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16d ago
inUnpopular opinion: the intake at the Baytown plant is a death trap and nobody flags it
Same deal at the old plant I worked, we had a screen on the north channel that was bent so bad you could see daylight through the frame. Told the shift lead, he said it was on the list, and that list must've been lost because two years later it was still bowed worse than ever. Water was pulling so hard around the gap you could watch debris just get sucked right through into the pump. Somebody is gonna get hurt and then all of a sudden it'll be an emergency.
18d ago
inThought load charts were just paperwork until Ray proved me wrong on the 90 ton
Spent years thinking the chart was just wall art for the cab, right up until it wasn't. Soft ground and settled outriggers will humble you fast, glad Ray said something before physics did.
25d ago
inTIL the guy at my LCS in Fresno was right about variant covers being a trap
My buddy filled a long box with those same foil books for ten bucks last year.
28d ago
inVent: kids greasing headset bearings like they're packing a wheel hub
Thin film is right for the races but the cartridge bearings themselves are sealed, so all that extra grease just pushes past the seals and makes a mess. Problem is half the videos out there show people packing them like wheel hubs because it looks satisfying on camera, and nobody mentions that too much grease can actually drag on the bearing and trap grit. A light coat on the races and a tiny bit on the seal lip is plenty, anything more is just cleanup work later.