New shop started

[plastikosmd]

Spark Plugs in the Ford and tire changes on the yard trailer. (HF changer from scrapyard with some rectangular tube welded on to slide on a fork for stability)

 

[plastikosmd]

Used to hate tire changes. I do it rarely and only on off-street vehicles but I also hate schlepping tires and rims to local guy and wasting his time to put on tractor tires etc.

The scrapyard harbor freight holder made it marginally better but my old tire spoons range from frustrating to lethal.

After breaking one putting in a tube, I sprung for a ken-tool tire iron. What took 20 min and a lot of cussing took 1 minute

Amazing

 

[daugen]

I have two golf cart tires to put on. Looking at your picture carefully, wondering if I could do that without pinching my fingers.
25 bucks for local tire store to put two on. Hmmmm.
probably some good youtube training videos too. Simply never done it before.

my local tire store actually likes fooling with my tractor tires. Gives them something different to do than taking rims off the third
Taurus that day...

 

[plastikosmd]

Yes,it should work? I was sizing up some of my smaller tires also.
I have a piece of acme rod that I threaded into the hf changer for smaller items(I haven’t tried it yet)
Other than sitting a bit higher, it should work.
Prior to using the better iron, I was really cranking on the harbor freight stand. Once I started using the correct tire iron, there was very little lateral stress and the tire popped on and off easily. Sitting high shouldn’t hurt w smaller tires

 

[plastikosmd]

Retension a torsion garage door spring for one of the 20’ doors and got ready to load the parts OC3 onto new owner’s trailer

 

[plastikosmd]

Sold the oliver oc3 crawler

One of my favorite implements is my drag, 8’ x 8’. Weight is around 300 pounds but when it digs in it is quite heavy



Flat ground the B16 has pulled it OK but turning was never ideal because the front and was a little bit light



I added 75 lbs to the front, 24” out and it still floats the front end but I unbalanced machine a bit. It couldn’t handle going uphill

She can dig! Sunk to the frame in 2nd quick!


I had to retrieve with a bigger allis

 

[TNhobbyfarmer]

Just read thru this entire thread for the first time. There's an old saying the one who dies with the most toys wins. OP will undoubtedly win that context going away. Pretty incredible OP.

 

[plastikosmd]

Thx! I am never bored!

 

[plastikosmd]

Drove out to get a sandwich, double IPA and some gas with CJ. I was complemented at the gas station by 20 something female. “Nice jeep, I had a cj7”
There is hope for this generation in respect to good taste (although I was in the “country”)

Drove back and figured I tackle one of the dead oak trees near the new Sawmill site out in the back 40+

I prefer an axe for the exercise and I also like to hear the tree as it gives and comes down.

Bucking to 10’ or so for hauling and de-limbing , I’m all chainsaw.
Using my 4.5’ crosscut saws on the ground or swinging an axe toward myself=done with that

I then cut to firewood size with a crosscut, slow but = more double ipa in my future

 

[bindian]

Which sawmill do you have?
hugs, Brandi