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Yep, I've tested tubes myself at a 7-11 store and replaced bad ones. That would have been in 1961-62.
Another Example of Our "Disposable" Society
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Yep, I've tested tubes myself at a 7-11 store and replaced bad ones. That would have been in 1961-62.
keegs
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I have an old Sears plastic garbage can that has the wheels built on it. I use it for recyclables - paper and co-mingled (cans/glass/plastic). The town picks up each every other week. Pickup is at the curb about 100 feet or so up from the house. I keep the recycle can on the deck. The wheels make getting the recyclables, particular the newspapers, up to the curb allot easier.
Over the years the bottom of the can started wearing out and stuff was falling out. The bottom isn't completely flat as the wheels don't extend out from the can but are tucked underneath it. The bottom (front to back) is about the size of a piece of 5/4 decking. So I cut a piece of decking to fit in there an using some deck screws screwed it in place. I did that about a year ago. So long as the wheels keep working it will remain my recycle can.
Over the years the bottom of the can started wearing out and stuff was falling out. The bottom isn't completely flat as the wheels don't extend out from the can but are tucked underneath it. The bottom (front to back) is about the size of a piece of 5/4 decking. So I cut a piece of decking to fit in there an using some deck screws screwed it in place. I did that about a year ago. So long as the wheels keep working it will remain my recycle can.
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Maybe it's one of the Lifetime replacement ones Sears was so famous for?
Bought my first and only 100' garden hose back when I was 12 or 13 as a Father's day present for Dad... kept the receipt and that nearly 40 year hose keeps on going even though I've had to exchange it a couple of times...
I've done ok with lifetime batteries and mufflers on cars I have nearly 40 years too...
keegs
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I didn't think they guaranteed anything but craftsman tools....or maybe it's they require a receipt if it doesn't have the craftsman name on it....?
I'm on my second pair of craftsman lopping shears. It's got to be close to thirty years ago that I bought the first pair. :thumbsup:
I'm on my second pair of craftsman lopping shears. It's got to be close to thirty years ago that I bought the first pair. :thumbsup:
keegs
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Here's another one. I have a 16" Skil chain saw (made in Canada) that I bought second hand from a guy at work in 1980. I think I paid $75. for it. I've used it to cut firewood ever since. It's so old I can't get parts for it anymore. A couple of years ago I was splitting some wood by hand and a chunk flew off and whacked the chain saw breaking the on/off switch. I took the switch cover off, removed the switch and took it to radio shack. They had almost the identical switch. I figure I'll get at lease a few more years out of 'er
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I recently had a surge from lightning take out the 'board' in my 2 year old garage door opener.The board was going to cost $80. A new opener on sale was just under $130. So I took it apart and cut the board out and ran three wires to a box where I used two single pole push buttons.(radio shack $1,99) I don't have use of the remotes but i can go up and down still. The motor are reversible.Lots of times it down make sense to replace a part in the long run.
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I had almost the exact same thing happen on my opener, but the board was $80 and shipping. For $190, I got a new belt-drive opener that is very quiet and has a much better light. My opener was over 8 years old, so I just replaced it. I am considering using it on a shop garage door with manual switches, but in all honesty, it may end up going to the metal recycle center up the road from here because it's for a 7' opening door. I guess I'm contributing to the "disposable" part of society, but the reason I have a garage door is for convenience and security. I've told my wife many times that one of the favorite things about my house is my garage door opener.
I want it to work like it is designed to with none of my "southern engineering."Another example of being disposble. I have a two and half ton Walker floor jack. The jack would not raise the mower one morning for tire repair. I checked on purchasing a rebuild kit, the kit was $58.00. The jack repair facility wanted over one hundred dollars to repair with a thirty day warranty. I purchased a new three and half ton at Costco for $94.00 with a one year warranty. Now if I can just figure out what to do with the Walker. I think the garbage man would complain if I put it in the can since it weights quite a lot.
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A subdivision was built on the land to our west. Six lots that I think range from 5ish to 15 acres. They built a road and cleared the property lines. One of the property lines intersects our property line. The cleared line was wide enough to get a truck through if you wanted too. We had some problems with trespassers until brush and trees grew back over the cleared line.
Some one drove down that cleared line when it was opened and dumped trash. I am pretty sure they did it with a FEL. They could have gone to the dump quicker. Out near the subdivision's road someone dumped not one but two 2+ ton floor jacks! They were big, heavy, expensive and broke.
Some idiot, likely the same twit the dump the trash, just tossed the jacks in the ditch. He backed up a truck and rolled them out the back.
There is a transfer station in town that is free. There are only two grocery stores with 10-15 miles and they are right near that transfer station. They HAVE to go to the grocery stores. All they had to do is take the trash/jacks to the transfer stations....
HOW they broke those jacks is a good question that I dod not have the answer. :confused2: They were all mangled.
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Dan
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Jinman, I was in a position where my sister in law had one for a 7 foot door also, and could have bought the extension kit for xx amount from sears. Well we didn't need to much more legnthy really on the rail travel to get the larger door up, so I just kept adjusting the stop screws till I gained the upward length. Then I re drilled the hole for the rail stop for the chain. This would come under the category of Marketing at this point.
Sears I believe made it this way so they could have the separate item to sell people.It doesn't realy matter if the chain end stops at 1/4 close to the opener box itself, or stops at 4 or 6 inches from it.as long as it stops.
I hear ya an thinking of disposal. I can almost think of some projects that could use this type of mechanism . We usually find we need it once we chuck it out.
Oh yes I hadnt included the shipping in my board price.oops
Sears I believe made it this way so they could have the separate item to sell people.It doesn't realy matter if the chain end stops at 1/4 close to the opener box itself, or stops at 4 or 6 inches from it.as long as it stops.
I hear ya an thinking of disposal. I can almost think of some projects that could use this type of mechanism . We usually find we need it once we chuck it out.
Oh yes I hadnt included the shipping in my board price.oops