What did YOU do today?

[scotts90ranger]

Today I kept on the camper disassembly project, got the roof taken apart and moved to the burn pile which is now full... I'm too close to the highway to make a fire outside of burn season (inversion currently so smoke stays low), I don't need attention... but the camper is reduced to a much smaller footprint now, it's maybe 6'x10' instead of 8'x20'

 

[scotts90ranger]

Also today I called on a 2012 Escape that's not far from me, it's marked at $3800, it's a front wheel drive 4 cylinder with a reconstructed title but new battery and tires and 190k miles. It's in pretty good shape, might pick it up for the wife tomorrow to replace the Camry that goes through a quart of oil per tank of gas then do an engine swap on that with the one in the parts car I got a year ago and sell it for about what the Escape costs, sounds pretty even to me...

 

["Risky Bizness"]

Watched football, and had a big pot of ham-n-beans and corn bread.

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

We got ice. Not too bad. A day off from work, and time with the wife.

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

Watched football, and had a big pot of ham-n-beans and corn bread.

Hell yeah! That sounds awesome! Had some frank & beans myself.

 

[Sharky]

this morning I tried to use the snow blower to remove last nights snow / ice mix, no go. then got the shovel, no deal

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

this morning I tried to use the snow blower to remove last nights snow / ice mix, no go. then got the shovel, no deal

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[Rick W]

Heads up for all the tractor lovers. This is FREE about 30 miles north west of Atlanta. I don’t know anything about it, it was on craigslist

 

[racsan]

tempting- theres a similar (but assembled) deere “M” for 3K near me. Would be quite a drive, might be over my 3000# trailer limit too, especially with the rear weights.

 

[scotts90ranger]

The wife talked herself out of the Escape, something about having too many cars around anyway and the Camry being on the short list of projects helped the decision, that's where I was once she mentioned it but I do get her point but it doesn't take a whole lot off my plate...

Did get a new tool today...

 

[Rick W]

tempting- theres a similar (but assembled) deere “M” for 3K near me. Would be quite a drive, might be over my 3000# trailer limit too, especially with the rear weights.

Hey, remember that down here, no rust or corrosion, just reassembly with new gaskets.

And you could send the weights through the post office…

… Rolls-Royce guarantees any part from any car from any year will be available at any time. They just don’t guarantee the new price….

…. Not rain or sleep nor gloom of night (ask @sgtsandman for a favor).

 

[sgtsandman]

Speaking of which, the post office orientation was today. They are definitely a little more modern than the Air Force. Instead of death by PowerPoint, we had death by video. Similar material, but with a USPS twist to it. Tomorrow is show up to the shop, do some training, and then doing work.

 

[racsan]

my escape didn’t like the cold this morning, so tonight its in the garage in case it needs jumped, might stay a little warmer inside out of the wind. Driveway was drifting shut so before I parked the tractor in its kennel shelter I plowed the drifts back. It did start better in the garage vs the covered outdoor shelter. I go retrieve the other escape from my daughter this weekend so we will have a backup vehicle again.

 

[Rick W]

I love Craigslist & marketplace….

Boxed in by the cold, I’ve been cleaning up my list of things to do for upcoming projects.

For the Road ‘Raith Kasket Kitchen, I don’t like the way the front support wheels came out so I want to get a couple of regular old trailer tongue jacks w/wheels. I want the ones that crank from the side. I’m going to connect them with a crossover rod so you only have to crank them from one side. Two will help the contraption stay level for when you’re climbing on and off or walking around on it. I have one the right size right now, but I needed the second one. I picked up one that was brand new in the package for $20 today, it’s one that sells for about $40.

I’m also planning on the big Aluminum car trailer, and I picked up a 2000 pound double wheel crank with the side tongue jack for $25. It’s the kind that sells for about $180 or 200.

 

[Bill]

My mom passed away in December, so this week I spent the whole week going through junk and tossing the useless junk on the street for the biannual junk heap pickup the city has. She saved everything. There were bread bags from a grocery store called Alpha Beta that closed in the 80s. Receipts from Sears, Wards, Gottschalks. She saved broken spatulas, worn out non-stick pans, pens. There were about five shoeboxes full of old pens. Little tin cans that are decorative to entice people to buy whatever was in them. Dozens of bottles of every type of cleaner. A week of hauling junk to the curb, and I'm still nowhere near finished. I saved the good cookware that was made in USA. I think a few things were made in Canada. I found an old Wapak cast iron skillet. Wapak went out of business in 1926. The bottom of the skillet is pitted from the days before sulphur was removed from natural gas. I cleaned it up and re-seasoned it.

Anyway.....I feel like I'm never going to complete this task.