absurd "pro" tips

[Odog]

!"IM SO TOUGH" oh wait that's another thread, I snort cherry coke up my nose to flush out the boogymother's! cough/ cough/hack and sneezs again.... lol

Damn!! If you can snort cherry coke, you is one tough SOB!!

 

[northmanlogging]

what kind of dealer has cherry coke anyway?

Oh wait you mean the soda pop...

 

[ropensaddle]

Damn!! If you can snort cherry coke, you is one tough SOB!!

Perubian flakes mo bettah

 

[northmanlogging]

When installing used hydraulic components.

Always remember to pull the concrete? out of the fittings, and remove all hoses and check for more concrete? or whatever they had in there...

Then try not to call the guy you bought it from and give him an earful about grease and why you should use it...

things are better now...

 

[Jeff Lary]

years ago I took an emergency responder type class, and a dude in the class had a story about every type of horrible accident you could ever think of "just one drop of gasoline in a 1 gal can and it blew the frecking garage door off"

Me being the kid that blew **** up and lit stuff on fire, well I still do that, it was really hard for me not to tell him to shut the **** up... but being the weird rednecks from out of town surrounded by soccer moms and computer geeks it probably wouldn't have gone well.

Regardless, folks fill up running motors daily across the world, its hazardous yes, but its doable, is it stupid only if you don't understand the consequences. Would I refill a running airplane, probably not, cause an airplane needs a bunch more then just fuel when it stops, have I refilled a running saw probably, would I do it again probably. Have i poured gas on a roaring fire Hel's yes, would I do it again... um yeah.

Some friends of the family back in WY where stealing gas out of another friends truck, the only truck in town with gas in it at the time (population was in the low 30's, that kind of town) one of the brothers after sucking on ye ole garden hose, decided to light a cigarette, and his face... and hands, the other brother having seen this (he being the one holding the can) threw the can getting himself on fire, and his brother more on fire... also lighting the truck on fire... the only truck in town with fuel in it at the time.

To make a fairly long story a little shorter, they ended up having to wake up the other friend, so that he could drive them the 80 miles to the nearest hospital, no ambulance in this town, Bart spent 6 months in the Gillette burn center, Brian spent about 6 weeks, Piere drove that truck for several more years, it already had brushed on flames, so the soot and what not was just left for effect.

That right there has to be a true story if I have ever heard one,...You just can't make stuff like that up Good one !!

 

[northmanlogging]

Today I filled up a running saw while covered in gas...

I didn't burst into flames

though my giblets are a little bit chemical burnt... feckin flippy caps...

 

[Bwildered]

Today I filled up a running saw while covered in gas...

I didn't burst into flames

though my giblets are a little bit chemical burnt... feckin flippy caps...

I hope your videoing this stuff, otherwise Mr T will run out of work.
Kaboomski

 

[northmanlogging]

I'm gonna go ahead and put this in here, I know there are many rain gear threads out there, but deciding which one to stick it in meh...

Anyway this is the oft mentioned faux Filson's tinned hickory, and why you should wear spenders...

 

[northmanlogging]

So I got dumped on today

The ole Faux Filsons did a dandy job, wind, rain all sorts of weather I'm mostly dry and mostly warm.

 

[TBS]

More than once I've had a 235r weedeater catch fire when I pulled the rope after fueling . When it's 110 out and all the vegetation is dry enough for a popcorn fart to start a fire make sure you set your flaming weedeater in dirt so you can kick dirt otherwise your gonna be in sh.. Storm. Also make sure the tailgate of the truck isn't on fire.

 

[northmanlogging]

Smart fones are kool,

Smert fones make finding directions easier

Smart Phones don't like getting stepped on with caulk boots

 

[Gologit]

Smart fones are kool,

Smert fones make finding directions easier

Smart Phones don't like getting stepped on with caulk boots

They don't like being dumped in porta-potties either. At least I think they don't. It's still there. Somewhere.

 

[bnmc98]

Today I filled up a running saw while covered in gas...

I didn't burst into flames

though my giblets are a little bit chemical burnt... feckin flippy caps...

I'm always covered in something flammable, good thing I don't smoke anymore.

My "Absurd" pro tip is paper towels are better than TP, you don't have to fold them as much and they are more absorbent. Especially the blue shop towels.

 

[northmanlogging]

Them shop towels are much softer then regular kitchen paper towels too.

Had to use a news paper once... one of them weekly city entertainment ones too... it was horrible... feckin roomates

 

[northmanlogging]

Several folks told me to put the main window on the excavator up when digging big stumps or to get rid of glare/distortion...

Well up until today I ignored them, cause its been raining and generally gross out, so I've been marveling at the whole staying dry and mostly comfy thing.

It was 72deg today, and the sun was beating down on the durty window so I couldn't see anything.

I proceeded to take some absurd advice, and open the main window, but it needed to lock in place, and something was stopping is...

So's I slams it open....

What was stopping it was that the cab is slightly smooshed, and the top hatch bolts where hitting the glass...

I currently have glass in muh shoes, glass in muh shorts, glass in pockets, glass in muh beard, glass in muh hair... and lots of fine little cuts that I just know are going to scar like crazy all over my forehead...

Open the window they said, it makes all the difference they said...

fuckers

 

[Gologit]

Several folks told me to put the main window on the excavator up when digging big stumps or to get rid of glare/distortion...

Well up until today I ignored them, cause its been raining and generally gross out, so I've been marveling at the whole staying dry and mostly comfy thing.

It was 72deg today, and the sun was beating down on the durty window so I couldn't see anything.

I proceeded to take some absurd advice, and open the main window, but it needed to lock in place, and something was stopping is...

So's I slams it open....

What was stopping it was that the cab is slightly smooshed, and the top hatch bolts where hitting the glass...

I currently have glass in muh shoes, glass in muh shorts, glass in pockets, glass in muh beard, glass in muh hair... and lots of fine little cuts that I just know are going to scar like crazy all over my forehead...

Open the window they said, it makes all the difference they said...

****ers

They said open the window, not try to tear the whole thing out by it's roots and remove the top of the cab at the same time. Sheeeeesh.

 

[northmanlogging]

I was wondering why folks where so thrilled with excavators, they are way heavier then a plain ole round nosed shovel... but the 36" bucket does move more dirt in an hour, and the handles don't break nearly as fast

 

[Eccentric]

It's also harder to do all this neat stuff with your basic #2 Earth mover...

 

[northmanlogging]

Local dealer want's 350 fer the new glass, just the glass...

But a local window dealer/glass merchant, $75 after tax cut to size and tempered Should have it tomorrow.

All it is is tempered glass, not even a safety layer in the middle.

Granted I won't have a hole for the not working wiper motor, but hasn't been an issue yet, and the weather here has been pretty gross, find myself hiding in the excavator fairly often.

 

[Gologit]

Local dealer want's 350 fer the new glass, just the glass...

But a local window dealer/glass merchant, $75 after tax cut to size and tempered Should have it tomorrow.

All it is is tempered glass, not even a safety layer in the middle.






Granted I won't have a hole for the not working wiper motor, but hasn't been an issue yet, and the weather here has been pretty gross, find myself hiding in the excavator fairly often.

Get the good glass. It's a write-off. You're only paying 275 bucks to have something that might not blind you when a rock or a limb or a high pressure jet
of hydraulic fluid hits the windshield.