What did you do today?

[ebinmaine 63,623]

Got the end of the portable garage up. Holy   $@#&)(!?@#.    was that a PITA. 

 

Gave a tool list and says 2 people. I had 1 people. 

Up and down the ladder 37 gagillion times. Pull stretch repeat. WOW...

 

But hey! It's up.  

 

 

 

 

[Horse Newbie 6,955]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Got the end of the portable garage up

How long do those things last ?

[ebinmaine 63,623]

25 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

How long do those things last ?

They're a temporary solution at best. 

The inexpensive ones will usually go 2 to 4 years in northern sun. 

 

I actually bought this specific model for the FRAME. 

When the tarp cover lets go I'll seriously consider buying metal roofing. Metal roofing on this frame could be lengthened some and would likely outlast me.  

 

 

 

[8ntruck 6,506]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

If you have a decent 2 stroke mechanic you're doing well. 

 

I had one but they've had too many problems with ((??)) people  not treating the equipment right and wondering why it doesn't run. 

They have waaay too much work with 4 stroke engines to keep up with that "stuff".  

 

 

I'm thinking I may have to learn to speak 2 stroke.  

I have'nt used that saw for about 10 years.  I was pleasantly surprised when I put a splash of gas in it and it fired up and ran after 5 or 6 pulls on the rope.  I took it out into the woods, made 6 or 8 cuts on a 14" dia. log, then I lost high speed.  It would idle, but bog out when the throttle was opened.  When I pulled the air filter out, it basically turned into dust.  Safe bet some air filter dust is somewhere in the carb where it should not be.

 

I could probably get it fixed myself, but my garage shop is unheated.  I really don't want to disassemble and clean a carb in the cold.

[Pullstart 60,312]

4 hours ago, Ifixoldjunk said:

How’s that 308-8 treating you? I’ve always wanted a redhead 308. Just hesitant with the size of the engine😅

Putt Putt is for all extensive purposes a short C-81 or 308-8… but of course @Pullstart.  It can pull a 10 or 12” plow and about any other chore with pride.  Tilling the garden is probably the hardest work on him.  

[Stormin 9,976]

  Youngest daughter's M-i-L is getting a new chair and sofa. She asked if we would like her old chair and sofa. SWMBO was wanting a new chair. So the answer was obvious. 

   Got a friend with a van and enlist number 3 grandson and we went to collect chair and sofa this morning. The chair is one of those electric ones with a leg rest that comes out and up. Lazyboy is the make and very well made. Weighs a ton and is rather bulky and not all that small. Sofa is a bit on the bulky side as well. Fortunately we could remove them to the van through French windows. 

 

 

 

 

  Getting them into our lounge was a different thing. They just fitted if stood on end into the kitchen. Getting them from there to the lounge was something of a squeeze.

 

  So tonight Carol is relaxing in her Christmas present from me. 

 

 

 

  To buy new the chair alone would have set me back £800. At a guess the sofa £400-£500. Cost me £250 and a tenner for the van. 

Edited December 28, 2021 by Stormin

[Horse Newbie 6,955]

52 minutes ago, Stormin said:

Fortunately we could remove them to the van through French windows

Did you check to see if the backs will slide up and out of slots ? … On some chairs/ couches they do.

 

52 minutes ago, Stormin said:

  Getting them into our lounge was a different thing. They just fitted if stood on end into the kitchen. Getting them from there to the lounge was something of a squeeze.

Makes them a lot easier to move and get through doorways…

Edited December 28, 2021 by Horse Newbie

[Stormin 9,976]

10 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

Did you check to see if the backs will slide up and out of slots ? … On some chairs/ couches they do.

 

That's what we were told, but couldn't easily see how and didn't want to damage anything.

[lynnmor 6,873]

6 hours ago, Stormin said:

 

That's what we were told, but couldn't easily see how and didn't want to damage anything.

 

YouTube is always a good place to start.  Here is one.

[Stormin 9,976]

Thanks for that, lynnmor. Easy when you know how. 

[Southern_Secret 463]

This stuff wasn't done today more like over the past 3 weekends. I'v been moving cross ties and moving loads of sand from what i call the bottom up to the top my mountain to help set the cross ties.

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[Southern_Secret 463]

I pulled the trigger and become a support so i could post pictures the right way! 

[Southern_Secret 463]

P.S. that trailer full clocks in right at 1,000#, and that 314-H don't even know it back there coming up a really really steep hill! I'm not sure what the grade of the hill is but from my front yard to where i'm digging the sand is about 120ft fall.

[ebinmaine 63,623]

3 minutes ago, Southern_Secret said:

I pulled the trigger and become a support so i could post pictures the right way! 

Yer name looks great in red!!

 

[ebinmaine 63,623]

Just now, Southern_Secret said:

P.S. that trailer full clocks in right at 1,000#, and that 314-H don't even know it back there coming up a really really steep hill! I'm not sure what the grade of the hill is but from my front yard to where i'm digging the sand is about 120ft fall.

 

Yepp. I pull 1K lbs or so pretty regularly.  

 

Always remember the Wheelhorse tractors will move a LOT more than they will stop so use care.  

[Southern_Secret 463]

3 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Yer name looks great in red!!

@ebinmaine Thank you sir! I should have done it on September 28 

[Southern_Secret 463]

3 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Wheelhorse tractors will move a LOT more than they will stop so use care. 

@ebinmaine Living on a hill side it's burnt in my head to keep one foot on the brake at all times 

[Gregor 4,838]

2 minutes ago, Southern_Secret said:

to keep one foot on the brake at all times 

Don't go buying yourself an 876..

[Southern_Secret 463]

1 minute ago, Gregor said:

Don't go buying yourself an 876..

[ebinmaine 63,623]

3 minutes ago, Southern_Secret said:

@ebinmaine Living on a hill side it's burnt in my head to keep one foot on the brake at all times 

 

That's why I use manual transmission tractors with a separate brake pedal for the heavy pulling.  

 

My hydro is a 1975 and has no separate brake drum. 

 

Trina's tractors are all from the mid 60s and have only one pedal. You have to go through the clutch to get to the brake. 

 

She's ok with it because her tractor is loaded much lighter than mine.