who is that guy in the reflection there??????????

OD and 37s would be just right on there. To big n you loose the driveability.

Guy in the reflection is my neighbor...old crotchety guy that nobody likes ;-)

OK, then goal will be 37's and OD in color!

is that duane???  is he alive or are we seeing things here???

It would appear as though we just experienced a DS (Duane Sighting)!

I was using the short shackles that Jungle sends with his kit which are 3.75" hole to hole, I bought a set that were one inch(4.75") longer and that is what I am running now.  The pictures are of the 3.75" set up.

OK, that info helps. I was thinking of starting with the 4.5" shackles when I drop in those 64" rear springs and go from there

I got on the rest of the undercarriage as well, attending to a few rust spots on the frame and suspension from last winter's salt fall and dusting of snow flurries

That went right in with little fuss.

And now the air springs are helping once again.

Next up on this general maintenance day was to repair/replace the defective PAcAir air bag on the right rear

Obviously it had been abrading against the U-bolt plate

Reinstalled but messy

Are those the short shackles you are using?

That looks awesome Nate!

Interestingly, I had some brisket on Saturday. The center was also chewy. I'm not a big brisket eater, but is that sort of the norm?

I'm not connecting the dots here.

Is the truck going back original color or are you painting it olive drab?

She is looking great! Your build thread is what introduced me to this site and boy am I glad for it!

Glad to hear it!

Little update, I haven't done much but I plan to buy new rims and tires some time this month. In the meantime I've been thinking of stuff I could do and water/meth injection came to mind. I want it mostly for the mpg gains. Thoughts on it?

On a gasser makes little to no power, except that it allows you to turn up the boost if supercharged and advance the timing (delays onset of preignition).

But on a diesel will add 100-150 ft lbs of torque and as much as 75HP to a healthy late diesel and improve mileage a point or maybe two.

Found out about a young lady, Lauren today around 1500. Christian girl, 20's married a couple years, great girl, I know her well. She appears to be having a miscarriage. She is scared and feeling every sort of emotion. Mother is very upset. Let's lift her up as well pretty please!

I like it!

We need a build of one of these later Tahoe/Burbs.

My family has owned two, a 04 Z-71Burb and a 08 Yukon Denali. Both outstanding people movers, but the wife would not allow me to do anything to them...I wanted to do something with them soooooo badly!

So I went over to the local fantasy shop (Gun store) to check out a single stack 9 for the frau.
I ended up buying a S&W M&P 9 compact single stack for her, so mission was completed with a minimum of fuss...

I thought

Then the guy selling to me said you are always looking for a nice 7.62 black gun, right?

He says, he just got one in...A sig 716

Wow

What a nice piece of shooting hardware

I mean nice! Pretty crisp trigger, nice furniture, 16" bull barrel, 1-10 twist, beautiful all metal flip up sights. and a great (Mag-Pul??) stock with a very good check weld. The gun is smooth. No rattle, no rocking, pins are like really tight and it is just all beautiful. Asking $$$ is 2,199

I waaaant it!

Nate,

Not too far from reality, you opening a real Nate's cookin' corner. I'd come for darned sure! So just today, I went over to a nearby artsy-fartsy farmers market sort of place to score some seasoned olive oil. Well there in the corner of the building is a new barbeque place. The guy doing the cooking outside notices me sniffing and yells out, "Smells good doesn't it." To which I responded with a north/south head shutter. After the olive oil thing, I march over and notice a pic of a young Marine. I compare the facial features with the guy behind the counter. I figure this is the same guy, a few decades removed.

"Marine eh?" I queried. He says yep, you? I said Army and before he gets finished saying whatever he was conjuring up, I say in a very loud voice, "I pulled more Marines out of a jam than most of you jar heads can count so save it sarge, and get me something to eat!"

That got a good laugh and he and his wife fixed me up with like $50 worth of pork, brisket, smoked eggs, coleslaw, beans, and who knows what.
I was right, retired Marine NCO! I thought of you, Nate...Could be you...

Andrea is no better, but she is also no worse! The doctor says they are walking a fine line and she could be in the hospital for a very long time.

That's tough Nate
Biblically, there is a case for what happened to you.
Familiar with the concept of the sins of the father?
Basically it is all about a generational curse. For example in one generation one of the parents is given to drinking or depravity, or stealing or so forth.
You often see it in the siblings having the exact same problem...The problem simply transitions to the next generation, hence, generational curse.

Ever hear the phrase, "The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree?" simply an observation on this biblical principle of generational curse.

What do we do about it? Is there anything we can do about it? Yes there is. Through the power in the name of Jesus, one breaks the curse in his generation. Since this site is about Real men and our problems and issues, we are talking about taking responsibility, manning up and doing all those things to correct that which is wrong with us and our past.

So, that's just it right there. break the curse. Fix it in your generation. Nothing some of us can do with unreasonable spouses, but God can. If we give it all over to him and remain obedient to do what he says to do in his word, he will be obedient to his word as well and do what he says he will.

Not sure if this helps, but it is what immediately came to mind when I read the last response to this thought provoking thread.

And I am not all that inexperienced in this area. My first wife...drugs, other men...you name it. And me, a young soldier trying to straighten up my life. She got custody and I got child support in the divorce. Same thing, judge saw the child would have more stability in a home with a mother who used drugs and moved fairly often than with a soldier in the US Army. So I paid that support, to a court, so they would dole it out to her.

But when I finished flight school, a young officer walked up to her and flatly told her that she had one choice. Give me our son to take away and raise or I would not quit until I proved in any court we found ourselves in that she was an unfit mother, was mentally ill, was a drug abuser, and anything else I could dig up. And, it worked. She tearfully signed the paperwork and I got to take Little Don to Germany where that kid just blossomed.

Just sharing...we are all more alike than we ever thought back in the D-Max forum days, eh?

I Like it!

I did that once for a friend, fellow warrior.
He wasn't saved, but I knew him through many years, special operations and maybe 3-4 years of combat tours we served together.
He went astray one night and I called him.
Nearly went to a fight
Later when trouble came to him and he was at his lowest point, one night, he called me
I told him about Jesus, and he accepted the Lord as his savoir
He is now a changed man for the most part
Got away from the bad influences and really turned around
Takes courage to look a guy in the eye and tell him the truth, but for his sake, you need to do it!

Looking real good. Are those D rings 5/8s?

Welds look better too.

Speaking of ammo cans, they are going for around $12 on ebay right now.

D-Rings are 1"

I was thinking of a biggin...like the 20MM or the 30MM ones. Weld up a foot for it to rest in then get captured by something. Keep things like a fuel siphon, recovery stuff, and stuff like that in there

When he's in range,

So are you!

...putting the Ramcharger back together so we can at least have one functioning off road truck for this summer and fall. I should start a build thread on that but.... eh whats the point LoL

I'll take it!

How many for a Ramcharger build thread?

Having flown as a Comair pilot for 5 years I can say, our FA's were pretty cool but I never saw anything like this...These folks are great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_o_xn-q5Zk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPfya60FYo4

Yeah, just something else to fit in, but such is life.

Still waiting to hear on your knees,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

My knees??

Well, not getting surgery until there is nothing else I can do. I am having some success working out on the treadmill and stretching followed with some strength training.

Motion...is Lotion!