What did YOU do today?

[scotts90ranger]

Decided to make a dent in the oak tree my brother has down, gotta keep on it so I have wood for next winter... took the F350 over to get a bed load... was a heaped 8' bed load with no straps so around 1/2 cord or so of unsplit rounds stacked neatly, would have been at least 3 Ranger loads if not 4... could have fit a half dozen more rounds in but the chain on the saw said it was done...

Then we worked on the pivot bearings for the swingarm on his 4 wheeler, one side was down to about 2 rollers so it wasn't good, couldn't get the outer races out so we took some shortcuts and will revisit in the winter when it isn't such a time crunch.

Then lunch for my father in law, good times

Then I got the seal kit for the pellet gun I've been working on, inconveniently I assumed it was the wrong part number (no markings), turns out it's a Crosman 105 made around 1948, takes different seals than the 130 I thought it was but the main one is just an O ring so will try that...

 

[racsan]

Got the pool filled, built a deck but ran out of energy & dry skies before I could get the steps built. Went to move the truck & it appears that the starter died. So, got one ordered along with cables & a solenoid for good measure. Cant be too upset since it died at home, even if it was in the backyard. Almost 40 years old. Can only hope the next one goes half that distance.

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

Yesterday I took Truck Norris on its first road trip since the suspension is finished and the alignment is good. It drives just fine. I drove it about 5 hours round trip, and I learned a few things:

• The truck is a real pleasure to drive. Its simplicity is a joy, and my wife fell asleep in the passenger seat, which is a high compliment.
• 150 HP with tall gears and a 3.73 rear end is mostly adequate for my needs, but a 2.5 Duratec swap is in my future. I'm not trying to win any races, but a tow hitch on the back of my truck is, let's say, ambitious. A 25% increase in torque would make a solid difference.
• I can easily out-drive my own headlights. I didn't try to do so, but 65 MPH at night on tree-lined country roads is iffy. KC Daylighters are coming, and I may run a better light relay and wiring for the stock headlights to get a bit more output from them.
• The truck loves E0 93 gas. It runs nice, and has a bit more power. That said, the A/T's I installed look amazing, but do me no favors in fuel savings. They are a great complement to the new suspension, though. Hard jolts with the last tires are smoothed bumps with these.

 

[superj]

We did a sunset cruise to watch dolphins in Galveston last night.

Dolphins at the base of this ship jumping

The rest are just sunset shots. I see dolphins all the time so I didn't take lots of pics but sunset shots while on a boat are not often seen

The ship in the last pic , to the right side, is actually sunken on a sandbar. It's a cargo ship that was made of concrete and was sailed for 30 years, or something like that, till it hit a reef and cracked. They tried to fix it but no fix held so they put it on the sandbar 50 years ago. Crazy