Bonehead Award of the year

   / Bonehead Award of the year #51  
When my dad was in the final stages of cancer, he was talking to my sister an me about things, getting his affairs in order, finding "the good stuff" in the attics and basements, etc... we were looking for something in particular and he said it was in the attic over the kitchen. The house was high peaked ceilings. In some areas, there was a wall that dropped down from the peak to a normal 8' high, with sliding doors to the attic on the short wall that formed. It was really quite unique and a great place to store stuff. Anyhow, he said get the ladder and look in the kitchen attic, but be sure to turn off the ceiling fan, first.

My sister and I looked at each other and she made some comment that yeah, that should be obvious. He said, yeah, I though so, too.... but I forgot. whack whack whack. We all had a good laugh. I miss my pops. :thumbsup:
 
   / Bonehead Award of the year #52  
Maybe we should turn this thread into a competition for BOTY! :laughing:

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If a few others have the humility to admit their bonehead moves, we can then put together a poll at the end of the year and offer a prize. I can't remember most of my bonehead moves thankfully, but I do remember standing on my roof years ago, cutting a large limb overhanging the house. I was careful to tie a rope around the 6in diameter limb and loop it around a higher one so when it fell it would stay put. Only problem was I cut on the wrong side of the rope and it dropped to my horrid surprise and punctured the roof. :duh: Still can't believe I did that.

Lol, you must have just got through watching a Wile Coyote and Roadrunner cartoon.
 
   / Bonehead Award of the year #53  
....... or put a skidsteer on its nose?)

...or dumped a load of dirt into the cab with you and then spent an hour cleaning it out so the guy at the rental place won't know that you're a bonehead.
 
   / Bonehead Award of the year #54  
Ok I have to give this a shot. On my second solo flight my instructor told me to shoot 3 touch and go landings then stop and we would debrief. So I preflight the plane, follow my preflight check list and off I go. The first landing was a little squirrelly but not to bad for a beginner. The next landing was picture perfect! Smooth as could be and right on the numbers. Feeling rather proud of myself, I decided to really impress my instructor, who was sitting on a bench watching me, by getting the nose of the plane back off the ground as soon as possible. So I maxed power, pulled back on the stick, and the plane ballooned about 100 ft straight up and stalled right over the runway! That was the moment I realized I had forgotten to take the flaps out and they were fully down. The pucker factor was way off the scale! I was able to recover, build airspeed, and bleed the flaps off a little at a time to get the plane flying again. But, that was the last time I didn't follow the after landing checklist!
 
   / Bonehead Award of the year #55  
I drilled into what I thought was the back seat plastic floor pan on a Nissan Altima to install a hanger when all of a sudden gas started running out, dang!
 
   / Bonehead Award of the year #56  
In terms of bonehead moves, there's lots of competition from all of us (how many of us have cut off our Skilsaw cord, or put a skidsteer on its nose?)
We had a neighbor do that once when I was a teenager. He tried to lift a RR tie retaining wall apart and it stayed together. The Bobcat was on its nose with the wheels sitting like they were on a 12/12 pitch slope, he wasn't buckled in, so he couldn't trip the seat sensor and run the controls at the same time.
He was going to call the rental place, but I talked him into letting me try. I buckled in, cinched the belt up tight and then "hung" from the seatbelt while I slowly lowered the bucket and drove forward at the same time.

Aaron Z
 
   / Bonehead Award of the year #57  
Com'n, Eddy, Eddy, Eddy... we need to hear another one of your own. Like I told Moss, one BHM per day per person. :D


This one is good for a laugh. I was cleaning out some silt in my small pond where the culvert is at. I positioned my backhoe where I could reach in the farthest to get the silt, and then I parked my dump truck next to it so I could load it easily. First load went well, second load went well, but on my third load, my tires spun a bit when pulling out. It crossed my mind that it's getting slippery under the dump truck because there was so much water in the silt that was getting everywhere, but since I made it out, I figured I could do it again.

As soon as I put the dump truck in gear, the tires just spun and I slid backwards into the pond without any way to stop it. It was all slow motion, but also rather shocking sitting there in the drivers seat, and then going up into the air as the back end went down into the water.

Fortunately, just as it happened, my neighbor drove by, saw what happened, and without asking, he went and got his backhoe and a chain to help me pull it out.

In the end, it only cost me a few gallons of oil in the rear axle and I was back to work. I changed how I parked the dump truck, so it was backed into the backhoe. If it slid, the backhoe would stop it.

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   / Bonehead Award of the year #58  
Back in the day when we had open bank dumps, my friend brought a pickup load. It was icy as he was backing up, he and the truck went over the bank. The dump attendant said dryly, "Bob, that truck looks too good to throw away." Oh, and I forgot to mention that the garbage was on fire and heading his way.
 
   / Bonehead Award of the year #59  
no problem. i'll take vid/pics saturday. fyi...i posted about 10 videos on the 2555 on youtube. allthingsdiy mike. you might find some of it useful. like the difference in starting w/o block heater and with it,etc.

HI, I posted the video of the LED lights to the site. sorry its shaky and on the dark side. freaking cold out there. any questions just drop me a comment. you will love the LED's. you can try the whole setup on your kitchen table just using a little 9v battery before wiring your tractor. it worked for me.
 
   / Bonehead Award of the year #60  
Once upon a time in LennyLand, I used to build small wooden boats.
Sometimes, pieces have to be glued and screwed together to build up thickness like a rudder blank.
Glue and epoxy needs some warm temperature to set.
One cold wintry week, Missus Lenny went to visit kids leaving Lenny all alone.
Lenny laid up two pieces of 3/4" plywood for a rudder blank over plastic on Missus Lenny's antique cherry dining table in her oh so warm kitchen. He was very very careful with the plastic drop cloth placement and glue as the table was the wife's cherished family heirloom.

It is now a proven fact that 1 3/4" wood screws will go through two pieces of 3/4" plywood, a thin layer of glue between them and a 3mil thick drop cloth and into the highly finished top of an antique dining room table every 4-6 inches when used to clamp said blanks together.
Approximately 30-40 screws were used for consistent clamping pressure.

This had the added unwanted advantage of securing the rudder blank rather well to top of said table.

Temporary repairs was easily done however by reinstalling the previously removed tablecloth and centerpiece left on the table before the Missus' departure for holidays.

It got rather loud in LennyLand when Missus went through her ritual of removing tablecloth and waxing cherished families heirloom dining table shortly after her return to home.

After 10 years, Lenny still receives go to **** looks when table is discussed or noticed even after professional repairs were done by Lenny.

The End
Lenny
 

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