Three 6 Hybrids is Moving Out of the Carport

[TrickyT]

Wait, that looks like a professional model posed for that picture! Did you get one of those new fangled iPhones with multiple camera lens and artificial intelligence software that only focuses on the face and blurs the background? It's awesome.

 

[FJ60Cam]

Beauty-ful! Are you sourcing new fasteners or just really cleaning up the originals?

Mose are new, some were cleaned up. Most of the exact bolts are discontinued, so Onur sourced some equivalents. A few with the coarser thread sizes had to be cleaned and reused.

 

[FJ60Cam]

Wait, that looks like a professional model posed for that picture! Did you get one of those new fangled iPhones with multiple camera lens and artificial intelligence software that only focuses on the face and blurs the background? It's awesome.

Ha! I'm using my antique iPhone 6s (still need that headphone jack) and a discontinued app to manually blur the background.

 

[Bomar]

Wow....

 

[FJ60Cam]

Small update. My cousin’s been going nuts getting every loose paint flake off the wall. I think we’re going to be able to start the wall repair tomorrow (then we can invite the structural engineers back in).

 

[FJ60Cam]

The natural light coming in through my garage door is so dope. It will make a great photo studio.

I call this one, “The Ladies of Summer Avenue”...

#noflash

 

[Bomar]

So crazy how your kids look just like you and Steph....

Man that shop is badass

 

[FJ60Cam]

Last but not least, I went to see a man about a forklift today. He had one of those Nissan’s @dnp was talking about:

This 3000lb beauty is from one of his service accounts that recently upgraded to something newer. This needs a new water pump and leak check before it’s ready.

 

[FJ60Cam]

While that is pretty cool, he also had a few Toyotas

 

[FJ60Cam]

They’re putting a new motor in this guy, but it should be ready soon.

We’ll convert it to an EFI’d 4.4L 2F down the road.

 

[dnp]

They’re putting a new motor in this guy, but it should be ready soon.

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We’ll convert it to an EFI’d 4.4L 2F down the road.

Yeah, I gotta say, even though my Nissans work great, and even though the Toyotas are usually more expensive (sometimes, a LOT), I'd really like to have a Toyota. Just because.................(then again, I haven't checked to see if they're @jrob-approved)

 

[Ol Yeller]

Last but not least, I went to see a man about a forklift today. He had one of those Nissan’s @dnp was talking about:

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This 3000lb beauty is from one of his service accounts that recently upgraded to something newer. This needs a new water pump and leak check before it’s ready.

We had a Nissan liftruck at work for years and years, total workhorse.

 

[TrickyT]

A few random thoughts: Ashley looks like she is growing up fast! You're going to have your hands full before you know it. You need to teach both her and Andrew to drive the forklift while they are young. Would be a very useful skill to put on their resumes. And, lastly, I haven't seen any Mosley Motors apparel in _any_ of you photos.

 

[FJ60Cam]

Yeah, I gotta say, even though my Nissans work great, and even though the Toyotas are usually more expensive (sometimes, a LOT), I'd really like to have a Toyota. Just because.................(then again, I haven't checked to see if they're @jrob-approved)

Yeah, the Toyota’s are considerably more expensive, but also newer. And it’s hard to put a price on street cred.

He has some even newer that get more expensive, but this one should last me a lifetime with a small repair here and there.

I wasn’t paying attention, but the forklifts come in “series” too. The one I’m getting is probably in line with an 80 series (two or so removed from current issue).

 

[FJ60Cam]

A few random thoughts: Ashley looks like she is growing up fast! You're going to have your hands full before you know it. You need to teach both her and Andrew to drive the forklift while they are young. Would be a very useful skill to put on their resumes. And, lastly, I haven't seen any Mosley Motors apparel in _any_ of you photos.

I had my shirt on!

They are definitely going to learn to drive the forklift. They’re pretty excited about that.I have a feeling Ashley will wear out the welder with her creative side once I show her how it works.

 

[Bomar]

Glad to see "hazardous" work doesn't fail far from the tree. Sounds like everyone will count fingers and toes as you are locking the doors...

Then we need to lay some candy paint and a whistle tip.....it will be Summer Av approved

 

[jynx]

Talk to @Land Speeder

He got dem whistle tips!

 

[FJ60Cam]

Wall repair has begun.

I almost bailed on this building when I saw some of the settling cracks in the wall. I wasn’t worried about it falling down necessarily - this is an old building, they’ve been there a while, and nothing is leaning or out of square - but I definitely wanted to do some sort of reinforcement.

When doing some research, I came across a carbon fiber reinforcement system that is used to strengthen and shore up damaged overpasses, columns, and other concrete structures. Carbon fiber is stronger than steel, light weight, and is fairly easy to apply, so I was intrigued.

These days it is heavily marketed for the residential application of bowing and cracked foundation walls. All of the foundation repair companies seemed to be promoting it.

 

[Bomar]

SPACE AGE......Ball and G would be happy.

 

[FJ60Cam]

The process is fairly straightforward:

- Grind wall down to fresh material
- Fill cracks & mortar joints with two part epoxy
- Apply two part epoxy primer with a roller
- Roll on two part epoxy bonding agent
- Apply carbon fiber sheet and roll out air bubbles
- Roll on a top coat of the expoxy bonding agent.
- Peel out

I didn’t take any pics of the grinding process. Even with a vacuum attachment and a cyclonic pre-filter for the shop vac, it’s a messy and time consuming part of the process.

Fast forward to the end result, though, and it looks simple:

Since it’s strength is in tension, you want to apply it perpendicular to the crack. It is structural, not visual, so it is not meant to be applied over the entire crack.

Stairstep cracks get a sheet in both directions.