2014. I bought it in 2016 with low miles. I can kick myself for not having the underside oiled. Time to start doing that. Had to mention the starter didn’t ya,,,,,needs one of those too. A wire to the starter is corroded and as luck would have it you need to replace the whole starter to replace that wire. I haven’t even looked at that yet. I remember my first vehicle, a 1971 Chevy half ton. Put gas in it and occasionally change the oil. Run forever.
Load #2 today. It occurred to me this morning I should be just standing them lengthwise instead of laying them down. Old habits die hard. I used to lay them down because I got them off a loading dock at my old pallet supply. Without removing the arm there was no way to stand them up and load. Much easier and faster this way. Got an extra five pallets on today. Stood up an extra three and gained two by standing on edge across. Progress.
Unloaded right before a thunder storm moves in. Gotta get lucky once in awhile. Every completed stack equals one pen 8x8x25.
Yesterday was worse. Not much sun today in the morning. Easier loading and offloading too. I looked at that wood again just driving by. Gotta upgrade my estimate, must be 8 log truck loads there,,,at least. Pulled a real Joe move this morning. Drove all the way to Portland to get gas,,,no wallet. Had to go all the way home again
Ive done the same! Yes it was cloudy here too this morning so not too bad. Sun came out and I evacuated to shade. Waited for shade to work on the mailbox pillar I'm building for my friend. Not much fun using a masonry saw when its this humid. Yeah we always price check on 66 in Portland.
What are you cutting? What type of saw? When I did residential the only saw we used was a skillsaw with diamond blade. Before diamond there was carborundum which sucks. In the union it was mostly 14” blades on demo saws or a brick saw table. I’m surprised I still breathe at all. Historically Portland had the cheapest gas. Not sure when that changed but no longer. Now it gets cheaper the closer you get to East Hampton. I only stopped in Portland because it’s the first station on the right. Well except Cobalt but that’s a tight little place with truck and trailer. Even cars don’t go there because it’s a PIA. The idea is to get them all. FWIW I’ve been thinking I need to amend my count. All my old pallets are 43” so I won’t be using them for the back walls. Need to add two more pallets onto the count for that. So 14 pallets to make a pen not twelve.
Im starting to understand what the guys that unload concrete panels go through on a daily basis. Thankfully I have no boss harping on me and I get a nice siesta between loading and unloading
8x14x6" thick solid decorative blocks. Stacked eight courses high. Block adhesive holding them together. I poured a 4" slab last week. The last two courses cut to fit around an oversized mailbox. I have to cut a curve today which I'm dreading. Using a Dewalt 20volt 4" grinder with a diamond blade making relief cuts then a cold chisel nibbling out chunks. Yes I know slow and a PITA but I'm not renting a big cut off saw just for this. Never have used one. I was looking for a diamond blade for the cordless circular saw but they dont make a 6.5" diameter one. 7" wont fit. Thought of buying the carborundum again but they wear out too fast and again no 6.5" either. I used them in the past in a corded saw to cut reglets in chimneys to install the flashing. Talk about awkward on a sloped roof. I kinda like the wider kerf for such. Do you still own a gas powered cut off saw? Yeah that dust is nasty. I try and be mind full around it. That and dumping bags of mortar/concrete etc. Nice when its a little breezy out. For a while it was Citgo, then Gulf or Cumberland Farms. There's one as soon as you go over the bridge that's cheap too.
6.5” that’s a trim saw. There was, maybe still is a Black and Decker outlet in Wethersfield. We used to buy their cheapest 7.5” skill saws in bulk. Think they were as cheap as $20 when I started, about $35 when I got out. The trick with a skillsaw cutting masonry is go backwards, don’t cut forward like with wood, run the cut backwards. Use the front of the sled to stabilize the saw on the surface and bring the blade down. And don’t sink the blade all the way in all at once, scribe a line and go over it several times. Take maybe 1/2” depth at a time, Much more control. Used to cut all those snaky sidewalks which everyone wants with just a skilsaw. Lay the sidewalk a little wider and use a plastic sidewalk edge, mark a line and cut the whole thing in one shot. Makes a beautiful edge to put the border against. If you try to cut each brick at a time the edge will “look likes it was chewing on rocks”. I used to joke I’m so good with this thing I can clean my teeth with it For future reference on something like that you can just pour a couple bags of premix concrete in the hole, dry no mixing, pound your first course into it with a hammer and let nature do the work. That Crete will harden on its own. I do have a Makita gas powered 14” demo saw. Never used it. Bought it at a pawn shop when I had a bug up my butt to build my driveway. That bug disappeared. Not sure the saw could be brought back to life. Had it running but it seemed so weak to me with no blade. It’s one of those four stroke without valves type engines. Never used on the job.
The saga continues. Went back for the third load early this morning. Was considering trying to do two loads today. That’s not gonna happen. Put a few pallets on the trailer and needed to move it for the rest. Truck wouldn’t start. Chit!! Turned over real slow dead battery style but I was also worried about this starter wire I’ve heard about. AAA to the rescue. They sent out a battery tech first. It fired up so I bought a new battery on the way home. This truck is really getting on my nerves Was able to squeeze another pallet on for a total of 20. I’m starting to get good at this hahaha. I brought a small 6lb sledge to tap them tight together if need be. Two more loads still there. If memory serves there’s 36 left there. That would make 89 pallets total.
That sucks about the battery. At least that's all it was. God bless Triple A. They have saved me countless times. Another run tomorrow?
Yep, might as well. Replaced the battery now the engine light is on. Everything seems normal as far as temps and pressures. Maybe because I replaced the battery the computer is scared? A drive tomorrow may reset it. I’ll also make an appointment for the starter and possibly this engine light.
The CEL could very well be because of low voltage with the bad battery. Of course, it could be something else, but I'd bet that it will clear itself after a half dozen or so start-ups. Good luck!
