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  1. Welder Dave

    Slope meter?

    I finally got the slope meter delivered. It looks good but just playing around with it on the counter I noticed it doesn't always come back to the same reading. If I tilt it a little one way it usually does but if I tilt it the other way it doesn't go back to the same reading. It will be off...
  2. Welder Dave

    Very suspicious

    I had a guy who lives close come out and help me pump water off my MX today and a few hours later went back out to pump some more. When he went to lock the gate, the lock was gone! If it would have fell off it would have been laying on the ground but it was nowhere to be found. It's a dead end...
  3. Welder Dave

    Accomadating a neighbor

    So my MX/oval tracks will be opening in the next couple of weeks. Wanting to be proactive a friend who lives out there contacted my neighbor to let him know. Mostly because the neighbors dogs chasing vehicles is a big deal. (one was hit years ago) It's for the protection of the dogs but if...
  4. Welder Dave

    Smooth transition from flat to slope

    I was wondering if a grader will follow slope contours if taking light cuts? I need to do some more finish work on my 1/4 mile oval track. It has 3 to 4% banking in the corners and lower portion of the track but the outside half of the track is basically flat with only a very slight slope. How...
  5. Welder Dave

    Might be hope yet

    I only had 3 cars come out to my oval track after pumping water off last weekend. It was pretty disappointing but there was some good hope for the future of the track. Another guy came out who doesn't race anymore but used to run a now closed track for several years. Apparently he has a lot of...
  6. Welder Dave

    Arggg

    Why is it so hard to get reliable help? I got my pump fixed and a guy was supposed to come and help me but after waiting almost an 1 1/2 hours he texts me he got sick after lunch and never showed up. He texted me right as I got there and said he's just having his lunch and will come over. He's 5...
  7. Welder Dave

    Odd repair

    I have some help coming to help me pump water tomorrow but forgot where I left my floating pump so went out today to find it. I found the pump pretty quick but noticed the rope I had tied to it was missing. No big deal. I put it on the back of the quad and took it to the shop to do an oil change...
  8. Welder Dave

    Visited some old equipment

    I went out to the place that has the Raygo Giant grader and Henuset H1900 Hopto's today. Some pretty interesting stuff.
  9. Welder Dave

    Galion 101

    Took a bunch of pics. of old equipment at what's going to be a partially working museum. This grader looked to be in pretty good shape for a 1942 machine!
  10. Welder Dave

    Small crawler crane

    Went to look at some vintage equipment and thought this crane was rather unique. It has a flat head V8 so I'm guessing a Ford engine. Has a bunch of smaller railroad rail for counterweight. Any idea what brand it is?
  11. Welder Dave

    Another old truck

    Went out to a field full of older heavy equipment today. The same place that had the Autocar extended cab truck. Took a pic. of this truck but no idea what it is.
  12. Welder Dave

    How not to do something

    Here is an example of someone doing a half *** job and figuring it's good enough. About 4 1/2 years ago we had to have a new water heater put in for insurance reasons. Last Thursday we heard a hissing sound coming from it. I did some checking and figured it was the plastic drain valve...
  13. Welder Dave

    Strange buyer's

    Do you ever feel like telling someone that's interested in something your selling to either put up or shut? The guy buying the welder wants it but somehow figures I need to accommodate him because he's 4 1/2 hours away. I said for me to drive 2 hours to meet you how about $100 extra. He figured...
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