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« on: May 14, 2015, 01:53:08 PM »
Not sure if anyone else mentioned it yet and assuming your truck is 4x4, there is a pump rub kit for the transfer case that is generally recommended to do. I was planning to look into it but sold my truck to get the family hauler. I had an 05 of basically the same truck.
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« on: May 12, 2015, 02:05:43 PM »
Thanks for the quick help!
The recent topics section I asked about is further down the page, not the same as the recent posts section you pointed to (red [).
But the recent unread topics button (your green arrow) does basically the same thing I was looking for. Though I need to play with it a little to see if I look at a page but don't actually read all the posts and want to look again later it won't show up .... until someone makes a new post in that topic. But that's probably not a big issue. At least when a new post is added it will show up again.
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« on: May 12, 2015, 01:03:51 PM »
Another general site improvement suggestion. I find myself having only a few minutes now and then to catch up on recent posts. The fastest way is to look at the list of recent topics on the home page. This works great, but only shows the most recent 5 topics. Could we expand this to be the most recent 15 or 20 topics? Then I don't have to go digging through the forum pages to get to the ones I check in on most frequently. Thanks!
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« on: May 11, 2015, 02:24:24 PM »
Your fields are looking much better now that they are knocked down. Seeing your progress motivated me to finally reclaim some sections of my woods. It was an exciting experience. Random sticks and the base of old stumps being ground up sounded horrible, but no damage was done and the brush cutting continues. You can see how tall the weeds were ahead of the tractor. Now I can actually walk down to the stream in shorts without the stinging pain from nettles! I removed my front end loader so that I could more easily maneuver through the tight trees. You mentioned it became unstable on the side hills, if you are not able to remove the entire FEL, I would highly recommend dropping the bucket off. Removing 100 lbs from the front moves the center of gravity rearward enough that my tractor feels significantly more stable. And I should know, I've nearly tipped the thing over about a half dozen times. When doing loader work I always leave it in 4x4 so that I can steer into it as it starts to lean and accelerate through. I am building a small motocross track with lots of jumps, so that may not be a typical application. 
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« on: May 08, 2015, 01:16:47 PM »
I am confused by the return of the bench seat. I thought that was planned to be installed in the bed facing rearward? Did you really hate the "racing" style seats that much?
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« on: May 05, 2015, 01:14:45 PM »
There are a couple reasons for the detached garage... main one being because, "that's what momma wanted". Really not much to explain after that but also, grants a little more time in the event someone leave a pile of gas rags next to a pile of saw dust and tries to burn the place down. Then we have the fact that I can test and tune the lawn mower without filling the house with exhaust fumes. But most importantly, for whatever reason, the money of the operation, "Momma" that is.... It's what *she* wanted! lol! That's as good of a reason as any! It's funny because although my reason is the same, my end result is the opposite. My wife refuses to walk outside through the snow and ice to retrieve me or any tools. So all garages, shops, sheds, etc are required to be directly attached to the house. I might be able to get away with a short enclosed walkway, but that would be pushing it. :)
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« on: May 04, 2015, 01:15:56 PM »
I am interested to know why you prefer the garage to be separated from the house?
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« on: May 04, 2015, 12:59:06 PM »
Awesome truck! Those ED's have been super popular around northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. When they first came out they were back ordered for months. Just recently I saw the first one actually sitting on a dealer lot for sale and took a closer look. They really have come a long way. Seemed just as quiet and refined as my suburban. If only they made a suburban equivalent ram with the ecodiesel, I'd buy one. But you can't put car seats under a topper :(
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« on: February 16, 2015, 01:25:50 PM »
Is the tire just painted onto the rim like that sticky bed liner stuff ?!? :)
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« on: February 16, 2015, 01:23:29 PM »
Along these same lines, I wish we could either order only the options we want or have them available aftermarket relatively easily. For example, my wife has shoulder issues (they pop out of the joint very easily). But she really wants to drive a suburban with a heavy overhead lift gate. She really likes the automatic lift gate option. I tested it, and if the powered option breaks the lift gate still operates manually. I said fine, no big deal. But then a little research later and you can only get the power lift gate on the LTZ package during the year range we could afford 2008-2010. This comes with navigation and touchscreen, DVD player, power fold side mirrors, sunroof, etc that we don't want. At least the heater controls are still separate from the touchscreen radio.
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« on: February 12, 2015, 01:06:51 PM »
Thanks!
Extended warranty - Everyone will have their opinions, but I have never been able to justify buying one myself. I have heard too many stories of fighting with the company to actually get the work paid for when needed. I will typically instead take the $2500 that you mention and put it in a special savings account. That way I have it ready to go if needed for common repairs. Especially since I would typically try to do the repair work myself anyway. If you do that over several vehicles, you could save up a lot of money. I like to gamble that only one of my 3 vehicles would likely have a large failure. Plus, if you never need it, roll it over to the next truck. If I ever have a large repair (complete engine or trans), my opinion may change at that point.
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« on: February 11, 2015, 01:46:43 PM »
That truck looks really nice. Makes me jealous as it reminds me of the one I had, pictures below. Mine had 60k miles when I finally had to sell it. (and I have regretted selling it ever since because I will never find another with that low of mileage and completely stock). But it was necessary, we needed the space of a suburban for the family. Though looking back on it, I definitely got the raw end of the deal. Sold the truck for $26K and paid $20k for a suburban for my wife to drive. That left me $6k to find another truck. So I am back to a 2002 2500HD ECSB with a 6.0L gasser and 2wd.   As you can see, the wifey won this time around.... But I did swap the factory 20" wheels for some 18's so she won't damage them on curbs and potholes. 
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« on: February 05, 2015, 01:03:39 PM »
If you think personal taxes are bad, I am a small/medium business owner. We found out the hard way that we get to pay both the employer and employee portion of taxes on all "profit". So basically of the profit we made last year, 45% went back out again at the end in taxes. On top of that, the affordable care act actually PROHIBITED us from providing health care for our employees because even thou it was better than nothing and the employees asked for it, the coverage didn't meet the required minimum and is no longer available. So now our employees have to find their own coverage. Go figure.
If anyone tells you that Obama is helping small businesses, slap them in the face please on my behalf. He is not only not helping, but making it VERY difficult to save up "profit" to cover for future costs. The only way to "save money" is to spend it ahead of time so there is no profit to pay tax on.
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« on: January 30, 2015, 01:19:36 PM »
If they had one I could use for my son that I could track with GPS or something I would consider it. Hell, I would even put one on my wife because it would be easier to see where she is than ask "where are you" and get the useless response "Um I think I am near starbucks?"
But just for location, not sure about using it as a credit card also. That just encourages someone to cut it off me and take it.
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« on: December 03, 2014, 07:39:42 PM »
Sorry for the pointless story, but all the comments about dogs made me laugh. We've had really good luck with GSD's. I know some of them can be kind of neurotic, my father in law used to train them and use them for K9 unit and once in a while he would get a really weird one that wasn't any good on duty. But most trained quite well. I have personally adopted two of them and they have both been fantastic. Both listen to me and obey commands better than my golden retriever that we got as a puppy. The first adopted GSD was a 130 lb male. We adopted him around 5 years old. The second we adopted at 3 years old and he was 100 lbs, but fairly tall, long and lean. This second one grew up in a Chicago downtown condominium and was walked to nearby dog parks. He reacted to meeting people and worked on a leash super well. But when I got home and let him off leash it got really funny. He still listened to my commands perfectly, but when I would throw the tennis ball, my 7 year old golden retriever was WAY faster than him. Something is not right here I said to myself. The new dog is 6 inches taller, 15 inches longer and way more muscular, why is he so slow? So I tested him jumping into my truck - fail, he came up way short. I found myself with a dog that apparently had never been free to be, well, a dog. The first time he was walking in the woods and came upon a 12 in diameter fallen tree he stopped as though it was a 6 foot fence. I had to basically drag him over the darn log. He couldn't jump over it. Never thought I would need to teach a dog how to run and jump. But fast forward 2 months later, he has adapted very well. He can now leap over 4 foot tall fences with ease and he is so ridiculously fast, I would never want to be the one running away from him. It is still funny thou because there are times, like jumping over a 5 foot wide creek that he still waits and watches to make sure the smaller golden retriever successfully makes the jump first. Perhaps he is just too smart to be the first one to get stuck in the mud. They are an interesting breed.
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« on: November 26, 2014, 01:25:19 PM »
The clip on the news this morning made me sick. Apparently the kid's dad, after hearing the verdict, ran out into the street and fired up the crowd yelling "Burn this B**** down!".
If that is his father's first reaction, to create a mob and destroy the town, well then what sort of parenting style would you call that? And can you really be surprised with any part of this situation?
Meanwhile during the interview the mother is trying make it seem like no big deal. "oh he was just emotional". No sweetheart, emotional would be crying or praying, causing damage is being VIOLENT, not just emotional. I wish the business owners that received damage would sue the family for causing the whole event.
I cannot for the life of me understand why there would be people in this country that would side with a family that appears to have terrible parenting skills, aggressive tendencies, and a perspective of reality that leans toward mentally unstable. The rest of us should not be responsible for protecting you from your own stupidity.
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« on: November 25, 2014, 12:52:10 PM »
Agreed.
I don't know all the details by any means, but the one piece that stuck in my mind was that the officer was ATTACKED while he was IN HIS OWN SQUAD CAR. Which to me is the equivalent of being attacked in your own home ... self defense is the logical conclusion.
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« on: October 23, 2014, 02:24:55 PM »
I've got two G19's, one plain and one with a ctc red dot. We looked at all the other options to evaluate everything completely, but the deciding factor was two fold - my wife was able to comfortably hold and shoot the G19 and her father has carried them as a K9 officer for many years, so all our magazines will interchange. She really wanted the red dot to assist with aiming if she ever really needed to depend on it.
What are everyone else's thoughts on using the red laser on a home defense gun? My wife wants it for aiming (thus it's on her gun) whereas my gun does not have one because I don't want anything to give my position away.
I would still like to add a mounted flashlight to both of them, suggestions?
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« on: October 20, 2014, 01:54:46 PM »
The db reading on the oil-less was 101. The reading on the Coleman-Sanborn-fresh-rebuild was 87.
That is a pretty significant difference! Thanks for the info. At present, I have just over $500 cash into the compressor. That includes ball-valves for both the tank drain and outlet. It does not include the 3/4 inch regulator/filter unit that will be installed when the compressor is permanently placed.
I do have a lot of hours into this thing...
So the savings is quite significant compared to buying a new one ... if time is available for the rebuild.
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« on: October 03, 2014, 01:55:52 PM »
Looks like a great trip, I am definitely jealous!
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« on: September 29, 2014, 02:11:29 PM »
I would be curious to know the total project cost when you are complete. That will help others determine whether this is worth pursuing compared to purchasing a new unit. I currently have a craftsman oil-less one, except I think maybe 30 gallon vertical, and it is way louder than I ever thought possible. So it would also be helpful to compare the sound output of your original unit with this rebuilt one. You could use one of the free decibel meter apps for a phone. It won't be super accurate, but the comparison between the two numbers would be useful.
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« on: September 29, 2014, 01:55:47 PM »
I can guarantee from MANY personal experiences that the aluminum bark busters do a very good job of protecting your hands when you slam into trees. Although I have tried, I have never bent a set. Usually either the top triple clamp will shift or the handlebar will bend before the bark buster bends.
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« on: September 25, 2014, 01:24:53 PM »
turn_one, I agree. We needed some pics of the "fun" style of adventure bike. Here is my 2007 KTM 525EXC in my front yard early this spring. This was the first year these came as street legal. Which opens up another whole can of worms on the discussion of why are there tons of awesome bikes available in Europe that we are not allowed to purchase in the US..... crazy!  And some pictures as it currently sits in my shop today.  
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« on: September 25, 2014, 01:13:23 PM »
You sir, are certainly not at a loss for words. Still, a pretty amusing story! My own son is 3-1/2 years old currently, so I expect to have many similar stories to tell in these up coming years.
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« on: September 22, 2014, 01:19:23 PM »
Bummer...Ordered the hand guards yesterday from ProCycle. Ordered the new aceribs or whatever that greek name is...
So you just told me I screwed up
BTW, the handlebars on the bike are upgraded...Dunno if they are 7/8", 1" or 1 1/8".
The TAG bars that are on the bike as of the last picture are definitely an upgrade over the stock ones. But since they have a crossbar, I believe they are still 7/8" diameter. If you already ordered the hand guards to match the 7/8" bar then I would just use it like that. Upgrading further to the 1-1/8" bars may be over kill for this application. The larger bars would also require an adaptor kit. One advantage to the 7/8" bar is that since it was historically a common size, finding a spare set on the side of the road when needed in an emergency could be far more likely than finding a 1-1/8" set.
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« on: September 19, 2014, 01:10:44 PM »
Don't get too carried away mounting the LED lights until you have installed some aluminum hand guards. They can't occupy the same space. Plus the hand guards might actually give you a better location to mount the lights.
Other thoughts, upgrade to 1-1/8" handlebars (renthal fatbar or protaper). These bars are much stronger than the one you have currently on the bike, plus they will allow a larger flat space on top of the bar to mount GPS and other items. But you will want to do this before the hand guards so you get the right size hand guard mounts.
Yet more thoughts, I believe the DR wiring forces the headlight and tail light to be on when the engine is running. You will probably want to wire in some sort of override circuit that can allow the bike to run without lights - thinking night stealth.
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« on: September 18, 2014, 02:13:27 PM »
+1 for the larger plastic gas tank. Acerbis as you noted make a good one (and it is pronounced a-chur-bees) Clarke is also a good gas tank manufacturer, I didn't look to see if they make one for the DR650 thou. As far as graphics, yes graphics or decals will stick to the tank. But you definitely want them vented with either a pattern of small holes or slits. It will take many years, but eventually the graphics could turn slightly yellow or begin to peel. But that is so many years down the road, I would not worry about it too much.
Not sure if it has been considered or not, but a bike only tool box could be created and stored on SquareD. This would contain any specialty tools for the bike, but more importantly a spare part for all of the critical components and things that are easy to break. The oil cooler and oil lines come to mind first, and a spare carb could be handy also. Also spare tubes, unless you plan to go the tubeless route and install a bib mousse in each tire.
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