What did YOU do today?

[Rick W]

responded to a car accident yesterday, 2 white vehicles, sounds like one of them did not have their lights on

Too cool, unfortunate circumstances. Appreciate your service.

I used to have the red lights on my F250 when I was doing the HAZMAT emergency response, before the fire departments started doing it all, but they never let us have sirens unless we went through the Police driver training course. Too much liability. Red lights got us through traffic jams in the city, but I never wanted my guys speeding

It was my company with a partner, and I/we wasn’t the one who responded to the day-to-day stuff, only the really big stuff and political stuff. Siren (legal) is on my bucket list, probably forever more. I doubt it will move off the list. Biggest excitement I ever get these days along those lines is when there’s torrential rains or the rare big snowstorm, and they call me out to sit by a bridge that they fear will be swamped, or at the bottom or top of the long hill. Woo hoo!

 

[scotts90ranger]

Went shopping for some liquid shop essentials after work then after I got home I measured then cut, sanded then painted a piece of plywood for the loft ceiling, tomorrow I'll get it installed... After that then there's only two more pieces and that portion will be done... by the looks of the 5 gallon bucket of white paint I've been working on I think I'll be able to do one more sheet of wood with it so I'll need to get more soon...

I also did some surgery on a 4' LED light that I had pulled down, when I pulled it I did some troubleshooting and was blaming the pull chain switch, I had conveniently pulled another light that had more catastrophic issues and salvaged the switch so soldered that switch to the other light and so far so good...

 

[djfllmn]

I’m always amazed at how many light colored vehicles drive around in fog with no lights on. I watched 4 cars come past the house in heavy fog in a 15 minute time period and 3 of them had no lights and one had the front DRL lights only and all were light colored. Dumb. Very dumb.

It sure is, and coming from a first responder stand point, very very frustrating

 

[superj]

Put the wheels and tires on the wife's wrangler.

So the wheels were not moto metal. They are actually american outlaw. I took the tires that came stock on my truck and dismounted them and reinstalled them on the new wheels. They are about a half inch taller then the tires and wheels that were on the jeep, even though the tire calculator says they should .3 smaller diameter. the rims are 1 inch wider then the stock jeep rims and offset an inch farther outside so the wheels stick out 2 inches from where the stock ones sat. We did satin because the gloss was to shiny.

My wife loves it so thats good.

Stock

New look

 

[SenorNoob]

My wife loves it so thats good.

Amen. That's second only to safety for the wife's ride.

I've spent some time today inspecting my wife's old flatscreen. I had been using it on my security system. Apparently we got some power flashes the other day and when I came back upstairs it was off. Not even a power LED. Power seems to be ok. Backlight comes on when the mainboard is unplugged. Hard to say for sure cause both of my home multimeters are acting stupid. But, both boards were $30 total so I got them ordered and well see.

 

[racsan]

I went & looked a a ‘89 F150. hope to add it to my driveway soon, title issues (estate situation) hopefully it works out. Went to dinner at a new place. Getting cold out again, the breif thaw was a tease.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I’ve been working on a bathroom remodel for a buddy. 3 layers of floor later we are at a partially rotted subfloor and still a few headaches to deal with. He’s been pouring money into things of course because the two most expensive rooms in a house are the bathroom and kitchen. Is what it is. I have to do some bracing underneath and finish removing the drains then it can all start going back together. Right now there’s two holes in the floor where rotted/damaged wood was. I’ve blocked it off so nobody gets a quick trip to the basement.

 

[Bill]

I trimmed back the shrubs with the chainsaw then took a shower after I was done so I wouldn't smell like chainsaw exhaust.

 

[Rick W]

I’m 15 minutes into the men’s hockey game. 1, 0. Amazing stick and puck handling to make the score. It’s worth looking it up. I’m not the biggest fan, but I’ve been following it since college, and I’ve never seen such a great move

I moved from the kitchen out to the shed of miracles where I have it on the bigger screen, but I’m really working on the Road Ranger bumper and valence. Going to do some other Ranger stuff, but it’s 42° now and it’s supposed to constantly go down all day.

@Peter_'86_2.9L_Auto it’s coming over later to help me rehang the bumper. With my advanced age, I’m afraid of bashing my teeth out if try to shove it in place myself.

I’ll probably try that cam sensor later, but after the surgery on my arm, my fingers and hand tighten up almost instantly in the cold. It’s only a couple days, so either way I’ll have it done by the end of the week.
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Oh, and did I say: “USA USA USA USA….”

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

...after the surgery on my arm, my fingers and hand tighten up almost instantly in the cold.

Maybe one of these will help you!

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I've worked in the cold most of my life. I double up on the cheap cotton glove liners and slip a heat pack between the 2. Works pretty good for the hand and fingers.

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

Nice.

 

[Rick W]

Maybe one of these will help you!

Thanks. I just finished up a year worth of physical therapy a few weeks ago. We tried a few different things like that and it becomes a catch 22. The ones that are big enough and protective enough to protect me from the cold also almost preclude doing any kind of detail work with your hands.

I tried a couple different gloves, and ended up with a fairly inexpensive pair of Harbor Freight gloves. I cut the thumb off halfway up and cut the index finger halfway up, and then if I’m wearing a warm long sleeve shirt, it’s workable. But if it’s low about 50, nothing works. But thanks!

 

[Rick W]

I took a warm-up break and ate a little lunch. The USA boys beat Canada a couple minutes into overtime. 2, 1. I had it playing in the background, but I didn’t see much of the action. I’m glad I recorded it, I’ll probably look again. Woo hoo!

On the Ranger front, I got my air compressor installed. I took a scrap of diamond plate, cut a slot to hold the air compressor, bent those edges up, so I can actually slide the air compressor in and out. I bet the plate just a little bit so it actually snug the air compressor down. I also cut a little flap that I then bent to hold the wires in the air hose.

The left screws that hold the plate to the lid are the two screws that hold on the driver side fat chick handle, and I used a couple little brass screws for the other side of the plate.

I like it on the lid because then the air pressure gauge his eye level. I positioned it so that when I close the lid, it folds into the dead space between the second battery and the edges of the big toolbox.

I had to splice about 20 inches into the air hose (blue) to reach the air tank I have mounted on the side of the truck (lower left in picture). I’ve got a 20 feet hose that I can run from that air tank to reach every tire on the truck or that step trailer that I pull sometimes. I’m debating putting a little trap door in the side of the toolbox, a small version of the gas cap door, so I can fill the tank with the lid locked, but that’s a project for another day. I was originally going to hard pipe at all, but that little air compressor is so cheap, I imagine it will be replaced.

The compressor says it’ll go to 300 psi, but I think it would take a week to get there. The tank is rated at 125 with a with a pop off, and I’m happy as a clam if I can just get it over 100. It did it on the test run. So I’m checking this one off the list.

I sold it on one of those two line mirror plugs you find out battery, chargers, and such. I have the other half with a couple of alligator clips. That’s easy to clip on that second battery. That way, if I had to, I could take the thing out and use it somewhere else.

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

But thanks!

You're welcome!