Recent content by Creekside

Mowed about 10 more acres of hay this morning. I have about 70 down so far. Just waiting on it to dry enough to start baling. Rebuilding a few hubs on my rake right now. Someone had been into these hubs before and put standard lip seals in them which would have been fine had they installed...

Quick man lift move for a local electrical contractor this morning. Looks like I’ll spend the rest of the day dropping invoices off and collecting payments from customers. Having a terrible time getting paid from some people the last few months. We’ve had to go to COD for new dump truck...

First trip was a success! Went over to the property I’m cleaning up and it pulled great(obviously not much of a load). I would say it’s comparable to my F250 power-wise but stops much better. I’m excited to get the dump trailer hooked up and see how it handles it with the skidsteer.

Just got unloaded from a 6 hour trip to pick up a load of fescue seed for my former employer. Been dodging rain all day but we finally got it all inside the building and on a drying floor. Chances are if you have ever bought fescue lawn seed that says anything besides Scott’s on it we...

Picked up the GMC today and overall I’m really happy with it. Didn’t get many pictures because this was another day of complete chaos at every turn. Stopped at a chrome shop and got some chrome nut covers to cover the rusty lug nuts and studs. Still haven’t decided what I’m doing on the wheels...

After getting in past midnight Wednesday night working on the semi on the side of the road I had another late night yesterday. My Bassett/Lab mix had started limping slightly on Wednesday and that progressed to not being able to get up or walk at all yesterday. Loaded him up last night and...

Sitting on the side of the road once again. This time with my 2017 Mack. Relay valve started dumping air while headed to pick up a load of seed a couple hours from home. Got someone bringing the parts and hopefully be back on the road in a couple hours.

I finished up the dump truck repairs in the dark on Friday night and have been working it hard this week. Everything went well. New front springs, pins, U bolts, kingpins, shoes and drums, wheel seals and hub caps. Generally speaking it should have an alignment after all this but I’ve had some...

Right side spring and U bolts are in. Got the left side cut out and ready to hand the spring in the morning. Picked up some Cat 5% moly grease for the spring pins while I was in town getting everything else. That should keep these spring pins in good shape for a long time. The Deere 1025r was...

I hauled two light loads of rock this morning and then came home to start the tear down. Doing king pins, leaf springs, spring pins on both sides as well as shoes, drums, wheel seals and hub caps. The brakes were more worn than I’d like so I decided to do it while it’s apart. Gotta run to town...

Looks great! My bed should be done Friday. Looking forward to putting it to work

Made no money this week. These are the days I wish everyone could experience that think self employment is unicorns and rainbows. Backing in over a half a mile to dump on a county road and was watching the passenger side mirror because there is a really steep ditch on that side. Didn’t want to...

I cannot stress this enough: MINI SPLIT

Everything in here is this color, even the seats. For the age of the truck it’s immaculate and for that reason I haven’t changed anything.

Enjoying my last night at the truck show in the truck. I had originally planned to drive the hour home and an hour back in the morning but I’m done with it today. I keep the bed made all the time so it wasn’t a big deal. Got the Yanmar powered Thermo King Tri-pac chugging away and it’s about 65...