2025: What are you doing today?

[58 Yeoman]

I'm one of them, and my wife was walking by as I was looking at the pix and she liked it too.  Nice work.

[chimp koose]

looks good . I would leave it with the paint as is if it were mine . Looks like you are getting some fab  work again .  

[idrivejunk]

Thanks guys, it is intended to be a tuner and stuff table that will be below a wall mounted TV. I enjoyed the task and thought it a good boss cave idea. He asked for 20" depth and the rest worked itself out. I was inclined to crudely hinge the top but that wasn't the idea. It is sturdy enough to stash a big auto trans in with a plywood floor. There is a cross brace. It is heavy, I used the entire bed box!

And yeah... sent a pic to Dad who thought it was neat and should be mine. But Mom was of course over the moon wanting one.

Probably due to the yeah, antique finish. Which I also like. Gate looks pretty bad though. Hard to tell in pics but the top barely sticks out past gate and interference with bowed gate is what keeps it shut.

As far as happy metal work projects go I have long suspected that I can handle all the metal work. I have actually been doing just that this winter and it seems (to me) that I get way far ahead that way. And fill in with bondo work.

I can be physically comfortable and enjoy doing my 30 hours a week of metal and mud. When I had a newby who does constant bondo help me tote that bed to my stall he said aw so you got a fun day ahead. I said well next Tuesday will begin my 15th year on that slab, so... get in line.  

[enjenjo]

I like it. Much better than scraping  something that has been around that long. Build some more and sell them.

[idrivejunk]

If a guy had a mess of old beds he could probably sell a few done that way, yep. The ol jailbar bed box is out back. Some sort of big wheelbarrow might be another adaptation. Pugsy said he could turn one into an insulated stainless cooler thing in a day. I don't guess I've ever seen one done this way so any idea cleverness credits go to boss man. His thought was to just chop it off and have maybe just a tubing X at the back but I was like nah, shove the ends together so it has four stake pocket "legs".

[kb426]

I like the stake pocket legs. Without it would like those bland beds that some people use like me. LOL.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

I am always looking online at old vehicles for sale.  Found this old Dodge Van. about 35 miles from us.. Seems like the kayak should be carried on the outside?

Price on the van is $1800.00  .. Seller says it is a roller , altho it is sitting on blocks, no wheels or tires. No title.

[chimp koose]

stripped the 400sbc I was assembling to send everything out for balancing .

[jaybee]

I love it, Matt, that's very cool.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

I read a few daze ago : Gene Winfield died.  Amazing life he had.  A pioneer in the custom car building field.

We had some snow saturday early morning. Did not hang around long after the earth rotated our area towards the sun.

[jaybee]

It's only been about 7 years ago that I went to an auto show in Kansas City. Gene was in a roped off area at one end of the venue teaching a whole group of younger people how to chop the top on a pickup cab.

[jaybee]

"Price on the van is $1800.00  .. Seller says it is a roller , altho it is sitting on blocks, no wheels or tires. No title."

Maybe that means it'll roll over if you push it hard enough from one side.

[chimp koose]

put a 400sbc crank in the lathe for a polish yesterday . this is another 400 build , much less power than the one getting balanced .

[idrivejunk]

Finally got the junk GP out of my yard and onto death row. Its hard not to be a little sad.    RIP

[58 Yeoman]

Does it run and move?  Up here, they're getting between one and two thousand for a mover just for demo derbies.  But that one looks to be in pretty good condition.  I've seen crappy cars being up for sale around here.

I had fun today.  I have a gravel 'ramp' that goes to my lower level property, by the dry creek, that I use with my JD tractor for hauling firewood, the log splitter, chipper, small trailers, etc. Today, I hooked up the 5x8 landscape trailer to the truck and headed for the gravel pit on the north end of town for a ton of CA6 to lay down on that ramp to make it better.  Another gravel company bought this place and really changed things around.  Anyway, an endloader buy directed me to the right pile, and loaded my trailer.  As soon as I drove onto the scale, I heard a pop.  One trailer tire blew.  The scale lady said I had a ton and a half on.  Hmm, the guys are usually better at loading a ton onto my 3/4 ton trailer.

I pulled off to the side and told her that I have a spare and an air compressor to air up the other tire, which looked low.  I jacked up the trailer and removed the blown tire and noticed that it's shot. Those tires are only a couple years old (4.80x12).  These are the second set of tires/wheels since I've had the trailer, 2008.  I took the spare and plugged in the air compressor in the truck, and it wouldn't air up the tire.  What a POS; new; it went into the trash. I put the spare on, and it's flat.

The scale lady called someone in the yard, and they would come up with an air compressor to air up the tires.  I said, hell, I live only five miles down the road, I could go home and get one.  Nope.  Two guys came up with a PU, a-c and gennie.  Started the gennie, turned on the a-c, but had the wrong hose.  Okay, we're going to get the right hose. I argued again, but they wouldn't have it.  They came back with a floor jack and jacked up the trailer to take the weight off, aired the tires, and said it didn't look good to them, so they shoveled some off and said I could come back another time and get some free.  Heck, she only charged me a ton, so I'm good.  After I got home and got it spread out, it was just right amount anyway.

So now, I need three new tires.  Menard's shows a slightly larger size with wheel included that will fit, but both local stores only have two each. Another store a little farther has three, and it's less distance than going to both stores, so I head out to that one.  When I get to that town, I see gas is $2.89.9; in my town, it's $3.29.9, so I fill up the trucks 1/2 full tank.  Get to Menard's and they only have two tires.  Grrrr.  I buy them anyway, and stop at a Rural King store and find the same tire/wheels for about the same price, so I buy the third one there.

Fun day for sure.