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Might want to keep me away from that stuff...
One time I was changing back up battery packs in control panels and one panel lost it's butt/bearings.. I'd deenergized it apparently .
Not my greatest moment. Got it back to life though.
First night on one job a piece of equipment with slop it it's travel (due to broken bolts and worn hydraulics , a rubber cog so to speak) swung into the scissor lift I had near.
Broke a joystick.
I had no idea it's prior orientation after I had it off (my bad) but replaced it by the garnish piece that showed direction of movements.
Turned out the operators liked it reversed to ride the equipment (a mixer with swing arm) and the correct orientation was backwards of thier intuition from that position.
Bet they had a fun day.... I had a note to "fix" it waiting for me when I came back in.
The second morning (I worked nights) the boss came into work and when I turned in my paperwork he asked "what did you break today?" L.o.l..
Heck of a good boss though.
I had documentation through the P.M. charts and the crib guy put them in computer. But I still would date replaceable filter canisters ect. with a marker. Redundant. But when with/around the equipment I knew without researching where it was in it's lifespan easier.
A metal case with a clipboard in it in the harsh environment had my days choice of worksheets in it plus notes.
A big help was the owners (and later maintenance dept. I worked for) kept original documents of equipment.
So things were outdated like fluid types sometimes. But knowing original specs. and how to get a better idea how to service/teardown some things by looking over a schematic or parts list really helped sometimes.
The friend who I replaced doing P.M.'s as he was advanced dropped a five gallon pail of used gear lube off a lift just before the boss came in.
Hard to top , but I did. I'll save the tale of how for another day...
I did make a small mess once when impatient with the so slow draining of a transfer carts syrupy gear lube , I put compressed air in through the vent hole. The lube came out quickly....l.o.l..
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I bet he loved that!
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my Sorrel Mares
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The Easter gifts on the farm.
So the 3yr boy calls out to me to come over and see the two new additions that just entered this world. Now this little guy is leaning up against the door jam to the stall (just missing was the piece of straw hanging from his lips) and he proceeded in telling me what the mother was doing, and what the kids would be doing next. "The mother is now licking the baby to dry it off, then it will go and start nursing while she tends to the other baby that will get up......" I was just absorbing the knowledge that this boy was telling me.
I asked him what their names would be:
Perfect 3 yr old response: "That's slidey goat 1-and the white one is slidey goat 2"
Then he spins on the dime and off he goes-telling others about another goat that had been just born a hour before.
New addition just 2 days ago-good looking boy already.
Old Buck looking over at the new family addictions-proud father I'm sure. While chatting around the barn he came up for a a little attention, nibbling on my hand to get the head scratch.
So the 3yr boy calls out to me to come over and see the two new additions that just entered this world. Now this little guy is leaning up against the door jam to the stall (just missing was the piece of straw hanging from his lips) and he proceeded in telling me what the mother was doing, and what the kids would be doing next. "The mother is now licking the baby to dry it off, then it will go and start nursing while she tends to the other baby that will get up......" I was just absorbing the knowledge that this boy was telling me.
I asked him what their names would be:
Perfect 3 yr old response: "That's slidey goat 1-and the white one is slidey goat 2"
Then he spins on the dime and off he goes-telling others about another goat that had been just born a hour before.
New addition just 2 days ago-good looking boy already.
Old Buck looking over at the new family addictions-proud father I'm sure. While chatting around the barn he came up for a a little attention, nibbling on my hand to get the head scratch.
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She shed is still in the barn. I will be picking up trim possibly on Friday. As you can see in the pics below, he trimmed the windows with mostly the light gray with two toppers of green gray. I went with the charcoal around the door. I really planned and wanted to use the green gray on the corners, but I was told to choose. So I kept placing scrap pieces around. Hardest decision I had to make. The charcoal really makes it pop, so that’s what will be on the corners. Been trying to get the ground ready to set. Ohio clay is a beast! Fishing fever has set in, so it may be a couple weeks before it is done.
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Good morning and happy, uh, umm...
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I can hardly get bird pics . That’s a cool one. Phone or camera?
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