How'd it go today?

[Raj]

Stump grind yesterday for a tree I couldn't get down solo, someone else took it down. Motor shop today, rain. Next week I have 4 take downs, 2 are clean ups, gonna use the mill!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Cool. I did not realize you were a rewind shop too.

That little counter must count the turns.


Can you rebuild the little motors on for an older Auto Crane? Can you get parts for the switches and solenoids?

 

[Raj]

I think I posted before some rewinds. May be not?

Yup, counter counts turns.

No access to auto crane parts here. Mostly alt current motors, and those parts are dwindling.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I spent a day and a half going to rewind shops in Alberta looking for brushes. No one had ever seen the brushes I needed, and did not think they could get them.

The little DC motors are pretty sturdy, usually just need bearings and brushes. Maybe a brush spring.

I finally found a shop that could do them in Missouri or something. Well, I sent my cores and he sent reman motors. I think he had a good profit margin going as the reman motors were pretty shoddy.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I think those little motors are hard on brushes since they sit out in the rain.


Question........if they are DC motors do they use a commutator like an AC motor?

 

[Raj]

Yup. DC usually has slightly larger bars, but it's not a rule. Higher copper content is best for brushes in motors exposed to the weather.

 

[Page]

I got a nice little truck the other day. It's not what I was looking for but it'll get me by for a couple years. It'll pull the dump trailer and maybe I'll get ramps to put the mini in the back

 

[Raj]

Nice!

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's a beauty!

 

[Page]

Does anyone here ramp their minis up onto the back of a truck and if so what length ramp do you prefer?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Is there any other way to do it?

 

[Merle Nelson]

Sean does. Ten foot ramps?

 

[squisher]

I always hauled mine in a dump trailer and only had it on a truck deck once or twice I think? I don't recall the length of the ramps but I do remember I made them longer than the stock ones that came with the trailer, I added a couple of feet.

The length required is going to vary on a lot of factors but generally the longer or longest you can handle and transport are going to be best.

It's all about the angle, so what works with one truck could be a moot point on a taller truck.

 

[squisher]

Nice truck Page. Congrats!

 

[FireFighterZero]

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[MasterBlaster]

Man, that's desolate!

A great place to launch rockets...

I had a hard time finding a space big enough around here and eventually quit the hobby.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Yeah, you could launch a rocket out here.

 

[SeanKroll]

10 foot ramp at 41" and 44" load heights.

 

[pantheraba]

To a GA boy that looks like a desert. Hope it greens up a lot.

 

[Raj]

Ouch Jim.

Might have to rent the land out for National Guard training.

 

[Page]

10 foot ramp at 41" and 44" load heights.

Thanks Sean

 

[Buddy]

So far so good....

 

[pantheraba]

Nice and clean...you are going to have to chunk that, aren't you?

 

[Buddy]

Yep, got her all chunked down. The homeowner wanted the stump left 30" tall for a table. Blow off the roofs and a little cleanup and it will be finished.

 

[SkwerI]

I get so tired of the homeowners who want the stump left high for a table/plant stand/momento/whatever. It's a phucking termite condo, nothing more. Every single time I've left a stump high at the owner's request and then saw it again months later, I regretted it. I pretty much refuse to do it any more. I convince them it's a terrible idea and then cut it off properly. The only ones I will leave high are the ones with chain link fence grown through the middle.