2014 at the Hammond Barn

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Originally Posted by Stuart Fedak

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When I was working in Inuvik, NWT (which is above the arctic circle, just south of the Beaufort Sea), I would loose air pressure in my Jeep Cherokee Laredo tires. I had all the tires switched to steel rims before driving up the Dempster Highway from the Yukon, to Inuvik, NWT. ...

... They then remove the stems, and re-seal the the tires onto the rims. They had some low temperature sealant, as most of the truck work they did was for the trucks on the ice road in the McKenzie River ice road for the oil patch.

... A big problem was the compressed air would cool as it expanded. This would often freeze a stem valve. You could get compressed air in the tire, but the stem would not seal when the pressure was removed, as the ice had frozen the stem valve open.

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Stuart

Jeez Stuart, you know how to make a fellow feel glad for global warming!

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Phil

After replacing two $75 aluminum chimney flashings I decided to build a fake "fake dormer" roof section much like the prow of a boat.

Every year the snow/ice buildup would melt on the roof and exert enough pressure to rip the crimped very light gauge aluminum sheeting.

We set up a dummy roof section with the same pitch as the barn roof....... a wooden under structure with 22 gauge galvanized sheeting. Then took it apart and re/erected the whole thing on the roof....... braced the existing sheet metal roof with plywood between the joist to provide a solid area to screw in the roofing screws. Has certainly worked well this Winter with all the snow we have had.

Hi Charlie

I scored a couple of USA military tube testers late 1945 to early 1955 ...... they can handle all old tubes from the 30s - 40s - 50s and some peanuts from the ealry 60s. Far more accurate than the Drug store machines...... comes in handy when you need to test WS 19 tubes.

There is still a large market on the web (ie Ebay) for NOS and used tested good old tubes.... and new stock still being manufactured in Europe in the former USSR like Romania, Lituania, etc...

Interesting to note ...... the going prices for a complete box of WS 19 set of spare tubes is hovering around the $100 mark...... which sounds expensive. BUT if one was to buy off Ebay each tubes individually it would total slightly over $250 US incl. shipping.

Cheers

Bob C

[RHClarke]

Hi Bob,

How are things going? Your fake dormer did indeed work as you planned. Hopefully, we will see you this coming weekend. I should be out on Sunday for some quality time with the welder.

[Bob Carriere]

....with sparks flying......

Not feeling too bad ...I just can't breath with out my 50 foot hose......

Will manage.

Bob C

[Alex van de Wetering]

Grant,

Excellent work on the wooden rifle blocks! I never noticed the drain hole. Just last week I tried saving the one left in my C8 cab, but sadly it fell apart after years of neglect. Your pictures should come in handy when I come round to making a set for my truck.

Alex

[RHClarke]

The glaciers have receded, and the sun is shining! There still are reminders of this past harsh winter deep in the trees and along Bob’s creek bed, but it looks like Old Man Winter has departed (fingers crossed). The warm days have turned the road to the barn into a bit of a quagmire and some sink holes have developed in front of the barn doors. Nonetheless, the sure signs of spring at the Hammond Barn (as seen below) bring with them a renewed sense of optimism (until the Mosquitos arrive).

Today, we spent the morning in cleaning up around and in the barn. After lunch, Bob and Grant did some maintenance on the ride on lawn mower, while I sorted the reusable metal bins in the barn. Bob remembered that the stores were closed tomorrow, so he scooted off to the local beer store to stock up. Grant kept the home fires burning, while I headed for home to tackle the “honey-do” list. Some day we will get back to working on CMPs…

Photo 1 – Sure sign of spring (SSS) 1 – the snow blower is off the tractor – FINALLY!
Photo 2 – SSS 2 – lawn equipment maintenance
Photo 3 – The boys enjoy working close together…

[Bob Carriere]

Dpoing a brake job on the MF 245 takes a whole different meaning.

The brakes are inboard near the rear end.
so the tire or tyre with the cast iron center plus the calcium loading in the tire weights near a ton.....

Then one half of the cast axle has to be undone from the rear end.

Now I know why they have overhead steel beams with wheeled devices to lift and move parts around.

The short 1 inch + thick short axle must be near 500 pounds. Job is done on one side but I am short one O ring about 1/8 by 14 inch dia. I am improving by moving from the worn out dry brake to multi plate wet brake system.

Tractor was made in the UK....hoping it will not leak like a BSA after the job is done.

Need to get the job done as the tractor is the unofficial tow truck for the CMPs.

Greasy and oily but happy.

Cheers