New Tool Day

[sab]

The string and tape is for marking the property line between me and the neighbors who just sold their house. Wanted to make sure the new owners know where the line runs. They kinda lost some driveway, View attachment 678394View attachment 678395

John, unless you've already discussed the boundary with the new owner, that's a pretty aggressive way to approach a property boundary issue, especially if you're not right. Would a surveyor back up your interpretation? Is Adverse Possession applicable? Typically, a property will be surveyed with a sale, and the surveyor will mark property corners. Does your flagging match that?

Having worked as a land development engineer for many years, where I had employees who were licensed surveyors to navigate boundary issues, I've dealt with your situation many times. Boundary disputes are never cut-and-dry, and it's always been more productive to me to open up a discussion before flexing. If you've already done that, then never mind, but if you've done this before meeting the new owners, you may be setting yourself up for a neighbor that you have to live next to for the foreseeable future who really doesn't like you...

 

[John Cooper]

John, unless you've already discussed the boundary with the new owner, that's a pretty aggressive way to approach a property boundary issue, especially if you're not right. Would a surveyor back up your interpretation? Is Adverse Possession applicable? Typically, a property will be surveyed with a sale, and the surveyor will mark property corners. Does your flagging match that?

Having worked as a land development engineer for many years, where I had employees who were licensed surveyors to navigate boundary issues, I've dealt with your situation many times. Boundary disputes are never cut-and-dry, and it's always been more productive to me to open up a discussion before flexing. If you've already done that, then never mind, but if you've done this before meeting the new owners, you may be setting yourself up for a neighbor that you have to live next to for the foreseeable future who really doesn't like you...

The survey was done when the house was sold out of foreclosure, the couple that bought it out of foreclosure knew where the property lines ran, they had to build a new driveway because the old driveway went through another neighbor's field.

Had T post up when they built their driveway and they pushed them over anyway.

The couple that just sold knew where the line was and ignored it also. So now there is no guess work, the new owner's will know and my next step is to build a fence, so I'm already ahead on the post.

But yes I know about land surveys, as I worked for and Survey/Engineering firm in Florida and also Tennessee. I started dragging the chain and worked my way up to party chief.

 

[sab]

But yes I know about land surveys, as I worked for and Survey/Engineering firm in Florida and also Tennessee. I started dragging the chain and worked my way up to party chief.

Now that you mention that, I recall you'd mentioned that before. My memory just ain't what it used to be...

 

[John Cooper]

Now that you mention that, I recall you'd mentioned that before. My memory just ain't what it used to be...

No worries bud. I'm just trying to be Barney Fiffe and nip it in the bud this time.....

 

[macleanflood]

I went for some caution tape,

Now all you need is a few dozen chalk body outlines and those folded number thingies to really greet the new neighbors properly.

-Mac

 

[John Cooper]

Now all you need is a few dozen chalk body outlines and those folded number thingies to really greet the new neighbors properly.

-Mac

Dang it, now you got me thinking.......

 

[macleanflood]

Dang it, now you got me thinking.......

Too bad their tyvek suits aren't on sale...

-Mac

 

[sab]

When we moved into our place, I quickly learned that one neighbor was a drunk, litterbug, and poacher. One day, the drunk and poacher side of him were aligned. On a rare muddy night here in Texas, he shot a buck out of season for the rack only. He dumped the headless carcass on our property with his tractor, but since it was muddy, I just followed the tracks back to his house.

This was the third carcass (a dog and another headless buck were the other two) in less than a year that I'd found on our property, but neither I nor the game warden could figure out who was dumping them. I was not happy, and my first instinct was to load it in my tractor's loader bucket and dump it on his front porch. As I was heading to the door with the tractor key in my hand, Mrs. sab calmed me down. She convinced me that the satisfaction I'd get from doing that would be short-lived (that Mrs. sab is wise - she was right on.) It'd be better to let the game warden deal with it.

I called the warden, with whom I was already on a first-name basis due to this recurring problem. Usually, it took him a day or two to get out to our place to investigate, but when I told him there was practically a neon sign saying "your poacher's right here-->", he was there in less than an hour, which is about as fast a response as possible in our rural area.

Later that day, the warden called me and said that the neighbor cried like a baby and said he was drunk, can't stop drinking, and does stupid stuff when he's drunk. I don't know what his punishment was (it could have been forfeiture of his gun and tractor), but he sold his place shortly after that, and new, awesome neighbors moved in. Karma worked both ways that time.

I also learned that when someone dumps something on your property here, it's on you to dispose of it. I let the hungry wild critters take care of all those carcasses. I didn't catch the first two quickly, so those were too stinky to deal with. The last one, I gutted and skinned up to the neck to get the critters to devour it more expeditiously...

 

[E-Ticket]

These are on special right now for $299 including a free 5AH high output battery.

Comes with a nice set of Metric bits. 65 ft-lbs of torque and good for tight spaces.

Got mine at Northern Tool then saw the same deal slat Home Depot, so likely everywhere.

 

[GoldenGorilla]

These are on special right now for $299 including a free 5AH high output battery.

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Comes with a nice set of Metric bits. 65 ft-lbs of torque and good for tight spaces.

Got mine at Northern Tool then saw the same deal slat Home Depot, so likely everywhere.

Ooh, interesting. I am a big fan of Klein KNECT pass-through sockets. 19mm socket examples below.

 

[red02tj]

Picked up the fuel 2 gallon shop vac from the Woot sale and retuned the non fuel version.

Overall it’s better but it’s like they didn’t do any end user testing. The latches to open the top box for the battery and tools are buried under the hose.

 

[John Cooper]

Well y'all know me the Harbor Freight prostitute.. .. been looking at the Icon tools and picked up a set of metric stubby ratchet wrenches. While there I also picked up the Hercules 20v 1/2 compact impact, because the 3/8 is have has continued to impress me.

Then I saw a new Bauer stackable box. This one has 2 drawers in it. So now I have 3 of these and can mix and match how I carry them.

 

[bbaldwin237]

Well y'all know me the Harbor Freight prostitute.. .. been looking at the Icon tools and picked up a set of metric stubby ratchet wrenches. While there I also picked up the Hercules 20v 1/2 compact impact, because the 3/8 is have has continued to impress me.

Then I saw a new Bauer stackable box. This one has 2 drawers in it. So now I have 3 of these and can mix and match how I carry them.

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I was just telling my wife that I think I'm going to switch to Hercules power tools. I need to get a new grinder anyway. I've got an 18V Makita drill and impact driver but they're about 10 years old so I figure it's better to go to a newer system rather than buy the Makita tools.

 

[John Cooper]

I was just telling my wife that I think I'm going to switch to Hercules power tools. I need to get a new grinder anyway. I've got an 18V Makita drill and impact driver but they're about 10 years old so I figure it's better to go to a newer system rather than buy the Makita tools.

I am really impressed with them, plus the tools come with a 5 year warranty and the batteries come with a 3.

I read a ton of reviews before I purchased the 3/8 impact and for a home shop on a budget I think they are great.

 

[macleanflood]

I've got an 18V Makita drill and impact driver but they're about 10 years old.

I've got Makita. Some of my 12 year old batteries are a little low but they still work.

I've bought a couple of Bauer cordless tools. Vacuum is great. Heat gun is ok. Pump died after 8 months. Out of the three batteries I bought one failed.

Makita is expensive but they outlast everything I've owned a keep running.

And this from someone who has 11 5 amp batteries and can use all of them cutting up an RV in the woods.

I went to HF today and got a cheap pneumatic die grinder. Doing a little port matching on my 630 head while it's out.

And I bought a Maddox AC gauge set.

And lots of split loom.

-Mac

 

[sab]

I went to HF today and got a cheap pneumatic die grinder. Doing a little port matching on my 630 head while it's out.

I've ported heads with the aid of a flow bench to measure the changes, and I'll tell you that after doing that, I won't touch a head unless I have access to a flow bench, a dyno, or even better - both. Compressible flow, especially when you add atomized full to the mix, is not at all intuitive, so unless you can measure the effects of what you're doing or you plan to use trial and error, which is very expensive (time porting heads and building engines, as well as buying replacement heads when you screw up), you could easily do more harm than good. There, I said it. Most don't want to hear this.

 

[sab]

By the way, the heads on the VR 1000 had about 1/2" of epoxy in them to raise the floor of the intake runner to invoke some turbulence to promote finer atomization. The heads were homologated (rules state that you have to start with stock heads) and the castings had the floor all wrong. We figured that out with the flow bench and dyno, not rider feedback.

 

[John Cooper]

Here's a picture with the tray and wrenches in my box. 10mm through 19mm

 

[macleanflood]

You could easily do more harm than good. There, I said it.

Yup. One...I have little faith in these heads with the pitted exhaust valves.

Two...I'm mostly smoothing the port.

And three yes I have no fucking clue what I'm doing...

-Mac

 

[Zorba]

And three yes I have no fucking clue what I'm doing...

Me neither! Join the club!