Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Hey Ray!!! How you guys doing???
The same as usual around here. Had another down day what can you do? Means more beer for tomorrow!
Been busy with parts lately for some reason and another bunch of dual points From referrals. . Weird time of year for them.
Been busy with parts lately for some reason and another bunch of dual points From referrals. . Weird time of year for them.
Gettin't the word out on those dual points. Keep that ol' Sun machine hummin'The same as usual around here. Had another down day what can you do? Means more beer for tomorrow!
Heya southleftie!
Got my king pins done
Got my king pins done
Definitely. Need some rb cores badly for parts mine are getting picked clean and there are no hard parts around for them.
Went to just above freezing today, but i spent entire day in shop.
Tomorrow i want to pull diff from parts truck...
Tomorrow i want to pull diff from parts truck...
Looked good also. Where did you find the reamers?Heya southleftie!
Got my king pins done
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Two that were too large were in my drawer,other one my machine shop guy had.
The small one worked like a charm.
Thank you, it is Baaa Hum Bug here. I really don't like Christmas much.......Missing my son......Nickolas.
Unconventional
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I operated a temporary manlift/elevator on the launch mount tower at SLC6 VAFB, the proposed west coast launch site for the shuttle. This is the tower right next to the launch mount, it doesn't roll away like some of the other equipment, it's permanent and engineered to withstand multiple launches. Massive iron and lots of it. Large party of USAF officials visit me one day and want a ride to the top so they can walk down to inspect/view the progress on the tower. The top landing was about 300', spectacular view by the way
. SLC6 is pretty much right on the beach, wind rarely stops completely, I had an operating limit of 40mph winds which I seldom reached. Take half the group up and turn them loose and go back for the other. In the second group was a rather attractive lady Captain . We get to the top everyone files out. Lady Captain takes about 2 steps, I didn't even get the door at the landing closed, "Is this thing moving?" she asks. Barely a breeze in my book, "Yes, but it's built to flex in the wind. If you fix your eyes on something stationary you can really get a feel for how much it sways. Nothing to worry about." "Take me back down now!". 
I couldn't help but think "Ok, she's a Captain in the USAF and she's afraid of heights 
". Probly a good thing I didn't tell her about my adventure to the top of the mast where the sheave for the counterweight cable resided. I could grease it from the top landing, but when it failed, only way up was to climb that 60' of tower, she would have blew chunk allover the lift .
That's funny. Man I used to paint the mast on the ship that was a trip out at sea. No one else could handle the swinging at that height! Flat bottomed boat also to add to the fun!
When i was younger i had no fear of heights. 48 foot antenna towers were nothing. setting tall rafters on a second floor. Nope, no biggie.
walking in framed interior walls-2x4’s. No problem. Now, ladders,or whatever, i am very careful. After getting knocked to the ground off a ladder planting my right shoulder on hard packed gravel i think twice about anything over 4 feet.
walking in framed interior walls-2x4’s. No problem. Now, ladders,or whatever, i am very careful. After getting knocked to the ground off a ladder planting my right shoulder on hard packed gravel i think twice about anything over 4 feet.
I cannot do any sort of heights any more with the dizziness. Amazing what I cannot do any more!
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Evening people, hights don't do much for me either.
Hmmm can you really be first if you never left? I know Rob is around cause I see him posting.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
Good evening, or is it late night, or early morning
I worked a 14 hour run yesterday ( the day after Friday) so I came home and nodded out on the couch. So there went my evening.
Now i should be sleeping but i am up
I worked a 14 hour run yesterday ( the day after Friday) so I came home and nodded out on the couch. So there went my evening.
Now i should be sleeping but i am up
Morning Rainy.
I'm sitting here watching Junkyard Mook. Missing my wife. Almost 1 week through a 3 week hitch.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
I get it, when I go on vacation where I fly somewhere, i really miss my car too.
Morning. another warm day coming up.
a nice break from the cold.
a nice break from the cold.
Good morning
Morning
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