Junkyard
Senior Member
Yep doesn’t even phase me anymore. Only once in 26 years here have I said oh $hit this ain’t gonna be good.....I was right lol.
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Junkyard's work thread.....maybe haha
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Junkyard
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We have a new shop dog 
. I got him from a guy at work. He had been calling him JD for Jeff’s dog. I think I’ll keep the name. He’s a Texas heeler, half blue heeler and half Australian Shepherd.
. I got him from a guy at work. He had been calling him JD for Jeff’s dog. I think I’ll keep the name. He’s a Texas heeler, half blue heeler and half Australian Shepherd.
Junkyard
Senior Member
My last dog was a blue heeler. He made sure everybody knew it was HIS shop! I think JD will be a good one. We went for a walk a few minutes ago to measure a counterweight for Crane Operator. I think I wore him out!
kenh
Senior Member
Cure lil; guy.
Junkyard
Senior Member
Thanks! We shall see how his first night goes.....
crane operator
Senior Member
I would worry less about how his first night goes, than where he goes on his first night.
Nice looking pup though.
Nice looking pup though.
DMiller
Senior Member
Cute pup, now the training begins.
Junkyard
Senior Member
He had a couple accidents but this morning after he ate I took him out and he did his business. We are training each other!
Labparamour
Senior Member
What a handsome boy!We have a new shop dog
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Be careful, the healer I had was smarter than me.
Darryl
kshansen
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Back before I retired we had two greyhounds. I often remarked how on hot sweaty days that they were sleeping in the air-conditioned house while I was laying on the floor in the shop with a leaky machine dripping hot oil in my face that anyone that says "dumb dog" doesn't know what they are talking about!
Junkyard
Senior Member
My last heeler was really sharp. There were days he’d look at me like he knew what I was about to do wasn’t going to end well!!
crane operator
Senior Member
I hope yours is a smart dog, ours that someone dumped out last year is the "dumb dog" that khansen is talking about.
She won't bark at anything except her reflection in a chrome bumper. Which she can bark at all day long.
That and she's long haired and sheds all over, so there's hair everywhere in the shop. Which I don't like. At all.
The best dog I had was two dogs ago- still miss having him around.
I think you'll be fine though- most heelers are pretty sharp dogs.
She won't bark at anything except her reflection in a chrome bumper. Which she can bark at all day long.
That and she's long haired and sheds all over, so there's hair everywhere in the shop. Which I don't like. At all.
The best dog I had was two dogs ago- still miss having him around.
I think you'll be fine though- most heelers are pretty sharp dogs.
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
My grandma had a heeler that you would not exactly call smart, but she had some interesting heeler qualities.
She was a fanatic for sticks. She could count pretty well. She also had a mouth that opened like an alligator. So you could grab 6 or 7 sticks and stand up on this hill and hurl them all down in the pasture. She would not take her eye off your hand until the last stick was airborne. Then she would go around and pick up whatever number you had thrown and bring them all back at once.
She was a fanatic for sticks. She could count pretty well. She also had a mouth that opened like an alligator. So you could grab 6 or 7 sticks and stand up on this hill and hurl them all down in the pasture. She would not take her eye off your hand until the last stick was airborne. Then she would go around and pick up whatever number you had thrown and bring them all back at once.
Junkyard
Senior Member
They all have their quirks. My last one, Bear, kept a close eye on my kids when they were young. He’d herd them away from anything he didn’t like. Strangers would come here and he’d stay between the kids and them. He HATED going home. Sat at my door and cried until it was time to come back to the shop.
Cat killing machine! Hard to say the affect he had on the local population!
Cat killing machine! Hard to say the affect he had on the local population!
Junkyard
Senior Member
Look what followed me home today.....
Courtesy of Old Doug I added another SAE400 to my collection. That makes three of them. Why three? Because it’s better than two!!!
This one is gas powered. 1967 per S/N. Motor is free, brushes look good. Fuel tank is bad rusty inside but solid. Three of the four side panels are there, electric outlet is still there. Per Lincoln it was born with a magneto but at some point it’s gotten a distributor. I’m gonna dig into it a bit and see if she’ll run.
Not sure what the amber light on top is all about. Maybe a low oil pressure warning....? It’s not hooked up to anything now. Interesting thing is the sheet metal is straight and still has factory hardware. If nothing else it’s a nice parts machine.
Courtesy of Old Doug I added another SAE400 to my collection. That makes three of them. Why three? Because it’s better than two!!!
This one is gas powered. 1967 per S/N. Motor is free, brushes look good. Fuel tank is bad rusty inside but solid. Three of the four side panels are there, electric outlet is still there. Per Lincoln it was born with a magneto but at some point it’s gotten a distributor. I’m gonna dig into it a bit and see if she’ll run.
Not sure what the amber light on top is all about. Maybe a low oil pressure warning....? It’s not hooked up to anything now. Interesting thing is the sheet metal is straight and still has factory hardware. If nothing else it’s a nice parts machine.
Tugger2
Senior Member
Ive got 2 400 s. 1 Sae 400 perkins powered ,cost me a whole 1200.00 . the other is a an Sam 400 perkins powered with an Ln7 feeder. Ill bet not many guys remember those . When i ask for 3/32 wire my supplier looks at me like im from mars. They are great machines.
Junkyard
Senior Member
I’d love to have a SAM. Not many of those around. Other than being big and heavy they are great welders. Heck everything I’m around is big and heavy so what’s one more big piece?
d9gdon
Senior Member
Good one!
Who's the Miller Big 20 expert here while you're talking welders? Mine won't idle up when I touch the stick to metal...works fine on high idle. I know it did this before and a guy that worked for me fixed it, but I don't remember what he did.
Don't give me no guff about a Miller either...I ain't no pipeliner. I'm sorry in advance.
Who's the Miller Big 20 expert here while you're talking welders? Mine won't idle up when I touch the stick to metal...works fine on high idle. I know it did this before and a guy that worked for me fixed it, but I don't remember what he did.
Don't give me no guff about a Miller either...I ain't no pipeliner. I'm sorry in advance.