Broken Stuff

[mallardsx2]

I had a few extensions hooked together in conjunction with a swivel as well trying to get into a tight spot and I can only assume that the "Flex of the swivels was putting a TON of "Recoil" back into the drill. Lesson learned the hard way, I guess. Wouldn't think that would damage the tool, but it obviously did.

I had initially thought it was an extra bearing. It wasn't. So, I shouldn't have been so quick to blame Dewalt for that.

Impactor shaft chipped where the transfer bearings were slamming up and down.



Said Chips fell into the housing.

Destroyed the nose cone bearing.


Destroyed the anvil assembly.


Shipped it off to Dewalt yesterday. $139 to fix it no questions asked. Cheaper than a $250 drill I guess and for some stupid reason it was cheaper than the parts they would sell me to fix it....WTF.

 

[mallardsx2]

Oh yes, and the Stihl pressure washer broke again a week ago. The valves on it went out for the second time...........

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Not exactly broken, but getting my utv ready for hunting season. Bought new tires yesterday....boy they were spendy! over $600 for 4 of them. The tires I replaced had over 6m miles on them and I probably could have gotten another season out of them, but better safe than sorry! Next is servicing.

 

[mallardsx2]

Not exactly broken, but getting my utv ready for hunting season. Bought new tires yesterday....boy they were spendy! over $600 for 4 of them. The tires I replaced had over 6m miles on them and I probably could have gotten another season out of them, but better safe than sorry! Next is servicing.

I can relate and I am gritting my teethe for that tire bill. I always got lucky on finding take-offs. Not finding any right now and I need new tires asap.

I think I'm due for a new set on the pioneer.



Looking like I can get out for ~ $400 for a cheap set.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

The price included mounting and new valve stems.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

 

[mallardsx2]

Nice looking diggers you got there!

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Thanks. I replaced the old ones with the same tire and tread pattern because I really liked them and got great mileage out of them.

 

[Winchester]

Those tires will get you where you want to go!!

 

[mallardsx2]

Not necessarily broken but I did discover that the hub caps on my little elk trailer are 2.044 in diameter....All rigged up for Elk Camp.

 

[buckbull]

 

[buckbull]

 

[mallardsx2]

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tack it back in place
Put a backer plate on it.
weld said backer plate
burn it in from above.

Or

Just go buy a new mower. lol

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Fix it!

 

[buckbull]

tack it back in place
Put a backer plate on it.
weld said backer plate
burn it in from above.

Or

Just go buy a new mower. lol

yep, thats exactly what we did. i don't have pics and wouldn't share anyway as my BIL welds are really bad. But better than mine. I had a hard time finding a mower deck replacement. seems like most come with a complete deck and run ~ $1000. I wasn't able to find just the stamped deck that i could just move parts too.

 

[mallardsx2]

yep, thats exactly what we did. i don't have pics and wouldn't share anyway as my BIL welds are really bad. But better than mine.

I can relate....I hide my $hitty welds (which is all of them) with spray paint. lol

 

[JimP]

Went to get myself a bowl of ice cream out of the freezer last night and found it was starting to melt. So I grabbed the thermonitor and the freezer was sitting at 23 degrees F. A couple more checks and I knew that I was in trouble. Checked it this morning and it was up to 26, so off to Lowe's I went. I was standing at their door at 7 am.

They had a single chest freezer close to what I wanted so without hesitation I told them to write it up. It was nice that it was on sale with $400 off the list price.

So back home I went to get it in place.

When I cleaned out the old one I found a beef round steak vintage 2008, 10 lbs of deer burger from 2015 and some from 2017.

I put about 30 lbs on FB Market place and found a couple of takers that wanted it for their dogs, at least I hope it was for their dogs.

Overall I don't think that I lost any meat besides what I gave away. Every thing still felt pretty solid as I transfered it fom old to new except for a package of ham that will get fried up in the morning.

The old freezer did pretty good for being 44 year old that has gone through a number of moves.

 

[RICMIC]

Good score on the freezer Jim. I looked at replacing mine a couple years ago when I had two elk tags. I can check to freezer daily when I am home, but hate to risk losing everything if the 36 year old unit were to crap out while we are gone. I have had some bad experiences with some of the new junk refer units, and talked myself out of getting a new one. Both elk have been completely consumed, and the freezer is still in use.
Good luck on your hunts. Wyoming for me this year, but I may well be back in the Colorado mountains next year.

 

[JimP]

It is too bad that they can't build a appliance anymore that will last a lifetime. When I needed to get a new fridge and stove I read that the manufactures expect you to replace the newer ones every 5 to 10 years because of the electronics in them. I just read where Dodge is going to have a major recall on trucks because of a software problem. You would never of heard of these kind of problem 30 years ago.

It's funny but on FB I saw a meme where there was a old fridge just like one I got rid of a few years ago. It was olive green with decorative scroll chrome on the door edges between the freezer and fridge part. The caption was that it would outlive you and your kids, and that wasn't very far from wrong.

But on my new freezer, I was stuck between a rock and another rock with around 200 lbs of meat and other things getting ready to make a huge mess. I joked with the sales man that I'd have to call all the neighbors and invite the to one huge BBQ to keep from throwing it away. When I talked to my sister she said that she had just gotten rid of her old freezer that her and my brother in law had purchased over 60 years ago. The only thing wrong with it was the magnetic strip that held the door closed. My brother in law fixed that problem by placing a tool box on the lid to keep it closed. That worked until his passing a couple of years ago and my sister is just too small to lift that kind of weight.

But back to hunting, unit 44 looks good this year. I took a ride the other day and saw some good prospects, so good I also picked up a leftover cow elk tag.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Regarding freezers......We have a great appliance repair business in town. About 20 years ago I bought a 5 cu ft chest freezer to take on out of state hunting/fishing trips. I bought it used from the repair guy and he said it was a good unit for what I wanted it for, but I might have trouble because of the traveling in the bed of my truck because of the vibrations. I paid 80.00 for it. It lasted until last year (17+ years)and died from the exact problem he mentioned. I took it in to him and he gave me 25.00 for it for parts. I also have a 12' chest I bought rebuilt from him about 10 years still going strong in my garage. I have 2 freezers now, the chest and a 10' upright that is old too. I check them all the time and when one goes out, I will buy a rebuilt one from him. He generally has a few, most ones that are scratched or have dents, but who cares as they are in the garage.

Just sayin................