CB

coxy · May 20, 2018, 08:41:39 PM

i got an 05 CB someone give to me it has 380+gal of water what ever size that is and looks like swiss cheese inside don't know what they burnt in it but anyway i started to dismantle it to see what is was made of

the first thing i seen that was a mistake (in less its in a building )is on the top where you fill it the rain water runs down the fill pipe and lifting lug getting under the foam and rusting the top plus it was running to the back by the chimney and started rusting it there also ill post more things that i find while dismantling it if any one has one it maybe a good idea to re silicone around those to things the heat of the water should dry it out under there and maybe help it out just a thought

Dave Shepard · May 20, 2018, 08:52:21 PM

My 6048 is 393 gallons, I believe. The top was caulked.

coxy · May 20, 2018, 09:05:01 PM

the top had something on it but was still leaking by just thought i would say something about it

Dave Shepard · May 20, 2018, 09:25:18 PM

OWBs are like motorcycles. It's not if they are going to go down, it's when. :

petefrom bearswamp · May 21, 2018, 07:36:46 AM

Paul it seems you like older iron of any kind.
God luck with the re build

coxy · June 08, 2018, 07:23:20 PM

its not that I like it I have nothing else to do after I stopped drinking lots of adult beverages I seem to have a lot of time to do things :D and I get board if not doing something and then the other half gets grumpy because im around her to much :D :D :D

mike_belben · June 08, 2018, 11:21:42 PM

Ahh marriage.

Youd think they would have found a cure by now.

;D

coxy · June 09, 2018, 07:22:48 AM

there is a cure its called DEVORCE :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

petefrom bearswamp · June 09, 2018, 07:49:21 AM

Expensive cure to say the least

mike_belben · June 09, 2018, 09:47:40 AM

Brother was griping to me by text about his ol lady.. My wife saw my response later in the day while looking for something on my phone.

"WELCOME TO MARRIAGE, ITS A SLOW DEATH?!!!"

hedgerow · June 11, 2018, 08:10:45 PM

I worked in town 25 years nights and farmed days. Nice way to kept your distance from the wife. Worked another 15 years 4:00 Am to 12:30 so I went to bed early. Now that I have retired for town work and just am farming I hide in the shop in the winter in the summer I am spraying toward evening when the wind goes down. Everyone needs a place to hide you get along better with the wife that way. We also have a buildings and farms 15 miles away from home too great place to hide and look like you are working.

doctorb · June 11, 2018, 10:39:29 PM

Amazing how a thread originally discussing an old OWB rebuild turns into a sarcastic vignette on marriage, all in 10 posts! :D

;D

coxy · June 12, 2018, 06:51:27 AM

the only thing missing is food SO HOW ABOUT THEM GRITS :D :D 8) 8) 8)

E Yoder · June 12, 2018, 06:56:23 AM

So are you going to patch up the CB and keep it running or is it scrap?

petefrom bearswamp · June 12, 2018, 07:36:19 AM

Drb I will add another one.
Linda and I will celebrate 16 years of wedded bliss on Flag Day.
Unfortunately we will have been married 38 yrs.
Oh btw my boiler is leak free.