Showing posts with label project work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label project work. Show all posts
Thursday, August 10, 2017

TFD's Last Sister Rig

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I received a surprise Facebook Message a few days ago.  It was from a man who will remain nameless for now (not that he is in hiding, but I ...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

We wind up the Q2B to goodness gracious - HQ video

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Here ya go.  What a lovely, lovely sound!
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Q2B Installed

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Well, that was more of a chore than I anticipated. First off, let me just gripe a bit about the rats nest under the dash.  Surely some of ...
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Q2B - with video

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Got an excellent deal from a friend for a Federal Q.  In the early days I wanted to do paint before anything else, but this was driving my c...
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Friday, May 3, 2013

The return of Engine 17

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Last year late in the Summer I discovered the front tires were deteriorating, and the breakdown was rapid. Without funds handy to replace t...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Equipment Grab

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So, Dad called me out of the blue yesterday. I'm at the fire department's surplus sale, he says, and asks what I might need, and de...
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Parade Report

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When we left off, I was trying to install the Whelen Commander strobe light and found things not exactly in a plug-and-play configuration. T...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010

First Parade Detail Coming Up

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Ready or not, the date is coming up fast. The rotating roof light on 17 usually does not rotate, and it would be rather embarrassing for tha...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Don't feel pressured

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Based on advice handed down by The Happy Medic in a post comment, I have added a PayPal donate button over on the right sidebar, for anyone...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Pictures, a Phone Call, and Getting Over It

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We're actually going to do those in reverse. After re-reading the last post, seeing once again the oft-repeated apologies aimed to the T...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

More work to come

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I checked the electric hose reel rewind. It works. Hurrah! I crawled on the ground under the cab to look closer at the hardware behind the...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Pictures of the work to come

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Had 17 out for some pictures today, as requested by the new insurance carrier. Here's all four sides. I made these thumbnails, and all...
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