Lonnie Medaris

Lonnie Medaris

Adventures from the life of a Southern California Hillbilly.

Shop Tool Repairs

Shop Tool Repairs

Homemade Boot Brush

Homemade Boot Brush

Spring Time for Honeybees

Spring Time for Honeybees

Moving an 86 Chevy S 10

Moving an 86 Chevy S 10

Yellow Jackets in a Beehive

Yellow Jackets in a Beehive

New Shop Lighting

New Shop Lighting

Thanksgiving Lumberjack

Thanksgiving Lumberjack

Moving a Beehive

Moving a Beehive

Concrete Water Tank

Concrete Water Tank

Redneck Road Grader

Redneck Road Grader

New Mud Terrain Tires

New Mud Terrain Tires

Bee Shed Repairs

Bee Shed Repairs

Channel Intro

Channel Intro

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  • @BrutusNewLife
    @BrutusNewLife28 күн бұрын

    I wanna seevthe rest of the video. Haha i played this video twice just to see what was going on

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris787028 күн бұрын

    Unfortunately my camera battery died but I will upload what I did get recorded.

  • @BrutusNewLife
    @BrutusNewLife28 күн бұрын

    @@lonniemedaris7870 oh that sucks. I hate when that happens.

  • @embededfabrication4482
    @embededfabrication44824 ай бұрын

    The ball hitch isn't meant to take a lot of force. Better to make connection into the receiver channel

  • @RIDERSONLINEORG
    @RIDERSONLINEORG3 жыл бұрын

    Wow that takes a long time. The homemade drag we have is chain pulled with three blades. It's just 4 in pieces of angle iron to make up the three blades and a couple of 6-in pieces of angle iron on top that make the rails front to back. It's heavy enough that it doesn't need to be weighted. And because you drag it with chain it lays flat on the ground. And because it has three blades it can't dip in front or back it floats flat. The second and third blade fill any roots or holes. Much more effective and stable than one or two blades. Super easy and cheap to make. I mean the welding takes 15 minutes after you cut the five pieces to length.

  • @kolbymartin9743
    @kolbymartin97432 жыл бұрын

    I promise I'm not spam or anything, moving back home to southern Ozarks and have about a quarter mile dirt road that goes uphill to the house I'm remodeling. Would you mind sending me pictures of what you've made? I'll leave my email address if you reply, thank you so much for your time!

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris7870 Жыл бұрын

    I agree cheap and easy to make. But this was free.

  • @jimmychanbers2424
    @jimmychanbers24243 жыл бұрын

    I built a lot of those for the oilfield. Great for cleaning up a location and after a fain,drag the dirt roads.

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78702 жыл бұрын

    Definitely works good for the dirt roads especially after a rain.

  • @richyg3993
    @richyg3993 Жыл бұрын

    I use one for my run. A little different design but same purpose. I have 80 locations I watch over and a 7 mile dirt road trek in and out of my run. I hit every location with my drag on about 80% of the time. I haul my drag to the highway after work and haul it in first thing in the morning. I can tell you my roads are butter 😂 the only thing I don’t like about our drags is that we use thick nylon rope and 2 D ring shackles to mount to the truck. This solid metal connection looks a lot nicer 😎

  • @Wam3Studios
    @Wam3Studios3 жыл бұрын

    Great

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78702 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ke6bnl
    @ke6bnl3 жыл бұрын

    Made one has rear wheels to adj. Hight. I do not have it but side plates would hold more to fill lower spots

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78702 жыл бұрын

    It is very narrow and not too heavy so the smallest amount of uneven ground will cause it to float and dump dirt unnecessarily. It may be an issue to pull with my little truck if I add much weight to it.

  • @horizontalbees3480
    @horizontalbees34803 жыл бұрын

    Very cool video!! Makes me want to fix my tool room. Thanks for sharing!!

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78703 жыл бұрын

    Work shop, tool room, man cave... the adjustments, development, innovations, modifications, revisions, transformations, and variations... some day I'll get it just perfect!

  • @horizontalbees3480
    @horizontalbees34803 жыл бұрын

    Wow that is so amazing.. Thanks for sharing!!

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78703 жыл бұрын

    Thanks and your welcome!

  • @robkees9353
    @robkees93533 жыл бұрын

    While you’re at it, you should move a certain white vw bug to Phoenix! 😬😬😬

  • @robkees9353
    @robkees93533 жыл бұрын

    Lol. I sent that first message before getting to the end of the video!!

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78703 жыл бұрын

    Yeah... but the Chevy has an engine in it!

  • @robkees9353
    @robkees93533 жыл бұрын

    @@lonniemedaris7870 dammit! 😞

  • @horizontalbees3480
    @horizontalbees34803 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting watching the yellow jackets in this hive.

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78703 жыл бұрын

    Yes, not what I expected... This was my first experience with any large number of yellow jackets. Expected to be stung considerably more than just the one sting. But they did get a lot of smoke and were only robbing out the hive - not building a nest.

  • @kingofthepod5169
    @kingofthepod51693 жыл бұрын

    That's exactly what I was looking for. Did you put any weights on it?

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78703 жыл бұрын

    The top rail is 8 inch steel channel so 8x8x16 CMU Block (cinder block) will nest for additional weight but the ends are open and the block will eventually fall off as it works towards the edges. Will have new video coming next few weeks with dimensions, modifications for additional weight, etc...

  • @Nevertrustalawyer
    @Nevertrustalawyer3 жыл бұрын

    Like any blade that cuts, there is an appropriate “cutting speed”. I think you’re driving too fast, if the blade jumps, you’re just making a mess.

  • @lonniemedaris7870
    @lonniemedaris78703 жыл бұрын

    True, but have to maintain enough speed to avoid the engine stalling out.. pulling with a manual transmission/4 cylinder combination with a high rear differential gear ratio. Further it is very light weight for its intended purpose, probably less than 200 pounds and only about 5 feet wide, which surely contributes to all the "jump" at the cutting edge. I do appreciate your comment - Thank You!

  • @pepepinzas
    @pepepinzas3 жыл бұрын

    @@lonniemedaris7870 hi, sorry for my bad english.... congratulations, i really enyoy the video and your efford. i have spent at least 3 years now, triing to keep a rustic road in a aceptable conditions, triing pulling with mi nissan diesel 4x4 all kind of stufs... since tires, logs, pieces of steel, etc... NOW, i have a very good idea of whats next for me! i'll try with a 9 feet wide blade, and at least with a 700 pouds of weight (with lot of concret on it), and will try to gen my road smoot finally... hope my truck is strong enuf to do that.... i'll try to make some videos.... regards!

  • @sicknick6080
    @sicknick60802 жыл бұрын

    @@pepepinzas Let me guess ,you remember the beer and forgot the video huh? I like this guy