One more from the show on Sunday - Pierce roller. Once upon a time I worked for a black topping outfit and ran the roller. It was bigger than this one but near as cute.
It was a perfect day yesterday for a motorcycle ride, so I took the long way over to the library to take some books back. As I was crossing the tracks on the north end of town I saw this big transformer on one heavy-duty trailer.
The trailer was spotted next to the tracks with the car that will be taking the transformer to the generating station. The generating station is scheduled to close so I don't know if this one is going into service or is a spare. I don't know how they are going to load the transformer onto the train car. Maybe a big crane shows up, make the pick and then take the crane to the power plant to unload it. If you look close you can see that the train car has quite a bit of camber built into it, for whatever that's worth.
I started on making mounts for the seat. I need to get it fastened down so I can sit in it and check the location in relation to the pedals and the steering wheel. The angle held in place with the magnets is the first step. I also need a driveshaft loop and a steel plate under the seat in case the driveshaft or u-joint decides to come apart - need to protect the naughty bits. I'm also planning on getting a blanket for the tranny.
I also made a couple little angles for fastening the lap belts to. The belt doesn't have the anti-submarine/crotch belt straps, so I don't have to worry about that.
I might be closing in on the answer to what's been causing my chest problem - I'm scheduled for an ultrasound. Be nice to get to the bottom of this.
I've got a couple of outside jobs in the works. Not too eager to take them on but the one job will pay for me to get a new battery for my portable welder. The problem will be loading it into the back of my truck. Surly has a small trailer - might be easier to load it on the trailer.
I've got an escort job today, so won't get much else done, but that's OK.
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