Nate nice unit and great pickup. what's the temp diff between main and side chamber?

Could you cook ribs in the side while a butt or brisket on the main?


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JR, may He give you the grace to handle this correctly and set the example for your family.  Prayers sent.

Quote from: TexasRedNeck on May 17, 2017, 09:52:12 AM

I bet your wife would like you more if you did....


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It's gunna take more than an ice maker.....

And now you see the true genius of the whiskey.....It'll either help her like you more or make you not care.....

Ken, :stickpoke accepted.  Thanks for the PM.

Sean sorry I created a DOT feeding frenzy....

I'll try to be more constructive.
 You're smart enough to cover the basics  so here are a few added extras I like.
zip ties, lots of zip ties.
disposable packable ponchos
a portable battery pack for electronics (like a brick with a USB port that will charge multiple phones while hiking or away from AC power)
I like to carry some freeze dried mountain house food.  On the night of the arrival and set up people are usually really worn out and a quick boil of water will put food on the table in less than 10 minutes. You can cook the rest of the nights.
books.  Real books on paper. camping is, for me, a time to read a fiction novel.  I usually only read leadership books, history or biographies (or books by crazy piluts) but camping lets me check out for a while.
playing cards.  I beat my wife and kids mercilessly at rummy.
smore sticks and smore fixings.  Try one with a Reeses peanut butter cup and marshmallow between two graham crackers.....stupid good

Actually mine is black and the larger model.  Had to do over again, I'd get the small one.  No real need for the big one.  that just hapened to be the one that googlefu turned up first.

Uuuuhhhhh.....my ice maker in my RV is handy for roughing it. And a stack of styrofoam cups for my whiskey


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Phil when is the next launch?  I was considering taking the girls to see a launch live.  (I'd like to see it too!) We take space travel for granted.

OK, tried something new tonight.  I get so busy at work that I walk across to a greek restaurant fairly regularly to eat their greek salad with beef and lamb gyro meat.  That gets to be expensive multiple times a week at $20 a pop.  So I thought I'd try to replicate the salad at home and see if I can save a few bucks.

Leg of lamb:

4.5 lb leg
7 cloves minced fresh garlic
zest of 2 lemons
juice of 1 lemon
1/3 cup EVOO
1/3 cup red wine
2 tbs chopped fresh oregano
1 tbs grey poupon mustard

Salt and pepper the lamb, rub with the marinade and marinate 3-4 hours or overnight.  Place on shallow roasting rack at 375 and roast until well done (the only way the greeks eat their meat) or about 155 internal temp flipping about 3/4 the way through to get browning on both sides.

Salad:

Rough chopped iceberg and romaine lettuce
sliced red and green bellpepper
thin sliced purple onion
thin shredded purple cabbage
thin sliced radish
grated carrot
Chopped fresh oregano
Later when assembling the salad:

Add quartered roma tomatos, pepperoncini, pitted kalmata olives, capers and feta cheese.

Greek dressing:

1.5 cups good olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tbs good balsamic vinegar
1tbs grey poupon mustard
1tbs dried dill
1tbs dried oregano
1tbs black pepper
1tbs sugar
1tbs salt
1tbs garlic powder
Juice of one lemon

place in jar and shake well and refrigerate


To serve.  Place salad in bowl, add tomatos, capers, olives, pepperoncini, and feta cheese.  Drizzle salad dressing and toss.  Slice meat very thinly and place on top.  Serve with fresh lemon wedges.

In the processes of trying to locate a clogged washing machine drain. All I know is that this drain does not run into the septic tank. It has its own line on a different side of the house, into what I'm assuming is a dry well. So I am wondering, should I cut the line here at the elbow and keep going with the shovel or go rent a mini-ex and replace the whole thing? I have no idea how long or where the line goes from this point. I'm leaning towards the mini.



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Its not uncommon for people to discharge grey water away from the septic to keep the volume down.  Legality is suspect in certain jurisdictions, but if you know where the line ends, it may just be easier to replace as that looks like a 2 inch pipe?

Nuts. ^^


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Well, kids both had sleepovers.  This morning I met my buddy for breakfast tacos before the wife got up.  Brought her home some breakfast tacos too.  picked the kids up from the sleepovers.  Had bible study about authority in the christian home.  Lots of responsibility.  Then the girls and I washed mamma's SUV. ( I changed the air strut yesterday and good news is that it was still inflated this morning)   Then I started washing windows inside and out.  Much bigger project than I expected or remembered.  Some windows had bad water spots on them on the outside.  I found that soft scrub cleanser and a sponge worked well.  Then wash and use squeegee.  Windex and paper towels on the inside.  Then replaced some defective flourescent fixtures in the garage with new LEDs.  Much better.

Sean are you drilling and pinning the existing slab to the new?

Ken how many people realistically did it take to place that concrete, screed and float? 

Oh, yesterday I put the fifth wheel on consignment and changed an air strut on the wife's SUV. Then took the wife out for dinner and had a 22 oz bone in dry aged prime NY strip.  Then invited my neighbor over for some macallen 18 as a send off. His dad was one of the original residents in our neighborhood and passed last year. His son was living with him to take care of him in his last days and just sold the house and is moving to rural AR on 25 acres adjoining the national forest.



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Keying on the advertising of being able to cut a 20' log, I forgot to account for the two foot overhang due to the width of the mill head. So...it looks like I am not done building the support base. I think the 6 X 6 beams come in a six foot length, so I'll pick up two of those along with six bags of crete and finish the job. I already added the pieces of wood to be used as splices, I'll add some steel on the other side to strengthen it all up

Don nice progress while I've been MIA.  If I may make a suggestion for your needed extension. Cut the existing 6x6 midway over the last support.  Double up your 2x6 cross brace on each side of that last support by scabbing another board and then place your extension beam directly on that last support and your additional supports you intend to install. That way your joint is directly over a support.


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THIS JUST IN! FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMY LEAKS INFORMATION THAT RUSSIA AND THE DEMOKRATCHNIC PEOPLE'S PARTY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LACK OF PROGRESS ON THE RMT&S PROJECT KNOWN AS "SQUARE D"! SOURCES SAYS THAT THIS PROJECT VEHICLE HAS INTIMIDATED SOCIALIST LIBERALS TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING MEASURES TO ENSURE IT IS NOT COMPLETED, EVER! APPARENTLY ITS MANLINESS, AND INTENDED SURVIVABILITY OF NATURAL, MAN-MADE, AND ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE TYPE DISASTERS IS OFFENSIVE TO THE HIPSTER-GREENIE-PRIUS-DRIVING CROWD. SNOWFLAKES AROUND THE GLOBE NEARLY FAINT, AND HAVE TO SEEK OUT SAFE PLACES EVERY TIME THE RIG'S NAME IS MENTIONED. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A BANDING TOGETHER OF LIBERAL GROUPS WORLD WIDE TO ENSURE IT CANNOT BE COMPLETED. BIG D, THE OWNER OF "SQUARE D" WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. MORE TO FOLLOW!

hAHAHAHAHA. I can't believe it took 13 minutes to read that banner.

just quote it and read it in the dialogue box.....

Did you find a recipe for pressure canning?


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That's the way it came. And after my trimmer shattering the front door glass accident I think I'll keep it for now


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a malfunction or an upgrade.............

Something broke loose on the deck or I ran over something. Either way there were some catastrophic parts failures.  Idler pulley broken, belt snapped, belt guard bent, motor drive pulley bent. And the transaxle is about on its last leg.  Won't pull a big hill. 


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Good to know. Thanks.


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Let's compare notes Tate. I love pho and want to make it. Vietnamese guy that works with me can here when he was 5 and his mom makes great pho


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Sounds like you went from trying to find a used one to The Typical Charles and Ken Co. of Buying the Best and Most Expensive!! lol (I was thinking used, so didn't consider the '17 1000 crew)

Ill just leave this here:
Tex: Not looking for a racer. I'm looking for utility. 4 seater with a bed that can be used around the range and hunting and adventure trail riding.

Ranger 900 would be perfecto..no wait....you need a 570.

I will be so pissed if you get the 1000!!

Friendly Fire!

Fair enough Ken.  I'm just exploring all the options.  People on CL seem to want to recoupe all their mod costs too.

Seems like the big tire and lift craze extends to UTVs too.  I would imagine that those mods are tough on a belt driven CVT?

This seems strangely like modifying my dually.  You can spend money on mods...but why make a big heavy pig try to do something it's not designed to do.....

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Almost as nuts as a $600 set of Carillo rods for a UTV

Thanks Ken,

So the crew is now available in 1000 cc 80hp, essentially the same engine in the general and razor.

The box is smaller on the general, it has 2 inches better suspension travel, slightly larger tires, better seats.

Ranger has bigger box, larger payload and larger towing capacity.

Another interesting fact seems to be that the general weights more than the ranger which would seem to mean that the power/weight ratio would favor the ranger and perhaps acceleration also.

Of course, the 900 ranger crew has 68hp, which seems to be better than average. 

So $3000 for 12 hp?  not sure its worth it. 

Then I wonder if I need the capability of the ranger or the sportiness of the general.

Thanks for all the comments and PMs. Keep them coming.

So far I can't find many UTVs that have the towing and hauling capacity, and speed and power that the ranger crew 1000 does. Met an EMS crew today that had one (900cc) and they raved about it after 5 years of use. I like the idea of a diesel since most equipment I have is diesel but they seem really under powered.


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