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Personally, I've just always had a thing for Jeeps. In jr. high school while in shop class, I built a front bumper and towbar setup for my BIL's/Sister's CJ5 and then once we stored it on our farm for them for about a month before they came and picked it up. I was 14/15~ish and instantly fell...

Agree with Gravy above. Muriatic acid is what I used to prep my garage floor after the first 16 years of driving on it. It worked well cleaning then rinsed and squeegeed the water out and let dry for a day or two before coating. When working with the muriatic acid keep all bare metal away...

I didn't epoxy coat my new shop floor because I do so much fabrication/machining and the epoxy coating doesn't play well with hot metal. I just sealed my floors in my shop and RV bay with a densifier. Our work floors were coated many years ago with epoxy and look horrible because of the burn...

My cousin is always texting me lame jokes so this thread is appropriate. I'm almost embarrassed to repeat them, almost.....:rofl: A weasel walks into a bar, the bartender looks up and says "wow, in all my years I have never seen a weasel stop in, what can I get ya?" POP, goes the weasel. Mike

I started on a cart or dolly for my deionized filtration system yesterday. I’ve been researching and waffling on a system for a few years now as it generally takes me around 2-1/2 hours to wash and chamois my coach. I hope to be able to more than cut that in half. I finally pulled the trigger...

I had about an hour after work last night so I thought I would make the most of it. I looked over my white board and a task jumped out at me that I thought fit the time frame I had available. At my last shop I had my my JMR tube notcher welded to a tube/pedestal that was then bolted to my...

Now that mine has been paid off for several years I never want to borrow for another one. That being said, I know everyone is different but I can't imagine us not having an RV. It's definitely a lifestyle, not just something to do. We have had coaches for 25+ years now and that is the ONLY...

This past weekend's shop projects. Finished up the oil change on the Toro Timecutter ZTR Saturday morning as well as a video review. Drained the oil from the engine. I did some research and found the WIX/Napa Gold equivalent to the Toro oil filter. It appears to be the same one many of the...

Another couple of tips on tacking. Keep them small so you can keep the bead going right over the top and when tacking a corner, don't actually tack right at the corner. Stay off the corner a quarter or half inch. Otherwise if you tack right on the corner and then come in to get your arc...

Yeah, ATP isn't the best stuff to learn or even practice on. But look on the bright side, if you can weld well on ATP, flat plate should be a breeze. Mike

I would make sure you are proficient with oxy-acetylene welding before jumping to TIG. When I first started I struggled with learning TIG. I had a guy tell me to go back and get better with gas welding first, then go to TIG. That was the ticket. Once I became a bit more fluid and established...

Same here. I had a guy wanting to purchase our Dynasty about 3 months ago and I found a nicely cared for 2001 Prevost (Liberty conversion) with 102k miles on the odometer. It was priced to where I would have to put around $100k with what I would get out of our Dynasty. I would have had quite...

This....... Come hell or high water, one of these days I will be driving a Prevost bus from either Marathon or Liberty conversion. Powered by a Detroit Series 60 with OTR air. We have a nice coach but when the wife and I retire I want to be cruising the highways in a Prevost bus. Mike

I think it looks pretty good for your first time welding aluminum. Aluminum (non-ferrous) can be a bit tricky because it doesn't turn colors when it gets hot, just shiny and it can get away from you a lot quicker than your carbon steels. Like steel , you just have to get into a rhythm of dab...

Finished up the spindle bearing replacement on the Toro ZTR last night. I picked up four FAG 6203-2RS bearings today and replaced the bearings on both spindles. Prior to reinstalling the deck back under the mower I sharpened and balanced both blades. Finally I changed the oil and filter...

I don't have projects that demand hours of welding either but on occasion I will weld for a few hours at a time on a particular project. As for how much you should worry about it, that depends on your comfort level and risk you are willing to accept more than anything. If I'm welding a quick...

You're right about grinding sparks. I actually caught a paper towel on fire in my shop apron a few years back and it got my attention real quick. When I am actually grinding I will don my leathers but I seldom use grinders in the shop as it is NOT my favorite tool. I will go out of my way to...

They hold up fairly well to the occasional hot piece of slag or flying spark, but they are a bit lighter than the leathers and much, much more comfortable. The leathers just seem to drag down my energy level they get so cumbersome. I had a really nice Miller jacket that I got from my welding...

I have a full set of upper leathers/apron that I only wear in rare occasions of having to be up under a coach or vehicle where I am fearful of slag or debris falling. Personally I don't care for full leathers as they are hot and awkward. For 97% of my welding I merely use a lightweight welding...

Agreed. That should be the rule with ALL hitches. I've had to help remove several that the owners neglected removing them and in a year or so they were so corroded in it took three men and a boy to remove.X-D I never leave my hitches in, they are removed as soon as I am done towing whatever I...