NWI INGO General Post - Part 8

[gunbunnies]

Sooooo I picked up a troy mag today to try out this weekend and include in my overall experiment with mag reliability... After looking at the feed lips on these other mags I think the traits that fair the best in overall function are the lower front feed area of the mag and the internal gentle push of the bullet side of the round towards the center of the magazine. The Surefire 60 round, colt 20 round and the PMAGS work all the time.... the usa mag works as long as the recoil doesn't dislodge the bottom plate and release the mag spring and whatever is left in the mag onto the ground... Anyways here is some pics to show what I am talking about...

 

[bigretic]

Sooooo I picked up a troy mag today to try out this weekend and include in my overall experiment with mag reliability...

I wanna go!

 

[gunbunnies]

pm inbound....

 

[Snapdragon]

I'll just put this here in case you didn't see it in the TRT thread....

Random brown-eyed INGO member at age 4 with the first (and last) bluegills she ever caught. For the record, I am NOT scared of icky things, no matter how it looks.

 

[jedi]

I'll just put this here in case you didn't see it in the TRT thread....

Random brown-eyed INGO member at age 4 with the first (and last) bluegills she ever caught. For the record, I am NOT scared of icky things, no matter how it looks.

hum... where is the RED hair?
hum....

 

[actaeon277]

New computer chair assembled.

Why why why did I not do this years ago?

The chair I was using, was a metal chair rescued from the garbage.
No cushion on the back.
The back had deep gouges in it.
I had to put a raggedy sweater on it to keep the gouges from cutting me.
Then, the chair started to disintegrate after ONLY 20 years.

 

[actaeon277]

hum... where is the RED hair?
hum....

I don't know if this is the case..

but you do know hair color changes sometimes when you grow up.

2 of my brothers had blond hair.
As they grew it became brown.

 

[jedi]

I don't know if this is the case..

but you do know hair color changes sometimes when you grow up.

2 of my brothers had blond hair.
As they grew it became brown.

and in your case it went GREY right?

 

[actaeon277]

Ok.
Next project is to tear my trailer apart and fix it back up.

Remove lumber (cause lumber is breaking)
Remove paint with wire brush on grinder.
Paint
New lumber.
New lights


I'm good with everything except paint.
I was going to rustoleum primer, then rustoleum paint.
It worked on my lawn furniture for 20 years.
But, lawn furniture don't move at highway speeds, taking damage from road debris.

Do you guys think the rustoleum will work?
Or something else.

 

[actaeon277]

and in your case it went GREY right?

My father's mother's hair went completely white at 19.
I consider myself lucky.

 

[aclark]

Ok.
Next project is to tear my trailer apart and fix it back up.

Remove lumber (cause lumber is breaking)
Remove paint with wire brush on grinder.
Paint
New lumber.
New lights


I'm good with everything except paint.
I was going to rustoleum primer, then rustoleum paint.
It worked on my lawn furniture for 20 years.
But, lawn furniture don't move at highway speeds, taking damage from road debris.

Do you guys think the rustoleum will work?
Or something else.

Duracoat or Cerakote...? Maybe a nice hydro dipping....

 

[chef larry]

Ok.
Next project is to tear my trailer apart and fix it back up.

Remove lumber (cause lumber is breaking)
Remove paint with wire brush on grinder.
Paint
New lumber.
New lights


I'm good with everything except paint.
I was going to rustoleum primer, then rustoleum paint.
It worked on my lawn furniture for 20 years.
But, lawn furniture don't move at highway speeds, taking damage from road debris.

Do you guys think the rustoleum will work?
Or something else.

Need to replace the old lumber with 5/4 treated decking boards.

 

[danmdevries]

actaeon, how dedicated are you?

POR15 is an incredibly durable coating, a pain to apply (seriously, a huge PIA) and creates a HUGE mess.

But. It'll outlast whatever you put it on.

My trailer got grinder'd, rustoleum'd and wood'd a few years ago. Tore it apart, added another 200lbs of steel angle under the deck (8,000lb trailer used a few times for a 15,000lb load - bent and broke a bunch of stuff) Upgraded the axles, bearings, springs, hangars and rewired the whole thing. I sandblasted, grinder'd and sprayed the heck out of it with rustoleum.

Wish I had done the POR15 treatment.

 

[actaeon277]

Duracoat or Cerakote...? Maybe a nice hydro dipping....

I was wondering about something like duracoat or cerakote. But wouldn't something that size be a bit pricy?

Need to replace the old lumber with 5/4 treated decking boards.

Planned to. Thank you.

actaeon, how dedicated are you?

POR15 is an incredibly durable coating, a pain to apply (seriously, a huge PIA) and creates a HUGE mess.

But. It'll outlast whatever you put it on.

My trailer got grinder'd, rustoleum'd and wood'd a few years ago. Tore it apart, added another 200lbs of steel angle under the deck (8,000lb trailer used a few times for a 15,000lb load - bent and broke a bunch of stuff) Upgraded the axles, bearings, springs, hangars and rewired the whole thing. I sandblasted, grinder'd and sprayed the heck out of it with rustoleum.

Wish I had done the POR15 treatment.

So, what you're saying is the rustoleum didn't last?
That POR15 would be better?
Have to look it up. I'd rather do the job once. But I'm not a great paint guy. Hate it.

 

[actaeon277]

Ok. I looked at it. Why is it a PIA?

 

[t_star]

Kevin's got POR15 on some spots on the truck. It is bad ass. Have any questions, he'd be more than happy to answer them for you.

 

[gunbunnies]

Actaeon..... if your just looking for a paint job let me know... I'll introduce you to a friend of mine..... he repaints army trucks and M113's to match whatever paint scheme is required for a upcoming movie.... and does a very nice job...

one of his many paint jobs on a Willy's JEEP they restored...

 

[Ericpwp]

My father's mother's hair went completely white at 19.
I consider myself lucky.

Mine too. Weird.

Sox lost. I got Ron Kittle's signature for my dad for father's day. That guy is huge!

 

[danmdevries]

Ok. I looked at it. Why is it a PIA?

Just makes for a sticky nasty mess.

It doesn't come off your skin.

Anything it touches, it stays for life.

Not necessarily a PIA, but it's a messy messy job. Not hard to apply either, basically you just slather it onto whatever surface you want to permanently coat and that's it. It's not as pretty as paint, but there's not a product out there I've found to be more durable.

My rustoleum job is holding up decently well, but a lot of the underside is already rusted again. My trailer gets abused though. It's parked in the woods behind my house, pretty much constantly moist due to my woods being in a swamp. I use it several times a year for loads well within its range (8,000 lb rated from factory) I've replaced the axles, springs and shackles with ones from a 10k lb trailer and added 200lbs of angle iron side to side on the frame when I had the wood off. I welded 1/4" plates over the dovetail and had overrated tires mounted. Once a year, sometimes more, my dad uses my trailer to take my tractor down to his house. My tractor is somewhere between 8,000 and 10,000lbs depending on the manual (1956 IH) plus attachments.

When this set of wood on the deck gives up the ghost, I'm going to try to source oak planks instead of the pressure treated 2x12's I installed 3 years ago. If I find oak planks and redo the trailer again, it's getting the POR15 treatment. Or it's getting sold and I'll buy a tri-axle gooseneck trailer, and undercoat that one with por15.

 

[Butch627]

The new pressure treated lumber is very corrosive to metals. I redecked my trailer about 5 years ago with pressure treated lumber. After purchasing I air dried my lumber for about a month. After I felt it had dried out I primered and painted it with the best oil based paint I could get. I also repainted the trailer frame with rustoleum for rusty metal. It is holding up very well and doesn't seem to be rusting the trailer