Official "Yank'" Picture Thread

[treewizard]

i heard a story about a matey who made his own portawrap it brroke under load groundie couldnt hold the rope, half the portawrap flew up the tree and smashed him in the jaw.

[Dean Lofthouse]

i heard a story about a matey who made his own portawrap it brroke under load groundie couldnt hold the rope, half the portawrap flew up the tree and smashed him in the jaw.

 

That would have upset me .

 

Maybe he'll do better welds or use thicker steel next time

[Mike Hill]

Looks good that does!

 

Wish I could weld outside like that! I'd need scuba gear at the moment....bloody rain.....

[Shansen]

It seems that the welds would have to be pretty weak for them to fail on a modern port a wrap. The way the tool is designed puts minimal strain on the welds. It hasn't really rained here since February. Rained about a half inch a couple of weeks ago on a Friday but the wind blew pretty good over the weekend and the farmers were back to harvesting almonds on Monday.

[Shansen]

Here are some old pictures I took while repairing my dump trailer. The shackle for the front spring broke right alongside the welds. I welded them back then reinforced them with another piece of 1/4" X 4" flatstock. Welded the flatstock to the shackle and then heated it to bend it in and weld it to the frame.

[Al Smith]

This is just a pic of one of my last projects "junk yard "splitter .5 inch cylinder ,11 HP electric start engine ,16 gal per minute 2 stage pump ,10 inch I beam . Heavy duty Judy ,it will split any thing ,cheap too .

[High Scale]

I like it Al.

[Al Smith]

Thanks .My ancestors spent centuries pounding out arms and armor for knights in the middle ages on your shores .Their offsprings are now recycling car parts for stuff such as splitters and bandsaws .Times have changed .ha .

[Shansen]

That's way cooler than my ancestors Al. I think they raised pigs in Denmark, and lived above them. Here is a job we did a couple of days ago. Pollarding a couple of fruitless mulberries.

Edited December 6, 2008 by Shansen

[pgwisn]

Just a shot from a crane removal in late September. After setting the slings I'd zip down and take pics as Mike cut them free from the bucket truck.