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[Lil Giants]

No. That's my hotrod Duramax, it's an 09 that I got the spring of 12. The trk in the foreground is a 10 & it's gas, I got it last spring. It's my beater for around the farm. I don't drive the 09 too often, just when I need to haul something on the gooseneck or go on vacation. I took the 09 to St. Louis in Oct 2012, avg about 23mpg imperial ga. The 10 does half that beating around the farm... I took the 10 to Calgary for xmas & got about 17mpg. Park the 09 for the winter, don't want to start it in such cold weather nor drive it through slushy salt.

[Lil Giants]

Can't remember the last time I had to put a wrench on the 850, it's been a while! There's getting to be a wee bit of movement on the left side of boom pivot... I don't think my mini mill is big enough to mount up the boom to bore a new hole for a bushing.

Reg?

[JAMMER]

Well Joe you can't say you did not get any use out of it. If you are getting slop in the bushing you should put brass sleves in and you might get away with just reaming the holes for the sleves. I hope you don't have any trouble getting that broken rod end out just in case you forget heat that a little it probably has lock tight on it. Ed

[Supermario]

I guess it's safe to say your not a firm believer of preventative maintenance Joe? . All started with a worn bushing that became a worn bore, stick damage and now a snapped rod...... I've worked at mine sites like that!

[Lil Giants]

Well aren't you cheeky there Mario... it doesn't have a bushing, never did.... the only pivot point on the entire model that didn't for some reason.

I never locktite the head into the rod, so I got the broken thread rod out no problem.

[Supermario]

... Ya, I was in a cheeky mood that day and just couldn't resist

[Lil Giants]

I've about had my fill of exercise this spring with chasing that dump trk around, I was ready to bring in my FEL to clean up the last of the pile to take to the north side of shop, then I thought of this... it's not cheating.







































A great way to kill the last 4hrs of the day ... pity the longest day of 2015 was yesterday & now the days start getting shorter.

[andyathome]

No im sorry , that is kinda cheating.
its not a shovel digging the hole but im sure there would be a few owner operators saying they missed out on transport costs.LOL.
I had to comment as ive done the same to transport the dirt to my indoor digging area.
Sorry for being cheeky.

Cheers andy

[Lil Giants]

Deck trl is working out good, filled it 4x now in the last week... 2-3hrs to fill it before dark, then hide in the shade next afternoon to push it off.

I put new teeth on the dig bucket. The old teeth were getting pretty short & dull. These teeth are about 30% narrower than the last & rip the hard ground with greater ease



Cleaning up the last of the pile right down to the gravel, might be another cy.

[Lil Giants]

https://youtu.be/4o0xJg0mSoo

https://youtu.be/FCl_Xe6MvNw

[Lil Giants]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6IhRHtY9JM

[liftmys10]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

https://youtu.be/4o0xJg0mSoo

https://youtu.be/FCl_Xe6MvNw

Great videos!

[Lil Giants]

I've been ROBBED!!!

[RCP57]

WHAT?

[Lil Giants]

haha just kidding

My 7x30 lathe looked so much bigger when it was in my house... in these pics it looks like a 3x10.





Last week my contractor cut a hole in the back room, now I have a door into my lean-to, Kent, and a window too



Today my contractor was back again (it was him & one of his workers that carried my 300# lathe out ) to spray foam insulate lean-to and finish cement work in front of shop and between lean-to & house.







I was a little surprised to see the remaining gap filled with foam too...





Got a bit of dozer work to do to tidy up front of pad.



Now just the electrician to do his thing with a few lights, a few outlets & add another electric heater, hopefully by the end of month. Then the "Lil Big Dig!" will begin

[RCP57]

Haha, I was hoping you were just fooling around! I thought to myself, "If I was stealing his stuff I would have taken that chunk of round stock".lol

I remember when we were building our shop. It looked just like that with lots of open space. 4 1/2 years later and that is not the case anymore....

[modelman]

Joe-your shop is really shaping up. This will be a 1st. class workshop with plenty of room and comfortable working conditions. I would have a hard time getting the farm work done with this sitting close by but I guess the farm work is what pays for this huh.

[TRUCKMAKER]

"Last week my contractor cut a hole in the back room, now I have a door into my lean-to, Kent, and a window too"

So you finally found the door, good for you!

All seriousness aside, It looks good Joe! I guess its time to buy a bigger lathe and mill so they fit better.

Kent

[Dieselchopper]

looking good!!!

[Lil Giants]

Farm work is getting less & less with each hail storm this summer, #4 rolled through this afternoon with approximate 20mm diameter stones... amazingly it didn't dent my vehicles at all or break any windows in the house or shop, but it's 100% damage on more than half the farm. Pretty much the entire farm has seen hail this yr, which is a 1st in my 30yrs being here. Uncertain at this point if it will be a quick harvest or a long drawn out event, but it definitely won't be plentiful.

Getting this shop buttoned up & in full working order, as well as a new dig site to start will be a great distraction for sure.