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[486]
ugh, that guy again?
pfff
I finish zero projects
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bought a house from 1910
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No idea on the kind of stuff, but I ordered a set of fork extensions and a forklift lifting hook thing from them last week. Lift hook arrived in a few days. Forks extensions are still with Fedex in CA and showing delivery on Tuesday. $143 shipped for 95lbs of 84" exensions. I couldn't even buy the raw channel for that.
RusM
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How was the quality on that stuff? If they can't do a decent job on that I definitely won't try anything else, but if it is decent maybe it's worth a try.
2big bronco
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I have one of thier higher end tractor seats and am about to order a few more. Seem to be very good quality for the price
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I have an airbag floor jack from them. I love the thing. Really my only complaint is that the instructions could have been better. The product is fine
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Yes actually a few things and when I need something else they have that I want I will again no question. I bought a big air scrubber that works amazing. Moves a ton of air, has affordable common filters and I’ve ram it crazy hours while redoing this house. I have a drill adapter that lets me put an auger bit on my giant wrist snapper electric drill and the adapter is beefy. I bought the peat moss/top soil roller thing that looks like a 55 gallon drum with expanded metal, it works well powder coating is nice, welds are nice and it does the job. Over all from what I can tell their stuff is better quality than harbor freight. I know I have more stuff but can’t remember what exactly
[486]
ugh, that guy again?
I've got a C-frame punch press "ch70" with their sticker on it
still ain't used it yet, years later
they're a chinkmo rebrander
think of them as an online HF or northern hydraulic
still ain't used it yet, years later
they're a chinkmo rebrander
think of them as an online HF or northern hydraulic
Muckin_Slusher
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This guy added a woven screen to adjust the side of his rock bucket.
Probably should have welded something to protect the leading edge of the screen from getting rolled over, other than that, seems a simple way to adjust size, and we all know you have access to worn out screener screens....
Probably should have welded something to protect the leading edge of the screen from getting rolled over, other than that, seems a simple way to adjust size, and we all know you have access to worn out screener screens....
[486]
ugh, that guy again?
they're really far away though
hell, conwaymuddy offered me a bigass champion air compressor for free not that long ago and I turned him down
Full day of driving ain't fun.
found some 1/2x3 flatbar for 55 cents a pound, bought enough to make twelve tines
Torched the bevels on the tines 10" long, netted me iirc something like 34" from the tip to the non-pointy-end
been meaning to cut a piece of 3x3x.250 for the bucket's... Heel I guess it might be called?
Outside... cheeks? are gonna be 1/4, might get cutting edge, might not
got some 3/8x2 flatbar to do the halvey grate, thinking if I set the half inch stuff at 6" on center it'll give a 5" opening which shrinks to 2.125 with the 3/8s in place, dunno can go wider or narrower but don't have any clue, all the soil here's sticky, either black dirt or sticky clay, so I'm thinking maybe I should err wider than that?
they've sat since because my order of trees finally became ready, so I've been jamming those fuckers in the ground as fast as I can
been fucking up pretty badly on that though but oh well, we'll see how they do, they can't all die, right?
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I'm currently looking at a place that was built in 1850. 
[486]
ugh, that guy again?
noI'm currently looking at a place that was built in 1850.
ProjectTwin
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It's a downtown building. 2 stories, brick (three layers thick). 3,000 sq ft with a 1,500 sq ft "apartment" per floor.
The 2nd floor currently has tenants, but the first floor they started remodeling and haven't finished.
The crawlspace below it is about 4-5ft. I figure I'd get that cleaned out and encapsulated.
First floor needs flooring (subfloor is good), kitchen cabinets/appliances, bathroom remodel, new light fixtures, and other small stuff. I'd want to put lights where I want them vs where they are so the drywall would come out and I'd do electrical. Then there's wiring in an audio system.
I found a bunch of hickory flooring for $4/sq ft, have a kitchen cabinets/layout and appliances picked out, and have the mental image of the bathroom sorted.
Plan would be a modern interior with features that pay homage to the old building.
If I get it I'll start a thread so you guys can share in my misery.
Clemson13
Evernoob is a douchcanoe
Commercial or rental property?I'm currently looking at a place that was built in 1850.
Can't be a move away from your sweet shop
🤣 having flashbacks to a time you could go back and NOT do that?
ProjectTwin
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If I get that building I'd rent out the top floor and live in/update the 1st floor.
There are two lots behind it that come with it and a building next door that I'd want to grab as well.
Right now there's no garage/shop space, but I'm about to put myself through a fairly drastic life change.
I'll move away from the sweet shop and have to find a place for the tools or sell them.
Firstram
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Damn, good luck!
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If it's in a nice enough neighborhood that it's got a few "full" renovations under its belt it's probably fine though it doesn't sound like that's the case.
For residential I still think post-drywall and BX but pre galv piping, romex and plywood/osb is the sweet spot.
There's only two reasons people do shit like that, degenerative disease (aging counts
) and women. If the latter tell her you're keeping your shop and she can deal. You'll be better off in the long run that way.
For residential I still think post-drywall and BX but pre galv piping, romex and plywood/osb is the sweet spot.
There's only two reasons people do shit like that, degenerative disease (aging counts
) and women. If the latter tell her you're keeping your shop and she can deal. You'll be better off in the long run that way.Pony_Driver
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I hope your gender reassignment surgery goes well and you end up with a sweet set of bolt-ons that some of the pervs here will like. Once you recover you can get to decorating that new place.
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If the area is what you want and the structure/lot works go for it. Utilities can be moved but major structural changes are expensive and limiting.
Run the numbers at section 8 levels or whatever is minimum rent for the area is. Run it out 7-10 years taking into holding costs and that’s the value of the building. If property taxes aren’t taken into consideration assume they will double I went from paying 6% on my portfolio to 16% in three years, ended up selling some of the properties to get back to 8%.
When I’m looking I run comps as low section 8, about a quarter I buy are section 8 but in the hipster area within 3-4 blocks of the “main drag of bars and restaurants” Renovate the units and charge middle of the road prices, usually payback after renovations drops to 5-6 years but value of property goes up by 1/2 to a 1/3 because of increased rent potential.
Good luck but don’t let emotions get involved just stick to the numbers and don’t over leverage yourself. I would also highly recommend buying them under an llc.
Run the numbers at section 8 levels or whatever is minimum rent for the area is. Run it out 7-10 years taking into holding costs and that’s the value of the building. If property taxes aren’t taken into consideration assume they will double I went from paying 6% on my portfolio to 16% in three years, ended up selling some of the properties to get back to 8%.
When I’m looking I run comps as low section 8, about a quarter I buy are section 8 but in the hipster area within 3-4 blocks of the “main drag of bars and restaurants” Renovate the units and charge middle of the road prices, usually payback after renovations drops to 5-6 years but value of property goes up by 1/2 to a 1/3 because of increased rent potential.
Good luck but don’t let emotions get involved just stick to the numbers and don’t over leverage yourself. I would also highly recommend buying them under an llc.
Pt_Ranger_v8
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Drastic Life Change? Don't tell me you're finally going through with bottom surgery
[486]
ugh, that guy again?
also "no"Drastic Life Change? Don't tell me you're finally going through with bottom surgery
for the same reasons
just remembering that the plan was never to fix up the house but to live in an RV inside a pole shed where all my machine tools are kept, which somehow morphed into 'fix the house but with enough concrete and steel that it'll last 400 years'
You’re still young enough that I think it will pay off well for the work you’ve done.
Do you have a % of completion you feel like you are currently at? Or a how many years of work you got left at the pace you’re going?
[486]
ugh, that guy again?
at the pace I've been going for the past 9mo, indefinite
averaged out over the past four years, another four years or more
Ah, good ol regular life. I exhausted myself attempting to rejoin the homeowner club the last 6 months. I officially abandoned that mission on 7/1 for at least another year if not two.
xr-nut
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this sounds like it needs its own thread. my gut says "sorry man".
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how many pallets of sack-crete have you bought so far?
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I don't think you appreciate how nice it's going to be to be old and only have to spend a tiny amount of time/effort/money on property upkeep because so much of your stuff is concrete.