Ridgetop - our place and how we muddle along

[Ridgetop]

Got to bring them. It will cost more to replace all the tools, than transport them. I will give some of them to our kids, although the 3 boys already have tools of their own. My SIL has a few tools but rarely uses them since he doesn't know how to repair anything. We have multiples of drills, skill saws, sanders, etc. because of all the remodeling we were doing for years. DH forgot why we had so many power drills, until DS1 and I reminded him that all 3 of us work on the renovations and construction at the same time. We all got tired of someone sneaking in and taking the drill we were using. Only option was to buy more power drills! Then we did more and more renovations we started buying better, sturdier, and specific tools for whatever specific job we were working on. We now have everything we would need to renovate a house or build a house from top to bottom. However, we won't be bringing either of the 2 tractors. I promised DH that he could have a new USED one! LOL Hoping to pick one up with multiple attachments that we will need on our flat or GENTLY rolling new place. Might send DH to Greybeard for advice on what he will need in the way of attachments. That man knows his subject!

 

[greybeard]

Cheap enough for sure, but..........I'm truly surprised 'they' even allowed you to bring such a dangerous and deadly instrument of doom, death and destruction into the state.
WARNING:
This product can expose you to chemicals which is [are] known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to . www.p65warnings.ca.gov

It is also designed to hook to a Troyer hoist

It's "Hoyer" lift.
Troyer was MiniMe.

But, it has a "stainless steel Load Receptor"..............which is sales techno babble for the ring the S goes into.



It doesn't take a linguist to realize this was written or at least translated by someone whose 1st language was not English. I suspect it was by someone that is very fluent in Mandarin..

• Kgs, lbs, newtons hold modes.
• EXTRA EASY TO HANDLE: Insert batteries, set up pound or kg, hang the hook. Balance crane scale weights animals - pig, deer, buck, hog, fishes over 20lb, 50lb, 100lb, 600lb (game animal).
• CALIBRATED MEASURING ACCURACY: 1 to 50 200 300 400lbs 600 660 lb (1kg - 300kg) weighting. High precision sensors of electronic scales can pull max of 660lbs load. Graduation increments of 0.2lb or 0.1kg.
• QUALITY STANDARD OF SPRING SCALE: Heavy duty aluminum certified case. This mechanical super tool pulls mini trailer of pet or livestock feed for professional farming, lifting, fishings.
• MODERN STEP LIFETIME GUARANTEE: 2-inch long LCD LED light display with a visual distance of over 10 meters, big screen and battery power. Weighing capacity to carry most of your farm, hunt or scientific industry needs.

• Kgs, lbs, newtons hold modes.
• EXTRA EASY TO HANDLE: Insert batteries, set up pound or kg, hang the hook. Balance crane scale weights animals - pig, deer, buck, hog, fishes over 20lb, 50lb, 100lb, 600lb (game animal).
• CALIBRATED MEASURING ACCURACY: 1 to 50 200 300 400lbs 600 660 lb (1kg - 300kg) weighting. High precision sensors of electronic scales can pull max of 660lbs load. Graduation increments of 0.2lb or 0.1kg.
• QUALITY STANDARD OF SPRING SCALE: Heavy duty aluminum certified case. This mechanical super tool pulls mini trailer of pet or livestock feed for professional farming, lifting, fishings.
• MODERN STEP LIFETIME GUARANTEE: 2-inch long LCD LED light display with a visual distance of over 10 meters, big screen and battery power. Weighing capacity to carry most of your farm, hunt or scientific industry needs.

Is this scale made in China?

asked on December 10, 2017
1 of 1 answers

No, it is not. This hanging scale has parts from Japan (the load cell set), hooks, shackles and the body from Russian steel and aluminum. Some small parts from other places. All parts assembled in our factory under a strict quality control, in P.R.C.
P.R.C.=Peoples Republic of China

Well, we now know it is made in 2 commie countries so if the 'small parts' are made in Iran, or N. Korea, that should just about include ALL our known enemies in the world.........

 

[Baymule]

GB you have a dry wit that is soooo funny!

 

[Ridgetop]

Last 2 I purchased were also made in China probably. I hope this one performs better.

FYI: My brother works for Boeing. He was assigned to the far east for several years to work with their mechanics on assembling the aircraft Boeing sold to China, Thailand, and a few others. The Chinese government complained to Boeing that the planes they were assembling according to Boeing specs were not able to fly. Sean was sent by the company to check out the problem.
THE CHINESE ASSEMBLY LINE HAD INSTALLED THE WINGS UPSIDE DOWN!

 

[greybeard]

2-inch long LCD LED light display with a visual distance of over 10 meters, big screen

(maybe this is about Mini-me/Verne Troyer after all..... )

 

[Ridgetop]

Off to Bridge this morning but first, Chapter 3 in our ongoing Ridgetop Saga . . . .

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS OF BRUSH CLEARANCE (continued)

Chapter 4 - March

March arrives after months of recurrent rain. The ice storms and flooding in the Midwest and on the Eastern seaboard do not touch us. The economy is shot, unemployment rises, and home values fall, but in Shadow Hills life is serene. Even the relentless rains of El Nino are welcome amid threats of water rationing. Clouds gather and disburse, sunshine dapples the green hills, soft breezes blow. Horses and riders appear on the trails, heedless of brush clearance duties. There is still plenty of time for duty. Hawks hang motionless on the air currents overhead, bunnies frolic in the fields, and coyotes sing in the hills.

The weeks of abundant rain followed by just as abundant sunshine has encouraged a massive spurt in the already heavy growth of weeds. The brush encroaching on our homes begins to resemble the enchanted thicket from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. Small children and pets are no longer allowed out of doors for fear they will disappear in the head high overgrowth and never resurface. Tangles of thorny brush crawl over every surface. You can almost see the tendrils growing!

Our faithful equines are still waging the good fight in brush clearance. In other words, they are grazing selectively. This means that the 200 foot clearance boundaries are not being adhered to. With 4 fenced acres to wander in, it is probable that our four-legged friends are unsure which sections to clear first. Or they just don’t care. In addition, anything they have already cleared has already grown back.

Our first Not So Cunning Plan failed due to the lack of a Fort Knox type hayshed. Our Slow Cunning Plan has promise, given several years. We do not have several years since the fire clearance deadline is fast approaching. We must train our equines to graze in specific areas. We need a FASTER CUNNING PLAN .

Chapter 5 – Still March
FASTER CUNNING PLAN #3
Day 1
Purchase battery operated hot wire charger, T-posts, hot wire and offsets. Set up T-posts and hot wire to enclose area 50 by 50 feet. Scatter hay inside fenced area. Put water barrel in enclosed. Fill water barrel. Put horses and mule inside. Congratulate each other on success of plan.
Day 2
Repair hot wire and reset posts. Buy new battery for hot wire. Recharge first battery. Fill water barrel. Put horses and mule inside. Horses and mule eat everything to the ground. Or maybe they just trampled everything into the dirt. Either way, the area is cleared.
Day 3
Take down hot wire and move posts to enclose another 50 x 50 feet. Rerun wire and install new battery in charger. Dump water barrel, drag to new location on hill, level water barrel. Find second hose, connect to reach barrel and fill. Put horses and mule inside. Horses and mule eat everything to the ground or trample everything into the dirt. Second area is cleared.
Day 4
Take down hot wire and move posts to enclose another 50 x 50 feet. Replace hot wire and move charger. Horses and mule knock down hot wire and we realize we forgot to recharge battery. Run to store and buy solar charger. Reset hot wire. Our 2 water hoses will not reach new barrel location. Back to store for more hoses, connect together, fill water barrel. Put horses and mule inside. Collapse.
Day 5
Take down hot wire, move posts, move charger, fall down hill moving water barrel. Bring another water barrel since old water barrel is now at bottom of gully. Put horses and mule inside. Collapse, take aspirin, make appointment with chiropractor.

Day 6
Repeat Day 5

Another Cunning Plan is effective, but too labor intensive with moving hot wire, posts, charger, barrel, and equines every day. Slope to be cleared has now reached 50 degrees drop off. It has also become too expensive, with having to buy charger, battery, T posts, hot wire, extra water hoses, replacement battery, replacement solar charger, aspirin, and massage therapy. Our equine assisted brush clearance is becoming costly between the repairs to the hayshed/fortress and the expense of the hot wire plan. Another CUNNING PLAN will need to be considered.

To be continued. . . .

Off to Bridge - then back to change and resume interminable clean out of Tool/Workshop. I think the stuff may have attained life and is breeding down there. There are lights in the Workshop, but I am starting to be afraid to enter after dark . . . . (Spooky music - dark cellar - sinister laughter - the stage is set)

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

There are lights in the Workshop, but I am starting to be afraid to enter after dark . . . . (Spooky music - dark cellar - sinister laughter - the stage is set)

 

[Bruce]

THE CHINESE ASSEMBLY LINE HAD INSTALLED THE WINGS UPSIDE DOWN!

How is that even physically possible?

 

[Baymule]

More! More!

 

[greybeard]

How is that even physically possible?

It's not. I believe this was a bit of tongue-in-cheek embellishment. The holes and fasteners in the spars of the wings won't line up, so it would be physically impossible to even begin to mount an upside down wing to the fuselage, nor will the piping interfaces of the fuel tanks (inside most wings) and the control interfaces that operate the ailerons and flaps, not to mention that the flaps and other control surfaces would be on the wrong side of the wing if it were upside down. And since almost all wings nowadays are swept to some degree, the wrong sweep angle would be immediately noticed.
Then of course, unless it was an aircraft that the engines were rear mounted on the vertical stabilizer, the engines wouldn't mount begin to mount to the wings either...and would be facing the wrong direction.