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RON-30 tower sections? ANYTHING is better than the old heave-ho method of hoisting 70+ pound sections of tower. If you were about 1200 miles closer, I'd offer to come over and help. Been a while since I've been on top of 200 feet of tower. Hard to beat that view.

If it works, I don’t make fun of it.

Didn’t take any photos because I was working by myself. Took down what I thought was a skinny little pine behind the shed for some upcoming removals scheduled with a tree service closer to the shed. Bucked five 10’+ logs 6”+ diameter from the “little skinny pine”. Used a 200’ 3/4” sisal rope...

Redneck engineering at its best. Well done!

O Oh no it ain’t. I’ve kicked myself more than once about not buying the hoe, let alone a thumb. I don’t have a huge long term need, but every time I find myself trying to cut enough roots off a stump with a subsoiler and then beating my poor FEL to death with a stumps bucket, I keep thinking...

Is your mom a social media influencer? Or is she just YOUR influencer? 😳

I dunno if ‘weird’ is the correct word. Scary comes to mind when I think about how many air wasters are making millions as ‘influencers’ on social media. Not so much that they’re making millions, but because of how many idiots can’t think for themselves and need someone who’s never had to work...

Been trying to get the grandkids to ask for blinker fluid and muffler bearings lots of other stuff of similar nature. Funny part is the older ones will do it quicker than the younger ones. Go figger.

Just goes to show that sometimes it ain’t the length of the bolt, but maybe it’s if the bolt is in the right place.

That would be me with every ummmm, ermmm, ‘person of distinguishable ethnicity (or perhaps indistinguishable)’ who calls me wanting to buy the house I’m living in. Telling them they don’t have enough money isn’t working.

I’ll second the motion. I mean if break dancing is a sport, pole dancing adds gymnastics to the fray, so why isn’t it a sport, certainly as much as synchronized swimming.

Hooked up the itty bitty trailer and hauled the chicken brooder out to the compost heap for a cleaning. Put all the chicks in a box and took them out to the run at Cluckingham Palace and then turned the compost heaps with the grapple. The baby girls did NOT like the tractor. (Compost heap is...

And to think we used to pull a section of RON-25 up with 2 people. I like your idea so that no one’s under the suspended load, but something’s wrong if you’re moving that much weight to pull a 60 pound section of tower up. Shouldn’t ge a bit heavier after it leaves the ground. I used a steel...

Oh yeah, Imma following that one for the show.

Seeing that a donkey is also called an a$$, which word commonly refers to something resembling a hole, if a donkey were some kind of corn, would it be a cornhole? Like the popular game at tailgating parties? I don’t think I can do the 6 degree thing with unicorns and elephants though. Well...

The heavy assault version is actually a bicorn. Much more common than unicorns, but these days, the bi prefix may be offensive. The one in question can likely identify as a unicorn and any discussion or debate with it would likely be moot. Sounds a lot like some people I know, but they’re not...

I can honestly say I have NEVER heard this said or seen written before in my life. Cutting it, check. Raking it, check. Baling it, check. Picking it up, you’re a sadistic soul. Glad you had the good weather for it though. See? There are some benefits to a good ol’ fashioned hurricane...

You just made the best explanation for what I have always done as a rule of thumb. Too many people don’t know that the threads are actually what reduces the tensile strength, which is almost NEVER as strong as the shear strength. If there is no tensile force on the bolt, then yes, a couple...

I agree with you. But I had that argument more than once with a lot of different manufacturers that paid more for the warranty repairs than a longer bolt would have ever cost them. Just remember, if you want 5 ONLY ways to do something, just ask 5 engineers. I’m a firm believer that if at least...

Per ASTM, 2 threads in the nut will hold the shear strength of the bolt. Not sure I would agree either, but if Kubota can save $.03/bolt……I prefer to see at least 2 threads sticking out of the nut. My experience in MV switchgear has never been pleasant with short bolts.