Been busy

[Airborne]

Hey guys i haven’t disappeared,just been busy , my latest has been plowing snow, and cutting trees in the woods , this cold snap is great to get in woods imo,, 

last week,took,a sharp object in sidewall of tire, 32 miles on tire ugh... replaced the tire and bought a nice little floor jack at Harbor freight , it was about $30,00 , lol got home and realized it had no hydraulic fluid in it .... i wish they would of told me , had to run back out for fluid .. jack does exactly what i wanted im happy .. 

hope everyone is doing ok , 

Airborne 

[Frank Angerano]

Hey pal.  Glad to hear your enjoying the weather and the bike.   That sucks about the tire but that’s the price we pay for hanging in the woods.  The bikes run so nice in the cooler weather.  So many people are commenting about how harbor freight is getting better with there stuff.  There is a topic floating around about a $50 dollar winch that’s holding up pretty good.  The fluid thing however sucks.  But it is what it is I guess. Anyway ride safe !    

[mikeexplorer]

I bought a grinder from there this past summer and ran the crap out of it to restore this 5 by 8 trailer.

Mike

 

[Frank Angerano]

Looks great !  It looks like you removed the expanded metal and replaced with wood?  How was the wiring ? 

[06kfx440]

I need to do that to my trailer. The one I have just flops in the breeze when it's empty. But tractor supply is what it is. I'll need to add a v in the front for stability as well. Spring welding for me.

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[pokerl0w]

 

10 hours ago, mikeexplorer said:

I bought a grinder from there this past summer and ran the crap out of it to restore this 5 by 8 trailer.

 

you got me thinking, frank n mike! (that's a podcast title right there) we are always talking about HF tools.. I started a thread and put my tools post:

 

 

 

 

Edited January 30, 2019 by pokerl0w

[mikeexplorer]

On 1/30/2019 at 5:37 AM, Frank Angerano said:

Looks great !  It looks like you removed the expanded metal and replaced with wood?  How was the wiring ? 

I replaced the wiring and lights with LED lights. Picked up the kit at an auto store. Old lights were dim and wiring was damaged.

That is not wood, it is HDPE plastic sheet cut into strips. I got it for free at my former job. The grating on the floor was shot and broken in several places. I cut and ground off all the welds and repainted the frame.

 

Edited January 31, 2019 by mikeexplorer

[Frank Angerano]

Looks great. Is it all done ?  Any more going on it ? Storage box for straps ? 

[JacobSlabach]

On 1/29/2019 at 6:54 PM, Airborne said:

Hey guys i haven’t disappeared,just been busy , my latest has been plowing snow, and cutting trees in the woods , this cold snap is great to get in woods imo,, 

last week,took,a sharp object in sidewall of tire, 32 miles on tire ugh... replaced the tire and bought a nice little floor jack at Harbor freight , it was about $30,00 , lol got home and realized it had no hydraulic fluid in it .... i wish they would of told me , had to run back out for fluid .. jack does exactly what i wanted im happy .. 

hope everyone is doing ok , 

Airborne 

I got a daytona 3ton low profile floor jack form there- really satisfied.  it lifts from like 3 inches to 24... $100 with coupon and comes with fluid

[mikeexplorer]

On 1/31/2019 at 6:13 AM, Frank Angerano said:

Looks great. Is it all done ?  Any more going on it ? Storage box for straps ? 

Been done, did it over the summer. Its a 5 X 8 so it only holds one machine and not practical to have a storage box. I keep the straps and towing gear in the vehicle.

My other trailer is a triton which holds two machines, the deck is flat, so it cannot have a storage box either.