Nice.
It's really neat when friends give us the push to make things happen.
I stood out in my driveway pondering how I was going to add a second 55 gallon drum to my biodiesel storage system, for hours it felt like. My son showed up with a couple of his buddies and a sixer. They thought my plan was good enough to get started and we could wing it the rest of the way. I was inspired enough to dig out the tools and materials and start right then and there. I couldn't appear to lack confidence in from of my son and his buddies. This was all the motivation I needed. It took us about an hour to frame it up with 4"x4" posts. A little more digging while they drank the beer and I found all the plumbing I needed to make one drum fill the other and bingo bango, it's all good.

Now I am beginning to get back into the swing of fabricating. I dug out a cheapo wire feed welder to make a wireless Internet tower. The thing is worthless. I couldn't make a bead to save my life with it. So I chucked it back in the pile I got it from and went down to my brother's house to retrieve my old faithful arc welder. With his help we have a twenty foot tower with a ten foot mast on top, steel rungs leading up to the top so I can work on the antenna and router. Feels great when a plan comes together.

Now I want to start fabricating all sorts of stuff for my 1986 turbo diesel Trooper. It need a heavy duty bumper with a receiver hitch and maybe I can find a winch for the front and make a bumper up there too.

Thanks for your update. It is very encouraging.
Brian Rodgers
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