Rainy day, so i thought I'd make a pump bracket...
Turned on the manual mill, the Y axis readout quit, can't see why.
So, I turned on the CNC mill. The -X limit switch was stuck on. A bit of investigation found the cause and it was going in about 45 minutes.
Then the home routine wouldn't work. Couldn't figure out why. After
1/2 hour of farting around I manually homed it.
Then I turned on the bandsaw and it blew a breaker after about one minute run. Reset and repeat. 1/2 hour of investigation found an intermitent short in the coolant pump. Got part cut without coolant.
Anyway for five hours work I've got twelve holes drilled, and still have a few days repair just to get back where i was when i woke up.
I used to have that problem. Till I got the big backhoe last spring. I used it yesterday to transplant twenty full size trees. When I took the unit out for the first time this year, my better half did remind me it probably wouldn't be a good idea to leave it all tore apart in front of the house like I did last year.
Pfffffffffffffffffft! No fair. But I got to take an axe to things, and I cut the bigger ones with the bow saw. It was too dirty and rocky for the chainsaw. This one only took a couple hours before I used the teensy HF winch to pull it over, breaking the last of the root system. I'm glad I did that project. Total cost was about $80. I've used it to tension 3 field fences and pull 2 trees so far, but I have a row of hedges to take out next, so I'll build the rocker for those beasties. I have some 2" 5/16 angle but I'll need a wheel. Hmm...
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This style, but possibly better built.
I imagine not.
-- Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. -- Thomas H. Huxley
There's even an official psychological term for this when the operator is blamed--"error burst." That one needed no theoretical underwriting for proof.
Indeed, but only after Mr. Shovel has made a nice big hole for them to play in.
I had Mr. Axe, Misters Shovel/Trencher/Transplant Spade, Mr. Digging Bar, Mr. Digging Fork, Mr. Chain, and Mr. Winch out this morning for a romp with an apple tree. This smaller 11" diameter tree was much easier than the 18-incher I did last week. That one took several days worth of all my energy.
And I'm trying to find someone who won't gouge the crap out of me to take the maple, sweetgum, birch (3' from he house), doug fir, and redwood (10' from the house and starting to lift the patio) trees down. I've planted a nice Oregon native willow in the front yard which won't get over 15' tall when mature. and I may replace one of the apples with a DWARF.
Yes, the little camo winch from HF (95912) really does work, and the wireless remote is absolutely handy. $99 on sale for $49 that week and I had a 20% off coupon for a final price of $40.
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call it 3,000#, but I think it may be closer to a ton. It's a helluva lot handier than my 4T comealong. I have under $100 in it with an inline 140A circuit breaker, the cable, and the Tow-truck style quick disconnect (if I don't count the time. and my buddy gave me the stainless plate I fabbed onto the length of square receiver tubing to make it into a removable truck part.)
-- Age is always advancing, and I'm pretty sure it's up to no good. --Harry Dresden
Oh MAN, you guys are gluttons for punishment. If you haven't got Mr. Big Hoe at your disposal, go the chemical route. A heavy shot of potassium nitrate in holes drilled in the stump will rot it out in six weeks. Then fill the holes with diesel fuel, put your BBQ lid over it with a pile of charcoal and burn the stump out.
I'd shop around a bit for a better price. I buy it as fertilizer from Johnson Greenhouse Supply in the Twin Cities by the fifty pound bag. When I had stumps to rot, I drilled a bunch of 2" holes and filled them all over the top.
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