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BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
Years gone by I had a 73 Super beetle that I picked up for a song, after rebuilding the engine & lots of new glass, seats & stuff it was a hoot to drive . . . until I came around a sweeping right hand turn and center punched a tank of an LTD that was doing an illegal U turn.

So much for the Beetle.
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those are actually welcomed car down here now, there is a wild bettle and bus craze right now. Especially since they are getting rarer and rarer to find now. Back in my early day i used to have people tell me to just pick it up. Now they're pricing them a hell of alot higher now. Helping a guy now restore a 60 ragtop one, and i have a quote to do a earlier one than that now....so we'll see..
 
Dmannn

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BudmanTX said:
those are actually welcomed car down here now, there is a wild bettle and bus craze right now. Especially since they are getting rarer and rarer to find now. Back in my early day i used to have people tell me to just pick it up. Now they're pricing them a hell of alot higher now. Helping a guy now restore a 60 ragtop one, and i have a quote to do a earlier one than that now....so we'll see..
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The great thing about those old VW's is they don't rust like american cars do. The round bodies shed water well and they started galvanizing the sheetmetal pretty early on.
 
Bareback

Bareback

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420God said:
Have you worked with DiamondPiers yet? These are a first for me on this deck, they're kinda new. My sister's house is built on a hill and back filled with lots of rock so digging holes for the posts would've been almost impossible. These worked slicker than shit but they're not cheap at $120 each.
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Nah man, I ain't never even seen those before. Do you have to rent that tool or is it a loaner like with blown insulation.
 
BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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Dmannn said:
The great thing about those old VW's is they don't rust like american cars do. The round bodies shed water well and they started galvanizing the sheetmetal pretty early on.
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yeah they did, but in this day of age, they're rusted pretty good.....

got one now, that if i look at it wrong it will prolly fall apart....

i've seen bus's with the whole floor rotten out, i mean litterally, i even asked the guy, how in the hell did you bring it home....lol
 
Bareback

Bareback

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420God said:
Yeah, rental, its a regular jackhammer with a bit on the end to cup the rods.
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Ohh ok I haven't seen video yet I'm going to watch it when I get home. We use a attachment like that for ground rods and t-post.

Here's a funny story.
I have done a lot of work on waste treatment plants, some of the plants have Delta grounding systems for remote stations, 3-ground rods in a triangle, each rod 20' in length. Ok here's the funny part, if you hit rock the rods will turn and sometimes come back at you, I've had them come up and almost poke me in the ass.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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Bareback said:
Ohh ok I haven't seen video yet I'm going to watch it when I get home. We use a attachment like that for ground rods and t-post.

Here's a funny story.
I have done a lot of work on waste treatment plants, some of the plants have Delta grounding systems for remote stations, 3-ground rods in a triangle, each rod 20' in length. Ok here's the funny part, if you hit rock the rods will turn and sometimes come back at you, I've had them come up and almost poke me in the ass.
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Funny part?
 
blake9999

blake9999

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Just got back from Houston to pick up those concert tickets I won. No More! Never Again. Those people driving around in Houston are just dangerous, I swear. There was construction everywhere and the traffic lights take 15 minutes to change. I think I wasted a quarter tank of gas the 20 minutes I just sat in traffic,... and all I had to do was travel three blocks off the freeway. I don't think I want to win any more tickets.
 
lokie

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blake9999 said:
Just got back from Houston to pick up those concert tickets I won. No More! Never Again. Those people driving around in Houston are just dangerous, I swear. There was construction everywhere and the traffic lights take 15 minutes to change. I think I wasted a quarter tank of gas the 20 minutes I just sat in traffic,... and all I had to do was travel three blocks off the freeway. I don't think I want to win any more tickets.
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Bummer man.

How you getting to the concert?
 
BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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blake9999 said:
Just got back from Houston to pick up those concert tickets I won. No More! Never Again. Those people driving around in Houston are just dangerous, I swear. There was construction everywhere and the traffic lights take 15 minutes to change. I think I wasted a quarter tank of gas the 20 minutes I just sat in traffic,... and all I had to do was travel three blocks off the freeway. I don't think I want to win any more tickets.
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you made it out alive......

that's one of the main reasons i stay away from Houston, bout as far as i go is plantersville and i know the route right around Houston that way i don't have to go into it....same for galveston as well...
 
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