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Tmrrptr

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  1. Wow! That Irobot looks like lots of fun!

    I could sell my violator, the RC-10s, the savage, duratrax, Mini-t's, and even some of the others... Go to work and play w Irobot and tell my wife I was working all day!

    Now, if I can just get clients to pay for me to bring Irobot to their homes...

    r


  2. For heavy duty loading, leaf springs.

    For a soft ride, torsion suspension of one sort or other may be employed.

    The trailer mfg may like torsion because they have a neat little axle package they can install quickly on the frame.

    ...Try fixing a broke torsion bar on the roadside.

    I did, once.

    Jacked up the truck and stuck wood blocks between axle and frame.

    ...It got us home!

    Other methods use rubber snubber things that eventually slump.

    No fix but replacement... if that flavor still available.

    In most leaf spring stacks, (I think by law) there are at least 2 full length leaves that will hold things up if others get cracked.

    r


  3. Stuart, I use hvlp a lot.

    Mostly a capspray 9100 4 turbine w a pressure pot or 2qt cup and remote line for the gun, and feed pressure to the pot w an import compressor cost less than $100...

    The prob w hvlp is it is slow... NOT for production speed.

    and, you need an 8-9cfm compressor to get an hvlp conversion gun working at a speed where you don't have to wait for the compressor to build up.

    I do not know anything about the cheap turbines, never used one.

    Harbor freight is a good source for cheap guns, press pots, and hose.

    r


  4. I put pump saver in one of my airless pumps the other day, that had not been run in a week, and a bit of rusty water came out as the pumpsaver went in... not great.

    So I figured it would be a good idea to run some through my PW pumps, also.

    While at HD on another project I found PVC fittings that would do the trick.

    The 3/4 male <<hosebib>> thread to slip fitting was just the ticket, and threaded into the filter inlet.

    HD also carries the street 90, which fits right into the other.

    No glue, I just turned it up, and the volume was enough to get some coming out the pressure side of the pump when I pulled the motor over a couple times.

    Ingredients in pump saver probably same as antifreeze.

    For the 2 bucks spent, I feel better!

    r

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  5. Wow! This is a long thread!

    What was that about an F-150 getting pushed out to middle of hiway by trailer?

    ...That was just driving too fast... all vehicles equal when brakes locked on ice!

    I once had an articulated John Deere motorgrader chained up on all 6 sliding sideways down a hill on the ice... Scary to be helpless.

    r

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