2013 Knee-deep BS thread!
Post Fiend
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From: Paradise Found!
Thought I mentioned once that my favorite training flicks when I was still in that business, were the silent flicks of the Keystone Cops. I took the lessons to heart and learned well!!!!!
But alas, I wouldn't be that big of a sell! Don't have one of those old helmets and the mustache is all wrong! Then we would get PITA (or is that PETA?) bloomers all bunched up because one of those sweet innocent black and white putty cats was assassinated and posted on the web!
Now my wife on the other hand.............you should have seen her slinking around out there tonight with my 250 / 500 Lumen tac light checking anything and everything that was taller than a piece of gravel before she would take a step! Funny as heck, she just knew a monster skunk (or one of the howling coyotes) was going to jump out and get her.
In her defense, she had a bad experience with a coyote on her family's sheep ranch in Idaho when she was a tad younger and could run faster than she can now...............................
But alas, I wouldn't be that big of a sell! Don't have one of those old helmets and the mustache is all wrong! Then we would get PITA (or is that PETA?) bloomers all bunched up because one of those sweet innocent black and white putty cats was assassinated and posted on the web!
Now my wife on the other hand.............you should have seen her slinking around out there tonight with my 250 / 500 Lumen tac light checking anything and everything that was taller than a piece of gravel before she would take a step! Funny as heck, she just knew a monster skunk (or one of the howling coyotes) was going to jump out and get her.
In her defense, she had a bad experience with a coyote on her family's sheep ranch in Idaho when she was a tad younger and could run faster than she can now...............................
PETA= People Eating Tasty Animals!
Morning guys! I get to work on my lathe today! WooooHooooo!
Post Fiend
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From: Paradise Found!
Maybe I should find more work to do?
Morning Pat! Couldn't get online last night. We had a HUGE power outage yesterday about 1600. Computer screw up at one of BPA's substations shut down power over 4 countys. They had to call in computer engineers to get it fixed......
Postmaster
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From: Oregon City, Oregon
Good morning Oregon FTE gang and friends.
Morning Don and Pat.
I'm getting ready to head outside to do some field work.
Jim, I have the exact same step and several other location mounted to the underside of the bumper to move it around. The main issue is the height from the step to the ground while it's on the truck... the position is easy enough to change and less of a problem. My plan is to bend some tubing to the exact same angle as the step (it's not 90°) and then mount some expanded sheet metal type product along the entire length of the bumper. Kind of like an extended step. Then hang the existing step from the bottom of that. The whole works should fold up if it gets bumped from the front since it's hinged with the clevice pins or d rings. I'm just trying to figure out how to bend the tubing... Harbor Freight makes a metal bender... it's more for round or flat stock and not tubing. I'd like to see if it would work but don't want to drop $100 to find out.
BTW. Nice camper!
Morning Don and Pat.
I'm getting ready to head outside to do some field work.
This is what I have and it seems to work pretty well. I have 3 brackets on the bottom side of the bumper. Normal center alignment is on the two to the left as in the pic. With the boat and/or the long stinger on, I move it to the two on the right (Actually the center one and the one on the right). It is held in the brackets by D ring clevis pins. Wife doesn't have a problem with the step. If my wife can manage to step down (gee, they did put a hand hold by the door) without falling, then anyone can.
BTW. Nice camper!
Hotshot
Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Sheridan / Gilchrist
Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else!
I see says the blind man. Your wife is vertically challenged like mine is.
I would think just about any metal fabrication shop should be able to bend some square tube for you. Might be a little more spendy than doing it yourself, but probably cheaper than buying a bender yourself.
Good morning Oregon FTE gang and friends.
Morning Don and Pat.
I'm getting ready to head outside to do some field work.
Jim, I have the exact same step and several other location mounted to the underside of the bumper to move it around. The main issue is the height from the step to the ground while it's on the truck... the position is easy enough to change and less of a problem. My plan is to bend some tubing to the exact same angle as the step (it's not 90°) and then mount some expanded sheet metal type product along the entire length of the bumper. Kind of like an extended step. Then hang the existing step from the bottom of that. The whole works should fold up if it gets bumped from the front since it's hinged with the clevice pins or d rings. I'm just trying to figure out how to bend the tubing... Harbor Freight makes a metal bender... it's more for round or flat stock and not tubing. I'd like to see if it would work but don't want to drop $100 to find out.
BTW. Nice camper!
Morning Don and Pat.
I'm getting ready to head outside to do some field work.
Jim, I have the exact same step and several other location mounted to the underside of the bumper to move it around. The main issue is the height from the step to the ground while it's on the truck... the position is easy enough to change and less of a problem. My plan is to bend some tubing to the exact same angle as the step (it's not 90°) and then mount some expanded sheet metal type product along the entire length of the bumper. Kind of like an extended step. Then hang the existing step from the bottom of that. The whole works should fold up if it gets bumped from the front since it's hinged with the clevice pins or d rings. I'm just trying to figure out how to bend the tubing... Harbor Freight makes a metal bender... it's more for round or flat stock and not tubing. I'd like to see if it would work but don't want to drop $100 to find out.
BTW. Nice camper!
I would think just about any metal fabrication shop should be able to bend some square tube for you. Might be a little more spendy than doing it yourself, but probably cheaper than buying a bender yourself.
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Post Fiend
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From: McKenzie River
I am taking the alien alloy in to work today..........We will see how it stands up to a 200amp industrial plasma cutter.
Christ, I only need 2 tiny holes pierced through it!
I have never seen steel more resistant to drilling.
Christ, I only need 2 tiny holes pierced through it!
I have never seen steel more resistant to drilling.
Hotshot
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From: Sheridan / Gilchrist
Good afternoon all. In for another late lunch. Have to go back out to the farm this afternoon and take the tractor and field chopper after some blackberry vines then get the chores done.
Think I'll take a nap first though. Rough night last night and didn't get much sleep and only for 20 minutes at a time when I did doze off.
Think I'll take a nap first though. Rough night last night and didn't get much sleep and only for 20 minutes at a time when I did doze off.
Postmaster
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From: Oregon City, Oregon
20 minutes of sleep at a time Jim? That's rough! Hang in there.
I got my first quote from the RV stealer... er, I mean dealer where we bought the camper from. They only want 1/7th of the cost of the camper to replace the front piece of FRP.
I got my first quote from the RV stealer... er, I mean dealer where we bought the camper from. They only want 1/7th of the cost of the camper to replace the front piece of FRP.
Postmaster
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From: Oregon City, Oregon
Well gang the fun never ends on this ride I'm on.
My beautiful wife and I came home to a kennel with our two yellow labs full of poo! The had managed to get it all over the area where the were and each other and on our black lab in the kennel next to them.
I'm positive today should be a do-over.
My beautiful wife and I came home to a kennel with our two yellow labs full of poo! The had managed to get it all over the area where the were and each other and on our black lab in the kennel next to them.
I'm positive today should be a do-over.
Hotshot
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From: Sheridan / Gilchrist
Good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Just popping in for a moment then back out to the farm. Couple of animals to do some minor doctoring on. Never did get to the blackberries. There is always tomorrow!
Warm, overcast and very sultry here all day long.
Warm, overcast and very sultry here all day long.