BIKE RACKS AND CARRIERS FOR CARS MEGATHREAD - all questions asked and answered here
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ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Great racks ! My ISI is 10yrs old. We have 2 different car attachments for it, I made a 1 bike and 2 bike attachment to go onto it to make it a 3 or 4 bike rack.
Its done over 100,000km on 4 different vehicles and also fitted on our caravan (sold), camper (sold) and trailer.
I even used it a week ago to take a bike to Melrose. Sits in behind a 4WD like it wasn't even there.
Will probably get more use again as my 2 boys have stopped riding, just my bikes again at this time.
I was a little bummed when the Single Trail racks went to their new pivot design which is a single bolt through the join.... I loved the old design which had a large circular hollow pivot... looked awesome. Either way I think it's pretty awesome Mitch shipped me a whole new lower including foot operated release unsolicited due to the possible chance that the old design had issues. Solid support right there.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
They were sent for everyone. I reckon it was @moorey said that the replacement of hundreds of pivots nearly put his company under.
He has sent me a new pivot, security bolts, a wheel hoop that was damaged by carrying an ebike on a non ebike rated rack, then done me a great deal on an upgrade to a new RFS EZY rack.
Great service for sure.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
Depends if you are talking about a trade qualified welder or a "welder" which is someone that does not a lot more that simply pull the trigger.
A qualified Boilermaker/Welder will get paid more than some engineers these days. There's such a demand for skilled labour.
crash3
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I'm an engineer and I approve this message.
This is where I'd put a cry emoji if we had one.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
I'm and Engineer and a Boilermaker/welder but working as an Engineer so I can't afford a new Raptor Ute and jet ski.
A mate of mine is a boiler maker and gets $90/h as a subbie 50hrs a week, every week. $230k is not bad going. I don't even rate him as a great welder, but we do more TIG on cars which is pretty where he's just sticking together warehouses with an arc.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Another good thing about having a trade, not stuck on a 38h a week fixed contract/wage. A tradie can work as long and hard as they want, doing 80+hrs a week are normal for some.
New bike, Jetski, interest rates are up, holiday, new Ranger... couple of Sat'dees will sort that out.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
I have 8 tattoos, ranging from 35yrs old to the last at 15yrs (kids names) every one of them meant something and I don't regret any of them
All are hidden even when I wear shorts and tee.
I have had about 4 of them redone, 1 has been done twice, mine are simple solid shapes and letters. They lose detail and sharpness over time.
Some of the kids these days with the tats on the neck, full legs and sleeves... going to look like deformed blobs in 10yrs long after the Raptor and jetski are gone.
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moorey
call me Mia
Show me the good part again?
I have friends who’ve done this. Both at a desk and on a work site. Every one in my circle later regretted never seeing kids grow up or taking time to breathe.
YMMV
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
There's a happy medium, if you are constantly working for toys at the expense of seeing your children grow up, well they deserve the regret.
Having a financial surprise or commitment pop up and not have to worry about it because you can pay for it with a few weeks OT is a great option most contracted white collar workers dont have.
Young men trade qualified with no responsibilities can head to the mines and coin in 250k a year easily... thats a fair head start for a mid 20's bloke.
On a round of shifts, over 5 days I do about 75hrs... but then I get 7 days off
We had engineers who bitched that a boily or turbine fitter pulled $200k while they were on low $100k. Well go to site for 10 months of the year away from family, away from any social life beyond a few beers with fellow workers, sleeping in cramped quarters etc and then do the 12 hour shifts 7 days a week after getting shit money for the first 4 years and average money for the next 10 still working shifts.
Jpez
Down on the left!
At our age if you're still working 80hour weeks this must be your job at the power station.
After 30 something years of trade work my body is destroyed. Not that I ever worked 80 hours and a Raptor and Jet ski are the last thing I was but I barely have a standard work week in me these days.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
People used to ask me what I did and I watch their faces...At our age if you're still working 80hour weeks this must be your job at the power station.
These days I just say the same job as Homer Simpson.
They go : Doughnuts ?
Yep.
moorey
call me Mia
Pass. Money is low on my priority list. I’m on average money but love my work, and the flexibility and quality of life it gives me is worth far more than a stressful job and long hours. I’ve never understood glorifying the grind.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
A good position to be in and a good attitude. Just remember some blokes are driven into this lifestyle either by living beyond their means or their wife living a selfish life of fancy houses and flash cars. I know many people in this position, many the latter.
Personally I actually only work 10 days short of a 36hr week and do zero OT.
5 on, 7 off, 4 on, 7 off, 5 on, 7 off.
10 days owed was negotiated to 6 training days a year.
So working 14 shifts out of a 35 day cycle. Those are 12hr days/nights and I've been a shift worker for 30yrs.
Zero stress, do the job while I'm there and home after every shift. Don't even get a phone call on my days off. It's the best roster on the planet.
Those 7 days off after every round let's me piss off to the shack on my own and ride
moorey
call me Mia
I don’t really buy this shit sorry. My instagram is full of this. Toxic masculinity and male insecurities, blaming women in general for their need to have the biggest, fastest, newest and most expensive life.
Unpopular opinion, and I’m generalising, but alpha male and men’s right movement that worships Andrew Tate and his micro-penis crew can blow me.