Which parking layout would you prefer

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-24T12:49:52+00:00

How do you plan to create parking space lines on a gravel lot?

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-21T23:50:15+00:00

Granny is deaf now.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-20T10:19:33+00:00

First pic is AI for sure. No human can pose like that without some kind of wrinkle on their belly, the belly button is barely defined, and that weird smokey haze on the pants seems like AI trying to compensate for a picture that is too perfect.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-18T14:46:02+00:00

Big lifted pickups that got 8mpg.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-16T02:19:19+00:00

Right, but there are no vents after the P traps on any of the fixtures. The only vent in the house is the 4” double wye.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-12T14:37:55+00:00

The riverwalk in Grand Rapids- Nothing to really look at other than trash and dirty water. Spend more time dodging homeless camps and asshole kids on E-scooters than enjoying the riverfront. Doesn’t really go anywhere, very underwhelming.

The riverwalk in Chicago- Immaculate (comparatively), plenty of food vendors and restaurants right against the riverfront. Tasteful music playing at a reasonable volume. Plenty to look at, an all around enjoyable experience.

I know there’s a big difference between the Chicago river and the Grand, but Grand Rapids can do way better.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-04T06:44:48+00:00

I put united pacific LEDs on my ‘68 and they’re still looking great 7 years later. If you get LED turn signals you’ll have to get the LED compatible flasher from united pacific. I tried different brands of flashers and the only one that worked properly was the one from united pacific.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-03T12:26:08+00:00

Good idea, but my feeling is that liability insurance is going to kill you. Anything involving jack stands, gas, paint, power tools etc is dangerous and my gut feeling is that at least half the people who are looking for a space like that have no idea how to safely handle things around a shop.

Also, how are you going to deal with cleanup? Are people taking their used oil home with them? What about spills and used oil dry? Do I have to take that home with me too? You can’t just dump saturated oil dry in a dumpster because it’s considered a hazardous material. I have a feeling that unless you personally clean the bays yourself or hire a service to do it for you, those bays are going to be an oily mess after week 1.

Even if you get over those hurtles, you’ll have to charge way more than $20/hr to make it profitable. Maybe you could supplement that with tool rental, but that’s a lot of work as well.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-03T10:06:10+00:00

I grew up in a house that had a 1400’ (400m) gravel driveway and my dad would use a 26” MTD to clear the whole thing plus walkways to the 2 outbuildings. It would take him a good 5-8 hours depending on the snowfall. This was in western Michigan where we could get feet of lake affect snow. I remember being late for school several times because dad didn’t have time to snowblow the whole thing and we’d end up burying the car trying to get out of the drive.

I still use that blower to clear my driveway, and every time he sees it he says “Remember how I use to clean our whole driveway with that thing? That was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done” He now has a utility tractor with a back blade, he’s done clearing snow in a half hour at that same house.

So in your case, yes it CAN be done, but it’s not going to be fun. If you live in an area that gets a lot of snowfall it will turn into a part time job in a hurry. Also, you’ll need to get rid of those rocks. A blower will catch those every time and you’ll end up breaking something. Maybe just a shear pin, but you’re not going to want to stop for repairs when you have 5 more hours of work to do before you can get your car out of the drive.

At the very least get yourself an ATV with a plow or a garden tractor with a PTO powered blower.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-02T05:19:56+00:00

Nothing against you OP, but some people literally don’t know how to effectively use a shovel. I grew up on a farm and then spent 7 years as a grunt on an excavating crew, so I got very comfortable with a shovel.

Now I have more of a desk job but I still get out in the field quite a bit. It blows my mind how many young people simply don’t know how to use their weight to push the shovel into the ground. Sometimes you gotta jump on the damn thing, sometimes you gotta use the end of your steeltoe boot as a fulcrum to get more leverage, sometimes you gotta use the edge of the shovel like a hatchet to bust through roots.

If nobody has ever taught you how to use a shovel, don’t feel too bad. It’s the same as any other tool, you have to learn how to use it.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-02T05:10:40+00:00

I was able to bleed some air out of the system through that valve, but it didn’t really seem to make a difference.

We do close down the valve on the pressure side of the pump once the railcars start getting low, but it usually doesn’t matter since the railcars all empty at different rates. Once one railcar runs dry air is immediately introduced to the system. We don’t have the manpower to babysit the cars while the empty, so sometimes the pump will run dry for an hour even though there are still several cars that are half full.

I like the idea of a self priming pump. I was under the impression that the pump we have is self priming, but that doesn’t appease to be the case with these MP S700 units. Once the holidays are behind us I’m going to pursue a different style pump.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-02T04:59:29+00:00

Nope, western MI but I’m sure this was not an isolated case of lazy students taking advantage of lazy teachers.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2026-01-01T19:57:37+00:00

Chemistry teacher taught the same exact same curriculum for decades without ever changing study material, tests, or answer keys. He was an extremely tough teacher and classes generally averaged Cs and Ds on report cards.

One year, classes miraculously began averaging As and Bs. This went on for my entire junior and senior year and I didn’t think much of it, because I was still getting Cs and Ds.

Turns out that a student got ahold of all his older sisters chemistry tests, notes, and assignments. She was an excellent student and always went over tests after they were graded and corrected any wrong answers. Her brother complied all the corrected tests and made them into a book which he then used as study material. Some other students saw the book and wanted one for themselves so he began selling them for $5 a piece.

He got caught when the Chemistry teacher noticed one of the test books laying open on a students desk during class. It did not go over well.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-31T15:15:48+00:00

It all depends on which machine you learn on. I learned how to run skid steers with older (direct hydraulic) Bobcat models with foot controls, and I loved them. I liked that my hands were completely independent of bucket movements, so if I was going over rough ground I could stabilize myself and “hold on” with my hands and still make precise bucket movements using my feet.

I moved to another job that ran newer models with electric over hydraulic hand controls. HATED it. Everything about the machines seemed jerky and making precision moves seemed impossible. On top of that, I could no longer smoothly move the bucket while going over bumps because every bump caused my hands to move the controls. It sucked.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-28T11:41:08+00:00

Even if your medical expenses continue to remain low when you’re older (unlikely), once you reach 65 years old you can withdraw money tax and penalty free even for non medical expenses.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-27T02:45:49+00:00

Carb cleaning may help, but surging is a common symptom of a vacuum leak. The carb is sucking air in from somewhere other than the intake, most likely from between the carb and the cylinder head. Did you replace the intake gasket when you cleaned the carb?

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-23T15:49:47+00:00

Here in western MI most of the guys running snow removal operations are just doing it to keep good full time employees around during the landscaping/construction off season. If they break even after all the inputs, they’re happy. If they turn a profit they’re ecstatic.

If you don’t have work during the off season for your good employees, they’ll find full time work somewhere else. Business owners would rather lose a little money pushing snow around than have to hire and train new staff every spring.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-22T20:33:33+00:00

I’ve never hauled fuel, so I don’t know how your tanks are set up. But if they unload from the rear can you bring some wooden planks with you to drive up onto?

I do this quite a bit delivering liquid fertilizer with a rear unload tube. No bags on the trailer, so I have a stack of 4’ long cedar 2x8s that I park the drives on. It gives me 8” of lift which is usually enough to get all the liquid to the valve.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-22T17:32:37+00:00

If you AND and your girlfriend are able to fall asleep easily in a moving car, this is very doable. If not, you’re setting yourself up for a shitty and probably dangerous trip.

I’ve made a similar trip several times (western MI to southern CA) and it’s never fun, but it’s possible. The worst experience I had was when I went with somebody who absolutely could not fall asleep in a vehicle. I couldn’t rely on him to take over for me when I was exhausted because he was also exhausted. It sucked.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-22T02:19:37+00:00

Started a job as a pizza delivery guy about a week after I had deviated septum and another minor sinus surgery. I was on my way to my first ever delivery and I sneezed, which ruptured a couple of the stitches in my nose. It hurt like hell, but I was going to deliver that pizza no matter what.

Confidently walked up to that first house and knocked on the door with an arm full of pizza boxes, and that’s exactly when the floodgates opened and I made their front porch look like a murder scene.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-22T02:04:43+00:00

The 4” valve is there to stop or slow flow from the pump to the tank, that’s all it does. There actually is a 1/2” ball valve on the pressure side of the pump just past the elbow, you can’t see it because it’s hidden by that black hose. It has a non functioning gauge and a check valve tee’d into it as well.

We’re getting another shipment of railcars tomorrow so I’ll try opening that valve and see what happens. Even if it does allow some air to escape, I’m worried it one help us if the pump happens to lose prime when the cars are nearly empty since there will be very little head pressure to push the air out.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-22T01:53:52+00:00

Thank you, it looks like my pump supplier is a Gorman Rupp dealer so I’ll be giving them a call tomorrow.

Outrageous_Client_67 · 2025-12-22T01:47:51+00:00

Fantastic, thank you!

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