What did you do today?

[ohiofarmer 3,467]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Our friend that does truck fabrication has said they'll no longer fix a spring in most cases.

If the bushings are gone there's likely a crack too... but these are heavier rigs. 

 

The labor to cut burn chop press and all in reverse is more than just buying all new springs shackles hangers etc and torch cutting the whole thing off at the frame.  

 

 

If I would have had a little plasma cutter it would have been a snap. The tool that saved me most was a right angle grinder with a small cutting wheel.  Found it for short money at open bin tools at Harbor Freight 

[ebinmaine 80,144]

3 minutes ago, ohiofarmer said:

If I would have had a little plasma cutter it would have been a snap. The tool that saved me most was a right angle grinder with a small cutting wheel.  Found it for short money at open bin tools at Harbor Freight 

 

Gotta remember that. 

I'll be changing springs on my truck sometime.  

[sjoemie himself 3,169]

Walked around on stilts the better part of yesterday and this afternoon installing framework to mount ceilings to.

Bit wobbly at first but now I've got the hang of it I raised the stilts by about 10cm/4" (total height 70cm/~27") to make installation even easier.

 

 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by sjoemie himself
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[wallfish 20,429]

7 hours ago, sjoemie himself said:

Walked around on stilts the better part of yesterday and this afternoon installing framework to mount ceilings to

Some guys who did drywall when I was younger used those stilts everyday and then incorporated them into their Halloween costumes once a year. Pretty cool costumes when you can be 8 ft tall

Edited 2 hours ago by wallfish

[JCM 11,343]

On 8/26/2026 at 7:36 PM, SylvanLakeWH said:

Added safer beer holders to the back yard fire circle of knowledge... safety first! 

 

 

Just picked up a case of those on Friday. I put those in the freezer for 30 minutes. Problem is they go down a lot quicker. Not sure if that's good or bad. They taste better in the bottle but a pain to put in a carriage at the Packy. They are heavier to carry.