What did YOU do today?

["Risky Bizness"]

Went to the auto auction for the car dealership I work for and brought back a SUV for them

 

[sgtsandman]

Ordered some more overlanding stuff.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Helped my brother change the water pump on his van, not quite as bad as I expected, went fine...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yesterday we tore apart more of my buddy Paul’s Ranger for an engine replacement and truck overhaul

 

[scotts90ranger]

When I got home I was all ready to start grinding on the boat but I got about 10 minutes in and was sweating profusely since it was like 85 and humid... but there was no wind and it was a burn day so I burned the stack of pallets in the burn pit, turns out that wasn't the best idea as it was a touch hot , hosed it down a little, didn't spread past the rocks on the perimeter of the fire but didn't need 20' tall flames... anyway once it was down to coals and I was done with dinner I decided to trim some trees since I had fire... then got back to grinding and ended up getting 5 out of 9 crossmembers ground down and only 2 of them fell off...

 

["Risky Bizness"]

Washed the Ranger

 

[holyford86]

Made a tractor tire and wheel into a burn pit and ugly raised bed (will be lined with tarp before filling with dirt)

 

[97RangerXLT]

lessee...

installed a dash cam in my new to me 2020 Edge Titanium. Not as bad as I thought. programmed one of the two garage door openers to the Homelink system, the other one will require me to get on a ladder and dash between the car and the door opener. will probably wait until I have my 14 year old available to help with that... Fixed the gate that the above mentioned 14 year old took out with the lawn mower a month or so back. went shopping. Posted dank memes on FB, Now on TRS.

a peaceful day overall.

AJ

 

[scotts90ranger]

So far mostly made a scrap run which involved getting holes for the tractor chain punched in the top of my two barrels then loading them on the trailer then the tiedown process... Once there I had to get all the junk they sort out separately like the random transmission, electric motors, stainless, aluminum, aluminum wheels (worth more for some reason than clean aluminum). All together 1960 pounds and about $175... and that was just the stuff that was in my way on top . Also got the piece of sheet aluminum I need to make a swim step for the boat...

Now back to grinding...

 

["Risky Bizness"]

Picked up a customers truck for the dealership, installed a closer on my 12' shop door, and helped my wife clean the dealership

 

[scotts90ranger]

Finished the grinding on the boat so called that project for the day.

I realized why the scrap run wore me out, I had most of the scrap in two fruit/nut crates (since that's what it came in from the auction) and in one was a transmission and in another were two electric motors... I looked at the receipt and the transmission was 160 pounds and the two motors together were 130 pounds (one was like 10 so yeah).

Other than that did some cleaning in the shop, found the trailer brake shock thing, pulled out a spindle from the parts box for the mower and combined the two boxes of parts... I really need to take a paint pen up to the loft and label the boxes like I intended to do months ago...

 

[rumblecloud]

Started stripping down the hood on the Ranger to prep for painting sometime later this year. The clearcoat was flaking really bad and it just looked butt-ugly. Now it's it's three different colors of primer and bare metal and looks beautiful.

 

[holyford86]

Went and picked up another b2 to add to the hoard (I now own 4) and stored it over at my friend's house. Hoping to start on the build of one this fall.

 

[Snatchsquatch]

Past few weeks have been shit.

After leaving an abusive relationship that I allowed myself to stay in for WAY TOO LONG last year, I managed to find myself someone else. Someone different. Someone with promise. Even moved in together the first of the year.

Nope. Another succubus.. hopped in the lifeboat and paddled away as quickly as I could.

Single man again. 'celebrated' this yesterday by meeting a buddy and his father at the local brewery after work where I promptly filled myself with bourbon and bacon wrapped steak tips and some awesome pretzels made from spent grain from brewing their beer.. gonna meet up with them down there again in an hour so I'm not stewing in the misery called life.

At least I have a couple solid friends, my shitbox ranger, and tools to work on it with. Got my argon tank filled too.


Just gotta keep reminding myself that it can ALWAYS be worse...


... Like... My ranger COULD have a 2.9 ... That's just about enough for a guy to decide to feed himself a lead breakfast..


Anyways. Onwards and upwards

I've given up on the 2 legged deer. All they've ever done is spend my money, make me get rid of things I like, and sleep with my friends.
I got 40 acres in the desert, a big crazy dog, a pile of guns, and a ton of projects, I also quit my crappy job. The lack of stress is pretty nice.

 

[Uncle Gump]

With the nice weather the past few days...

I cut down the tree in my backyard... burned a bunch of limbs... cut and stacked the usable firewood. Not a huge tree... about a face cord. Prepped the stump and gave it a good dose of potassium nitrate. Never used the stuff but reviews didn't seem too bad.

I also planted the last of the garden. Five banana peppers. Should make for a couple batches of canned banana ring peppers. Love them on a sandwich and on pizza.