Floating Doc said:In reply to P3PPY :
I don't know what the process was. It didn't look like metal until the end, and I didn't see any welding.
I think we missed many steps. I was wondering about the masking tape, but I bet it was a template to cut the patch panel.
914Driver said:
That is one Huge hand! 
I wanted to put this in the box flare thread but it doesn't have box flares.
It's so full of awesome I had to share it somewhere.
In reply to Nick Comstock :
I seem to remember a recent post from someone about flares made from barrel sections. These certainly qualify as "barrel flares". And, as much as it looks like a Chrysler Omni, and is related financially, it is and always was rear wheel drive. Very few survivors.
That doesn’t look so bad......
Nope! Nope nope nope.
Rope broke so we had to run a new one. 100’ pole feels like you’re in freakin orbit. Lift just swaying around....... KyAllroad did not enjoy.
In reply to KyAllroad (Jeremy) :
100ft? On a lift? That's positively solid!
I know a guy that regularly goes up on a 150' boom lift.
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In reply to Duke :
Participating in various sports often brings improvement to each, but you've got to carefully consider which specific skills to bring over...
In reply to white_fly :
I’m fine with heights. I was a rappel instructor and paratrooper in the army. Lift is different. It sways too much. No like.
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Low. Ride. Er.
I did a fair amount of work out of a bucket truck when I was in the sign biz. Eighty feet can feel just fine or dangerous as hell depending on they type of boom and the conditions. I maxed out our big truck (120') one afternoon when the wind gust started topping 20mph. That turned in to hale naw with a quickness. My least favorite regular job was a sign that was about 90 feet up when we had to borrow another company's truck that was old and poorly maintained. the boom was round so it bobbed like a fishing pole and was cable operated. Every time a new section topped out on the extension it dropped about 6" back in. the man basket was about the size of a 55 gallon drum and double pivot mounted, which meant if you leaned over without locking the pivots it could absolutely dump you out. Working on the sign meant timing the sway of the boom so you were always chasing the crews and circuit boards around as you worked.
I also had an old F600 truck that I drove with one working brake that like to break down while I was up in the bucket. I once had to call a buddy to jump start the truck so I could get down from about 30 feet up. Good times.
F600 I had looked like this one, but more beat down:
KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:
That doesn’t look so bad......
Nope! Nope nope nope.
Rope broke so we had to run a new one. 100’ pole feels like you’re in freakin orbit. Lift just swaying around....... KyAllroad did not enjoy.
Hoops could have got it back up there.
Poncho Barnes and her Mystery Ship.
In reply to ultraclyde :
I worked for a utility company for 15 years doing assorted jobs.
Tallest bucket truck I've ever been in was 95' to the bottom of the bucket. That's way up there.
The highest I've ever been in a man basket is 125' hanging from a crane repairing stadium lights. The wind turns the thing into a pendulum. That's holy crap up there.
Longboi!
Just need to lose that gawdawful Lexus corporate grille.
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Reminds me of Marty and Moog's TRD Lazer.
It'll amaze ya!
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