New Tool Day

I have found with ours, if the can is on the ground and I'm pumping up high, it tends to leak.

I put the can up high now and run the pump.

The pump I'm using is probably 5 years old and used for gas and diesel both so that could be part of the problem also.

I actually keep my fuel cans on one of those plastic shelves that sits about 14-16" above the floor, and I can pull my mower right up to it so that sounds like it'll work out perfectly to just leave the can where it sits and refuel that way. (picture from a couple of years ago when I was in the middle or rearranging things. It's much less cluttered now and the owl has been evicted)

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OSHA has your number...:sneaky:

Good. I wrote myself up TWICE for PPE violations resulting in preventable injuries.

1: I was wearing safety glasses, but really should have been wearing my forestry helmet. A stick about 1" think and 2.5' long somehow whipped around and smacked me upside the head hard enough to draw blood. The hard hat would have totally blocked it.

2: I knew there was poison oak there but still chose not to wear long sleeves. Now I've got a nice rash on my arms.

There was a 3rd safety incident last weekend, but no write-up. I was using the hoe to dig up star thistle and found a yellowjacket nest. I got stung on my neck but my wife got it worse even though she was farther away, and got hit a half-dozen times. She was showing some reaction symptoms the next day so I took her to urgent care and they gave her a course of prednisone.

The corrective action here is a general reminder to watch out for those angry SOBs. They're especially nasty this time of year.
 
Good. I wrote myself up TWICE for PPE violations resulting in preventable injuries.

1: I was wearing safety glasses, but really should have been wearing my forestry helmet. A stick about 1" think and 2.5' long somehow whipped around and smacked me upside the head hard enough to draw blood. The hard hat would have totally blocked it.

2: I knew there was poison oak there but still chose not to wear long sleeves. Now I've got a nice rash on my arms.

There was a 3rd safety incident last weekend, but no write-up. I was using the hoe to dig up star thistle and found a yellowjacket nest. I got stung on my neck but my wife got it worse even though she was farther away, and got hit a half-dozen times. She was showing some reaction symptoms the next day so I took her to urgent care and they gave her a course of prednisone.

The corrective action here is a general reminder to watch out for those angry SOBs. They're especially nasty this time of year.

We get calls from people thinking we are OSHA that want to report their company.

It ranges from things like the other workers are mean to me, the refrigerator in the breakroom isn't working, I got fired for taking a pee break, etc.
 
Good. I wrote myself up TWICE for PPE violations resulting in preventable injuries.

1: I was wearing safety glasses, but really should have been wearing my forestry helmet. A stick about 1" think and 2.5' long somehow whipped around and smacked me upside the head hard enough to draw blood. The hard hat would have totally blocked it.

2: I knew there was poison oak there but still chose not to wear long sleeves. Now I've got a nice rash on my arms.

There was a 3rd safety incident last weekend, but no write-up. I was using the hoe to dig up star thistle and found a yellowjacket nest. I got stung on my neck but my wife got it worse even though she was farther away, and got hit a half-dozen times. She was showing some reaction symptoms the next day so I took her to urgent care and they gave her a course of prednisone.

The corrective action here is a general reminder to watch out for those angry SOBs. They're especially nasty this time of year.

I used to have to write out accident reports at work for my crew. There was one incident that happened to me where I still have to laugh at what the accident report would have looked like. I had grabbed a pair of safety glasses in one hand, and whipped the glasses to get the arms to extend. Then, as I was putting the glasses up to my face......I poked myself in the eye. :rolleyes::ROFLMAO: Dumbass!
 
I can't believe my luck to make a random trip by my local ACE hardware store today and they were having a blow out parking lot sale for excess inventory after a remodel of the store. Bins and bins of stuff for $1, $3, $5 and a few higher priced but still heavily discounted items. Some of the steals include fortener bits for a buck a piece, 14 and 12g wire spools for $5, 10lb roll of mig wire for $5, most of the hand tools for $3 a piece! Happy New Tool day!

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New water pump pulley locker, to keep it from turning while removing the 36mm fan clutch nut.
Mild steel 1/4" thick, 1.5" wide, 20" long. Two 5/8" holes go over two of the bolts. Holes are 2.25" apart. Cutout to clear the shaft.

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Pick one up where they sell metal, then remove all of the extra stuff they left in it, like holes, cutout, extra length. :D