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« on: August 01, 2017, 11:37:22 PM »
So, I'm not sure if this should be in the Build Thread section or maybe in drive line. Mods feel free to move. (change my profile or whatever else yall do to harass me...)
I would like to have a purely mechanical vehicle for a number of reasons. A friend is offering me a free vehicle and I'm contemplating whether it might be worth a build, knowing that I am likely to go full retard oil change...
So here is the vehicle: It is a 1985 Land Rover Series III 88 inch wheelbase 4cyl gas. It is right hand drive. Body is aluminum and interior has been redone.
Frame is rusted and would have to be replaced. I would not want to keep the gas engine and I would look to likely have different running gear.
Admittedly I have no experience with Rovers. I do know that complete aftermarket galvanized chassis is available so the frame issue is easy to fix. The track width is 4ft. 3 1/2 inches.
I envision a new frame and hanging heavier duty axles underneath it and buying a P Pump 4bt and manual trans.
I'm out of my element here and could use some real world advice. Does a RHD vehicle make swapping running gear (front axle and steering) a challenge? I know I can weld and fit the 4bt and transmission, but the transfer case and axles give me some heartburn. While it may be a free vehicle its easily a 10K plus project with new frame and a running 4bt and some new axles and transfer case.
It would fit the bill of no power anything, no AC, nada. Simple and bullet proof and go anywhere.
So any advice here? Should I just buy an old Jeep and run the other direction from this thing?
6653
« on: August 01, 2017, 11:13:08 PM »
That subfloor adhesive is awesome. I couldnt justify the system and components (gun, cleaning solution etc)for my little project so I'll stick with normal subfloor adhesive and screws.
6654
« on: August 01, 2017, 09:38:50 PM »
And if you were a muslim with homicidal tendencies, you'd be protected up until you slaughter a bunch of soldiers on base like that scumbag Nidal Hasan
6655
« on: August 01, 2017, 09:33:18 PM »
Ha. My comments to millenials is " I don't manage symptoms, I manage results" I don't care if you are here 18 hours a day, if you aren't effective at driving business results, then you're gone.
6656
« on: August 01, 2017, 09:31:07 PM »
Typical media spin. They look at the number of mosques not a mosque per capita. the populous nature of the state mean there are a large absolute number, but I'll bet you on a per capita basis that MN is at the top
6657
« on: August 01, 2017, 09:28:16 PM »
Good advice Ken. will give it a try
6658
« on: August 01, 2017, 09:27:11 PM »
Tommy, usually they call it 1 1/8 and its actual 1inch. I have that in my weekend place and am using it in the casita I'm building. Its approved for use on 24 inch center joists.
6659
« on: August 01, 2017, 08:08:21 AM »
only in america can we have poverty with cell phones, flat screen, wi fi and fat people.
It used to be easy to pick out poor people....they were skinny.
Why don't we have a "special unit" for all those "I have a right to be in the military". No hard training regimen, no discriminatory physical stamina requirements, etc. Then we send them in to combat first to "size up the enemy" and save our real warriors for the tough bad guys.
6660
« on: August 01, 2017, 06:14:07 AM »
Kyle, great idea! Unfortunately the libs are not really committed to their ideals when it comes to putting their money where their mouth is. Like those that swore to leave the country if Trump got elected....they are still here...
6661
« on: July 31, 2017, 11:25:11 PM »
Sam, great to turn a page. New challenges are great.
If you manage younger people, I recommend a book titled "Not Everyone Gets a Trophy - How to Manage Generation Y" Young people are not wired like we are and it takes different techniques to motivate them. And unlike Don, we can't just yell at them and make them do PT......
6662
« on: July 31, 2017, 06:27:29 PM »
Plywood is now in 32th of an inch, so 5/8 is now 19/32 and 3/4 is 23/32. pick the one that's closer to what you have. T&G for sure
use glue and screws to put it down to avoid squeaks.
6663
« on: July 31, 2017, 06:10:29 PM »
Thanks Don,
Getting it to bite is not the problem (in my clay soil with no rocks). If anything I have to remember to pull out every foot or so or it will screw all the way in to the heavy clay and shear a pin ( been there, done that). My issues is getting it located exactly where I want the hole and then because the arc of the arm, it never creates a perfectly vertical hole, its a slight angle so the bottom of a 3 1/2 ft hole the bottom can be off vertical by 5-6 inches.
I like accuracy....this auger is the equivalent of a 4 moa rifle. Good enough but not going to punch the same hole in the same location twice.....
6664
« on: July 31, 2017, 06:02:41 PM »
Thanks for being a good sport Bobby....
6666
« on: July 31, 2017, 07:53:05 AM »
yesterday i got a lesson in fence building....thank you Youtube, Mother Earth News and other sites.
Put the post auger on the tractor and marked the fence line (50ft from center of the road) and put up a sting. Its difficult to get the hole exactly where you want it with an auger. Its more like getting it in the same zip code....and the auger will only effectively reach down 3 ft, when I need a 4 ft deep hole. enter the old fashioned post hole digger....and enter shoulder soreness this morning as a major slap in the face that I aint the boy I was in my teens that could rock a post hole digger for hours in the heat....So in go the posts and I used a 3/4 iron pipe with a cap on the end as my tamper for the backfill, adding a few inches at a time and tamping solidly. Posts are rock solid thanks to heavy clay soil.
In any event I now have the posts in the ground at each end for the classic H frame configuration. Next up will be to add the horizontal portion and start stringing wire. I think I will buy a T post popper to go with the fence stretcher so I can reuse the posts in the section of fence I am taking down.
Pics to come next week.
6667
« on: July 30, 2017, 10:18:10 PM »
And finished product  
Mixed half and half ground beef and Italian sausage, added mozzarella cheese, mushrooms, black olive, pepperoni and the beautiful bacon on top
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None for you Don!!!
6668
« on: July 30, 2017, 02:50:38 PM »
6669
« on: July 30, 2017, 02:42:26 PM »
Ken, you were just like all the Mexican NAFTA drivers, just act like you don't speak English and they'll let you go
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6670
« on: July 30, 2017, 01:38:36 PM »
Yeah. House, shop and soon to be a guest house believe it or not.
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6671
« on: July 30, 2017, 01:36:02 PM »
Longball. Donuts are happy food for sure. Ken, what? No brakes??
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6672
« on: July 29, 2017, 07:33:08 PM »
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6673
« on: July 29, 2017, 07:07:38 PM »
That's funny. I saw this and thought of Bobby.  Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
6674
« on: July 29, 2017, 07:03:20 PM »
:-). No comment
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« on: July 29, 2017, 06:15:37 PM »
Ha. Don you hold your own my friend. It just takes me a whole lot longer with my dinky tractor
I'd get a lot more done if I was retired.
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6676
« on: July 29, 2017, 05:07:41 PM »
Took the forms off and graded around and put down more rip rap   Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
6677
« on: July 29, 2017, 05:05:40 PM »
See if this helps.  The yellow piece is what I just bought Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
6678
« on: July 28, 2017, 11:33:09 PM »
LOL, yeah its only 1/2 acre but it squares up my property nicely at the road. And its the only cleared area around, so first order is to fence it. My fence runs along the tree line to the right. I'll take that down and move it out to the R.O.W. line which is 50ft from the center of the road. Then I'll start prepping it for a larger garden. Have to do 8ft fence around the garden for the deer. Probably also plant a few fruit trees. Gonna also run electric and water out there for irrigation.
6679
« on: July 28, 2017, 10:06:20 PM »
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6680
« on: July 28, 2017, 05:58:50 PM »
Apparently I need to eat a whole, whole lot more crabs......
6681
« on: July 28, 2017, 05:40:23 PM »
booyah! love it
6682
« on: July 28, 2017, 05:34:37 PM »
good job Nate. I need to get back to the gym too. But as my physician told me....you aren't what you exercise. You ARE what you eat.
6683
« on: July 28, 2017, 12:52:06 PM »
Ok. Poured the final part of the downstream end wall. Bought a concrete vibrator which I should have bought a long time ago. $99 at HF. I had to take the form apart and wash all the mud out since we got a big rain since I poured the bottom. Forgot to put my cross braces between the sides back in. Put concrete in form and all was fine. Then as soon as I dropped the vibrator in the form blew out. Took 20 minutes to get it back in line and re install the braces. Used by bottle jack and a sledge. Still a little bowed but good enough. Bottom line is the vibrator works awesome. That concrete was mixed stiff and it just flowed as soon as I hit it with the vibrator. I wish I had it when I was pouring the footings for the casita. If you use a vibrator make sure your forms are solid. It puts much more pressure on your forms.   Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
6684
« on: July 27, 2017, 08:36:06 PM »
We may have to petition to change the name of this site......
Androgynous consumers of vehicles, mall navigation and tofu
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6685
« on: July 27, 2017, 08:32:56 PM »
Well.... here it goes. I had tofu at an Indian restaurant. Didn't know it when I ordered it but it was really good. Heavy Indian spice and roasted (I think). Not that I would order it again. I hear it gives men boobs
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6686
« on: July 26, 2017, 07:22:05 PM »
And btw that burger was called the "super chief"
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6687
« on: July 26, 2017, 07:07:10 PM »
 I'll just leave this here. 1/3 lb beef patty with a split smoked sausage and sunny side up egg on top. Fries and coleslaw Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: July 26, 2017, 07:00:43 PM »
Hippies. I DD a crew cab 4WD Dually in downtown houston in and out of all the parking garages. Drive it like a forklift. Back it in everywhere.
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6690
« on: July 25, 2017, 07:19:25 AM »
6691
« on: July 25, 2017, 12:05:15 AM »
https://youtu.be/3kcrQuV_vRU?t=48sJust the part titiled "Cross Winds" at 48 seconds. It's supposed to start there if I got the link right
6692
« on: July 24, 2017, 11:35:07 PM »
Today I negotiated to purchase a small piece of land that adjoins my property (hide/retirement site). When the survey's were done in the late 1800s, there was no farm road so when the road was put in, it cut corners off several tracts. This resulted in a small piece of the tract across the street being adjacent to mine but on my side of the road. I've been trying to square up my property for a couple of years now and I got the chance today. The seller obviously has leverage since it is worth much more to me than anyone, so I overpaid for it but it will now be transformed into a real large scale garden over the next couple of years. Its the only area aound me that is cleared so it will be a great use of the land. I'm thinking I'll high fence it and plant some fruit trees and row crop it. I'll sign the papers thursday..
6693
« on: July 24, 2017, 11:26:21 PM »
Not sure I quite get the need for cordless mitre saw, but cool non the less and what a great thoughtful gift from your brother.
6694
« on: July 24, 2017, 06:57:26 PM »
Nice Dawg! That's getting heavy for our OBS trucks.
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6695
« on: July 24, 2017, 06:54:58 PM »
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6696
« on: July 23, 2017, 10:14:21 PM »
Mixer is HF 3 1/2 cu ft. On sale and with a coupon was less than$200. It barely mixes two 80 on bags. Perfect mix is one 80 and one 60. 3 1/2 is completely upright volume which is worthless as a measurement. So far so good. I've estimated that I have mixed about 3.5 yards of concrete total. And yes. My total red neck engineering. No YouTube. Got the inside form on the down hill side done today. Will take 20 bags of #80 to finish. The walls and base are 5 1/2 inch thick. It will give me 19ft between the culverts that will handle an H25 load.
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6697
« on: July 23, 2017, 10:06:40 PM »
Those temps aren't bad. Service and move on
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6698
« on: July 23, 2017, 10:04:51 PM »
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6699
« on: July 23, 2017, 03:13:53 PM »
Line crews have an electric pole saw that they use for almost everything. It is corded to the truck but still. The trick is keeping that blade stupid sharp.
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« on: July 22, 2017, 11:01:46 PM »
bob, that's the nicest "hunting jeep" I've ever seen... I'm used to open top rhino lined 80s models with in line 6 and manual trans and a big top rack.....
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