Wednesday, March 28, 2007

time has been flyin!!



shit, another week gone.... never to be returned to my life......... oh well

got the new F-350 home tonite and started working on it trying to figure out what the problem is...... WOW it is exactly what I told Johnny it was, the selector valve was stuck and the fuel pump in the front tank is bad.... $40 in parts from my friends at KRAP Junkyard and the truck will be on the road, I cant believe that people get pissed at the deals I get but hey thats life, ya gotta have money to be able to jump on those deals! I am not gonna lie but things have been tight for the last month or so with the ony thing keeping me afloat is the scrap metal I have taken in... some days ya eat hot dogs and some days ya eat steak


I am just happy that I am going to have something to drive that I can take on the freeway without it eating a gallon of gas every 7-8 miles

I gotta laugh though Jeremy finaly was paid a visit by the Department of Neighborhoods on monday because of "Jeremys Junkyard" as I have nicknamed it... mostly he has a asshole neighbor that keeps calling and complaining, kinda like what I went through with Steve
blodgett.... oh well I hope he can make everything kosher by thursday so they dont tow his...conglomeration... speaking of monday... yesterday actually I was out on the 4 wheeler and I was flagged down by Tom Gamble who practically begged me to remove the "ripoff-report" that I had filed at www.ripoffreport.com back in august of last year because he keeps getting phone calls about it and it is the first thing that pops up in a google search when you search for cottman transmission toledo and from the way he talked he would do anything...... it amazes me the power of the internet and me just blowing off steam...... he even hinted at building me a transmission for my work truck but I dunno yet on that, but he basically said to name what I want and I will get it... oh welll I am off to bed... I gotta run out to KRAP first thing and maybe do some flyering in stone oak

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

1983




wow this last weekend was awesome, went to 2 auctions and got some awesome deals that I wouldnt have imagined I would have got from the Baker-bonningson consignment auction. I was not going to go to but DC talked me into it and man am I glad I did, FIRST off I got my bidder number and it was one of my 2 lucky numbers, one is 484 and the other is 1983 and I got 1983 and I knew I would get what I wanted HOT DAMN!
50 HP Johnson $35


250 amp MIG welder $15
a 14" Hydraulic Cylinder and control valve for $15.00, a dozer blade for the 4 wheeler for $2.00 and the best part... a 1994 Evinrude 1?? possably a 135hp but I think it is a 100 HP V-4 Outboard motor with Electric tilt and trim for $25 which is about 1/10th of the motors retail price,... I have been looking for this motor for a while and now that I have it I am not selling it even though I have had 3 different offers around a grand each for it, screw that I finally got a decient motor for my Lund and that boat WILL be on the water this year, no more dicking around, I bought a piece of 1/2" stainless plate to reinforce the transom after I get done with the transom rebuild.... I am listing the 35HP motor and the 50HP motor on ebay as I type this so that will bring some money in soon along with the glass ceran Jenaire cooktop I had in storage so I will be able to get the 1 ton I have had my eye on for the last few months,
Johnny had it marked at $1800 but his idiot mechanics screwed up something and he asked me the other day what I would give him for it and I used my auction sign language to say 3½ and he said 4 so I said ok... it is a step into the past, it is identical to my 90 F-350 I used to have with the exception that it is a 4 door cab... but ya know what that means.... ROAD TRIP TRUCK!!! 2 bench seats so there is room for 2 people to crash... now I gotta find a pic of my old f-350
this is scarry, I found the pic in less then 10 seconds.... god I loved this truck, it was a F-450 1.5 ton Diesel 5 speed with a 12' flatbed..... it is the only vehicle I regret selling and I have had alot of them.... Just sitting in that red dually rekindles ALOT of memories.... back when I was just a snot nosed teenager and drove it like I stole it and me and Jeremy always had the trailer behind it doing something, hauling a junk car or doing lawn work or just out scrapping (back when it was $35 a ton)whatever paid for lunch and diesel fuel we did and had a good time.... now a days everything has to get technical and people have to pull head games and you have to deal with bullshit drama.... I honestly miss working as the "shop manager" for Triad Cycle and cuttin grass part time with Jeremy, so I only made $25-$40 a day but I didnt have to deal with the bullshit called life, no stressing about paying $1000 a month in bills, who is going to do this and how am I going to run 2 crews this year with limited startup capitol? well as Tom Anderson says " Nate, Just do the best that you can and know down in your heart that your dream will succeed" atleast I know I am going to have a nice new landscape trailer to use, I am ordering the steel for it next monday and I am going to cut it all up to size and knock 2 of them out next week, one for me and one to sell so I can get my money for the other one... shit I priced them while in fremont and just for a plain jane 6x12 single axle landscape trailer ith a ramp gate is $1000 and I have everything but the steel to build myself one and the steel is less then $200!!!! I am going to take my old hauling trailer out to the auction at archibold and see what it brings,.... last time I was there they sold a tandem axle 6x12 with no sides for $350 I really hate to get rid of that trailer but I want something new something that is "mine". I am still up in the air as far as what to do with the dump truck... I want to yank the drivetrain and the bed and hydraulics off of it and scrap it but I know Jeremy needs a 1 ton truck bad for his littlle hauling biz so even though people think I am a callous asshole I still care about my little buddy and I couldnt just junk the truck to be a dick... I am tired of rowing gears and having it nickle and dime me but I wont complain too much, that truck has made me $10k sence I got it and it had sat in a backyard for 5-6 years before I got it and I DROVE IT HOME and had it hauling the next day. I dunno.... I am going to concentrate on getting the maroon 1 ton and then go from there once I figure out what my goal is everyone will know...
I am out of here, l8r



Friday, March 16, 2007

NABBED by a Leprechaun


Speeding drivers in Orange County today may spot a leprechaun dancing on the side of the road but instead of finding his lucky pot of gold, expect to find a hefty speeding ticket.

Deputy Richard Lockman of the Orange County Sheriff's Office has stopped more than 50 drivers who were exceeding the speed limit, which is 45 mph in the area of University Boulevard west of State Road 417. The fastest driver stopped so far was going 72 mph."We've given about 1 ticket every minute since 8:00 this morning," said Lockman, who, in the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, was dressed in a green leprechaun outfit complete with hat, tight white knickers and a shiny plastic pot of gold.

Lockman held a sign that read "Watch your speed or it will cost you your pot of gold." A laser speeding detector was located above that sign. More than 10 motorcycle deputies were on hand to stop violators. Another operation will take place later this afternoon on East Colonial Drive.

Sheriff's office spokesperson Jim Solomons said the operation is all part of an aggressive driving crackdown.

"We do this sort of thing a lot on holidays to make people are aware they are speeding," he said.

In past years, deputies have dressed as other mythical characters. Lockman said in December 2006, he dressed as a Christmas elf. Speeding violators complained that being stopped by a deputy in costume was entrapment.

"I think that's just ridiculous," said Lockman, who was wearing a fake fuzzy red beard. "The elf didn't force anybody to speed."

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The problem is, The problem is.....The future is not what it was

I guess I can use this title again cause it has been a while, it is amazing how one thing can start a chain of events and then you end up with a problem, and the problem is that the future is not what it originally was and people cant handle that.

well I guess I should post a rebuttial to Trishes blog, I dont want to because I just want to be left alone and poking the hornets nest never results in a good time, screw it i will post it in the morning before i leave for my non government mandated job

Sunday, March 11, 2007

some people just don't get it , I have better stuff to write aboutI

I still dont understand why people just cant leave well enough alone? forget it, I have better stuff to write about like the auction me and Tom Anderson are going to on Tuesday, they have 25 tons of stainless steel scrap and hopefully we can purchase it all for around 50¢ a pound, the main reason I am going is because there is a pallet of 10 gauge stainless sheets, more then enough to make a stainless steel flatbed for my black chevy pickup, whatever else I pickup I will list on ebay and if I get no response there I will just scrap it out, Mike at Metal Management has been treating me verry well lately giving both me and Tom $1.50+ for 304 stainless and around $200 a ton for shread steel so I am happy, I will be real happy if I get those 6 sheets of 10 gauge though for 50¢ a pound/ $300, I already have a sissor lift and a powerpack to run it, it will give me an excuse to sell the dump and put that money twards the new truck I found today or trade the guy if he still wants to do it

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

2 posts today


well today I am going to add a post to my private blog aswell as one here,....


it just amazes me that some people just dont get the drift that you just want to be left alone to do what you do and then when they dont get their way they throw a hissy fit and try and start drama when they need to look at their current situation before speculating on others.... but I dont care, I have better things to do with my time like celebrating with my two employees at City Hall the fact that I just landed a $1200 a week mowing contract today, FINALLY a good contract and at that rate I will be able to afford a new 1 ton dodge ram too, yAy! well first thing will be buying atleast 1 landscape trailer .

I will deal with drama at a later time, the only thing on my mind right now is G'ma, everything else and everybody can fvck off til everything is back to running smooth.

~Nate

Monday, March 05, 2007

well, the lund plans are scrapped

well Jeremy scrapped the Inboard/Outboard motor and drive I was going to use for my lund so now I am going to have to find a new motor.... great... but thats ok! it is not like I needed it or anything like that

oh well, I'll just have to get a new outboard for this season

Thursday, March 01, 2007

thinking about my boat right now

just sitting here thinking about my boat right now.... plus listening to DC's myspace profile song "Redneck Yacht Club" isint helping.... I have ALOT of fiberglass work to do to make things right on it but I WILL have it on the water this year for sure, tomorrow I am going to go to Jeremys place and load up the new engine and outdrive and start working on it and getting it prepped now so that when I am ready I can pull the Lund into the garage and seperate the hull from the top shell and start tearing it up and getting it ready, I figure it will take a month of weeknight work to get done but once it is done it will be the ONLY Lund Fiberglass speedboat from the Shell Lake Wi. plant that has a 200hp inboard/outboard engine in the WORLD and I know that for a fact because I contaced Lund to ask if they ever produced a I/O powered fiberglass boat and they said NOPE! and that my boat is #9 of only 183 from that peticular mold and that when I finish the swap they would really like some pictures because there is only 10 known boats still afloat from that hull mold and mine is one of them... COOL!

"Redneck Yacht Club"
'm meeting my buddies out on the lake
we're headin out to a special place
we love that just a few folks know
there's no signing up, no monthly dues
take your johnson, your mercury or your evinrude and fire it up
meet us out at party cove
come on in' the waters fine
just idle on over and toss us a line

(Chorus:)
basstrackers, bayliners and a party barge,
strung together like a floating trailer park anchored out and gettin loud
all summer long side by side there's five houseboat front porches astroturf,
lawn chairs and tiki torches
regular joes rocking the boat that's us
the redneck yacht club

bermuda's' flip-flops and a tank top tan
popped his first top at ten a.m., thats bob
he's our president
we're checking out the girls on the upper deck rubbin' in 15 spf, its hot
everybody's jumpin' in
later on when the sun goes down
we'll pull out the jar and the old guitar
and pass'em around

repeat chorus

when the party's over and we're all alone
well be making waves in a no wake zone

repeat chorus