What I've been up to... In pictures
Posted: October 6, 2009, 1:20 pm
I tried to post this last night but the forum died on me. Glad it's back up.
Here it is now:
Since it's been a while since I've been around, I thought I would update a little on what I've been up to.
I finished my shop about a year ago. I think I posted about it when I was building it. It's only 20x40 at the moment.
I was going to kick it out another 60 feet for an 80x40, but I have that on hold right now and just going to pour this bay and put a lean-to on it.
also a shot with my 71 Bumpside in it. It's become my main truck.
Here's an even better shot of it:
Here you can see how far I was going to expand the shop. I even prepped the site for it. It would have gone extended out to that old Hough loader, which incidently broke down in the midst of the prep-work, with a bearing exploding and wheels flying everywhere. This was only one hour after I had just finished a 2 week repair on one of the cylinders that snapped off. (2 weeks of running around and waiting for parts)
More shots of the broken down hough, and the shop stove I acquired for the winter cold.
A shot of one of my sheet metal brakes. This is my newest one. Not as heavy as my 8' Chicago, but at least this one is 10 foot.
After I got tired of the 10 to 12MPG of my bumpside as a daily driver, I broke down and bought a '98 BMW 323is. I felt queasy as this was my first non-american vehicle, but I figured I like european sports cars and would buy one, so what's the difference? I average around 32MPG and my best was 37MPG. I'm happy with it.
Along the way I bought and had fun and harrowing experiences on a fun little 16' Hobie Cat.
First I bought this one though, which turned out to be more work than I wanted to mess with. You can also see another Bump and Slick next to it.
Another toy that I've wanted for a loooong time and finally managed to justify getting, and it's my pride and joy:
2001 Ducati 996. I go out and hug it every night before bed. Okay not every night, but sometimes I do.
I also got a fun little early 80s Honda GL500 watercooled V-twin in trade for one of my slightly less nice bumpsides. It's not beautiful but it's fun for cruising. Sorry, no pics of that yet.
I live next to my father, and we share a lot of our tools and equipment. That's his Hough that's broken down, which we have some forks for and primarily use to move around our none-running vehicles. Since it's down we went and got this beast!
That weight on the back is full of lead.
Here it is next to my 3/4 ton Bumpside for scale:
I've been using it and our old Ford backhoe for some prep-work for my house site, which isn't as much of a priority as my shop right now.
So there you have it folks! Some of what I've been up to in the past year or so that I've been away
Here it is now:
Since it's been a while since I've been around, I thought I would update a little on what I've been up to.
I finished my shop about a year ago. I think I posted about it when I was building it. It's only 20x40 at the moment.
I was going to kick it out another 60 feet for an 80x40, but I have that on hold right now and just going to pour this bay and put a lean-to on it.
also a shot with my 71 Bumpside in it. It's become my main truck.
Here's an even better shot of it:
Here you can see how far I was going to expand the shop. I even prepped the site for it. It would have gone extended out to that old Hough loader, which incidently broke down in the midst of the prep-work, with a bearing exploding and wheels flying everywhere. This was only one hour after I had just finished a 2 week repair on one of the cylinders that snapped off. (2 weeks of running around and waiting for parts)
More shots of the broken down hough, and the shop stove I acquired for the winter cold.
A shot of one of my sheet metal brakes. This is my newest one. Not as heavy as my 8' Chicago, but at least this one is 10 foot.
After I got tired of the 10 to 12MPG of my bumpside as a daily driver, I broke down and bought a '98 BMW 323is. I felt queasy as this was my first non-american vehicle, but I figured I like european sports cars and would buy one, so what's the difference? I average around 32MPG and my best was 37MPG. I'm happy with it.
Along the way I bought and had fun and harrowing experiences on a fun little 16' Hobie Cat.
First I bought this one though, which turned out to be more work than I wanted to mess with. You can also see another Bump and Slick next to it.
Another toy that I've wanted for a loooong time and finally managed to justify getting, and it's my pride and joy:
2001 Ducati 996. I go out and hug it every night before bed. Okay not every night, but sometimes I do.
I also got a fun little early 80s Honda GL500 watercooled V-twin in trade for one of my slightly less nice bumpsides. It's not beautiful but it's fun for cruising. Sorry, no pics of that yet.
I live next to my father, and we share a lot of our tools and equipment. That's his Hough that's broken down, which we have some forks for and primarily use to move around our none-running vehicles. Since it's down we went and got this beast!
That weight on the back is full of lead.
Here it is next to my 3/4 ton Bumpside for scale:
I've been using it and our old Ford backhoe for some prep-work for my house site, which isn't as much of a priority as my shop right now.
So there you have it folks! Some of what I've been up to in the past year or so that I've been away