1/3 of 1/3 of a cord? I'm confused too... more then before. LolI get so confused. I thought a rick was a face cord (1/3 of a real cord). If that's correct what would a facerick be?
1/3 of 1/3 of a cord? I'm confused too... more then before. LolI get so confused. I thought a rick was a face cord (1/3 of a real cord). If that's correct what would a facerick be?
Marine enamel? Did you add a hardener? What brand did you buy? I used tractor paint and it's peeling after 3 years. Never hit the water. I like that last boat... I could use that.Good morning guys
Well, I got the exterior of two boats and a canoe fully painted yesterday. There was a little bit of a learning curve with the sprayer and the paint ended up being super thick so I had to thin it a lot. Also, my large compressor wasn’t regulating so I had to use my pancake compressor which of course made the process slower.
Nonetheless, we are making progress. I ended up having to order a little bit more paint to finish the job, but I have one more boat. I would like to paint so now I’ll have more than enough to do that as well. I’m going to spray the inside of the smaller boat this afternoon.
Marina enamel dries almost immediately, but it takes several weeks to really harden up so I’m going to leave these alone until then.
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I have a bolt on edge on my 6 foot bucket. They are not cheap but save the bucket from wearing out or bending the edge of the lip. I was going to make a tooth bar for it but landed a super deal on a bunch of attachments. One was a 6 foot rock bucket. I sold the other attachments and got this rock bucket for free.Yep, but I'll need to cut the old edge off first.
Really like the toothed one on my little tractor, but I like the smooth edge on the big tractor at times too, gotta make a decision.
I will say, the toothed bucket does much better on anything with rocks or stones in it, and grades out topsoil nicely as well.
Any thoughts or suggestions, I'll probably get to it this winter sometime , or maybe I'll buy another bucket lol.
Sorry for your loss.Thank you. It’s been a challenge and I’ve learned a lot. My diet has improved through preparing meals for mom… This as seeing body function numbers associated with various foods was an eye opener…
Thank you.Sorry for your loss.
I got 8 years out of the “green” Briggs. Maybe 12 spiller sessions out of the “black” BriggsThats more or less how I treat the subaru Robin on my log splitter. Got it for free, just needed the hole in the side of the block fixed and a new rod. Guy bought a concrete mixer, never put oil in the engine. Brought it into the shop demanding warranty. For some reason, he wouldn't take "it's not warranty, there's metal transfer on the crank, you didn't have oil in it." Took it apart, pictures etc. Send off to our distributor. Got a big official not warranty back from them. Guy was so mad he said to toss the hunk of junk. J b welded the hole shut, ordered a new rod, had the crank guy clean up the rod journal amd stuck it on my splitter. Been getting neglected and stored outside ever since. One day I'm sure it will bite me.
I’ve done that many times! Great minds think alike lolOh, y’all like how I used spray paint to see where to drill the holes?
She ran flawlessly BTW
Thank you.Nice work on the boats, Steve. That last skinnier one is pretty neat. Reed camo would be slick.
Wanted to do this to a Coleman ram-x canoe, but couldn't find any paint that would stay stuck.
What I’m using right now is Duralux brand marine camo paint thinned with lacquer thinner at a rate of about three parts paint to one part thinner. No hardener. This is much cheaper paint than what I would use on nicer boat. On that note, I prefer the Pettit brand if you’re painting fresh aluminum. But like I mentioned, these boards are cheap and a couple of them had already been painted with a brush by somebody else so I’m just covering that up and making them one color. Duralux is $47 a gallon versus Pettit at $49 a quart. I will say the mileage is definitely better with Pettit.Marine enamel? Did you add a hardener? What brand did you buy? I used tractor paint and it's peeling after 3 years. Never hit the water. I like that last boat... I could use that.
Best boat paint I used was True Value duck boat and blind paint. Not made anymore. It was a color that would blend In with anything.Thanks guys! Just looking at the pics now I noticed there are some shiny areas, those did flatten out after drying.
I bought a reed stencil kit and a few contrasting green and brown rattle cans. Will test it out as time allows.
More or less, the pump shaft mounts directly to the crank. The pump will be quite close to the engine as well. Usually it's vertical engines with underslung pumps, think home owner grade, psi ratings typically 2700 psi and under. 3k psi seems to be the change over for some reason.I didn't know that some pressure washers have tapered shafts. Is it easy to tell if it's tapered or not? I'm looking for a used pressure washer to use the engine on my splitter.
Here is an interesting video I found on how one person cleans up old iron
I understand, I got that way with my saws. Dad and I were cutting a massive white oak down beside my house and both of our old faithful's let me down and got me all flustered. Dads old 702 Echo that I can't remember ever having anything wrong with it lost the throttle rod when I was half way through the back cut. My grandpas 044 wouldn't start after that and was half running when we did get it going, not a good thing when you got a 38in DBH white oak half cut off next to your house.I’m very squeaky cheap, I’ll rebuild things to get them running every time
I was at the end of my rope with this splitter
Still upset I let the original 8hp go and not fix it
But I’d figured one that came off a snowblower that had a bust gearbox would be perfect
Especially because I abused the hell out of the other engine. I’d leave it out in the weather all year, drain the gas, take the carb apart clean out all the white death and run it non-stop for two weeks just to let it sit for 50weeks all over again
It still ran, just was running out of breath
The second motor, was quite and started easier, just died too soon
Was angry and wanted something brand spanking new….
Started third pull and sipped the fuel
I figure I’ll change the oil in the spring after it’s “broken in”
So, to the tapered engine talk. My pal has a generator that runs but doesn’t make electricity anymore, I’m wondering if with that adapter can we make this other cylinder into another splitter as my nephew is finally convinced he should be selling the firewood instead of dumping it at the dump
You make an excellent point. IMO a lot of the duck boat paint is way too dark. Also, a lot of the colors have an olive base and if you take a look at a marsh, there really is no olive out there. There’s mostly tan of dead grass plus medium green of the living grass.Best boat paint I used was True Value duck boat and blind paint. Not made anymore. It was a color that would blend In with anything.
Nice deal, gotta love that .I have a bolt on edge on my 6 foot bucket. They are not cheap but save the bucket from wearing out or bending the edge of the lip. I was going to make a tooth bar for it but landed a super deal on a bunch of attachments. One was a 6 foot rock bucket. I sold the other attachments and got this rock bucket for free.
You make an excellent point. IMO a lot of the duck boat paint is way too dark. Also, a lot of the colors have an olive base and if you take a look at a marsh, there really is no olive out there. There’s mostly tan of dead grass plus medium green of the living grass.
I own the boat that my great grandfather and grandfather originally bought new in 1954. In the mid 80s we converted it to a duck boat. My dad had it sprayed in 86 and had it painted again about 10 years later. The first color was an excellent dead grass color (similar to what I’m using now but maybe a tad more brown) and the second time we went to pick it up and it was an obnoxious shade of pea green. As soon as I was proficient enough to spray myself I covered that up. I’m guessing they didn’t feel like ordering special paint so they mixed up whatever they had left over in the shop. It was also not a very flat finish.
Grabbed a pic of this on the way to work
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