Hooking up the trailer and the wife and I are going away for 3 or 4 days.Helding up to Idaho. Place called Portneuf Bend camp ground. This time of year we will probably be the only ones there.
Private campground..... nice. What's on the menu?
so waht ya doin today?
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Private campground..... nice. What's on the menu?
Took exactly 12 minutes from picking up the stock to finish. It's the little brother case annealing holder thingy to the one on left. Which is a .473 case head size with drop in plug for short action sized cases. The new one is for 223.Goes in a 1/2" drill motor mounted in a sniveling vise.
Bushnell Elite 3200 4-12x40 arrived today. Got it for about half price off of one my forums.It is minty,going on new ADL 223.
Bushnell Elite 3200 4-12x40 arrived today. Got it for about half price off of one my forums.It is minty,going on new ADL 223.
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Pistolero
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Plumbers here. Water line leak. 900 foot water line has been a PITA for years.
Fix, OK for a few years, then leak somewhere else. Going to at least do 250 ft
new with polyethylene inside the existing PVC. Checking the cost to just replace
all of it. Water line insurance will cover part, but I am sick of this, if the whole thing
is at least half way reasonable, I'm going to replace it all the way to the meter.
Bill
Fix, OK for a few years, then leak somewhere else. Going to at least do 250 ft
new with polyethylene inside the existing PVC. Checking the cost to just replace
all of it. Water line insurance will cover part, but I am sick of this, if the whole thing
is at least half way reasonable, I'm going to replace it all the way to the meter.
Bill
I replaced mine last summer. It had really thin wall polly. (Not to code)
The last straw was four back hoe rentals in the middle of winter. None were above 20 degrees and snow.
I wanted to use pex, but got talked into pvc. Pvc fittings are on the outside where as most others on the inside. That long of a run will make a big difference.
I ran 625 ft. Of 11/4 and the pressure is much better than the polly 11/4.
You might want to go with 11/2.
I'm not a plumber.
The last straw was four back hoe rentals in the middle of winter. None were above 20 degrees and snow.
I wanted to use pex, but got talked into pvc. Pvc fittings are on the outside where as most others on the inside. That long of a run will make a big difference.
I ran 625 ft. Of 11/4 and the pressure is much better than the polly 11/4.
You might want to go with 11/2.
I'm not a plumber.
Pistolero
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I checked the pressure drop numbers on this stuff. At 10 GPM, unlikely to happen very much,
it is 0.72 psi/100 ft of line. So if I have 900 ft, that is 9x0.72 psi or about 6 psi pressure drop.
Pressure is too high at 110 psi anyway, going to add a pressure regulator to the house at some
point.
This is being fed through the existing 2" PVC, so it will be pretty straight, but protected. It
is tough as nails.
Bill
it is 0.72 psi/100 ft of line. So if I have 900 ft, that is 9x0.72 psi or about 6 psi pressure drop.
Pressure is too high at 110 psi anyway, going to add a pressure regulator to the house at some
point.
This is being fed through the existing 2" PVC, so it will be pretty straight, but protected. It
is tough as nails.
Bill
fiver
Well-Known Member
110 psi will flood the place in about 2 minutes.
35 is enough 40 is nice to have,,, more than that leads to problems, especially if you get surges of any sort.
what did I do today.
ahh, messed about in the garage straightening stuff up, I can get in the vicinity of my stars and casting gear now.
then I went out to look the boat over and give it some grease, I got the battery charger on the dead trolling motor battery, and had just got the grease pump working when the widow neighbor come over and asked if I could come over and help her in an hour or so when her nephew got there.
I'm pretty positive that battery is on it's last legs, it's been in a couple of different boats and has been drained and charged a couple hundred times.
I need to buy a new battery for the Bronco anyway here in the next week or so, so I might as well buy two.
then I built a log holder to cut up some fire wood, and cut some smaller pine logs I picked up yesterday.
I might not get too many Grouse this fall, but I have some good spots for 3-5' long 2" to 9-10" around pine and aspen tree tops.
they already have the limbs stripped off so they are easily cut to length for the stove in the Garage.
35 is enough 40 is nice to have,,, more than that leads to problems, especially if you get surges of any sort.
what did I do today.
ahh, messed about in the garage straightening stuff up, I can get in the vicinity of my stars and casting gear now.
then I went out to look the boat over and give it some grease, I got the battery charger on the dead trolling motor battery, and had just got the grease pump working when the widow neighbor come over and asked if I could come over and help her in an hour or so when her nephew got there.
I'm pretty positive that battery is on it's last legs, it's been in a couple of different boats and has been drained and charged a couple hundred times.
I need to buy a new battery for the Bronco anyway here in the next week or so, so I might as well buy two.
then I built a log holder to cut up some fire wood, and cut some smaller pine logs I picked up yesterday.
I might not get too many Grouse this fall, but I have some good spots for 3-5' long 2" to 9-10" around pine and aspen tree tops.
they already have the limbs stripped off so they are easily cut to length for the stove in the Garage.
smokeywolf
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Timber's getting near the end I think. Just added Gabapentin to his current pain meds. Don't expect it to buy him more than another week or two of comfort and quality. If it doesn't make much of a difference or just puts him in a drug induced fog, I'll likely be calling the vet to the house on Friday
Much of our time and thoughts have been allocated to making sure he's happy and comfortable.
Took older teen to his university this morning for his 3 day orientation prior to his move-in, which will be sooner than most of the rest of the student population.
Had to buy scrubs for the younger of the boys who is now in a pre, pre, pre-med program which he seems to be enjoying.
The Mrs.' truck threw a code the other day. Wants a new catalytic converter on bank #1.
Dodge Caravan has some issue with instrument panel lights. They'll come on for about 10 seconds then fade as though the dimmer has been turned all the way down.
Much of our time and thoughts have been allocated to making sure he's happy and comfortable.
Took older teen to his university this morning for his 3 day orientation prior to his move-in, which will be sooner than most of the rest of the student population.
Had to buy scrubs for the younger of the boys who is now in a pre, pre, pre-med program which he seems to be enjoying.
The Mrs.' truck threw a code the other day. Wants a new catalytic converter on bank #1.
Dodge Caravan has some issue with instrument panel lights. They'll come on for about 10 seconds then fade as though the dimmer has been turned all the way down.
smokeywolf
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I'll check that, fiver. Afraid I'm mighty weak on auto electric.
I recently had the pressure tank bumped up to 50 PSI from 40. Makes a nice difference in the shower and even more at the outside spigots. First thing I did when I bought this place was have it re-piped with PEX, was 40 year old galvanized and PVC. PVC doesn't crack when frozen, it explodes like a grenade.
Ask me how I know. PEX expands when frozen and when thawed goes back to original size/shape.
Ian
Notorious member
Also, pull the cluster trim and cluster (may have to block wheels, put shifter in 1st gear position, tilt wheel all the way down) and check for lightly corroded pins in the connectors at the back of the cluster, wiggle connections with lights on and see if it affects the cluster illumination. Usually cycling the connections 2-3 times will fix it for a while if there's a poor connection there. You need a wiring diagram and connector pinout to find the ground pin in the cluster harness so you can ohm it with a DVOM to battery negative, that will tell you the condition of the chassis ground for the cluster and if you need to go tearing things apart to dig for the bonding screw in the left kick panel area.
fiver
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Smokey.
I have dealt with a lot of older vehicles.
I hate wiring issues more than anything.
it's not like you can just open the top of the dash board and look down in there.
I always start with a new or good ground, then look at the switch, I have been able to diagnose several switches by using the 'jiggle it' method.
I once even gave up on the whole dash lights thing and just installed a little light bar that shined down on them.
I have dealt with a lot of older vehicles.
I hate wiring issues more than anything.
it's not like you can just open the top of the dash board and look down in there.
I always start with a new or good ground, then look at the switch, I have been able to diagnose several switches by using the 'jiggle it' method.
I once even gave up on the whole dash lights thing and just installed a little light bar that shined down on them.
Speaking of electrical....
Scheduled the electricians for next Friday to make a run of 220 for the mill and add 4 outlets of 110 for power feed, DRO, lights, and whatever else I might add at some point. Might even have them put a couple extra 110 on the ceiling for shop lights. It's only money......
Scheduled the electricians for next Friday to make a run of 220 for the mill and add 4 outlets of 110 for power feed, DRO, lights, and whatever else I might add at some point. Might even have them put a couple extra 110 on the ceiling for shop lights. It's only money......
Ian
Notorious member
Ever since you started making noises about a mill, I've been wondering when you're going to have to upgrade your electrical service (or at least the panel). Most residential service and home panels are woefully inadequate for expansion such as what you're doing. Do you at least have 200-amp service into the house?