That's a sad sight to see.Its soooooooooo bad.
I hate my life right now!!!!
I will be taking the Metro tomorrow....probably allot faster as the Taco can barely get out of its own way. What a gutless turd??That's a sad sight to see.
I was going to try and cheer you up by saying it's better than walking. ? But the more I think about it, I'd rather walk.
I believe that happened everyday.. so roughly 24000 times.The lookout tower they no longer use- it was built in ‘59. I couldn’t get how many times it washit by lightening.
Dave I see you would rather use you brain then your back! Very smart. Way to go. Aren't yards so much fun! I have almost a 1/2 acre with lots of grass and 25 rose bushes and hedges on two sides. Way too much work sometimes. I will be glad when it's winter and I don't have to do **** to my yard.The crane! Now in real use. When I first got it, I lifted an electric Toro snow thrower in the driveway and it did fine, but that wasn't real-world use.
Today I picked up a 350-pound lawn aerator (Classen CA-18H) and that was a bit of a different experience.
I placed the crane in the receiver and assembled it except for the stabilizing legs and drove to the rental place (only a mile away with 25 mph speed limit). It stayed in place without any issues.
When I lowered the tailgate, I had the crane slid toward the hitch about a quarter of an inch too much and nicked the paint! Bah! But I guess being an aluminum tailgate, it's not a huge deal. Still though, I'm going to get a Race Red Ford paint pen.
A friend was with me (he actually paid for the rental) and the two of us were like a pair of monkeys with a football trying to rig the medieval torture device (the aerator, I had never used one and holy crap, what a heavy bucking beast!). I'm sure we were good entertainment for the rental guys! =D
We got it in the bed, left some load on the crane, and tossed on a 2" ratchet strap (left the tailgate open). As we started to pull out, a rental guy comes running out the door yelling: "you left the effing legs down!" =p
So a quick pull of a few pins and off we went - LOL, those rental guys are alright in my books (and we returned the diabolical machine with a full tank of gas as a small thank you).
I did two things as "mods" to the crane. First, I used a smaller shackle to take up some chain slack, I think that's a good enough solution for my needs. As you can see in the pics, it lifted the thing plenty high enough.
The second thing I did was wrap electrical tape on the crane base so I would not slip in in too far again.
All in all, I like the crane and even if we had pulled out the removable weights (2x36#) from the aerator, it would have still been too heavy for this old fart. =D
back home with the infernal thing
I unloaded by myself on a pretty level spot and it always felt in control
plenty of lift height for this use
you can see how close it has to be to the crane because of the boom length, especially when lowered down
d'oh! nicked it! =(
didn't have a paint pen, so used 3M vinyl electrical tape, maybe I'll used the paint pen when I get it =)
3/8" shackle taking up chain slack, not the most ideal I suppose but rated to 1300# in optimal use, if you know of something better suited, let me know (not that I need much reason to buy something!) =D
crane FTW! Aerator not so much!
little girl neighbor commented that the dirt plugs looked like a whole lot of poo! LOL, that made it all worthwhile! =D
Well, when I was young and dumb (still dumb, but no longer young) I was terrible about taking care of my back.
I'm starting to think you're the guy everyone sees the night before trash/bulk pickup. But instead of looking for scrap metal to sell, you're just looking for junk to give you an excuse to go to the dump. ?Not all dump runs are glamorous, but all are glorious! =D
Has the city been secretly paying you under the table for all the advertising you've given them about taking your stuff to the dump instead of waiting for curbside pickup?Not all dump runs are glamorous, but all are glorious! =D
I truly enjoy coming to this thread and seeing your hauls. There isn't much this truck can't do!Not all dump runs are glamorous, but all are glorious! =D
