THe NAC Lots-O-BFG KO2 Thread

[cmelo]

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What I meant is you have to take some form of ground transportation to get there. The nearest airport is grand junction Colorado. And you can get as much booze as you want there.

Still sounds boring, I don't want to have to drive a state over to get beer and party in our hotel room. I'm gonna go crazy, poop on the sidewalk and wrestle alligators and stuff.

 

[squashman702]

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Still sounds boring, I don't want to have to drive a state over to get beer and party in our hotel room. I'm gonna go crazy, poop on the sidewalk and wrestle alligators and stuff.

You can do all of that stuff in Roxbury.

 

[cmelo]

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You can do all of that stuff in Roxbury.

**** ROXBURY

 

[cmelo]

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Speaking of Roxbury, check out our wall. One of our drivers drove into it awhile back, did the cement fix. One new guy hit it backing the truck in the big bay, then the other new guy backed it up into the same wall trying to get in the small bay HARD. I saw the hard it, the wall move in and the blocks separated and had to fall back into place when he went forward.

Anyone want to recommend a mason?

 

[cmelo]

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Pics are huge, deal with it.

 

[kastein]

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Hell with masons, I do that shit myself when I need masonry done.

 

[dukie564]

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the only fix for that is to bust open a hole in the face of the cmu blocks above, and fill the cells below with grout, then close the hole back up with more grout and patch the cracks.

 

[MoparManiac]

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I DONT WANNA ANYMORE.

I have another idea mulling around in my head right now I think ima gonna go with. also thought of an easy way to make them adjustable. (just front to back, but id rather have a little adjustability than none at all)

You know, in case you plan on growing or some shit.

 

[dukie564]

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then install some steel angle on the edges

 

[cmelo]

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No thanks Ken, I forget what it's called but the blocks all the way to the roof are loose, you can chip out the old cement and fill it in. I think with some type of machine to inject the cement in there. I've seen your foundation work, this is a bit more involved. I don't know they would decide to tear the hole section of wall out, and support it, then build it all new. Or have some way of kind of spot repairing it. Either way, we'll leave it to the professionals. Also going to try and add a huge pole sunk in the cement in front, which is the sidewalk. Not sure if that's legal, since we don't own the sidewalk.

 

[dukie564]

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yea generally you can't add bollards outside the property line

 

[cmelo]

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the only fix for that is to bust open a hole in the face of the cmu blocks above, and fill the cells below with grout, then close the hole back up with more grout and patch the cracks.

That's what we figured, the blocks inside HAVE TO BE all sorts of ****ed up. They definitely need to be fixed, we just don't know how it's done. Looking for someone to fix it right, but not get carried away and make it look like brand new or something. Also need to prevent it from getting hit again, our drivers are going to inevitably hit it, can't stop that. Just need to put something there for them to hit instead.

 

[squashman702]

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No thanks Ken, I forget what it's called but the blocks all the way to the roof are loose, you can chip out the old cement and fill it in. I think with some type of machine to inject the cement in there. I've seen your foundation work, this is a bit more involved. I don't know they would decide to tear the hole section of wall out, and support it, then build it all new. Or have some way of kind of spot repairing it. Either way, we'll leave it to the professionals. Also going to try and add a huge pole sunk in the cement in front, which is the sidewalk. Not sure if that's legal, since we don't own the sidewalk.

Tell your drivers to be careful, those poles jump out of nowhere. Or at least that's what I've been told by my drivers when they hit them.

 

[cmelo]

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yea generally you can't add bollards outside the property line

Right, I wonder who would notice . My dad was thinking of cementing in a big piece of metal plate, to reinforce the wall, but that's stupid. A tow truck is just going to push that back too.

 

[squashman702]

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Right, I wonder who would notice . My dad was thinking of cementing in a big piece of metal plate, to reinforce the wall, but that's stupid. A tow truck is just going to push that back too.

I'd give that a shot. Lots of places use a big piece of angle on the corners where trucks deliver to frequently.

 

[cmelo]

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Tell your drivers to be careful, those poles jump out of nowhere. Or at least that's what I've been told by my drivers when they hit them.

Impossible, finding a driver that knows how to drive would sound simple, but they just don't exist. I wouldn't even give myself the title "tow truck driver" but I've backed into that bay plenty of times, there's like 2-3 inches on either side of the truck to get in, and the truck can't come even close to straight in,so it's a tight squeeze, still never hit the wall. I have no idea what it is about tow truck drivers.

 

[cmelo]

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I'd give that a shot. Lots of places use a big piece of angle on the corners where trucks deliver to frequently.

It would help, especially with like scrapes and light hits. The hard hit that I saw though, I sincerely doubt it. A bollard isn't going to absorb the hit like that either, but it's set a bit out from the wall, so they hit it first. My dad doesn't always watch the guys too, I don't why, but a lot of time they just can't see what they're doing. They get the left outside tire hung up on the wall then try and gas it. They can't see it, since the bed clears the wall but the tire is sitting there right on it. I see someone taking it down like that one day easy, haven't seen the tow truck with a big car or truck on the back ever give before the wall.

 

[kastein]

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No thanks Ken, I forget what it's called but the blocks all the way to the roof are loose, you can chip out the old cement and fill it in. I think with some type of machine to inject the cement in there. I've seen your foundation work, this is a bit more involved. I don't know they would decide to tear the hole section of wall out, and support it, then build it all new. Or have some way of kind of spot repairing it. Either way, we'll leave it to the professionals. Also going to try and add a huge pole sunk in the cement in front, which is the sidewalk. Not sure if that's legal, since we don't own the sidewalk.

True. I didn't realize it was ****ed all the way to the top.

If there's a steel I-beam at the top (aka it's a steel frame building with block filled in in between the vertical beams just to make it an enclosed shop) you can probably knock it all out and relay it without supporting anything, but I'd probably hire a pro either way for a building that big with insurance and such involved.

 

[squashman702]

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Impossible, finding a driver that knows how to drive would sound simple, but they just don't exist. I wouldn't even give myself the title "tow truck driver" but I've backed into that bay plenty of times, there's like 2-3 inches on either side of the truck to get in, and the truck can't come even close to straight in,so it's a tight squeeze, still never hit the wall. I have no idea what it is about tow truck drivers.

It's way easier to be lazy and do it the wrong way. I have professionals driving for me with 20-30+ years experience who wing it and still hit shit.

There are a lot fewer excuses when you're driving a much smaller truck and have a back window that's way more functional than in a tractor trailer, though.

 

[cmelo]

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It's way easier to be lazy and do it the wrong way. I have professionals driving for me with 20-30+ years experience who wing it and still hit shit.

There are a lot fewer excuses when you're driving a much smaller truck and have a back window that's way more functional than in a tractor trailer, though.

I wouldn't compare a semi to a tow truck at all. In fact, driving a tow truck is more like driving a work van, with no rear window. Maybe easier even. They steer great, the mirrors show you everything you need to see, wheel lift sticks out a little, compensate for that. A pickup truck with a trailer on the back is probably harder to drive.