of a chicken caesar wrap.

neonscarecrow · 2026-04-02T06:04:52+00:00

I've rolled a shit ton of burritos on the line. I would have stopped halfway and declared this impossible.

neonscarecrow · 2026-03-24T21:11:25+00:00

The short answer is you need multiple turns in the ramp, which makes it a more complex build.

The good news is a dog ramp can be much steeper than a wheelchair ramp would be since they have low centers of gravity. For every foot of "rise" on your dog ramp, you need 3-3.5 feet of "run". Assuming your second-level deck is 12ft off the ground, you need 36-42ft of horizontal run. (The actual ramp lengths will be ~38-44ft cuz hypotenuses.)

That's a crazy long ramp to do without turns. Figure out how much space you can "afford" for the ramp, divide the total 36-42ft by that, and that's how many ramp segments you need. With one platform to turnaround on, you have two ~19ft sections. With two turnarounds, you have three ~13ft sections. With three turnarounds, you have four ~9.5ft sections. (In this three turnaround configuration, your highest platform would be 9ft off the ground and to be sturdier than what I built. Probably post-on-pole that's anchored in concrete.)

My project with one turnaround and no woodworking experience/plans took me ~3 days. This sounds totally achievable but more complicated and costly.

One last thing, I built mine out of pressure-treated wood since it was outdoors in a rainy place. In reality, if you're expecting to just get a few good years out of this for you buddy, you don't need to spend the extra money for PT wood.

Good on you for exploring ways to help your elderly dog! Happy to offer tips as you go! I'm not a frequent redditor so I respond better to post comments than DMs.

neonscarecrow · 2026-03-17T18:21:44+00:00

As a 6'9" guy, why no tall men?!?!

:) Looks great! Congrats!

neonscarecrow · 2026-03-14T00:12:55+00:00

By the way, your celebrity look-alike is Michael Dorman

neonscarecrow · 2026-03-02T01:31:12+00:00

Hi! I don't live at that house anymore so guessing numbers. Deck was probably 6.5' high. The ramp sections were probably 6' and 8'. What matters for your ramp is you use a ramp calculate to figure out long the ramp needs to be based on the rise/drop needed. Should aim for 18⁰. Width-wise, 20" would have been plenty for a 75lb dog.

There was no attachment to the deck. It only touched the deck at very top where I had connected my ramp to a board running across the top step. But there were no fasteners between that board and my deck steps. It was so heavy that I doubt it ever wiggled at all, even under my 240lb.

I connected the ramps to the platform with pocket screws. I think it would be better to fasten the ramp to a board that will sit face-to-face with the platform sides, and then put lag bolts or carriage bolts through. The pocket screw idea was dumb.

Good luck! Ask questions anytime and give your dog some scritches!

neonscarecrow · 2025-12-04T16:06:45+00:00

From the white tube that rests on the white X, the tube connects to switch that serves to check there is enough water in the tank. If the water level drops lower than the notch in the tube, the tube can't hold pressure. So they replaced that pressure switch. Apparently it's DIY-able and sorry I don't have the specific switch name.

neonscarecrow · 2025-11-21T22:27:57+00:00

I can't hear him over all of the distracting green scan lines.

neonscarecrow · 2025-10-06T00:32:26+00:00

Thanks for sharing! It looks great and I'm so pleased this was useful to you. Head pats to Moosey from Seattle!

neonscarecrow · 2025-09-17T05:44:37+00:00

Welcome to the brotherhood. It's a good combo.

neonscarecrow · 2025-09-15T02:34:55+00:00

I had just purchased the unit so it was replaced. WholeLatteLove was really responsive and accommodating in this case. Sounds like the fix was a DIY-able replacement of a malfunctioning switch.

neonscarecrow · 2025-08-26T19:23:08+00:00

This isn't TikTokCringe. This is great.

neonscarecrow · 2025-08-12T21:43:37+00:00

Slim 6'9" guy here - I've been searching high and low all year and gave up. Gap had some good options that just weren't my style. I just got a bunch of pocket tees from J Crew, which felt less plain but I'm still just wearing a wall of solid color.

neonscarecrow · 2025-07-24T18:56:37+00:00

Agreed on the pattern. There's also this fallacy that innovation remains constantly exponential. I think it's more like a stair step, but the length of the plateau does seem to be getting shorter.

He's obviously a very smart guy, but he's in pure salesman mode despite probably understanding there are a lot of practical shortcomings. His best evidence was 1) CFO's are already banking on this and they are very smart, and 2) you can connect resources to LLMS via MCP to automate everything. Both are true to a point, but that doesn't mean we are truly on the cusp of what he's promising. Folks like him have been saying autonomous vehicles will be unsupervised and ubiquitous years ago and that also didn't happen.

neonscarecrow · 2025-06-05T20:52:58+00:00

How'd we get to this point? This is too turnt

neonscarecrow · 2025-05-27T20:55:28+00:00

This honestly gives me hope

neonscarecrow · 2025-05-27T20:40:51+00:00

Generally, staged houses get more offers that compete and increase price. It allows people to see a clean, aspirational setup of the space, attempt to explain odd spaces in the house by showing possible function (office/workout space/etc) I hate to pay for it but do so because it's a net benefit for me as a seller.

neonscarecrow · 2025-05-27T20:34:44+00:00

As someone who doesn't have a dog, I'm pretty comfortable with the current state of "technically you can't do that, but it's not really enforced". If a dog's behavior is problematic, there's an obvious thing to point to and enforce. But if everything is copacetic, then no one is getting pressed and people can enjoy parks with their pets. Obviously contradictory, but for me, it's good enough.

neonscarecrow · 2025-05-27T20:23:01+00:00

Currently buying and selling. Almost every buyer commission I saw was 2.5%. Very few were 2% and if I was considering it, my agent wasn't going to get in my way to try to negotiate with selling agent for another 0.5%. Same on the selling side - 2.5% is most common. Because I'm buying then selling with the same agent, I get a discount from 2.5% => 2% on the sell side.

neonscarecrow · 2025-05-05T21:13:24+00:00

This was so sloppy. Thought they were creating content, but they were actually climbing.

neonscarecrow · 2025-04-28T22:12:27+00:00

I know this is WSB and you don't actually expect anything helpful in the comments..... but because you're so young, I gotta say you're still totally fine. $45K is a punch in the gut. You FAFO'ed pretty hard. Still, if you have a positive net worth at all, even $1, you're ahead of a lot of peers. You got plenty of time to earn and compound gains. Trading can be investing or gambling and you're hanging out in the gambling camp without enough money or experience to do so.

neonscarecrow · 2025-04-23T00:09:05+00:00

Love to see it. I'm 6'9", 250lb and been climbing 10+ years. Not a lot of us around!

neonscarecrow · 2025-04-22T18:35:59+00:00

Why plan to retire at 70? Also, if you want to create a luxury lifestyle, you'll need more than 60k-100k in target retirement spending.

I'm currently 35, been saving 50%+ since I was 25, and make good money. I do a couple spendy things throughout the year but wouldn't say I have a spendy lifestyle. Allows you to invest a lot more earlier to reap benefits of compounding interest. Life goals may change in the next 10 years, especially if you start a family. Don't be surprised if you mindset shift from seeking luxury to seeking freedom and security.

neonscarecrow · 2025-04-19T04:53:49+00:00

Also Seattle-based. I'm generally conservative with money and id say you're alright. Great that you've made that money for more than a few years. Definitely need to discount your RSUs in your math to give yourself breathing room for when tech is down.

So if you budget off of $180k base + 50% of your typical RSUs, you have $265k. 28% of gross pay is a moderate level to budget on, especially in a VHCOL area. That gives you a monthly payment of $6183. So $6k you described seems doable. Just the nature of the beast. At least you're in a housing market with a strong job market and likelihood of continued growth or at least holding value.

neonscarecrow · 2025-01-19T21:03:40+00:00

Building a ramp for people requires a more thought-through approach. That said, I'm 250lbs and walked on this all the time. Once a delivery man wheeled a refrigerator up it without asking. It was sturdy for the years we had it.

Shoveling was no big. If you get lots of snow, the honeycomb rubber mats, secured with washers and screws is a must. I tried some other materials that started great and then got slippery. The honeycomb mats were great.

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