Well Dave, I'm sure that was a good surprise!

 

Nice looking truck, Garrett...I am envious.

Hey Dave, isn't a wonderful feeling to remember WHY you married her? While my wife hasn't purchased me a welder (yet) she's also awfully good at seeing an answer to whatever problem I'm struggling with.

She ain't too bad on the eyes, either!

Did NOT get to drive the truck today.

Mebbe tomorrow.

 

thanks but dont be thats the pretty side, the bed is caved in on the other side, which is why i have one sitting in my yard

 

Grass is cut and the beer crisper is empty. Bleeping wasps have taken over Ms Dent again. I'm thinking her timeline is November or December.

 

Afternoon everyone!

I got out early so I could go get the new furniture for the girls' rooms. I'm also swinging by wheeler to pick up some steel for a new trailer. I'm tired of having to borrow one. I've been needing one anyway.

 

well sounds like everyone is getting things done..i did a bunch of stuff that dont look like much, but is time consuming and dont show up good in pictures..then had to pull the intake and exhaust back off the engine in the 51..had a slight warpage in the fenton header and was leaking.. a little rubbing on the cement floor and it is back in good shape.. should have it back on tomorrow.. ya'll have a good night

 

Evening everyone. I managed to do a quick once over on the welder. Internally it looks fine - I just need to blow out the spider webs and dust. I will need to replace the leads - cracked insulation is never a good idea. I'll also need a new electrode holder.

I also need to bump up the amperage for my garage 220V. I've borrowed the 30 amp electric dryer circuit for my compressor since we use gas driers. The welder needs a 40 amp circuit to operate. I added a 50 amp breaker for my outbuilding a few years ago for when I eventually get it set up to be my shop. Here's my conundrum... I could just swap the breakers and wire in the proper outlet for the compressor and be done with it, but then I would have to make sure I don't run the compressor and the welder at the same time. I could also leave the 50 amp going to the outbuilding and piggyback the welder outlet with the feed to the outbuilding. The only thing running out there is the interior lights and occasionally the camper so overload is not that likely until I move out there permanently. I would be able to run both the compressor and the welder at the same time if I needed to this way. Decisions, decisions, decisions...

 

Since when can you weld and air up a tire/run a DA sander at the same time? Hell I can't even do that, I am sure Alan can.....lol

Do what is quick and easy, since you have the parts already, go that route.

Long day at the barn, painting, and working like crazy.

 

Either way isn't that difficult, but you do have a point about not being able to to do both at the same time. Hmmm...

 

Going to get ol reds matching red interior paint tomorrow, might get to painting it fri?

 

Evening All!

The C-cab is at the new shop. So is the parts washer, air compressor and my tool box. All that's left to move is the mill. Then I can get busy setting up shop.

 

Is it bad when your new mig takes two people to load and barely fits in the Durango? Just picked up a Miller 220v mig today and thought we'd have to remove the casters. Now to drop in a dedicated circuit for it in the shop in the near future. A buddy bought a new TIG welder and offered me a steal on his "old" mig with autoset and all its bells and whistles.I don't know who is more anxious to use it. It bought me some time on fixing my 110v mig which CJ will take when they buy a house.

 

Good stuff, Chip. Miller is a darn good machine. ...and yeah, some of them take up some real estate. Let us know how you like it!

 

In The Market For '94-'95 F-150 2WD Super-Cab
I owned a '74 F-250 Super-Cab (First year for Super-Cab) for 2 years, and I sold it when I moved back to the midwest earlier this summer.
I would like to get a '94-'95 F-150 2WD Super-Cab, and I have a few questions you guys could help me with.
I don't need the 351W because we have an Expedition with a 5.4 that can tow, so I don't really need it.
So the question is do I get a 5.0 (302), which are prevalent and easy to get parts for or do I get the 300 Inline 6?
And is the fuel economy that much better? What would be better long term?

Thank you guys very much in advance.

 

Good Morning Everybody!

Anthony, welcome to the chapter! Glad to have you here. In the '90's, the 302 had better fuel mileage than the six. That's just the cold hard truth. The 300's were for towing. They weren't very concerned about fuel efficiency for them, so they were dirty running pigs. I know that sounds wrong, but keep in mind the 300 six was invented to go into a Ford 9N farm tractor. If you want a nice cruiser with decent mileage, go for the 302.

I'll be setting up shop for about a week and then I want to have some sort of G2G at the shop to kick it off. Any interest?

I'm off to the "job" today, then to Lowes to pick up some lumber for shelving. 900 square feet gets used up fast when you scatter the shop stuff across the floor. The good news is, I have the shop stuff, steel AND three cars in the and I can STILL move around! Woo Hoo!!!!