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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Episode 8 — Wheel See About That


Guests:

Brenna Tomlinson appears briefly as she was still here for part of the Episode 8 work after helping me extensively with Episode 7. But I took her back to Tampa in July.

Harry Tomlinson and his girlfriend Linda took Brenna a Honda Fit before coming up here to fix the golf cart and help me move Ally Mo. Maybe with a car of her own Brenna will be able to come up here to volunteer again!

I am grateful for help!

Animals:

Brown Thrasher
Family Mimidae
Toxostoma rufum

Wood Duck
Family Anatidae
Aix Sponza

Gopher Tortoise
Family Testudinidae
Gopherus Polyphemus


Hardware:

Wheels:
Wheel Vintiques 41 Series Ford Pickup Rally Wheels 

Tires:
Taskmaster Contender TTT868 

Cradle Vise:
WEN 434TV 4.25-Inch Industrial Strength Benchtop and Drill Press Tilting Angle Vise 

Seat Post Clamps:
DZS Elec 2pcs M8x65 Black Bike Seat Clamp Seat Post Quick Release Saddle Parts for Folding Bicycle Mountain Bike 

Credits and Links:

Thanks to Strange Garage where I got the Elmers glue idea

What wore out on my Ryobi 18V reciprocating saw in two years


Details about Laurel Wilt

I saved the sassafras wood in case somebody wanted it for smoking meat. Maybe my cousin Wes will try it with some venison this winter. It's supposed to have a good flavor. I also wondered if the fungus would make the grain stand out and be pretty as a turning blank. I think it just looks moldy and I don't like it. I think I will burn it up instead of selling it as blanks.

Subtitles:


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Hi, my name is Barbara. I'm a blank builder and a blogger

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and I'm on a mission to rebuild and repurpose this 71 year 
old 

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aircraft construction aluminum trailer home, Ally Mo

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Ally Mo is right there

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But I need to put her back right there

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My brother called me from his car. He said he was on his way
 to Tampa

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And then after Tampa he was coming up here to Beachton

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to fix the solenoid in my mom's golf cart

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It requires a technical tap to go 

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And really should be replaced because it's getting worse and
 worse

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So anyway, I asked him if he would help me move Ally Mo back

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next to the shed while he's here

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and he said he would, as long as it had all four wheels on 
it

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Well I have the two wheels

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But first I have to take 2 off

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And move one over to the other side

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So that I can put the two other ones on this side

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Or maybe I should just stick one on really quick so we can 
move it

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And then shift em around later

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I thought I would have more time

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and I would have time to move the two off of this side first

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It's so hot

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I would just do it now

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Get out some lights and keep working, but it's so hot 

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And when the sun sets it doesn't get any cooler

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Yesterday I took the piece of aluminum skirt off the wheel 
well

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On the left side of Ally Mo

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And I started loosening the bolts

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But it was kinda wet because we had a bad thunderstorm the 
night before

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So I kind of gave up and figured I would get back on it that
 night 

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And I got ready to go to the grocery store

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And then as I was leaving the house there was a tree across 
my driveway

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So I had to clear the tree out of the road and that kinda 
made me tired

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So I didn't get back to the wheel project

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So I think maybe I'll just buckle down and get these two off

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Clean one of them up and get it on the other side

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And if I can get that far that'll be something

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I think what I'm gonna have to do is jack it up

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So that I can turn the wheel to loosen the lugs

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Because of this big ol hub that Ally Mo has

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I can't use the breaker bar and jump on it

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For one of the bolts on each wheel because the hub's in the 
way

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So if I can just turn the wheel and then lower it back onto 
the ground again

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It's gonna be a process

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But I have a plan. Now I just have to work my plan

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I need something to hold onto

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I need a new plan

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Oh wow look at that

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Ok, the trick is to put both feet on the breaker bar and  
hands on the bucket

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Yeah! That WORKED!

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Alright, one more time. Both feet on the breaker bar

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Yeah, there we go

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Great. Is that all of them? I lost track

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At least there's only 5

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Ew

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I think it helped that it was really flat

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I can't get the right angle on this

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Jeez! Why is this so hard?

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Just go in this spot

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This is unstable. What am I doing?

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This was a terrible idea

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I need to change the name of this episode to When in Doubt, 
Kick It

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This reminds me of when I was.... one Christmas

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 My aunt got electric toothbrushes

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Just like, the one battery use disposable kind at the 
grocery store

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She got Wes's kids these

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And the littlest one wasn't strong enough to push the button
 to turn it on

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And without even missing a beat

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She put the button in her mouth and bit down on it

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Turned it right on

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She knew where her power lay

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That baby is in the Navy now

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I would not be surprised to hear

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One day she bites something else

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This one still has air

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it's a good tire. This'll be going on the other side

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But because I am what I am, I'm gonna wash it first

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This is a weird tire

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On the day my new wheels were supposed to come I was so 
excited 

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I went up to the gate to prune the persimmon tree to make 
room for the UPS truck

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I shopped online for these wheels for many hours. 

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I gave up matching the old wheels and just got two alike for
 the left side

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But I was nervous they wouldn't fit

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After pruning this persimmon tree I applied this same 
nervous energy to a dogwood tree in the yard

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OK, I have a new blade, 75% battery, let's do it

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Thanks UPS Man!

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New wheels!

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Nice

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These are Ford Pickup Rallye wheels from Summit Racing

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I got the silver painted finish and they cost $74.99 each

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with free shipping

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Made in USA 15 x 6.0  01 17 2020. Think these were made on 
January 17 of this year? They're fresh!

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I immediately bolted a new wheel to the empty hub to check 
the fit

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That'll do

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The backspacing looks fine

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Here's a comparison of the old and new wheels side by side

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The old ones are made to take hubcaps on the outside of the 
big protruding ring

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And on the  new ones the hubcaps are meant to go on the 
inside

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This is a Brown Thrasher in a sassafras tree. Can you say 
that three times fast?

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Two of my sassafras trees next to the shed have died of 
laurel wilt

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It's a disease that's going around the Gulf Coastal Plain

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It got to my county in 2017 so I guess I did pretty good to 
go three years without getting it

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But my two biggest sassafras trees are dead

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So I want to cut those down 

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And make room for these little baby trees 

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that are all over the ground here

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To grow up and maybe they can replace the dead ones

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These are the Sassafras trees, right here

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And right here

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Sorry little Longleaf!

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Now I'm clearing out more room for Ally Mo

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I'm a bit worried about fire

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I'd like to clear this whole thicket and get a better fire 
break behind the shed

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But I don't have a backhoe budget, so I just have to do what
 I can by myself

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OK, now that might kill some weeds

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Make the briars not grow so well for a split second

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And when Brenna comes to visit I will have her help me drag 
that over to the fire

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Whew!

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This is a male wood duck in a Longleaf Pine tree. Ducks in 
tree are so funny to me.

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Wood ducks nest in tree cavities. The ones they like in my 
yard are in live trees. 

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These holes were made by red cockaded woodpeckers over 50 
years ago

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I've only seen hatchlings once in my whole life

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I didn't see them jump out of the tree, so I'm still hoping 
to see that one day

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And if I ever do I will stay in the house 

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so the mama duck won't be afraid to come and lead the babies
 down the hill to the pond

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I shouldn't have filmed these baby ducks

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A friend of mine in Tallahassee asked me to make him a 
couple of masks

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So while I'm there I'm gonna put some tires on these wheels

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I love my new wheels, but I hate tires

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and I've been putting this off

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But I'm just gonna go and get em

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Maybe they can outgas?

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I'll put them out in the yard for a while before I put them 
on the trailer

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Just because I have the tires and wheels doesn't mean I have
 to put em on, right?

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Well I'm back from getting my tires

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I took some trash bags with me

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These trash bags have a scent to them, like Febreze or 
something? It's revolting

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I had the guy at the tire store but my tires inside these 
trash bags so that

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I wouldn't have an allergic reaction to tire

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And instead I had to smell this trash bag smell all the way 
home

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So this is what I bought

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It's the cheapest tire they sell at Discount tire

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And they were in stock. I think they were $46

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But it cost a lot to get them mounted

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What is this crap on the sides?

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Feels like soap. Yuck

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Goddam these smell terrible

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Around the back of the shed is where I keep tires

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So this is my tire stash

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I have these four golf cart wheels and tires back here

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They've been here long enough to grow briars

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I don't know what I'm gonna do with those. Ideas?

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But these will go on Ally Mo

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As soon as they stop stinking

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It's moving day!

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I only have one wheel on the Spartan

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Harry and Linda got into town last night around midnight

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And instead of going straight over to the ancestral home 
they came here first

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to plug the car in because it only had 9% battery. 

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The superchargers in Tallahassee were out of order

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It's good to know all that work Brenna and I did on the 
conduit has paid off

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I wanted to start with this wheel because it's on the shady 
side of the trailer

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But I left both my jacks on the other side

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I think I'll just get one of them so I can work on this side

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And then I'll do the new wheels last 

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I think the first step is to see if I can get this wheel 
into the wheel well

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Then I'll worry about getting the hub at the right height

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There's sort of a hump because I put the trailer so close to
 this tree

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I'm not sure I can get it low enough to get it

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It's gonna be hard

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When I jack it up a lot it makes a lot of funny noises and 
it comes off of the other blocks

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So I think it's probably best if I don't do anything drastic

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Harry and Linda drove over in the Tesla to plug it in

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And now they're walking back to the ancestral home

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to get the golf cart and the truck

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So I have a little bit of time to work on my wheels

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That's pretty close. If I just make the sides wider

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I got some new bolts

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And I got a brush to clean

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I'm doing another episode of Aunt B Does Unnecessary Things

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On this episode of Aunt B Does Unnecessary Things

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I'm cleaning the threads of my lug bolt holes

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I'm still doing this because it's fun

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Okiedokie! The Spartan is in place

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Look!

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I'm ending this episode by giving up

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I'm usually quite stubborn and I don't give up on anything

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but I've been trying to make hubcaps out of bowls

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And I can't make it work

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I have some more ideas to try, but I don't want to do it now

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Because it's still pretty hot

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I learned something really neat about drilling stainless 
steel

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Elmer's Glue. You gotta try it

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Pretty cool. Let's try again

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So this is how I have this bowl held on my drill press

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And this is a bicyle seat post height adjustment lock

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My idea was to make holes that would line up with the 
protrusions and then somehow compress the lip of the bowl

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I was pretty sure it wouldn't be able to get three holes in 
the right place, 

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but it's a $4 bowl and a $9 drill bit set and I needed 
uni-bits

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I did try ready-made hubcaps for these wheels

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But the hubs stick out so far only a mixing bowl is going to
 come close to working

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You can also cut stainless steel with an angle grinder

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but I really feel like I should be wearing a respirator when
 I'm doing that and it's too hot

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So when it cools off enough for me to wear a respirator I 
might cut this bowl up some more

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Another update: I got my saw fixed

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I took it to Home Depot and it was under warranty and they 
replaced all of this stuff

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So now I'm ready to do more forestry

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The summer shopping doldrums are almost over

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and people are starting to buy stuff from my Etsy store 
again

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So I need to restock

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So if you need any Christmas gifts, go to my Etsy shop, 
Beachton Blank Works

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I'm making lots of bookends out of live oak and longleaf

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That make great Zoom backgrounds

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So thanks for watching season 1 of the Beachton Buck Rivet 
Report

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Go buck yourself

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Oh no, dude!

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I went and got a new battery

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after this one died after a long time lapse

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But I want to see what happens

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to Medium Size Jock's hole

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It's full of water

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How long will it take for it to go down and will he come 
out?

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I see him. I can see you!

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He's right there in the opening of the hole

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Probably got his nose out

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It is my opinion that 

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This hole filled up because

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sheet flow came this way 

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and went straight into the hole

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So that sheet flow flowing into the burrow

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is why this gopher's hole filled with water in that little 
storm

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Whereas Stump Gopher is a little bit better Civil Engineer

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and has a bit of a rise in the burrow mouth

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So this burrow mouth is also very grassy

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And it's built up around the edge so that sheet flow doesn't
go right down in there

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That's why this one is dry way down in there

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I can feel warm air coming out of it

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