Since last week I have been trying to find a tie rod to repair the trolley. Well as my time s winding down here, reason going on vacation. I need to do something. Mark asked me on Thursday if we could make is happen. So yesterday morning I ground one of the right hand tie rods we already have. What I means is, the tie rod I need is left handed thread. that is one problem. The next problem is the size I have found here, is to wide to fit. So the one we already have, I ground down to fit into the rod itself. It was fitting really nice. But now have to weld it, so it will not pull out. So Mr. Bob welded it up, he knows the weld is not pretty, but it should hold for now. So I am very happy to say the trolley is back up and ready to be used one more time.
Bob, Ronny and myself had another project I was thinking to get done yesterday. which we did. Ronny and Bob primed the boards and even painted them. Now all we have to do is figure out how to make it happen. We have these baby rabbits in the rabbit area. Right now they are in small cages. The reason is the wire mess we used for the rabbit area is to big, 2"X 1/12" wire mess. So Tim Ryan tried a couple of days ago to put up some of the same wire mess, but have it off set. That didn't work at all. So now taking 1 X 6 boards and putting them up around the bottom of the fencing is the project for us now. So as Bob, Ronny and I worked on that. Got that done around 3 pm. I know it is not as pretty as Tim Ryan's work, but I think it will do. I will take a picture today of what I am talking about.
Another ting to fix. The hand crank, lift I bought for the other trolley is not holding on any more. So I had Bob take piece of 1/8 steel plate 6"X 6" and drill four holes in it. Then we remounted the hand crank. It seems to be holding better now. Maybe down the road we need to just weld it on there? But for now, it seems to be working well.
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