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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3261574" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>My car education began around ten or so. Mothers boyfriend worked on cars a lot so I was always doing something when he needed help. His low back was fused so bending for him was not very easy so I often ended up under the car bolting the transmission and motor mounts and everything else. Eventually it was see this part, you know where the tools are go change it. That was in the mid to early 90's so no youtube to look it up on and see what I needed to try and do. About the only thing I didn't do at some point was rebuild an engine or transmission or rear end as far as mechanical work. But I know most of what I need to know about turning a wrench and when I started working for a construction company out of high school I was always called in to the shop to help work on machinery as they knew I had the background. </p><p></p><p>Helped change the paver width multiple times, add or remove the curb slipform, as well as setting the concrete vibrators in the right place or adjusting the placement of the steel inserters. Hooking everything up and running the hydraulic lines and making sure they would not bind was a pain. The worst was breaking out the squeeze by where the pan met the sides. Worked on the grade trimmer at one point as well, ended up having to replace a bunch of the teeth and some bearings or at the very least grease zerks on the pillow blocks for the outfeed belt as the crew never seemed to remember to grease them.</p><p></p><p>For those interested the paver was similar to this one:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/construction-equipment/for-sale/33085477/1988-curbmaster-3200sf" target="_blank"><img src="https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=4311077919&wid=1003097343&rwl=False&p=&ext=&w=0&h=0&t=&lp=MAT&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=V2lW5l5XmoNPHy0ypT%2b602c%2f8SkTd8hplAKWUykXOIo%3d" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>And the trimmer is similar to this:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.bigiron.com/Lots/GomacoGT8500AutomatedFineGradeTrimmer" target="_blank"><img src="https://bigiron.blob.core.windows.net/public/items/81aa76efe708e71180c100155d6f632c/gomacogt8500trimmer-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>The steel inserters were custom made by one of the company mechanics so they were a one off deal but basically dropped a bar in the chute and flipped a microswitch that would activate the ram and drive it into the concrete a couple inches into the slab. I still am very thankful to the guy who was operating the machine one day. The bars we were using were slightly larger than normal so you had to give them a kick to get them to drop into the slot where the ram would pick it up. The microswitch was getting touchy and I kicked the bar and it activated. I hollered and he shut the machine off. My right foot was in the concrete and another couple inches and it would have been torn off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3261574, member: 29706"] My car education began around ten or so. Mothers boyfriend worked on cars a lot so I was always doing something when he needed help. His low back was fused so bending for him was not very easy so I often ended up under the car bolting the transmission and motor mounts and everything else. Eventually it was see this part, you know where the tools are go change it. That was in the mid to early 90's so no youtube to look it up on and see what I needed to try and do. About the only thing I didn't do at some point was rebuild an engine or transmission or rear end as far as mechanical work. But I know most of what I need to know about turning a wrench and when I started working for a construction company out of high school I was always called in to the shop to help work on machinery as they knew I had the background. Helped change the paver width multiple times, add or remove the curb slipform, as well as setting the concrete vibrators in the right place or adjusting the placement of the steel inserters. Hooking everything up and running the hydraulic lines and making sure they would not bind was a pain. The worst was breaking out the squeeze by where the pan met the sides. Worked on the grade trimmer at one point as well, ended up having to replace a bunch of the teeth and some bearings or at the very least grease zerks on the pillow blocks for the outfeed belt as the crew never seemed to remember to grease them. For those interested the paver was similar to this one: [CENTER][URL='https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/construction-equipment/for-sale/33085477/1988-curbmaster-3200sf'][IMG]https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=4311077919&wid=1003097343&rwl=False&p=&ext=&w=0&h=0&t=&lp=MAT&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=V2lW5l5XmoNPHy0ypT%2b602c%2f8SkTd8hplAKWUykXOIo%3d[/IMG][/URL] [/CENTER] And the trimmer is similar to this: [CENTER][URL='https://www.bigiron.com/Lots/GomacoGT8500AutomatedFineGradeTrimmer'][IMG]https://bigiron.blob.core.windows.net/public/items/81aa76efe708e71180c100155d6f632c/gomacogt8500trimmer-2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/CENTER] The steel inserters were custom made by one of the company mechanics so they were a one off deal but basically dropped a bar in the chute and flipped a microswitch that would activate the ram and drive it into the concrete a couple inches into the slab. I still am very thankful to the guy who was operating the machine one day. The bars we were using were slightly larger than normal so you had to give them a kick to get them to drop into the slot where the ram would pick it up. The microswitch was getting touchy and I kicked the bar and it activated. I hollered and he shut the machine off. My right foot was in the concrete and another couple inches and it would have been torn off. [/QUOTE]
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