoriteMy weekly CARREP:Coming down the lane, when I drove Chief in, I destroyed a slew of pesky trees, because I could, and they needed to be destroyed. I now have some great new neighbors who agree that the road needs to be widened and improved a little.Well, I took out a clump of Cedars leaving the largest one. My thought was to just trim it up to make it "Pretty"Then I remembered the neighbor saying he was bringing a camper in. That single tree would scratch the dickens out of his camper so I went down the lane with the tractor to remove debris and pull down that tree.Turns out that tree was a stubborn cuss, refusing to yield. So, after grubbing the rootball, I started ramming it with my tractor and grappleNote to self: In the future, do not ram things with your expensive tractor.Well the tree yielded after awhile and I won, I thought.When I tried to curl the grapple back, it groaned and refused to move backwardOn the post flight inspection I noted this:The last pic shows what it should look like.YAY CARREP! I have to laugh.. I have this video in my mind of you slamming that tree. Can you just get a Go Pro to follow you around for our entertainment?
And now for everyone's favoriteMy weekly CARREP:Coming down the lane, when I drove Chief in, I destroyed a slew of pesky trees, because I could, and they needed to be destroyed. I now have some great new neighbors who agree that the road needs to be widened and improved a little.Well, I took out a clump of Cedars leaving the largest one. My thought was to just trim it up to make it "Pretty"Then I remembered the neighbor saying he was bringing a camper in. That single tree would scratch the dickens out of his camper so I went down the lane with the tractor to remove debris and pull down that tree.Turns out that tree was a stubborn cuss, refusing to yield. So, after grubbing the rootball, I started ramming it with my tractor and grappleNote to self: In the future, do not ram things with your expensive tractor.Well the tree yielded after awhile and I won, I thought.When I tried to curl the grapple back, it groaned and refused to move backwardOn the post flight inspection I noted this:The last pic shows what it should look like.
Quote from: cruizng on June 23, 2017, 10:29:17 AMQuote from: Flyin6 on June 22, 2017, 09:14:46 PMAnd now for everyone's favoriteMy weekly CARREP:Coming down the lane, when I drove Chief in, I destroyed a slew of pesky trees, because I could, and they needed to be destroyed. I now have some great new neighbors who agree that the road needs to be widened and improved a little.Well, I took out a clump of Cedars leaving the largest one. My thought was to just trim it up to make it "Pretty"Then I remembered the neighbor saying he was bringing a camper in. That single tree would scratch the dickens out of his camper so I went down the lane with the tractor to remove debris and pull down that tree.Turns out that tree was a stubborn cuss, refusing to yield. So, after grubbing the rootball, I started ramming it with my tractor and grappleNote to self: In the future, do not ram things with your expensive tractor.Well the tree yielded after awhile and I won, I thought.When I tried to curl the grapple back, it groaned and refused to move backwardOn the post flight inspection I noted this:The last pic shows what it should look like.YAY CARREP! I have to laugh.. I have this video in my mind of you slamming that tree. Can you just get a Go Pro to follow you around for our entertainment? Go-Pro...How did you know?I bought one a couple weeks ago, used it once for several days at the farm, saw the quality of the pics and took it back and got a refundI am not a fan of those things
Don, from someone who has owned ponds & been involved with building maintaining them. Two things, anything over 2 acres must be engineered by army corp of engineers. Number two, put in a tile over flow at the point you never want to see the water get higher than. This will take into account 100 year floods etc. better be safe than sorry. Or don't listen to me & disregard what I said, including but not limited to deleting this post & banning me for the 678th time.
Quote from: Flyin6 on June 23, 2017, 10:44:41 AMGo-Pro...How did you know?I bought one a couple weeks ago, used it once for several days at the farm, saw the quality of the pics and took it back and got a refundI am not a fan of those thingsGlad I'm not the only one! We bought one for races and such, it was more problems than it was worth, back to the store it went!
Go-Pro...How did you know?I bought one a couple weeks ago, used it once for several days at the farm, saw the quality of the pics and took it back and got a refundI am not a fan of those things
We are exoecting storms in Kentucky tonight. This will be the first test. The news man said torrential down pours in northern Kentucky. Sent from my VK810 4G using Tapatalk
don or anybody that I moved a post for, did I miss anything?
Don, you should find a local company that rebuilds cylinders. Much easier than buying new everytime you wreck one.
Quote from: stlaser on June 23, 2017, 06:25:09 PMDon, you should find a local company that rebuilds cylinders. Much easier than buying new everytime you wreck one. Cincinnati driveline...I called them. Something like a minimum $200 ish labor charge + parts. Rebuilt unit approaches the cost of a new one. Called second place. Wanted $90/hr to look into it.I can solve this myself. To heck with this price gouging. Two new cylinders for under $300 and like Tex said, sell the deer unit for more than the cost of the two new cylinders. Or just save it for a future project
You may want to keep it and start a PLL for the hide.........Do you even remember PLL or bench stock?
Quote from: Flyin6 on June 23, 2017, 10:35:09 PMQuote from: stlaser on June 23, 2017, 06:25:09 PMDon, you should find a local company that rebuilds cylinders. Much easier than buying new everytime you wreck one. Cincinnati driveline...I called them. Something like a minimum $200 ish labor charge + parts. Rebuilt unit approaches the cost of a new one. Called second place. Wanted $90/hr to look into it.I can solve this myself. To heck with this price gouging. Two new cylinders for under $300 and like Tex said, sell the deer unit for more than the cost of the two new cylinders. Or just save it for a future projectYeah but was that including the frequent flyer discount that you would surely receive?
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Makes me wonder how it bent in the first place. It is like NOT flexible.
QuoteMakes me wonder how it bent in the first place. It is like NOT flexible.I'm no engineer, but thinking it might be because it bent under compression force and when it was on the press it was a perpendicular force?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Somewhere in the world a JD engineer just got a sick feeling that something is terribly wrong.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
Well, at least you didn't cut the piston off on the first cut!
I'm still a little squeamish over this...Or at least nervous for your sake...
I missed it clean!Darned thing still moves in and out!Discovered it had a bunch of fluid inside by mistake!
Quote from: Flyin6 on June 27, 2017, 11:18:05 PMI missed it clean!Darned thing still moves in and out!Discovered it had a bunch of fluid inside by mistake!So, you say'in that the seals broke loose from being melted to the inside of the cylinders? lol
Still trying to peel my ball cap off as we speak.