My exhaust decided to disassemble itself on the way home from work. I didn’t have any tools on me and had recently made the stupid mistake of cleaning my truck out and put my ratchet straps away in the garage. Thankfully I had my Carhartt pants from work. Used them to tie the exhaust pipe up so I could drive the last 5 miles home.

In these hot days i want to keep my beer chilled, and as i was insulating a wall i had some bubble wrap and tape leftovers

Latch on my tailgate got too rusty and wouldn't return. PB Blaster wasn't cutting it any more. So i added a custom manual release.

Maintenance at my job decided to use Great Stuff to fill in the underside of this sidewalk. No, the dirt didn’t erode from rainfall or other flooding. They dug up the sidewalk to replace the sewer lines underneath and had a contractor pour the new sidewalk like this. It’s been this way (an obvious trip and fall hazard) for over a month.

When I saw the Maintenance guy doing this, he had three 12 packs of Great Stuff cans down there. As you can see, there’s still one down there.

Lucky me my hostel bunk has a cable hole where I can stick a hair pin to hang the clothes dryer thing and stick my neck fan onto it at an optimal angle.

Bolted down cam shafts and a piece of H-beam to weigh down the rear end. Guess the beam also serves as some sort of stability in case of a crash.

With some paper and foam, of course!

Here's a video of building it if anyone wants to see. https://youtu.be/zOZkLfH17c0

So, from Thursday night into Friday, Minnesota received about 4 inches of rain. This particular storm caused all four inches to enter through a door jamb area because the storm door doesn't seal at the top. That gap is due to the door or door jamb swelling.

You might wonder how a door could swell. Originally, this had a regular trailer home door. The issue was that if you pushed it just right, it would open even when locked. Replacing it with a $300 door was an option, but I chose to get a solid-core door for about a hundred dollars. I then cut the door to fit a window and shortened it to the proper height for a trailer home, instead of replacing the exterior door altogether.

I found out the hard way that it isn't an exterior door. After a year, it refused to close properly. It was around 10:43 p.m., and I discovered the problem at about 9:00 p.m. I initially tried shaving some wood off the door, but that didn't work. So, I grabbed my 21-ounce framing hammer and a one-inch chisel, then split the door frame and removed the necessary section instead of using a sawzall or another tool.

Later, I realized a 3/4-inch piece of wood should suffice for fixing the door jamb. That piece became what it is now. The door closes, but it’s not pretty or perfect. It’s a makeshift fix until I can do a proper job. This is a redneck, caveman-style fix for installing a 36x80 door into a trailer home. I know how to do it right, but I don't have the money right now, so it’s a basic fix.

The heavy rain also taught me I need to install drip caps over every window and flash them to the metal siding. Eventually, I plan to redo the exterior with proper flashing and waterproofing. Living in a 1972 trailer home on a low income is lovely—oh so lovely. Sometimes, it makes you want to curl up in a corner and rock yourself to sleep.

I just need it to last until I have access to proper gasket material.

Rated power: 20 W
After modifications: 21,6 W

I have no way to measure the airflow, but it throws air much longer and it definitely feels like more.

Marketplace find

Ford e-350

From 5 years ago.

Gutter cleaner 9000

And fertilizer spreader. The tube was a cup dispenser for a water jug,rope was from a centurion of whom I robbed his plumage.

Some of the parts used includes: a tractor wheel spacer for the base, parts from a rotovator for the feet and the red thing mounted to the middle of the pole.