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Drone to spot the wildfires after a storm. Supposedly all lightening strikes.

Long night, I think we are a breaking point that a drone is a must here. Seven fires started down this road after a storm came through

Should I mention the blinding sandstorms too, some days were tan, some pink and one time it looked like Mars. Started off pink, turned orange then red then went black.

Going to be 102°F today. Not too bad, I fought in chemical suits body armor loaded down full battle rattle, helmet and then some on weight in 120°F temperatures while marching across the desert at one time.

Working on my second retirement right about now, or at least trying to. Running joke is I will be doing this till my 90's from the doctors. Going to be 100°F today, I'm not turning wrenches today. A day of repairing my own stuff and getting my equipment to the next job site. Oh and 3 more...

You work 8 hours to live 4. You work 6 days to enjoy 1. You work 8 hours to eat in 15 minutes. You work 8 hours and sleep only 5. You work all year just to get a week or two off. You work all your life to retire in old age. And when it’s all said and done, you’re left wondering… what was it all...

Ah there it is, the fukening. Just when things seem to be going right and something comes along and fuks the moment up... Going to hit the 100's mid week, wiener roast anyone? :gig

This applies to anyone running a business including livestock… “C” clients. They are always in a rush, talk big game and then bitch and moan when they get a bill. Fire those clients immediately. “B” clients want to be treated fair, never complain but require a little more attention. Those are...

What's sad is none of that is my alcohol and they got more alcohol in their fridge than my own :ep

I’m leaving early today, if they say anything I will just say I was in the fridge hanging out. 94° right now in this shop.

Gearvendors for more gears https://gearvendors.com/index.html Actually the F450 of that year is of same frame spacing as medium duty trucks and up with 10 lugs not 8.

I had a 96 back before they were F450’s or F550 it was F Superduty, 4:63 rears 19.5 wheels I modified to fit from a GM motorhome, 2WD, leaf spring front axle, 4 inch exhaust, tuner, cross over pipe to balance oil pressure, ditched the flat pipe out of the turbo, switched turbine out to different...

Trying to keep the truck stock as possible as it is ten years old, run it to 150k miles and trade it in As it being a chassis cab they derated the engine which I rather get a F600 that isn’t as derated since they are same size body as my F450 now. Being a business truck, I can only put in my...

Yes it is, they bring in $200 an hour per a driver they dispatch, they write off $90 an hour on every hour I work on their crap.

Seven tires changed out on two semis, got some aluminum welding done and few other odds and ends which netted me for a 8 hour day of $272 not including the hour drive to town fuel in a 12 MPG truck. Versus I can make that two hours running my equipment, yeah I'm ordering me a printer to make...

Sixty hours in this project(s) since last Thursday started off with putting rock down for driveway ended up with building new driveway, firebreak, getting water tank (120 miles away) and making a hole to put it in, expanding current house pad, cutting trees down and now going to build a new...

Only got to 50°F yesterday, high of only 70°F today. During my loads of delivering rock yesterday the starter in the dump truck decided to go out. Trying to move it and equipment is fun starting the day off, not like you can just push start it though I can if I park on a hill, though one...

I'm going to drag the wife in the middle of the schit show what I do, she wants to learn what I do and know, welp time to go swimming in the deep end. First lesson, greasing the machine and fluids, next will be getting use to taking the machine to the limit as in dropping it off steep...