Off topic anything 2021 Edition!

Took rally #2 out on a shakedown run yesterday. Few little fixes. Time to strip back down and brace the frame and add bumpers and paint lol.

I gone and done it now boys! I'm fed up with having to butt weld exhausts and the such so I scored this handheld, hydraulic tubing expander that does from 3/8" to 1-1/8" up to 2mm (3/32"?) thick tubing for about $180 Canadian. Works pretty slick!


First I tried it on some conduit to feel it out


Then I stepped it up to some 1.2mm thick tubing


It works great! I had to start with the 7/8" die then use the 1" to finish it off but I'm not upset about that!

I've ordered a heavy duty, bench mounted tubing bender for $200 (should have it in a week or 2) to go along with it so there will be no more hunting through scrap piles for pre-bent scrap or worrying about butt welds breaking (or obstructing flow) for this guy! Now I'll just be material shopping at the salvage yards! Lol. Yup, B's Place of Dumb#$ckery is pretty well equipped now, once the bender is in (and installed) and I've finished with the reorganization I'll give you all a little walk around of "The Workshed" (that's where the magic happens).

heck you can start manufacturing mud mower pipes now i might buy one LOL

One of my other hobbies is building custom fishing rods and I thought I'd show a light action I made last year. Or at least when the picture decides to upload heh.

MHX blank, 6' 6", fast action, 1/16 to 5/16 lure, set up with a pflueger president and 5 lb braid.

Already dragged in a nice bass or two and a crappie pushing 15 inches so I'm pretty happy with that.

cool! my dad runs a Pfluger president 6'6 medium-heavy combo he likes it a lot and has no issue pulling in the 20 in walleyes and 35-inch northerns. what type of braid are you runnin power pro?

Yep, even though right now the stuff is rarer than hens teeth. I like the power pro because it casts well and is made right here.

I like SpiderWire Stealth braid in moss green myself.

Here's my collection plus I have a cheap telescopic in the work vehicle because you never know when you could come across a good spot! Lol. You fellas sound like much more avid fisherman than myself, I like to get out a few times a year and don't even care if I don't catch anything, as long as the beer is cold(ish) I'm happy!

@Rustbucket Garage with me power pro is sort of a hate and love scenario I like that its a smooth casting braid, the only issue I had was not retying after getting a fish I figured that was the issue so I continued to re tye after every cast I later found out I had a bad batch of the line when I brought it back to scheels. anyhoo that's my rambling on power pro, now i am using suffix mono 8 lb and it works pretty well.

@Brianator the only way you can describe fishing for me is in the words of Jim Carrey," I like it I like it alot " lol . open water fishing is coming to a close around here and ice fishing is around the corner so I am super excited about that!

Here’s the pictures.



The thread I used came out real dark, it’s called cobalt blue but it almost looks purple in this light. On the water it looks a lot nicer in color…specially when it’s bent over with the drag-a-screamin lol

looks like a really nice rod how is the action on it?

Thanks! It’s a fast action, very nice and sensitive. Doesn’t throw light stuff too far but that’s to be expected. Those light jigs draw fish in better but they don’t get to the fish so it gets interesting

I bet having the sensitivity in a 6'6 rod is pretty nice, most I have used are heavy action rods mostly for jigging waylles of the side of the boat.

Happy Thanksgiving to all y’all!

Hope yalls turkey day was good and youguys got to see family and had a great time! Today im taking a load of mini bikes to my storage unit. The storage units in town for a 10x25 unit was 80$! Thats dirt cheep for that size of unit!!! And they are very close too ill be selling everything out of there from now on

Well gents I picked up the Cub Cadet 149 yesterday! The guy didn't want anything for it but with a little persuasion I was able to get him to accept a bottle of Baileys as a kind gesture! By the time I put gas in my friends truck and fed him for the help it has cost me less than $100, no I didn't need it but it was just going to sit there and rot or end up in a scrapyard hence my rescue mission! Lol. It will be awhile before I get any real work done on it but I would like to find front spindles so I can put wheels on it so it's at least a roller. Here she is, not pretty but that's okay!


I tied a piece of plywood to the front axle and used my SuperWinch "Winch in a Bag" to slowly drag it across my yard and park it under cover with the Bolens 1225 (now known as the Mud Duck) and the LT11 parts tractor.

Nice! Do you have the nose piece/headlight lens? Looks like a nice rig.

I do not, what you see is all I have.

Am I the only one who has put underglow on their tractor? Or am I just the only one who thinks it looks good?

Good question! Rock lights have been part of my plan and will be installed in The Warhorse, not quite underglow and more for function than fashion but same principle. What color you rocking? Have pics I'd love to see it

A lot of colours, red, green, blue, white, orange, yellow, cyan, purple and 2 flicker modes, 2 fade modes and 4 modes controlled by sound. I do not have any pictures because I currently dont have a phone and I'm using my school computer but it looks pretty rad, I have it on my Kawasaki too.

FlyFrog wrote:

Am I the only one who has put underglow on their tractor? Or am I just the only one who thinks it looks good?

I haven't yet but I am certainly going to on the MM and eventually on Ole Blue. Mainly rock lights but I might get to underglow of sorts if I like the rock lights.

just bought another set of under glow, one box comes with 4 12" strips, Im going to put a bit more on the craftsman, one in the headlight 2 on the top of the hood pointing at the ground and engine then 1 in the back under the hitch

Lawdy lawdy has it been a wild ride these past couple weeks… I gotta slow down here fore I burn out. Anyways, any of y’all remember this here turd?


Well I done gone and gave it a death sentence yesterday. Pulled the coil, carb, flywheel, brake, and all the little brackets around this thing. It’s just not worth fixing. Look at all the damage on those flywheel louvers, no wonder this thing shook so much.

I am leaving here soon on my first away from home adventure all by my self im driving for around an hour and a half and its all easy highways and main roads ive studied

howd it go, still in one piece, really i should be asking is everyone else in one piece?