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July 16, 2008

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

 

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Mounting the Bed (aka: Lifting Frame’s 1st Use)

July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

In an earlier post, I showed the construction of a portable lifting frame for my chain hoist.
Today’s job: Lift the 13′ dump bed back onto the truck. I don’t know the weight on this bed, but even with it’s dual 10 ton hydraulic rams and 6″ channel frame it must be less than 3 tons […]

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1958 Gallery

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

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Rex

July 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Mr. Potato Head: How did I get stuck with you as a moving buddy?
Rex: Everyone else was picked.
- Toy Story 1995

It probably doesn’t look too different from a lot of the previous posts other than paint on the front end, but there’s a lot of things getting done that nobody will ever notice.
For instance, if […]

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Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a quick update:
It’s under it’s own power again (most of the time) so I can get it in and out of the garage.
The picture above is just with “a bolt here and a bolt there” to check the fit of all the pieces. Now that I’ve got it sitting the way I want it; […]

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