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Recent content by Tradesman

  1. Tradesman

    Working the National 1300A

    Good bye!
  2. Tradesman

    Working the National 1300A

    I’ll get a $1,000 dollar cherry door and a pile of rough sawn cherry boards and sit back and watch while you hang it and get it to do that sweet click when it closes perfectly.
  3. Tradesman

    Working the National 1300A

    Not hacking on Nukes but real carpenters work all day with math. I’ve worked in and around all the trades my whole life and there is no room for dissing anyone that is a master of any trade. Most trades are as much art as they are just a job.
  4. Tradesman

    Working the National 1300A

    what’s the length of a rafter on a 28’6 building with a 6 on 12 pitch with 24” over hang. Or maybe lay out a hip rafter and length of jack rafters. how many cubic yards in a 12’6 in round column 14” wide It’s the wrong side of the square but the first picture of one I could find. But I think my...
  5. Tradesman

    Working the National 1300A

    I feel your pain years ago I was backing into a site and cut my Front end around into an I-beam and bang up she went. It was on a Saturday morning and I phoned the only tire shop I could get a hold of and they had me fixed within an hour. I have used them religiously ever since.
  6. Tradesman

    new ride

    number two of three going up this beautiful spring day.
  7. Tradesman

    new ride

    They specify 30 ft. Rigging I was digging out my 20’s and 10’s and the pool guy said don’t worry 20’s are lots. Ps. But for all the time it takes To rig a spreader bar unless it’s their idea I wouldn’t chance it, and just stay with what you’re used to.
  8. Tradesman

    new ride

    Now this a cool diving board It’s pool season
  9. Tradesman

    new ride

    Sometimes my weeks vary a we bit.
  10. Tradesman

    new ride

    I’ve got three of these to do on the same farm. 22x90 For the first time I put the roof on this one.
  11. Tradesman

    Just some work pics

    Love it when they start closest to you and work away. Removes all chances of seeing what your doing. Awesome!
  12. Tradesman

    new ride

    a Facebook crane operator page I belong to call this flat stick Friday, and it was indeed on Friday that I did this pick.
  13. Tradesman

    new ride

    a little bit of 911 work
  14. Tradesman

    Working the water and land pics

    Beautiful building
  15. Tradesman

    Pallet jack

    I’ve used one very similar to dismantle silos they work quite well. The only problem I’ve had is with the older one I have used is the spring Cable mechanism failed and we had to reposition the top hitch point manually. But overall a very useful piece of equipment.
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