What did you do WITH your Ranger today?

[subquark]

It's under control

I was amazed how nice that thing worked. Could use a damper on the rotation. That bearing has no resistance. The strap is just above the center of gravity and makes it easy go from vertical to horizontal. Thanks for sharing yours.

That's great because my wife and I really enjoy your videos. =)

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[AzScorpion]

Love the strap (and your chain adjustment plate). =)

Great use of your crane with awesome pics!

I'm telling you, this is the next big "damper" item for the forum! =D

Lets not get carried away now!?

It's really nice and all but there's only one damper on here and that's the original DeeZee.??

And here I thought you were going to be my next damper salesman

 

[Fordup]

Lets not get carried away now!?

It's really nice and all but there's only one damper on here and that's the original DeeZee.??

And here I thought you were going to be my next damper salesman

David actually works for Jeff. Should get a reward for being Amazon's salesman of the century

 

[AzScorpion]

David actually works for Jeff. Should get a reward for being Amazon's salesman of the century

I heard Bezos named his new yacht the S.S. Subquark ?

 

[fjwlobo]

I heard Bezos named his new yacht the S.S. Subquark ?

Is he getting rid of it and need it hauled to the dump?

@subquark will be ecstatic as it will take many trips.

It would also give him an excuse to get a trailer

 

[acsnowrider]

I WENT THRU A FORCE THREE CAT HURRICANE!!! The weatherstation (possibly impacted by flying debris), recorded 76 MPH when it came off the roof, shearing midway up the mount. The guy across the street, his stayed up, and recorded 126MPH on site. The Ranger withstood this disaster effectively, and thank goodness, carried us thru with no issues!
Roof was cabled down to concrete, (you can see the guy wires), and attached thru upper beams with 3/8 eye bolts--eye bolt were "Pulled out straight", during storm!!!!

 

[OGMix376]

I heard Bezos named his new yacht the S.S. Subquark ?

But does it do dumb runs as good as the Ranger?

 

[Doc]

I WENT THRU A FORCE THREE CAT HURRICANE!!! The weatherstation (possibly impacted by flying debris), recorded 76 MPH when it came off the roof, shearing midway up the mount. The guy across the street, his stayed up, and recorded 126MPH on site. The Ranger withstood this disaster effectively, and thank goodness, carried us thru with no issues!
Roof was cabled down to concrete, (you can see the guy wires), and attached thru upper beams with 3/8 eye bolts--eye bolt were "Pulled out straight", during storm!!!!

Mee Too .. ripped the roof off my shed ..

 

[subquark]

Ugh, I've taken 2 one-week vacations this year, the first was to tear down an old ceiling, add insulation, and drywall it (2 bedrooms and a stairwell). My craptacular shoulders sure let me know how they felt about that project.

Now, on the Friday of this week-long vacation, I'm nearing the completion of an equally exciting project, new floor, commode, and vanity. You probably saw the million pound toilet and vanity pics, which also pleased my shoulders.

Today, my knees are also screaming at me, so I didn’t get much done (pulled up half the old plywood atop diagonal planking yesterday).

But I still did a trucky thing, picked up a sheet of 5/8" plywood and a 2x6 to sister up some joists. Had sLowe's cut the plywood to close to the final size which allowed it to fit the Soupie's bed. =)

 

[ControlNode]

Ugh, I've taken 2 one-week vacations this year, the first was to tear down an old ceiling, add insulation, and drywall it (2 bedrooms and a stairwell). My craptacular shoulders sure let me know how they felt about that project.

Now, on the Friday of this week-long vacation, I'm nearing the completion of an equally exciting project, new floor, commode, and vanity. You probably saw the million pound toilet and vanity pics, which also pleased my shoulders.

Today, my knees are also screaming at me, so I didn’t get much done (pulled up half the old plywood atop diagonal planking yesterday).

But I still did a trucky thing, picked up a sheet of 5/8" plywood and a 2x6 to sister up some joists. Had sLowe's cut the plywood to close to the final size which allowed it to fit the Soupie's bed. =)

Redoing the floor sucks. I had a drain leak in the wall and ruin the floor in the kitchen. Floor was one surface from the kitchen, through the dining area and into the laundry/utility room. I had to remove all the lower cabinets and a wall between the dining area and laundry room to remove the floor. 1960 construction with 3 layers of flooring on the plywood, but that bottom layer looked like the asbestos stuff, so I used a magnet to find the nails though all of those layers and removed the plywood sheets with all the flooring layers still on them, minus the holes I punched through to get the nails out. The nails were the forged masonry nails. I used an automotive floor jack to lift them and find any of the nails I missed. Under the plywood most of the 1x8 tongue and groove was good, but I found as area there the plywood was replace, but the tongue and groove under it was not and was rotted in the laundry area. So, I had to replace a bit more there than I had planned on. I replaced the 3/4" ply with 1/2" ply so I still have 1 1/4" structure than did a leveling concrete pour with metal lathe for substrate and installing tile on that. My whole body hurts most days from that.

 

[subquark]

Redoing the floor sucks. I had a drain leak in the wall and ruin the floor in the kitchen. Floor was one surface from the kitchen, through the dining area and into the laundry/utility room. I had to remove all the lower cabinets and a wall between the dining area and laundry room to remove the floor. 1960 construction with 3 layers of flooring on the plywood, but that bottom layer looked like the asbestos stuff, so I used a magnet to find the nails though all of those layers and removed the plywood sheets with all the flooring layers still on them, minus the holes I punched through to get the nails out. The nails were the forged masonry nails. I used an automotive floor jack to lift them and find any of the nails I missed. Under the plywood most of the 1x8 tongue and groove was good, but I found as area there the plywood was replace, but the tongue and groove under it was not and was rotted in the laundry area. So, I had to replace a bit more there than I had planned on. I replaced the 3/4" ply with 1/2" ply so I still have 1 1/4" structure than did a leveling concrete pour with metal lathe for substrate and installing tile on that. My whole body hurts most days from that.

Wow, I'm in no place to moan and groan, your situation was far more challenging. For 10 years I accepted that the flange was cracked per home inspection and 2 plumbers looking from the basement.

I changed the wax ring a few times over the years and changed the toilet too a few yeats ago (it was a beautiful 1950's mint green!).

Now that I became a master plumber because I used a twist-n-set flange in our basement bathroom, and I've watched every YouTube video on flanges, I now see that this current flange is too high. There's no crack and I'll cut off 1/2" with a tiny cut-off saw.

LOL, the good thing out of these two projects, which are way out of our wheelhouse, is that I've replaced many ancient power tools with easy-to-wield M12 ones. =)

BUT ... @ControlNode you are far more skilled in your work. That's really clever with the magnet and I think you handled the asbestos cleverly.

And I think they sell recovered forged nails on eBay as haunted coffin nails for wanna be witches! =D

I tell ya, if a witch could deal with my aching body, I'd go for it. =p

Thanks for the inspiration, I needed a good kick in the seat! =D

drilling out the lead but the oakum was long gone

M12 cut-off saw works great

 

[Fordup]

But I still did a trucky thing, picked up a sheet of 5/8" plywood and a 2x6 to sister up some joists. Had sLowe's cut the plywood to close to the final size which allowed it to fit the Soupie's bed. =)

I would not quite call that fits . That's like me putting on a tight pair of pants and saying they fit with my belly hanging over my belt

 

[shovelhd]

A while back, in the old house in western MA, We decided on a complete mudroom, kitchen, half bath, and foyer renovation. The mudroom and half bath had commercial ceramic tile on the floors that was in great shape. However, the kitchen and foyer, about 200sf, had what was essentially wall tile on luan over a 3/4" ply subfloor. Rather than hire someone or rent a demo hammer, my son and I set up my pancake compressor and an air chisel and went at it. He was having so much fun being Demo Man that I just him have at it while I cleaned up behind him. It took us two days. It took another two days to pull out all of the loose subfloor nails and screw it down properly, and replace sketchy sections along the way. On top of that, I put 1/4" Hardie Backer, screwed and cemented, and then did the smart thing and had a tile shop install high traffic ceramic tile.

 

[pbethel]

I'm running out of big trees so the Milwaukees work good for me. Wish there was a standardized battery that worked with all brands to make switching easy. Most my trees are under 24 inches and that's all my sawmill will handle. When I started milling I designed and built an automatic log arch that is only good for up to 24 inches. Here's an old video
Handling the logs with tiny equipment is the hardest part. Nothing like wood heat. We love our Jotul Oslo. Sorry for hijacking this thread. Back to Ranger stuff.

google 'ceenr'

 

[AzScorpion]

A while back, in the old house in western MA, We decided on a complete mudroom, kitchen, half bath, and foyer renovation. The mudroom and half bath had commercial ceramic tile on the floors that was in great shape. However, the kitchen and foyer, about 200sf, had what was essentially wall tile on luan over a 3/4" ply subfloor. Rather than hire someone or rent a demo hammer, my son and I set up my pancake compressor and an air chisel and went at it. He was having so much fun being Demo Man that I just him have at it while I cleaned up behind him. It took us two days. It took another two days to pull out all of the loose subfloor nails and screw it down properly, and replace sketchy sections along the way. On top of that, I put 1/4" Hardie Backer, screwed and cemented, and then did the smart thing and had a tile shop install high traffic ceramic tile.

Where in WMA were you? I grew up in Wilbraham and lived there for 50 years then built my 2 houses in Monson before moving to AZ in 2015. When I remodeled my bath I did the tile demo myself but only had a flat bar and ice scrapper. ?‍ I swear they put 5,000 staples in that darn luan and I was pulling them out for hours. I let me buddy (who's a remodeler/builder) finish the rest. I could make more money at my normal job and it was easier work. lol

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