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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: November 28, 2022, 11:44:01 PM »
Got back from elk hunting, or elk viewing more like.
Thought I was in Sam's back yard for a minute. 13-25f. Constantly blowing 15 with gusts up to 40. Not fun for this desert rat.

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1200. We narrowed it to 560 when he decided to bed down for most of the day.
Buddy went in and spooked him at 50 yards (was pretty thick cedars)

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: November 28, 2022, 06:49:40 PM »
Got back from elk hunting, or elk viewing more like.
Thought I was in Sam's back yard for a minute. 13-25f. Constantly blowing 15 with gusts up to 40. Not fun for this desert rat.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: November 21, 2022, 11:12:02 AM »
Dang^^^

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: November 19, 2022, 11:31:21 AM »
It's a part of my new Jeep. I thought I would hate it, but if the truth be known, it isn't bothering me at all.

Here's the cool part I learned when researching the feature.

Engineers have long known that engine wear, occurs primarily at startup. Steady-state invokes zero wear except for cycling of valve springs, and wear on some seals. So, to create a scenario where the motor will be starting/stopping hundreds to thousands of more times than was normal years ago, they actually increased the durability of the motor. Chrysler is forthcoming on their engine, summarizing the redo as a "High-durability engine." So with that little feature came a redesign and rethink of the motors to still give very long service while having to absorb the effect of thousands of additional cycles. (A cycle is one start and one shutdown).
That has to be the biggest load of horse crap I've ever read.

Insult aimed at author, not Don.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: November 18, 2022, 09:38:05 PM »
Sam, probably should check the dosage. That mug ain't gettin' any prettier.

;)

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Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon
« on: November 15, 2022, 12:48:25 PM »
If those things get to you soon enough have them sprayed when you do the bed liner.
Good idea!
They did mine for free when I went back for a warranty redo. Color matched.

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Hide Site / Re: Raptor Ridge, the build.
« on: November 12, 2022, 05:43:17 PM »
Feel happy for you JR. Finally!

So it was 50+20k deposit?

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High Mileage Club / Re: 400,000 Mile Club
« on: November 10, 2022, 02:07:44 PM »


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Sharp looking ride Turner.

Hope you don't get the urge to aquire a Jeep in the next week. :)

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Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon
« on: November 10, 2022, 02:00:27 PM »
Line-x.

Won't regret it if they do it right. If they do it wrong, they'll do it again.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: November 07, 2022, 07:59:21 PM »
Made it to Idaho and back. Picked the wrong time I guess. 200 miles of snow and ice south of SLC and 150 miles of bad ice north of Idaho Falls.
The new headlights were shining into the cabs of semis on the opposite side of a divided freeway causing over half of them to flash me. They had zero since of humor. Had to run into the nearest city to buy standard bulbs for the trip home.

The mice were still in the trailer. Put sheet metal around the RV tires and jacks. Also added flashing 12v Christmas lights and several bucket traps.

Also, my truck turned 100,000 near pocotello and at that exact moment my air pump grenaded, dumping the air tanks instantly, causing a stain in the driver's seat.

Not sure how some of you guys live in snow country. Yucko

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Build Threads / Re: AEV Gladiator Rubicon
« on: November 07, 2022, 07:42:39 PM »
What the heck? I leave for a few days and the super duper Tesla is gone?

Oh, nice Jeep boss.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 31, 2022, 12:52:17 PM »
I like them on there!! Looks good to me!

When you traveling this way Ken?


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I'll be passing through close to midnight Wednesday night.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 30, 2022, 02:36:18 PM »
Very nice ride^^^

Until now I've never seen aftermarket headlights work as good as factory, as far as light patterns go. I installed these without any adjustments.

I'm very happy with the results, and looking forward to using them next week on a quick trip to Idaho.

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Ken, can I see a pic of them installed in the truck?
The reason is, I can hear a fan in a LED bulb starting to sing. That and the bulbs do not fit snugly into the headlamp assemblies. I may want to upgrade/renew.
I had to center punch the steel rings on the high beam retainers to make them as tight as I desired. I also zip tied the high and low beam wires together to prevent future rotation.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 29, 2022, 11:44:29 PM »
Very nice ride^^^

Until now I've never seen aftermarket headlights work as good as factory, as far as light patterns go. I installed these without any adjustments.

I'm very happy with the results, and looking forward to using them next week on a quick trip to Idaho.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 27, 2022, 09:02:47 PM »
Great letter Fred.

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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin
« on: October 26, 2022, 03:14:28 PM »
Well, I’ve been told there is a bear every square mile up here and as many big cats. The only thing my neighbor hasn’t seen on our property is a bear, yet.

About a mile up the road here a couple months back a guy had 7 mountain lions in his back yard. That made the paper even, I think 7 constitutes a pride maybe?
Did they have a rainbow flag?


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I doubt either dared to fly that up here
You'd never hear about it if it happened!

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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin
« on: October 25, 2022, 08:25:21 PM »
Lol

Man, you're in a metropolitan!
There's only 500 in my city.

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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin
« on: October 25, 2022, 04:56:34 PM »
Do you have a local hardware store like we do in Clark Fork? They have literally anything a person might need. Lumber, chainsaws, plumbing, etc etc.
... although I don't remember seeing ammo, nor the tools required to use it.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 25, 2022, 12:31:03 AM »
And we have mt snow!




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I've been watching the weather up there. Noticed St. George got hammered. I see north of you getting snow all the way to my place. Fixing to pass through next Wednesday for a quick trip to check on the RV before winter. If the mice (or bear) have set up shop again I'm going to bring it home. If it looks good, I might bring the excavator home instead.

 Really hate to do that.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 21, 2022, 12:51:19 PM »
Sorry guys, still fighting internet / phone service issues
Starlink

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Hide Site / Re: NWMT Cabin
« on: October 20, 2022, 10:58:01 PM »
Wow Shawn. Nice .

Oh and thanks for the pics

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 19, 2022, 08:16:25 PM »





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Don't hurt yourself.....



... Posting the same darn pics of firewood. Boring

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 18, 2022, 12:05:21 AM »
So Shawn, what's the new place like?

Any more pics you can share? By the looks of the dead ferns I would assume you moved in next to Sam, on the other side of the Clause's place.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 17, 2022, 10:10:16 AM »
Mine can't be much newer. 2 stroke?
Yeah.

At lower RPMs it would actually start jumping in the air 6-10" with no good way to wrestle it, let alone try and get to the throttle, or the kill button, or the choke, or ......

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 16, 2022, 06:17:36 PM »
Anyone use one of these antique jumping jacks?
Never again. I got mad, threw it in the scrap pile and smashed it with the tractor.

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Will try that but may pull it off first and clean good. I sprayed, whiped, cranked on the blades  :embarrassed:

No codes and I ran a new scanner on it yesterday.

Tell you what, I really like the MBRP exhaust. Gotten several comments on it.
I wouldn't spray directly into the Tbody unless you want to buy a new one. Sounds like you did it right, just a good wiping with a wet rag.

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Usually cleaning it causes high idle issues. Might have to retrain it. Start by unhooking the battery.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 14, 2022, 03:36:42 PM »
Didn't know you needed a track loader just to remove an above ground pool and mow the grass.

;)

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Firearms / Re: Rock Island Armory 1911 A2
« on: October 13, 2022, 11:28:10 PM »
So the boss does have good taste?
Excellente

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 13, 2022, 11:22:59 PM »
Simplier than that for me. A part of the disc has broken off and is lodged in the spinal canal. They will remove that, then in the surgeon's words, smooth everything up and it's fixed.
Nothing like have a dremel with 320 grit wheel on your spine
That visual made my stomach queezy.

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Hide Site / Re: Raptor Ridge, the build.
« on: October 06, 2022, 09:34:34 AM »
Just a friendly reminder, COVID didn't reke havoc on our country, democrats did, along with various others.
THEY shut the economy down. They, paid people to stay home.

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The only thing important is the spotlight. Does it work?

Don't get me started on the amount of LE auction vehicles running around here. I've about worn my brakes out from seeing them

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: October 02, 2022, 08:20:24 PM »
Sorry to hear that Charles.

Just one more thing to make a guys blood boil.

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Drones, Boats, Flying and Floating Things / Re: Something diffrent
« on: September 29, 2022, 12:26:01 PM »
Awesome!

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Hand Tools, Power Tools, Welders, etc / Re: battery charger wiring
« on: September 21, 2022, 04:02:59 PM »
I told you what volts to see, and Tex showed you a cheap amp checker.

Only other way is to have an amp meter high enough to to measure max output of the charger, and a load just as high, basically shorting the leads together in a safe manner.... Like the tester Tex recommended.

Why do you care about amps? If it's making voltage there's a great chance it's working.

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Hand Tools, Power Tools, Welders, etc / Re: battery charger wiring
« on: September 20, 2022, 12:28:46 AM »
1500? Jeez

You won't be able to test amperage easily. Don't use your meter to try .
Just look for 15-18 volts coming out to know if it works.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: September 19, 2022, 02:36:44 PM »
Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands.

Insurance said no constentine wire.
They didn't say anything about electric wires or broken glass tho.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: September 18, 2022, 11:22:17 PM »
Next project, a short wall at the shop. My buddy had these at a reasonable cost (only a sore back) .



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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: September 17, 2022, 08:53:53 PM »
Put an offer down on a piece of property in Troy, MT this morning. Wife accepted a job in Libby, MT last evening. Been moving personal stuff to storage all day. Tomorrow is last day to move a few things then clean the house. We close on sale of home Monday. Fifth wheel living for us for at least a couple weeks.

We’ve prayed profusely over this whole deal. We’ve left it in Gods hands to open doors and although it has been stressful at times he’s in control and everything is lining up.
Dang you for beating me up there!

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: September 17, 2022, 12:59:07 PM »

I’ll just leave this here


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He'll probably use driveway pavers, herringbone pattern, if how he built his vice stand is any clue.

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Build Threads / Re: LML Duramax build part 6
« on: September 15, 2022, 03:31:07 PM »
^^^ good point .

Edit: to expand on that, I, like all of us here, appreciates well made items. Whether it's a tool, a piece of furniture, or a perfectly straight brick wall.

When I received the Starlink system the first thing I noticed was the physical quality. The heft of the routers, and the quality of the power/data weather resistant cords. I should've taken pics.


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Build Threads / Re: LML Duramax build part 6
« on: September 14, 2022, 04:38:05 PM »
Democrats just build them, or is it only democrats that buy them and can't use them?

;)

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: September 13, 2022, 02:08:09 PM »
Lol.

There's a bear scene for sure

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: September 12, 2022, 10:41:41 PM »
We came over via Bonners Ferry, it’s the kootenai River near Troy, MT (yes flows thru Libby too). Property we’re looking at is ten minutes from Troy and these falls.
I came home and watched that movie again after visiting the falls (The Revenant)

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: September 12, 2022, 08:50:21 PM »
Just realized that's probably the river by Libby

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: September 12, 2022, 08:49:32 PM »





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Bet you passed right by my place, if you took the middle route, along the Clark fork river

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General Vehicle Related Discussion / Re: 2022 Tesla Model 3 Performance
« on: September 11, 2022, 08:23:51 PM »
That auto pilot is pretty cool. I really like the way the display shows you the vehicles 360 degrees around you.

Tesla makes a perfect 2nd or third vehicle.  It’s like having a 1911 to go a long with your glock, AR and 870.  Won’t stake your life on it but its a great addition to the stable…


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Hey now, I've never had a 1911 catch

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D.O.T. / Re: Life in America today
« on: September 09, 2022, 10:52:01 PM »
Nate while I agree with the sentiment I think the percentage of
Good to bad it different.  There are many more good than bad


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Agree. Just like the general population.


The more they get squeezed and the good guys retire, more of the less desirable people will get hired. Who wants to deal with the crap they've been receiving for the last decade? The less qualified, or the guys with Hitler complexes?

And yes, I've been harassed by a couple, but the good professional ones are the norm.

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