Almost lost a mud flap...
....on the road, headed out for a long weekend camping trip last weekend. We stop at a rest stop about half way, notice when doing my 'walk around', that one mud flap is barely hanging, one corner dr...
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JRscooby wrote:
Cherry red, do 2 holes, and heat it again.....
...You get the threaded rod 'cherry red' hot?! Yikes! How you get it that hot?
Sounds like a good way to burn yourself really, really bad! I'll sacrifice 3 or 4 drill bits before I risk getting burnt that bad.
I'm going to guess with the kind of work you did for years with heavy trucks, you were used to working with stuff that hot all the time and know how to do it without burning yourself. I'd almost certainly get burnt/branded if I tried something like that.
Still, thanks for all your insight. Definitely learned a few things from this (like to avoid backing up over a curb!)
