Recent content by John Young

I've been driving the Omani 1HD-FT 80 as my daily for a while now. Filled the tanks today. Took the dog today for an all day drive from Daytona Beach to Orlando and back, stopping at @cruisermatt to say hi. This is not Matt but one of his very nice people. Figured the gas mileage after...

Ritchie Bros offered me a trailer for 700 USD and I took it figuring it would be useful to have the genny on a trailer agains unforeseen contingencies. In a few days I will take a drive over to Gainesville, Florida, to pick it up. What I don't quite understand is if they can put the 803R on a...

Charlie waiting rather impatiently in the Omani diesel 80

Same here in Florida re power. And when the hurricanes blow through sometimes the water makes the roads really difficult. Coupled with the fact that aircon is almost a necessity... I got a small gas generator a year ago, but it would not power anything but the fridge and a few small...

So I broke down and bought a diesel tool.

Ah... I gave up on the 24vdc stuff. But I don't like cold weather. The 1HD-FT in my Omani 80 originally had a 24 volt starter but I could never get the voltage switch relay to work right, so I bought a 12vdc starter when we installed the FT in the 80 and called it good.

I suppose you could think of it as theft prevention device. What does the dang thing do actuall? The 1HD-T has no fuel pump and only the pump solenoid and starter to engergize. Is this relay to get power to the pump valve solenoid? If so I would think it would apply to a 1HZ too...

I was working on some garage lighting and spray painting handy boxes when I asked myself whether I could try powder coating.... One trip to marketplace later... I still have a lot to learn but it is hella-better than spray paint.

I did that for my water softener tank and yes, it was annoying to do without a table saw! The best part was being able to put a shelf on exactly the right level to stack 40 lb salt bags so they pour right in.

I asked the racking company how much I could put on the wire racks. No answer yet, but I was thinking that with some 1" OSB it should be ok. In case anyone is interested, the narrow stuff is 24" deep and the wide stuff is 42" deep and the tall racking is 16' high and the short is 12'.

I love the stuff. It is hard to see in the photos but the mill is in a bay with 42" racking and the space next to it will get the 13" South Bend lathe in the other photo, once I get it completed. I do find myself wondering if I can put a built up 1HZ above the mill....

Front page of the Washington Post today:

Kinda went a little nuts.

Today I have a bunch more warehouse racking coming for the garage, so my older boy and I rushed to finish the extended safety railings for the forklift platform.

That is a great plan! I have a shorty project in jeopardy myself where the plan is to swap a RHD cab on an LHD frame whose body went through a rollover on the dunes and ended up tweaked pretty badly. The real challenge is the firewall, but the guys have carefully drilled the spot welds and it...