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Tradesman

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Remember the framers that destroyed the rafter tails? They can't read plans either. Garage walls were 2' too short. Trusses all on and valleys filled, most of the sheeting on. Two girders and roof running two directions.


Sure I can pick the whole garage roof off- it might all turn to matchsticks, but I can pick it up.

Had them do a bunch of bracing inside, and sawzall the perimeter before I showed up. Picked better than I thought it would. I brought the gooseneck so I'd have something to set it on while they added the pony walls on.


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Man that foundation is something to be proud of. They get their forms out of the dump?
 

crane operator

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Nice that you had all those chain falls. Lol.

Got lucky- I brought 4 chain falls with me and we started like that. One of the chain falls has a bad brake, as soon as it got weight on it, it would just free wheel the control chain. I was going to just wire the control chain, but decided that wasn't the safest option- I could just see that wire coming loose and losing the whole roof. So I pulled that chain fall out and made that a fixed point with a 16' nylon basketed. Did all the adjusting on the other 3.

Man that foundation is something to be proud of. They get their forms out of the dump?

This is the house they also had to shim all over due to the foundation being out. I wouldn't be too proud of it, but you only get one shot at the concrete. If its getting a stone or brick fascia I wouldn't mind, but I don't know if this one gets that or not.
 

Welder Dave

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Sounds like the builder is trying to save money on the construction portion instead of using the most qualified people. I know a guy who used to work for a large builder. Their last project was a fancy 235 room hotel. It used a lot of precast concrete. The engineer from Quebec messed up and almost none of the walls were square and straight. He was fired and they had to reengineer a lot of the project at great cost. They got it done and it was a great accomplishment. Then they got greedy. They had the opportunity to make a million profit on the job but that wasn't enough and they ended up going into receivership. The owners were pretty well off though. It's called the Radisson Hotel Edmonton south now but was originally called the Terrace Inn after the company, Terrace construction. Coast hotels bought it and it was the Coast Terrace Inn for many years before being sold again in 2005.
 

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Well- I'm evidently moving up in the world- new truck!

Well, not really new, just new to me. 2006, 85,000 miles, 5.4, 3/4ton, 4x4. Like the red 1997 one my youngest is now driving, this one came from a resort maintenance dept.

It has sat for at least a year- maybe 2. Doesn't run right, drained all the fuel, and have new plugs, coils, phasers, mass air flow, and all four o2 sensors now installed. Its running way better now, still has a hesitation on first starting up, when you go to take off (low throttle). Once it gets warm, if you get on it, it runs good. Had to replace a bad track bar to deal with a bad shimmy under braking.

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I'm all for longbed too. If I have a extended cab or crewcab, I just fill it with junk. A regular cab limits my mess. I know my limitations.

Actually, one of my guys bought this truck from the resort because it was cheap, and decided he didn't want to put all the $$ in it to get it running. I bought it from him.
 

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Around here that is a rare truck! Do once in a while see one but not everyday! And a 2006 white truck that isn't brown from rust on the lower half is even rarer around here! Just for giggles what does something like that go for in your neighborhood?
 

crane operator

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Around here that is a rare truck! Do once in a while see one but not everyday! And a 2006 white truck that isn't brown from rust on the lower half is even rarer around here! Just for giggles what does something like that go for in your neighborhood?

$2,500 when it wasn't running. I've probably got another $1,500 in it to get it going. It needed a new ignition barrel and tumbler/keys, a brake caliper was locked up. A alignment at a local shop after we put the track bar in. All the electrical/ emissions sensors etc. that I listed. I've still got a little issue, but its 95% better than what it was. I didn't get the snow plow, but I got the mount.

It has a little rust in the bottom of the bed in the U channel that forms the bottoms of the bed. But not much. Its got a lot of little dents up and down the bed, and one place it looks like they bondo over a slit.

But I should be around $4,000 in it. I should be able to get some good miles out of it. I'm just not interested in a payment on a pickup. I'll put $60,000 in a crane that I would only run a couple times a month, but won't spend that on a pickup I'd drive every day. I look at the cranes as a profit center, the pickups are overhead expenses.
 

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Be careful changing the plugs. Looks like a nice upgrade when you get finished with it.

I bought just nice enough of a truck to not have to work on it constantly. I upgraded from a 1989 f350 4x4 srw long bed 460 zf5 to a 2001 f250 7.3 zf6. I tow a 16 ft trailer a lot with a mini skid steer so the 7.3 is nice. Going from 9mpg to 16mpg has been nice as well. I do miss my dual tanks.
 

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What I've read is half and half on the antiseize. Some say no antiseize or they will blow out, other half say use antiseize or they lock to the head. Old ones didn't have antisieze and Jim told me he didn't put any on them when he put the new ones in. Do I need to pull them back out and coat them or am I too late?
 

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for the 5.4/6.8L engines I've done, the new plugs were a welded design instead of the crimp design that Ford used stock. I sent my V10 into the shop for plugs and 9 out of 10 broke off. I was told not to worry, the new plugs can't break off the same way.
 

John Griffin

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Never had a plug blow out. Been using antiseize for lots of years. I actually use a torque wrench on them unless I can't reach it. I think most of the blowing a plug out are because folks didn't get them properly tight.
 

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Usually the cause of plugs blowing out is changing them while hot and people not realizing that those are aluminum heads not cast iron they don’t hold up to heavy hands on the ratchet
 
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