Another Day at the office

[medicmike]

That's far above my paygrade.

Nah, rocket surgery it ain't. Just have to break it down into subsystems to troubleshoot.

This is what the outside looks like.

 

[NFADLR]

A slight more complicated than the old heidelberg I kept in operation 40 years ago.

Nah, rocket surgery it ain't. Just have to break it down into subsystems to troubleshoot.

This is what the outside looks like.

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[meltblown]

Somedays, I think I want to go work at a redneck tire shop to see if I can still do something besides the rat race. I've gotten too soft

 

[medicmike]

A slight more complicated than the old heidelberg I kept in operation 40 years ago.

I love seeing those old Heidelbergs. There are quite a few of them still in service. Cool machines!

 

[12v71]

Somedays, I think I want to go work at a redneck tire shop to see if I can still do something besides the rat race. I've gotten too soft

I think every tire guy I know wears a size 4 hat and a size 20 collar... Make of that what you will.

 

[meltblown]

I think every tire guy I know wears a size 4 hat and a size 20 collar... Make of that what you will.

I go in sometimes and out here and watch them breaking down a big ass tractor tire with mauls and go shit. That would make me get in shape pretty quick.

 

[Invictus77]

My usual "day at the office" involves at least one 8750. Sometimes more than one.

 

[MordeanGrey]

My usual "day at the office" involves at least one 8750. Sometimes more than one.

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Heavy Metal! Those are really cool.

 

[Jaxxas]

My usual "day at the office" involves at least one 8750. Sometimes more than one.

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First time I seen one of those was a strip mine walk through in Wyoming. You could hear the noise as
we approached the crest, then that boom rose up and I could have swore it was some prehistoric mechanical dinosaur. Very impressive, they told me you could park 2 full sized pickups in the bucket!

 

[12v71]

First time I seen one of those was a strip mine walk through in Wyoming. You could hear the noise as
we approached the crest, then that boom rose up and I could have swore it was some prehistoric mechanical dinosaur. Very impressive, they told me you could park 2 full sized pickups in the bucket!

That's a little one then. A big one can hold 4-6 pickups.

 

[12v71]

I once went out to change the thermostats in a BE 33 (?) setup to drag, had to ride it for a while to monitor the engine temps. The operator let me try it for 3 swings... I was told "Rob, get off the machine NOW". Draglining is an art form I guess.

 

[Invictus77]

The RSL (rated suspended load) on an 8750 is over 500,000 pounds, but varies with boom length and boom angle of the specific dragline.

 

[TenTea]

I would make a joke about cute little majorettes and my baton but that might be deemed too risque' for these parts...

 

[AliYahu]

My new project, a Caterpillar 80 round bottom scraper, the s/n tag is gone, but they were made late 40's to early 50's. It had been converted from cable operation to hydraulics sometime in the past, but it wasn't done quite right. It also needs some steel plate inside the bowl replaced. It would have been hooked to a D8, and the D8 would have to be equipped with a winch to operate the scraper. Unfortunately, the coolest part of the scraper has to go, the 25.00-28 airplane tires. The little bit of research I did showed that size was used on the Douglas C124 Globemaster main gear. The tires are very badly dry rotted, and if they truly are 28", they are mounted on 24" wheels, which doesn't seem to add up. The 21.00x24 size that is supposed to be on there is obsolete, but most just run used 20.5R25, 20 ply tires on the dolly. There are a surprising number of hydraulic converted Cat 60, 70, and 80 scrapers still being used on farms across the USA and Canada and they will be 100 years old and still running in another 25 years.

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Gensco 'no-flat' tires! Aircraft tires are 'double bead' and limited lifespan, so an enterprising company called Gensco Tire would modify the tires for industrial and aircraft use. So, you'd have a 25.00-28 aircraft tire modified to fit on a 'commercial' 24" rim by removing one of the beads and slight re-profiling.

Eli

 

[12v71]

Somber day at the shop, Guido got dumb and chased a quail into the road at the wrong time. It was quick and he didn't get splattered.

 

[12v71]

 

[308/223shooter]

Sorry to hear about Guido, I hope he uses his next life to come back to you and start over.

 

[12v71]

Sorry to hear about Guido, I hope he uses his next life to come back to you and start over.

Thanks Rich, It won't be the same without him tripping me every morning when I unlock the door. He was quite the character.

 

[bhound]

RIP GUIDO,pet lose has to be the hardest.

 

[Exit308]

The dairy has 1,000 plus milkers, and a huge amount of dry cows in pens. We get all their "stuff" to put on the fields, with the prices of chemical fertilizers going through the roof it's a good thing. Right now the dairy is paying to pump liquid sludge almost 6 miles to spread on the fields too. Lots of free nitrogen there. Pretty amazing that the liquid contractor uses miles of high pressure 8" hose to do that.
Oh, it does stink at times.

Smells like money.

 

[lostmybearing]

I hate that for you and Guido. Like you said , at least he did not suffer.

 

[12v71]

Smells like money.

Money does not make you gag.

 

[Exit308]

Money does not make you gag.

Be happy it ain't piggy stuff.

 

[12v71]

Be happy it ain't piggy stuff.

Yeah... no shit.

 

[12v71]

This week has definitely been a sanity test, been trying to assemble an aftermarket hood for the #2 truck. Nothing fits right, nothing is square, after a bunch of shimming, re-drillling, and custom fitting it all came together today after driving 90 huck rivets of various sizes. It looks pretty good... Maybe has a spot or 2 that only I can see. Monday I'll find out if it will fit the truck without more mods.