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[LAWN BOY]

Here is one of my several sheds full of stuff like this. I'm going to be looking for a camper, enclosed trailer, job trailer, mobile home, or shipping container this spring to turn into a shop and storage.

 

[hacskaroly]

He reached out nicely after 2 guys from Facebook messaged him on the matter.

I am glad he finally replied, but would have been better for him to be upfront with you sooner instead of leaving you hanging.

 

[stihl livin]

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Here is one of my several sheds full of stuff like this. I'm going to be looking for a camper, enclosed trailer, job trailer, mobile home, or shipping container this spring to turn into a shop and storage.

Id go shipping container personally.

 

[maulhead]

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Here is one of my several sheds full of stuff like this. I'm going to be looking for a camper, enclosed trailer, job trailer, mobile home, or shipping container this spring to turn into a shop and storage.

All of that stuff used to be money.
All of that money used to be time.
Time we spent making the money to buy that stuff.
Time spent shopping for more stuff.
Time we spend managing that stuff (moving, sorting, cleaning, storing it, etc.)

Now you want more..... places to store more stuff.

I think you might be a hoarder if......

 

[LAWN BOY]

All of that stuff used to be money.
All of that money used to be time.
Time we spent making the money to buy that stuff.
Time spent shopping for more stuff.
Time we spend managing that stuff (moving, sorting, cleaning, storing it, etc.)

Now you want more..... places to store more stuff.

I think you might be a hoarder if......

That's just a fraction of my stuff. And I'm not going to deny being a hoarder. Main goal here is to get everything on one property and all the small stuff in one structure.

 

[LAWN BOY]

I was being stupid when I got home from work last night at almost 11 pm and swung the rear of my truck into a snow bank for fun, my homemade bumper didn't hold up, it has been otherwise very good tho the last 9 months. Time to make something better I think.

 

[legdelimber]

For storage and work area? Like Stihl livin mentioned, shipping container.
I'd want to have it off the ground far enough to let air circulate. Trapped moisture will rot/rust a floor faster than you'd expect.
A single axle storage trailer gives you an axle already under it if you need to move it.
Make sure the landing gear stays with the trailer, not removed.
If memory serves me, you also have to have the "dock bumper" on the rear (certain height from ground) to be road legal.
Decent tires and working brakes and a set of lights, pretty much gets it moveable again. Then you need to find someone to pull it.
Downside is the height off of the ground.
But a lotta dogs can sleep under it and bark at the prowlers.

 

[LAWN BOY]

It's been a crazy past couple days from getting sick again, which has happened once a month the last three months, to finding a rotted out spot on the frame on my Silverado as well as what look to be peices of my timing chain guards in the drain oil and our carport collapsed and I messed up the throttle linkages somehow on my mini bike and my forgetfulness caused me to make 2 extra trips to town in the last 24 hours and this one's my fault but I had cheap custom air valve stem caps on my truck and they're metal so they corroded on so didn't add air yet to the tire that's low on my truck, one of my best friends that's a girl has been acting really different the last few days, false Wisconsin first spring seems to be over, came very close to sliding my truck into a ditch last night, plans I had got canceled last minute tonight, dumped over a flower pot in the house tonight, had to point out to my old lady boss that it was her middle aged son or the other middle aged guy that works there sometimes and not me that put a hole in the barn with the plow and not me which I just don't like blaming people especially on this wall and close of an operation.

Not trying to complain just wanted to get all that out and thought it was interesting how all of that is just from the last couple of days.

 

[legdelimber]

 

[LAWN BOY]

I finally messed with this, I got it from @Likesaws by trading an echo cs400. I figured it would need a carb rebuild having sat a while but I got it going under its own power today, needs a new air filter and some fine tuning.

As soon as this popped up on eBay for $100 with free shipping supposedly running I ordered it. It does run good and I wonder how much it costed to ship, box was a little excessive but very well packed thankfully.

 

[legdelimber]

On the ST80 & ST100 trimmers.
Homelite ran the ignition kill circuit through the throttle cable core and the handle/fuel tank..
...and that little brace at the rear of the powerhead.

People were bad to put a foot on the back of the unit when cranking them.
That tended to break the brace and thus the ground path/circuit for the kill switch.
People would use the choke to kill the motors then.

 

[LAWN BOY]

On the ST80 & ST100 trimmers.
Homelite ran the ignition kill circuit through the throttle cable core and the handle/fuel tank..
...and that little brace at the rear of the powerhead.

People were bad to put a foot on the back of the unit when cranking them.
That tended to break the brace and thus the ground path/circuit for the kill switch.
People would use the choke to kill the motors then.

Good to know I'm ok awkwardly starting mine while holding it.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Made one heck of a marketplace trade this morning, 45 min drive each way. This pencil holder for these 3 saws. Mac 450 is going into my collection and I already ordered some of the missing parts. Super XL is staying as a parts saw, c51 is up for sale or trade.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Made a marketplace purchase today in Rhinelander, wi. Hinomoto e18 2wd 18hp diesel tractor, newer starter, newer battery, new block heater, rlly nice tires, homemade front end loader, back blade, and ferguson cultivator frame. It has no mechanical issues. One of the turn signals don't work tho and it's missing the. Upper grill or something, and the metal peice on the loader that the winch is on could be beefed up. Super easy and smooth driving. Only 888 original hours. I gave 2k cash plus a super beat up non running Stihl bg leaf blower, plus my coleman b200 mini bike.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Got this mcculloch 172/82 in the mail today, traded a homelite c7, locked up Lombard, some used mcculloch parts, and a jonsered dealer bag for it. Happy to have it for my personal collection. A buddy of the guy I got it from was able to make decals for my Allis chalmers 75a restoration for a reasonable price too.

 

[Bill G]

For storage and work area? Like Stihl livin mentioned, shipping container.
I'd want to have it off the ground far enough to let air circulate. Trapped moisture will rot/rust a floor faster than you'd expect.
A single axle storage trailer gives you an axle already under it if you need to move it.
Make sure the landing gear stays with the trailer, not removed.
If memory serves me, you also have to have the "dock bumper" on the rear (certain height from ground) to be road legal.
Decent tires and working brakes and a set of lights, pretty much gets it moveable again. Then you need to find someone to pull it.
Downside is the height off of the ground.
But a lotta dogs can sleep under it and bark at the prowlers.

Conex containers sit off the ground by design.