Where is everyone #5

I get that. But I learned along time ago to only skimp on certain things.

The not to list.

1. Name brand trash bags
2. Quality Sheet paper
3. Certain tools
4. Divorce Attorney

It will probably be just fine for light duty use like most of us would do with are one or few truck operation.

Some of my tool habits come from working on them full time and having coworkers that could destroy a fire hydrant with a rubber mallet. The tiger branded tool was in destructible.

 

I bought the tiger tool kingpin press before I did my kingpins. Partly because I saw the shiner @Ezrider_48501 was sporting and didn't want to have to drag my press out of it's corner. One side fell out and the other side I only got to use the tool because I insisted on setting up the tool lol. It sits nice and pretty on my shelf now. Do I eBay it, or buy another old truck? Because I'll never need it again on mine lol.

I go back and forth on getting the hydraulic kit to do my spring bushings. I could just buy new springs with bushings installed cheaper than buying the kit and bushings, but what if...

 

I have the same thoughts. I love tools and I’m able to afford some good ones for the first time in my life but the truth is I generally buy tools that are just above average. I did buy a Big money hypertherm plasma cutter 20 years ago that didn’t work 10 times. Tried to get it repaired…No go…. No parts, they suggested just buying another one. No one is going to give a hoot about any of my stuff when I’m old/dead. Highest bidder and quick pay…… I’ll be gone and forgotten by the end of the sale.

 

By the time I die, I may just be equipped to pursue an enjoyable life. Things I've learned and objects I've accumulated sure would have been more useful when I was 20.

 

I’ve used Sunlight dish soap on 5th wheel racks and axle sliders since the ‘80’s. Now we use it on the extendable trailers too. There’s only one axle slider here, a tridem, but you can move it with 57,000 on it pretty easy. Rain, road spray and washes rinse the soap out so it doesn’t hold dirt and rust like grease does. That may actually be why it works as much as the lube factor. They’ll usually slide ok dry if the tracks are clear of collected road dust and rust.

 

I've made a few kin pin presses and spring bushing tools. Never had a real one in any the shops. 98% came out with a 16lbs hammer. Some came out liquid.

I second on the spring bushings. Esp a Airliner. Most of the time if it needs bushings, it needs springs anyhow.

 

I’ve got a couple of Tiger sets here. Worth their weight in gold for the most part. U-joint press and the set for s-cam bushings get the most use.

 

My daughter will get mine, and she is a total tool freak. If I don't have something, it can usually be found in her boxes.
It better be put back spotless, and exactly as found though.

 

I have an obsession with the gas axe. If I couldn't get anchor pins out with a hammer, I'd liquify the SOBs. U-bolts? Wouldn't even try to loosen them. Just torch them off and replace. Even doing pins/bushings on a hoe I'll just torch them out.

 

That is the best way by far.
I hot wrench many things.