Automotive, Construction and Heavy Equipment Mechanic for the City of Los Angeles, 31 years. Built a 63 Nova with a 562hp 482" Big Block Chevy. Now that's a blast to drive!
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"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form." -- Winston Churchill "LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
When your day starts with a bang. Now I have about 6 hours of welding ahead of me when I get back. Good thing is, I'm off at noon today. Bad thing is, it will still be there tomorrow.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
When your day starts with a bang. Now I have about 6 hours of welding ahead of me when I get back. Good thing is, I'm off at noon today. Bad thing is, it will still be there tomorrow.
Hardfacing?
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Broken swivel, the bracket with the hoses on it. Tore one of the pins out. And the wear plate on the bottom are all tore out, so once the swivel and hyd motor are repaired, then have to air arc the wear plates off, what is left of them and weld on new AR steel. $1000 for the plate of AR steel alone.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
, then have to air arc the wear plates off, what is left of them and weld on new AR steel. $1000 for the plate of AR steel alone.
Careful with that air-arcing Zero I've had 'em suddenly spring loose. Back in the olden days when I did such things. A guy I knew got launched out of the back of a 50 ton dump truck replacing the bed floor. Whaang! went the truck, and there went Wayne, too, right out onto the floor of the shop. Landed well, though, I told him I never knew he was an acrobat. "Shut up!" he explained. Had some other choice words that won't print out here, too.
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, then have to air arc the wear plates off, what is left of them and weld on new AR steel. $1000 for the plate of AR steel alone.
Careful with that air-arcing Zero I've had 'em suddenly spring loose. Back in the olden days when I did such things. A guy I knew got launched out of the back of a 50 ton dump truck replacing the bed floor. Whaang! went the truck, and there went Wayne, too, right out onto the floor of the shop. Landed well, though, I told him I never knew he was an acrobat. "Shut up!" he explained. Had some other choice words that won't print out here, too.
I have hydraulic clamps. The bottom of the bucket has a big ol dimple, so I have to clamp it or it will get away from me in a hurry. We never remove any plates or bound plates without clamping. Smaller buckets, I could just use mechanical clamps, but this one is too large, so the hydraulic clamps will be used. Plus I'll have to use a portapower to press out the concave in the bottom. Then the side plates have to come off now too, cause they are too worn. A machine shop will be doing the assembly work, cause disassembly will take me a week with trying to work emergency stuff in. I'll do the finish work when they are done.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
^^^did he hit a k n o b on his way over the side?^^^
Threw him out the back end. Easy clearance, y'know.
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, then have to air arc the wear plates off, what is left of them and weld on new AR steel. $1000 for the plate of AR steel alone.
Careful with that air-arcing Zero I've had 'em suddenly spring loose. Back in the olden days when I did such things. A guy I knew got launched out of the back of a 50 ton dump truck replacing the bed floor. Whaang! went the truck, and there went Wayne, too, right out onto the floor of the shop. Landed well, though, I told him I never knew he was an acrobat. "Shut up!" he explained. Had some other choice words that won't print out here, too.
I have hydraulic clamps. The bottom of the bucket has a big ol dimple, so I have to clamp it or it will get away from me in a hurry. We never remove any plates or bound plates without clamping. Smaller buckets, I could just use mechanical clamps, but this one is too large, so the hydraulic clamps will be used. Plus I'll have to use a portapower to press out the concave in the bottom. Then the side plates have to come off now too, cause they are too worn. A machine shop will be doing the assembly work, cause disassembly will take me a week with trying to work emergency stuff in. I'll do the finish work when they are done.
What's the price of a new bucket? (Minus the swivel part) How bad are the teeth mounts worn?
, then have to air arc the wear plates off, what is left of them and weld on new AR steel. $1000 for the plate of AR steel alone.
Careful with that air-arcing Zero I've had 'em suddenly spring loose. Back in the olden days when I did such things. A guy I knew got launched out of the back of a 50 ton dump truck replacing the bed floor. Whaang! went the truck, and there went Wayne, too, right out onto the floor of the shop. Landed well, though, I told him I never knew he was an acrobat. "Shut up!" he explained. Had some other choice words that won't print out here, too.
I have hydraulic clamps. The bottom of the bucket has a big ol dimple, so I have to clamp it or it will get away from me in a hurry. We never remove any plates or bound plates without clamping. Smaller buckets, I could just use mechanical clamps, but this one is too large, so the hydraulic clamps will be used. Plus I'll have to use a portapower to press out the concave in the bottom. Then the side plates have to come off now too, cause they are too worn. A machine shop will be doing the assembly work, cause disassembly will take me a week with trying to work emergency stuff in. I'll do the finish work when they are done.
What's the price of a new bucket? (Minus the swivel part) How bad are the teeth mounts worn?
Has a cutting edge, not rock teeth. It's a large ditch bucket. That's the easy part. Just replace the carbide edge and call it good. Replacement vs new is gonna be with in $4k, but the problem is, our equipment is on contract and it isn't scheduled to be replaced, so we repair. And the wear plates wear out pretty quickly, cause our soil is sand, volcanic rock and clay. Mixed with 3/4 minus rock. Good combo to eat up metal. Digging buckets are just as bad and usually when I have to replace the rock teeth arbors, it's about the time the manufacturer changes styles on me.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
The what? The swivel? I have to rebuild it. The machine shop is cutting new bosses in the plates now. Once those are done, I air arc it apart, fit the new ends and weld it. Then take the frame work to the machine shop and they put it in their oven.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
It's gotta be pretty abrasive soil if it's eat AR steel.....Were lucky around here, it's mostly like select soil and clay unless you hit blue granite. ( Upper Delaware ) Then it's hammer time.
Got word today that they are supposed to be ordering me a new service truck in July. It will look like this. If I'm lucky, I'll see it by next winter. LOL!
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Got word today that they are supposed to be ordering me a new service truck in July. It will look like this. If I'm lucky, I'll see it by next winter. LOL!
Do you need to create a spec and send it out to bid?
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Got word today that they are supposed to be ordering me a new service truck in July. It will look like this. If I'm lucky, I'll see it by next winter. LOL!
Do you need to create a spec and send it out to bid?
Fleet Ops does that. We don't get much of a say in the trucks. The specs and bids are already done. Now it's a wait and see if we actually get to spend the money on them. At about $180k per truck, 13 trucks adds up quick.
They deliver them to us, then we outfit them to how we want them. They are supposed to order 13 trucks and each one of us will outfit our trucks differently, according to how we work and where we work. If I got to spec it, it would have a 13 speed manual instead of an Allison auto. Why would you have the mechanic who is getting the truck involved in the specs? That would make too much sense.
I will have to add drawer sets, I will swap out the driver's seat with my own and I will have to make a center console for it.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Retired now on permanent disability, but before worked with special needs children and adults. Had 5 out of 7 die in a year. High burnout job. I had to leave.
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Got word today that they are supposed to be ordering me a new service truck in July. It will look like this. If I'm lucky, I'll see it by next winter. LOL!
Do you need to create a spec and send it out to bid?
Fleet Ops does that. We don't get much of a say in the trucks. The specs and bids are already done. Now it's a wait and see if we actually get to spend the money on them. At about $180k per truck, 13 trucks adds up quick.
They deliver them to us, then we outfit them to how we want them. They are supposed to order 13 trucks and each one of us will outfit our trucks differently, according to how we work and where we work. If I got to spec it, it would have a 13 speed manual instead of an Allison auto. Why would you have the mechanic who is getting the truck involved in the specs? That would make too much sense.
I will have to add drawer sets, I will swap out the driver's seat with my own and I will have to make a center console for it.
Tony I meant did your Division spec it out or did you piggy back off another contract. It seemed like a quick turn around from July to send to bid and build...
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
Fleet Ops does that. We don't get much of a say in the trucks. The specs and bids are already done. Now it's a wait and see if we actually get to spend the money on them. At about $180k per truck, 13 trucks adds up quick.
They deliver them to us, then we outfit them to how we want them. They are supposed to order 13 trucks and each one of us will outfit our trucks differently, according to how we work and where we work. If I got to spec it, it would have a 13 speed manual instead of an Allison auto. Why would you have the mechanic who is getting the truck involved in the specs? That would make too much sense.
I will have to add drawer sets, I will swap out the driver's seat with my own and I will have to make a center console for it.
Tony I meant did your Division spec it out or did you piggy back off another contract. It seemed like a quick turn around from July to send to bid and build...
Oh. It was spec'd last year by our fleet ops. We have piggybacked off of a DAS contract, but that's one of the reasons I currently have a truck that will only do 35 mph uphill. When we do use other contracts, it usually costs us more in the long run. It was at that point I learned that if you say, "Stupid people shouldn't breed, yet it's clear they do." during a meeting, there are some people who will take offense to it.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
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Built a 63 Nova with a 562hp 482" Big Block Chevy. Now that's a blast to drive!
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
But yes. This is one of the areas they filmed from.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Well, I guess he can.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Now I have about 6 hours of welding ahead of me when I get back. Good thing is, I'm off at noon today. Bad thing is, it will still be there tomorrow.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
Tore one of the pins out.
And the wear plate on the bottom are all tore out, so once the swivel and hyd motor are repaired, then have to air arc the wear plates off, what is left of them and weld on new AR steel. $1000 for the plate of AR steel alone.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
We never remove any plates or bound plates without clamping.
Smaller buckets, I could just use mechanical clamps, but this one is too large, so the hydraulic clamps will be used. Plus I'll have to use a portapower to press out the concave in the bottom.
Then the side plates have to come off now too, cause they are too worn. A machine shop will be doing the assembly work, cause disassembly will take me a week with trying to work emergency stuff in.
I'll do the finish work when they are done.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
It's a large ditch bucket.
That's the easy part. Just replace the carbide edge and call it good.
Replacement vs new is gonna be with in $4k, but the problem is, our equipment is on contract and it isn't scheduled to be replaced, so we repair.
And the wear plates wear out pretty quickly, cause our soil is sand, volcanic rock and clay. Mixed with 3/4 minus rock. Good combo to eat up metal.
Digging buckets are just as bad and usually when I have to replace the rock teeth arbors, it's about the time the manufacturer changes styles on me.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
The swivel? I have to rebuild it. The machine shop is cutting new bosses in the plates now. Once those are done, I air arc it apart, fit the new ends and weld it. Then take the frame work to the machine shop and they put it in their oven.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
The specs and bids are already done. Now it's a wait and see if we actually get to spend the money on them. At about $180k per truck, 13 trucks adds up quick.
They deliver them to us, then we outfit them to how we want them.
They are supposed to order 13 trucks and each one of us will outfit our trucks differently, according to how we work and where we work.
If I got to spec it, it would have a 13 speed manual instead of an Allison auto.
Why would you have the mechanic who is getting the truck involved in the specs?
That would make too much sense.
I will have to add drawer sets, I will swap out the driver's seat with my own and I will have to make a center console for it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
We have piggybacked off of a DAS contract, but that's one of the reasons I currently have a truck that will only do 35 mph uphill.
When we do use other contracts, it usually costs us more in the long run.
It was at that point I learned that if you say, "Stupid people shouldn't breed, yet it's clear they do." during a meeting, there are some people who will take offense to it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.