Maggie’s What's Your View II

Got out some before the rain started. Gave the mangy things a quick brushing. Took a short nature walk
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The race shop building my truck’s short block is backlogged, and won’t get to mine for 10-12 weeks…. :confused:

So I dropped the cab back onto the frame for now, so I can free up the lift for other projects over the next 2-3 months:

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Pain in the ass doing it solo, with all the small moves back and forth to get the mounts aligned before dropping the cab back onto the frame.

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Nothing’s hooked back up, but I can at least roll the truck out of the garage and get some other projects knocked out now.
 
We’re expecting hail and high winds tonight, possibly even a tornado, so I had to put the motor and transmission-less truck back up on the lift in the shop so I could slide my track car in underneath…

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…all that in order to free up a garage slot in the main house for our daughter’s car, who’s in town for the weekend.

#1stworldproblems … LoL
 
Been a good week for knocking out a couple projects. A couple of the guys at deer camp “insulated” our hut. The wood stove would have had it melted in short order. I put a proper pad under the stove and some fiber board and leftover siding behind it. Should be good to go now.
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Second project was making this small deck as a replacement for a too small step. Watching my 89 and 90 yr old parents negotiate that step puckered me up every time. This should prove safer…
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Will let it sit a couple weeks to be sure it’s completely dry before adding any finish…
 
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Did a brake job for one of my wife’s co-workers yesterday; the RF rotor and pads may have been slightly past their service life 😱:

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So in exchange, her husband came over today to help me put up an aluminum pergola with a top that opens and closes, that we snagged from Costco on sale last week:

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It’s actually pretty friggin’ cool; very happy with how it turned out. And when I say he came over to help, what I mean is that he did all the work while I handed him parts! 😝

And yes, I know we need to wash to concrete dust off the frame from when we drilled into the patio to anchor the legs.