The Gustavus Thread

[Bear]

wow Gus, I certainly hope you all the best in everything

[JPete]

wow Gus, I certainly hope you all the best in everything

+1. I don't know you and most likely will never meet, but have enjoyed your sharing of experiences here.
Thank you and best wishes.

[gustavus]

Woke up this morning with fresh thoughts on my mind, decided to stay put on the Elphinstone property. I made no sense to spend money moving back to the other house which has a nasty neighbor always on my case.

At least I have peace of mind where I'm at, this is worth a lot more to me than trying to please a woman who choose to abandon an 11 year relationship. Nuff said.

Now to reorganize my plans, make a list of priority's then get to work battening down the hatches before winter sets in.

[freonjoe]

Hopefully now that you're staying, I hope you decide to stay with us! As an expat Canadian, I would hate to have to drive all the way up there to find out how things are going!

[IdahoScrapper]

I, too, hope you plan to stay with the forum. I really enjoy reading your experiences and travels. And your knowledge of a lot of topics is impressive. I learn a lot.

[gustavus]

Getting my old bus lined up to move towards the plasma then fabricate a tow bar, engine and transmission are coming out before this thing hits the scrap yard.

That Palfinger crane is a nasty bit of work, bus is loaded with several barrels of waste veggie oil, tools and lumber. Oh forgot to mention that the engine is a DT360 diesel., so that cran is surly lifting more than its rated capacity.

You'll notice that the rim under the outrigger has sunk into the ground.

If we have any luthier's on the forum, that lumber stored in the bus is some of the most beautiful figured broad leaf maple you'll ever have a chance at. Birdseye, tiger stripped, spalted I have it all.

[Bear]

cool lookin bus!

[gustavus]

Using a skill-saw with carbide toothed blade with a thin kerf to cut through the tire bead on aluminum rims. I can do a whack of tires in an hours time, blades are good for about 40 tires.

[EcoSafe]

you have given lots of good info gus, but the bus motor and trans / crane over load bothers me a little. could you explain what you meant ?

[gustavus]

you have given lots of good info gus, but the bus motor and trans / crain over load bother me a little. could you explain what you ment ?

If you look at the picture you will note that the jib is folded over, I'm lifting the heavy bus with the main boom and dragging it away from some lilac bushes getting her lined up to tow towards the plasma cutter.

Crane unfolded the lifting capacity is rated for 7,000 lbs, inside the jib is an extension hydraulically activated for every foot of extension out you loose drastically from that 7,000 lbs to something like 1,000 lbs lift.

The way I'm using the crane to lift that bus to drag her over in-line to where I intend in taking it on that main boom is giving me some tremendous lifting capacity. I had to pull my outrigger out four feet to keep the truck stabilized.

From the stain of the lift the rim under the outrigger leg sunk into the ground.

Where I have my lifting chain hooked onto the crane ( main boom ) instead of having a capacity to lift 7,000 lbs more like 25 or 30,000 lbs

I'm going to pull the diesel engine and transmission then empty the bus from lumber and tools, then she goes to the scrap yard. Hopefully someone will buy the engine and transmission. If its not sold within six months - scrap yard.

[EcoSafe]

ok guess I miss understood. (it's a senior thing )

[Mechanic688]

Hopefully someone will buy the engine and transmission. If its not sold within six months - scrap yard.

You shouldn't have much trouble finding a buyer, I think you said it was a Detroit Diesel which should be a good seller, lot of mid size box trucks/flatbeds around.

[gustavus]

As I stated earlier I was going to sell off most of my tools and equipment, been busy posting ads on CL most of the day. Now that I do not have to worry about safe keeping of all this junk I've accumulated over the years Yahooo I'm free to travel. Next up is a trip to BC and who knows I may well stay there.

BC has some of the most beautiful scenic country well suited to my new photography hobby, also known to have plenty of placer gold with platinum in the Similkamean area near Princeton.

Just got a call from Jack, scrap prices have plummeted to rock bottom. good timing on my part to get out of the business. I have 4 scrap cars paid for which I'm going to abandon after cutting off the cats.

[gustavus]

Woman has had enough of B.C. and wants to come back, should I take her back.

Her little stunt cost us $11,500.00 we now own a 32 ft class A motor home in BC with 1 years pad rent paid up.

Yea I told her to come on home the dog missed her, good thing I never burned the stuff she left behind eh.

[BarrenRealms007]

Woman has had enough of B.C. and wants to come back, should I take her back.

Her little stunt cost us $11,500.00 we now own a 32 ft class A motor home in BC with 1 years pad rent paid up.

Yea I told her to come on home the dog missed her, good thing I never burned the stuff she left behind eh.

Tell her she will have to work out the expenses incured in trade some how..

And don't scrap the motor home.

If I ever get up there I am going to stand on top of a step stool and slap you.

I'm going to start writing a script of your episodes and see if I can pass it off as a new TV series. ROFLMAO And since you didn't want any of your inheritance I'm keeping all of the royalties..... HAHA

[Joethemillguy]

Hey,I am happy for you,A good woman is hard to find these days.You know what they say:If you love something,Set it free.If it returns it will always be.If it doesn't,You have to hunt it down and kill it!Only joking.Good luck Gus.....Joe

[Bear]

Hey Gus, I can't help but askin, after I saw your pic the other day (had nightmares ever since! lol ; ) I know that was an old photo, nothing like the start page of your recent video, with whiter hair. You were in BC/VI in the 70s, did you ever meet a man named Bob Weston? He spent the 60s in Nam/Tokyo(for repair & recuperation) Marine/3 tours,from Alabama, but early/mid 70s in BC/VI. I met him late 70s in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore drilling, he spoke highly of that place, and his travels there. Just wondered if you might have ever met him, you two seem lots alike

[gustavus]

Hey Gus, I can't help but askin, after I saw your pic the other day (had nightmares ever since! lol ; ) I know that was an old photo, nothing like the start page of your recent video, with whiter hair. You were in BC/VI in the 70s, did you ever meet a man named Bob Weston? He spent the 60s in Nam/Tokyo(for repair & recuperation) Marine/3 tours,from Alabama, but early/mid 70s in BC/VI. I met him late 70s in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore drilling, he spoke highly of that place, and his travels there. Just wondered if you might have ever met him, you two seem lots alike

The flip side of Nam, we had the communs, free love and all the weed you could smoke, B.C. had it's fair share to tar paper settlements. I know of one commun that still exisited 5 years ago just east of North Bend B.C. they are hanging in there on a soap stone mining claim.

I did'nt reach the Island until the mid 90's. girl friends son was gunned down in a parking lot and she wanted to see justice being carried out by attending the trial. The trigger man got 25 years without parole along with a deportation order on completion of his sentence.

Lived in the Island for 5 years, Kate stayed when I decided to move back to the mainland were I hooked up with Becky the artist with the Harley living in an Aitsream trailer. I had a woman lawyer who one day commented that I went through a lot of girld friends my comment was, why Anna are you know offering to look after my sexual needs as well my legal needs.

Sometimes I should leran to keep ,my mouth shut, theres a husband and wife team that live nearby also visit the Ranch as we call it. It's Russ's 4 thousand acre hobby ranch with elk and buffalo, she asked me how business was going with a smirk on her face, musta read in the papers of the recent decline in metal prices. Told her I was changing direction, before I could elaborate on my photography plans she quipped you running for Prime Minister now, told her I was over qualified. This woman like to be catty at others expense, she may have found her match in the beared long haired dude.

My humour comes from my mothers english blood.

You can put your nightmares to rest, I'm real and not a figment of your imaginantion.

After receiving my Cambo 8 x 10 large format camera realized it was much to heavy for feild work, yesterday I purchased smaller Cambo 4 x 5 now I"m looking at a digital back for it and also pricing out the HP Z3200PS printer in a 24 and 44 inch model.

That HP Z3200 printerwill print on almost any media you can feed it through the sheet feeder, Silk, Canvas, Hard Board amoung the many types of paper and acrylic sheets available. I think this new hobby is going to be very enjoyable with perhaps some profit to be made along the way.

[Bear]

That's cool Gus, I've been into photography most my life, but just started getting serious with it since the digital age came along, and only then primarily to get clear close-ups for ebay sales. I eventually got more into wildlife and landscapes, but certainly nothing here that can compare to your neighborhood. There are no oceans, no mountains, no waterfalls in my general area, but I've managed to focus on more close-up type stuff, butterflies/hummingbirds on flowers, Hawks and owls flying through the air, etc. Needless to say, for every well accepted shot I've been fortunate to capture, there were the proverbial "hundred that got away", in many cases attributed to my old worn out slow a**ed camera, in many others attributed to lack of being always at the ready or too quick/slow to shoot

[gustavus]

I suppose that i should do something about that used cooking oil, or charge admission. You would think that no one has seen bear before now people are stopping in to tell me hey I seen a bear in your yard.

First thing I ask them did the bear bother you, er well no. My cooking oil has attracted a mother and her yearling, cute little guy not much bigger than a large dog,haven't laid eyes on mama but the tourists that drive in to notify me have.

Makes me wanna puke just thinking of hose bears slurping down all that oil, 16 liter jugs of it.