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Legend
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From: Fredericksburg, Virginia
At this point who knows, it was all because of a "stuck" Jet stream I think and some Atlantic moisture...
It's supposed to get HOT next week, dunno about the rain. Although the north has seen some hot temps and we've been in the mid 70's low 80's for the most part.
It's supposed to get HOT next week, dunno about the rain. Although the north has seen some hot temps and we've been in the mid 70's low 80's for the most part.
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From: Clayton MI
Been in the 70's, low 80's here lately. Humidity was sometimes off the scale though.... been pretty nice out the last few days. I think we have gotten more rain in the last month here than we did all last year...... I can literally sit and watch my grass grow. 
(and it's time to mow again too...... tomorrows job, gotta go to work today....)
All in all, I prefer this years weather to last years by a wide margin...... 100+ temps and no rain for months on end sucked.
(and it's time to mow again too...... tomorrows job, gotta go to work today....)All in all, I prefer this years weather to last years by a wide margin...... 100+ temps and no rain for months on end sucked.
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Back when I was in high school I worked part time at a small foundry out in the hills. The owner decided he needed an off road capable forklift that he could use around the farm and foundry so he built one out of a ton dually Chevy truck.
I got to help make it. We cast most of it on site. I don't remember how heavy the counter weight was but it was well over two tons of iron. He had turned up a large piston hydraulic pump and some huge hydraulic rams that had decent lift but it took a lot of oil to fill them and make them go to full extension.Even with his high volume heavy duty pump you had to wait quite awhile for the rams to raise.
When he was finish he probably had the only forklift with a 454 V8 in it. He could lift a railroad box car with it when it was finished.
About a year after it was done there was a train derailment and while the railroad was waiting for a crane to get to the site he went over there with his machine and set a bunch of the cars back on their trucks.
It could go darn fast too, a lot faster than was safe for such a heavy machine. It had rear steering just like smaller fork trucks. The rear end from the pickup turned out to be to light so after he bent the original we used a straight, one packed with green sand, as a pattern to cast a much heavier tube to hold the differential and axles.
He had to fill the tires with concrete because it was so heavy that the tires would pop if he picked up much weight.
I got to help make it. We cast most of it on site. I don't remember how heavy the counter weight was but it was well over two tons of iron. He had turned up a large piston hydraulic pump and some huge hydraulic rams that had decent lift but it took a lot of oil to fill them and make them go to full extension.Even with his high volume heavy duty pump you had to wait quite awhile for the rams to raise.
When he was finish he probably had the only forklift with a 454 V8 in it. He could lift a railroad box car with it when it was finished.
About a year after it was done there was a train derailment and while the railroad was waiting for a crane to get to the site he went over there with his machine and set a bunch of the cars back on their trucks.
It could go darn fast too, a lot faster than was safe for such a heavy machine. It had rear steering just like smaller fork trucks. The rear end from the pickup turned out to be to light so after he bent the original we used a straight, one packed with green sand, as a pattern to cast a much heavier tube to hold the differential and axles.
He had to fill the tires with concrete because it was so heavy that the tires would pop if he picked up much weight.
