Stop in for a cup of coffee

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Get them lightly cut to make sure they are true before installing them. New ones are notorious to warpage.
And drums and rotors with bearing hubs, wash them out. I have found casting sand in a few.
 
Arch the shoes to them when you put them on easy PSA tape inside the drum, adjust a bit and turn them. Take the tape off and blow them out easy peasy.
Or just set loose shoe in drum and slide em around against some 80 grit. Same difference.
 
Cool all day and breezy. I lazed about for a lot of it. Did replace the sump drain hose though. Tomorrow se more storage stuff
 
Not so much lazy as tired. Been doing two pickup loads of brush a day from trails when I can. Have a small gravel pit and the brush is about 8ft above ground level on one end of pit.
 
Not so much lazy as tired. Been doing two pickup loads of brush a day from trails when I can. Have a small gravel pit and the brush is about 8ft above ground level on one end of pit.
Not much maintenance around here, I try to keep the yard simple as I can. Not getting any younger and best to keep things simple.
 
Getting there

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What a pain in the ars! Plan was to change out about a dozen boards. Then found where the railing post attaches was rotted. That board goes all the way across the steps. They are actually hung from the second joist, so it is doable without disturbing stairs. But all the decking has to come up. I had put new boards on that part within the last couple years, so they are good. However, the wood I used was undersized and when dry have 1/2" gaps. :eek: Anyway decided to rip it all off and fix it. Which meant another trip to Homely Depot to pick up another pile of overpriced scrap wood. Friggin massive knots... I will put the small boards out at the end so they can all be changed together in the future if needed.

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Just reported that Pittsburghracer passed away.
 
What a pain in the ars! Plan was to change out about a dozen boards. Then found where the railing post attaches was rotted. That board goes all the way across the steps. They are actually hung from the second joist, so it is doable without disturbing stairs. But all the decking has to come up. I had put new boards on that part within the last couple years, so they are good. However, the wood I used was undersized and when dry have 1/2" gaps. :eek: Anyway decided to rip it all off and fix it. Which meant another trip to Homely Depot to pick up another pile of overpriced scrap wood. Friggin massive knots... I will put the small boards out at the end so they can all be changed together in the future if needed.

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You're a brave soul.

Unbelievable what the cost is for boards meant to build boats.
 
What a pain in the ars! Plan was to change out about a dozen boards. Then found where the railing post attaches was rotted. That board goes all the way across the steps. They are actually hung from the second joist, so it is doable without disturbing stairs. But all the decking has to come up. I had put new boards on that part within the last couple years, so they are good. However, the wood I used was undersized and when dry have 1/2" gaps. :eek: Anyway decided to rip it all off and fix it. Which meant another trip to Homely Depot to pick up another pile of overpriced scrap wood. Friggin massive knots... I will put the small boards out at the end so they can all be changed together in the future if needed.

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Buy far more than you want/need, use the good ones and return the bad ones
 
What a pain in the ars! Plan was to change out about a dozen boards. Then found where the railing post attaches was rotted. That board goes all the way across the steps. They are actually hung from the second joist, so it is doable without disturbing stairs. But all the decking has to come up. I had put new boards on that part within the last couple years, so they are good. However, the wood I used was undersized and when dry have 1/2" gaps. :eek: Anyway decided to rip it all off and fix it. Which meant another trip to Homely Depot to pick up another pile of overpriced scrap wood. Friggin massive knots... I will put the small boards out at the end so they can all be changed together in the future if needed.

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Lots of fixing there Keith but a nice deck.
 
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