Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Glad you made it home safe

 

In regards to the new title:

Thought there would be a poll.

Color me disappointed...

 

Thats like a light shade of brown right?

 

Thats some quality merch right there!!! Unfortunately, I dont think we can accept it...it's much too nice for our prize packages.

 

Lots going on

@hiPSI , are ya gonna take us along as you build those benches?

Thanks for considering!

Good morning all and I hope you have a pleasant Sunday

 

Done. New poll.

 

Have a blessed day friends

 

@StayinStock @koditten was our first voter. Please, tell this gentleman what he has one

 

Regards to poll:

Why would you cut a trailer safety chain to make it shorter?

You won't always tow with the same tiw vehicle or have the same hitch. Having a chain long enough to adjust is a must.

Twisting the trailer safety chains to make them shorter is a perfectly acceptable adjustment.

Doing this for a chain not used for a safety chain is not acceptable.

As a person who has repaired countless trailers, I just cringe when I pick up a trailer to repair and the chains are too short to attach to my hitch. Cross my fingers and head for the shop.

I replace the chain and bill the customer.

 

If I know I’m gonna be towing with only my truck, I adjust the chains on my trailer(s) accordingly. I’ve only had to cut one trailer I had, it was a brand new trailer and they were about 5 links too long, it was 3/8” chain

I’ve worked on several trailers where the chain was worn down because they drug and the person didn’t care.

 

Glad yawl made it home safe, now get that pecan out

 

RE: Poll

Never knotted or twisted a chain - I do always use them and do a walk around light check before taking off.

 

Rented a Uhaul trailer to haul wife's Forester to CT a few years ago when her mother passed. Uhaul twisted the chain to shorten as to not drag it.
Sooo not saying they are experts in anything, but if they accept it as a practice then it shouldn't be much of an issue.
Now I expect to be roasted and set straight.
All criticism is acceptable.

 

Of course! This will be more of a technical and less of an artistic build. Actually, this will be closer to a machining operation @six5crèéd than a woodwork build. I wish I had a machining center but, I have to make do the long way.

 

Please read the link here https://mechanicalelements.com/twisting-safety-chains/
And you will see twisting to shorten reduces chain strength by 70%. Also, please watch the video in the link for actual testing.
When i was a youngster I would twist.
Once I started designing machines that could kill people if I messed up, i truly started to understand strengths of materials and forces on materials. I have been using loops and zip ties for 25 years.

 

Kinda putting me on the spot with this empty warehouse aren't ya?

Wait...I hear a truck backing in as we speak!!! And it's full of good crap prizes!!! I'll just open the first box and grab the first three things I can grab....brb.....


What an amazing truckload of garbage rare items we have today!!

@koditten you have won....

A 'gently used' pair of gray bootlaces!!! (Sizes 54" and 72" ). The possibilities are endless with these!!!

You've also won a (one) waxy cardboard thingy that a cake sits upon!!! It still has grease marks and a dab of chocolate icing for your snacking pleasure!!! Man o man!!! Woot too!!! Just dont eat all that icing at once!!

And last but least, you've won a soiled paper bag used to cover this guy's head
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You'll be a hit at parties and the occasional robbery!!

Enjoy, and tell yer friends!!!

 

Thanks again guys. I’m still blown away by this past week!!!!
I still have two companies with interviews on the schedule for tomorrow and Tuesday. I need to send emails out in the morning to cancel those interviews.

Had a great morning today followed by a great church service. Made eggs Benedict with bacon for the family. I added the butter too soon when whisking the hollandaise sauce. So it ended up on the runny side. But still delicious.


Also got to enjoy some ice cream yesterday with my oldest son! We stopped buy an antique shop and I found this set of starrett collets for a watchmakers lathe. Pretty cool stuff.

 

Eggs Benedict

 

Yaaay!

I feel like the prettiest girl at the ball!

 

Twisting safety chains is very common on rental equipment !! If you never need to change your hitch or tow vehicle.

Better to long then to short The chains. are way over kill for most trailers