Recent content by sandman2234

I learned to drive a semi truck when paper logs were how you managed your driving hours. I don't want to suggest that any truck driver would falsify a paper logbook, but I am sure pages were lost and had to be replaced. One of the things a good friend suggested, was to carry a rock. A small one...

Where do all the young men go? Off to cities? I am one of those young men who left a small town and never managed to get back, although I would in a minute, but my Bride grew up here, so here is where we stay. I was actually born in Jax, but my teenage years were going to school in a town...

A bunch of fellers from Long Island University got introduced to a bunch of Gators and went home dragging their sharks tails behind! David from jax

BufordBoone, That is a rough place for a grease fitting due to the bucket being dipped into all the worst piles of dirt, or backdragged causing dirt to pile up in that area. I tend to keep it over lubricated just for those reasons. David from jax

Xfaxman, Would it help to weld a flat plate across the top of the existing angle iron legs and then attach the caster wheels to the bottom of that plate? That would drop the overall height of the press by several inches, making it a lot less top heavy. An added long term advantage would be...

I love putting things on casters, but I don't like the added height of them so I usually build the dolly like a lowboy trailer, where the deck that is supporting the load is as low as possible and the wheels are outside of the footprint of the unit I am putting casters on. Because the wheels are...

I kind of like a "thanks", but not required. I would give you a thanks, after I pick myself up off the floor, because I can't remember ever getting something back I lost! David from jax

Happens a lot more than people are willing to admit. Even a brief "blink" can lead to issues when traveling at the speeds people drive today. A friend who worked for a sod company said they hired a guy to mow the grass and he send a drone up to photograph the path the guy was cutting. He...

I found a purse, not enough identifying information to drop it by someone's house, so it went to the Police Station. I found a 1" impact laying in the middle of the street, grabbed it and took it back to the tire shop that was located down the side road from where I found it. (We couldn't...

The slopes on the pond that I mow up at the Church can get interesting! They hauled in loads and loads of clay when they dug the pond, and it can make it interesting. The last time I mowed, the 4wd tractor did not want to climb the hills, and going sideways the tractors wheels had to be turned...

That could be an expensive lesson! David from jax

I had a Ford 7710 in 4wd with duals. When I bought it, sight unseen online Auction. I met a wrecker out there that was contracted to haul it to my house. That is when we realized that the duals wouldn't come off easily because they had been on the tractor for many years. We also realized that...

tallyho8, When I think of Westwego, I remember running loads of sugar out of South Florida to a warehouse in Westwego. One day while making a delivery in Westwego, my Bride asked me where I was at. I told her I was just south of the Mississippi River, south of New Orleans. She told me...

Yeah, not the best advertisement for the state, but in reality, if you stay out of their domain, you don't see them very often. David from jax

I drove for a company for a while back when I was younger... (59 lol) We were dedicated to Bridgestone Tires and serviced the warehouse here in Jax. That building, if you walk around the perimeter is a mile hike! Almost all of our loads were driver unload, and I have "fingerprinted" more tires...