Ariens GT 18 rebadged as a Gravely 18H.
Hill Top adventures
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Tonight's little project was to remove a set of nasty way to small tires off a lawn cart. Just the thought of me sitting on it for a ride was enough cause to go flat. Time to up grade to a bigger set. I needed to make a bushing to go from a 5/8 axle up to 1" for the other tires which were the front set on a tractor.
The old.
The new.
Side by side.
The old.
The new.
Side by side.
That would be an easy way. But the agreement with my money management is no cost tinkering. And I had the fun of building the bushing by hand out of what was in the scrap pile.
Spent part of the morning cutting firewood. An activity I have enjoyed for years. Definitely was warm enough to labor like that. Cleaning out trees from a fence row that were pushed in there last year. The one might just stay, its a good 40" across much to big for my meager equipment. Kind of nice to cut there, the clean up is just a matter of chucking what I don't want deeper into the fence row. And the farmer likes it cause it keeps it cleaned up.
We are slow at work this week and I was home by lunch time. And was working so close to home that my coffee mug was still half full. So the afternoon was spent cutting firewood. 92° and humid shortened it by a good bit. Found a nice cherry log and a bunch of locust.
A great Saturday morning at home. Next week starts the push at work. Boss man said we might slow down next til next June.
He has been trying to hire more guys for the extra work we got. But nobody wants to frame. There is a lawn n garden consignment auction today that we want to go to. Gots to get moving
He has been trying to hire more guys for the extra work we got. But nobody wants to frame. There is a lawn n garden consignment auction today that we want to go to. Gots to get movingHope your work stays steady. I remember those "dry" times when I used to frame. That was a few decades ago. Really miss doing carpenter work, but I sure couldn't do that kind of work anymore. Hope you had fun at the auction!A great Saturday morning at home. Next week starts the push at work. Boss man said we might slow down next til next June.
I can't tell for sure... Are those 2x6 studs?
All the exterior walls are 2x6 on this building. Most of it is 8' ceilings except for the entryway. Some are 14' 16' & 18'. It's a 6 unit townhouse with 3 different floor plans. We did a few houses last year that were all 2x4 walls. Nasty floppy houses that I didn't enjoy building. Hard to have pride in your work when you don't like the material you are to use.
Worked through a light rain today. Miserable muddy jobsite. And the monsoon weather continues, in the 10 day forecast only 7 days have a 50%-80% chance of rain. This cool damp weather sure brings on the aches again. So nothing happened on the hilltop today involving a tractor.
