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Looks to me that you're within striking distance of Elmira for tomorrow?
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https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cal...d94fc5a0f15!2m2!1d-84.7710588!2d47.992417!3e0
Looks to me that you're within striking distance of Elmira for tomorrow?
historicalarms
Ultra Member
Damn Dave, I have a 800 lb torque test wrench here that I will never use again in a hundred yrs...cant hardly lift it anymore let alone torque something to 500 lbs...I should have given it to you this spring but it never entered my mind until you mentioned loose nuts...I would be very surprised if the alum rims aren't screwed already
Chicken lights
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That’s a kind offer, but I already have one at the shop. You should be able to sell that easily? It’s tough to part with tools in case you might ever use it again
Thanks though!
I think this is safe to assume?
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https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cal...e7a5d030b2!2m2!1d-80.5629846!2d43.6004074!3e0
Chicken lights
Forum Pony Express Driver
Sort of. I flew down to Texas for the weekend. I should be back in town Monday
Close enough
Close enough
Chicken lights
Forum Pony Express Driver
@PeterT
@CalgaryPT
Check out the craftsmanship on the models! The detail on the metal work and fabrication is impressive
And that’s an apple gun, pneumatic, in the first picture
Chicken lights
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They were using them for target practise on some steel targets
Like a carnival shooting gallery, but Texas sized
historicalarms
Ultra Member
Haven't "been there" but have sure "done that"...AB. style.
Im not sure if I showed you the steel target I have in my shop that a trained artillery Warrant Officer in the Canadian forces hit with my small smoothbore (1 5/8 bore) cannon at 100 yards...He had a grin a mile wide and his comment " I was trained to hit targets 7 miles away and did so regularly but damn , nothing is better than this " !!
We retired military guys aren't just another pretty face ya know, just look at my mug shot! LOL
Sounds like a black powder orange shoot!
historicalarms
Ultra Member
His reaction to hitting that 100 yard target with my archaic homemade civil war replica was very interesting to me...he said that although he was trained in all aspects of modern artillery sighting & firing, he had never, in 14 yrs. in an artillery brigade, ever loaded or pulled the trigger at any time, that was always done by the gun crews he commanded. This was the first time he had loaded-sighted-and pulled the trigger (actually lit the fuse in this case) on an artillery piece...He says he always thought about "ordering" someone on a gun crew to step aside but always though of that as an incursion into their rightful domain so didn't.
Chicken lights
Forum Pony Express Driver
First step was getting it cleaned out.
There’s a bunch of “extra” stuff left over from a genset and an HVAC unit that needs deleting. The RH part of that pile is a good start on that.
The engine oil cooler needs doing. Steer tires needed for safety. It needs air lines and electrical for the trailer hookups. There’s “extra” switches that need deleting in the dash. Any “extra” wiring can get deleted. Needs work lights installed. Should have all the filters changed and a full service done. I want to get a Davco fuel filter on there very soon.
Been scrounging parts at wrecking yards as I can. I’m gonna try to get home tonight and run the grey truck to the main yard tomorrow, they’ll look it over safety wise and give me another list
Chicken lights
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I’m up north, near Hearst ON. I got suckered into taking a dry van up here. Family from southern Ontario bought a farm up here and hired us to move most of their stuff up here. Now I’ve helped plenty of folks move but never a 53’ long trailer full. Took close to 4 hours with 5-6 people helping to unload everything. (I kept things organized in the trailer keeping a steady flow going, that’s the biggest thing I’ve found is just keep everyone moving)
Kinda on the fence about this run. I am not a bedbugger (moving truck driver) and I hate pulling a dry van on the best of days. But I like small town country folk Canadians, and it was kinda neat to help give someone a hand start a new life on a new farm.
But if any of you guys tell dispatch I said that....
Kinda on the fence about this run. I am not a bedbugger (moving truck driver) and I hate pulling a dry van on the best of days. But I like small town country folk Canadians, and it was kinda neat to help give someone a hand start a new life on a new farm.
But if any of you guys tell dispatch I said that....
Chicken lights
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Grey truck started acting up once it was home. Attempting to take it in to get safetied she made the end of the driveway.
Rather ingloriously we called a tow truck to park it back at the shop
But I could get a pic of the sisters together so I mean it’s not a total loss. I think
Chicken lights
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You might try places like Manitoulin or Challenger, they might be able to bounce it out west as LTL freight reasonably. Then pick it up at a cross dock that’s close to you.