Hi all - it's been a long while since ive been here, but i figured this may be a good place to ask...


I installed a Reese Towpower in my 2012 sierra 1500 back in 2018. worked perfect. Fast forward to this year... the 7 prong Pollack plug in my trailer came lose while towing and i could not figure out why nothing was working when i wired it back up. i finally got everything but the trailer brake functioning. i had to go to the trailer dealer i purchased mine from and ask to see how the MFG wired the plug up. Ok, cool i got it. went home and changed up my wiring.

Now my trailer brake controller under my dash has NO power. I checked all trailer related fuses under the hood, reset the harness, checked the wires and prayed. I cannot figure out why I have no juice going to the TBC. I wonder if me having a misaligned or wrongly connected wire initially caused an issue somewhere?

Any insights will be helpful.

i've put over 5000 miles on her already. recently did the oil as well. purchased at 124,900, odometer is approaching 130,000 already.

- no real complaints with the exception of a low whine from the steering pump after driving for a while.
- average mpg is about 16.5
- needs new tires in a few months. the cooper at3's are reaching the end of their life.
- installed a trailer brake controller which gets used a lot
- heaviest load towing thus far was 2 cubic yards of sand (6,000lb) + trailer.
- lacks the growl my wife's 6.0 has which get's me all hot and bothered.

overall very happy trading in a paid off vehicle for this one + a small note. it fits the utility bill for me perfectly, super comfortable to drive and rather quiet on the road.

I did a bunch of searching on the issue and some are saying a short others a fuse, but i cannot find in the fuse box where left/right brake & signal lights are. i just see lights and brakes.

Am I looking in the wrong spot? i dont think it's the trailer because my suburban was recently towing it and all the lights worked.

Yep. My granola burner (subaru forester) is paid off, in great shape, but some [expletive] in a vehicle with a bumper that would have bashed my head felt the need to almost t-bone me yesterday for whatever reason... he felt the need to gun his HEMI and not let me merge right at the last minute. (we can discuss what i really think of the guy and his truck later). I knew once i told her what happened that would be the straw that broke the camels back. She's been wanting me to upgrade since we moved, but I don't want to take on ANYMORE debt especially since we're adopting.

Anyway. We have the Suburban 2500 which we love. It's my wife's truck, but i use it alot for towing and hauling. It gets ALOT of mileage due to this.

If i did go into a larger vehicle, i need to make sure what I am going into

1) does not put me in debt
2) is mechanically sound
3) fits my needs

I WOULD like a diesel, but am open to a 6.0 gas, etc... I don't care for mods or any of that stuff. I am VERY utilitarian. Need 4wd out here on my farm and since this will replace my daily driver, it has to ride nice and be comfortable.

I don't want to trade in a near perfectly working car for some junker with 300,000 miles on it just to say i have a larger vehicle.

So, what i am looking at are these:

Silverado 2500 - 2002 +
Silverado 1500 - 2009 +

Possibly a Ford 250 with the 6.0 powerstroke if i know the header issues were addressed (i see these pickups everywhere out here)

I need 5-8000 lb towing, dual/quad cab

I'm leaning towards the Silverado 1500, but need to know what years to avoid and what to look for.

His western name is chunk. He goes by chunkles, captain chunk & the prince.

back in august he converted to islam and now his name is alu bin chunkula.

at the time he was living in what was his "hidey hole". a very poorly constructed living space under our deck that i could not keep dry.

because i love my wife, i decided to build him a bachelor pad that was both elevated and dry. it was painted today, but now he is demanding a minaret on top.

after briefing my wife on his demands, i got the cold stare.

she didn't get the irony there.

lousy day at work.

come home. let dogs out. larger dog kills rooster.

wife pissed, me angry, daughter upset.

lock hens up for night. one laying in run..... something is up.

she dies in my arms a few mins later.

yep.

/rant

Got the email notification this am. All i need to do is reply with my name, address and phone and they will western union me the $.

Happy times here I come!

They served me well. From hiking the canyons of valley of fire in NV to multi-day training courses to keeping my feet warm and dry in the water and mud of my farm, They have finally been laid to rest.



Their next of kin are already being broken in.

So she sent me a very convincing email.

I referred her to the Clinton Foundation. Perhaps they can distribute the $ to the families of those murdered in Benghazi.

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Hello Dear Friend,

I came across your email contact via a private search. I am Mrs. Aisha Gaddafi, 39years old and a widow with three children, i am the only biological daughter of late Libyan President by birth and my Father(Muammar Gaddafi) was killed on 20 October 2011 and three of my Brother were also killed during the war, including the former National Security Adviser Mutassim Gaddafi, who died at the hands of the rebels on the same day. I was granted refuge in Algeria with my mother and brother and Three days after my arrival i gave birth to my baby girl called Safiya.


After some time, the Algerian government accused me of setting fires on the house and burning the Algerian President's picture. However, that was how I was booted out of Algeria. I left Algeria to Burkina Faso where i am presently seeking a confidential asylum.

I have Sixteen million two Hundred Thousand United State Dollar ($16.200.000.00) deposited by my late Father (late Gen. Muammar Gaddafi) and i need an investment Partner, however, I am curious in you for an investment project assistance in your country, may be from there, we can build a business relationship in the near future. I want to know if you have the ability, workforce and strength to handle the investment in the following sector real estate, hotel management/tourism, stock management and commercial agriculture in your country and get rewarded financially without affecting your convenience.

What You Will Be required to do;

[1] Provide a bank account where the funds will be transfer via Bank to Bank Transfer.
[2] Invest and Manage the Funds Profitably on my Behalf pending when i will be ready to take over.
[3] 30% of the total fund will be for your assistance, while the balance of 70% will be for the investment

Iam willing to negotiate Management Sharing Percentage after the confirmation of the funds in your account. I shall expect to hear from you urgently as this is of high Priority. I shall make available to you all necessary documentations, directives and possibly arrange a meeting prior to the commencement of the transaction at the bank where the funds is deposited.
Your Urgent Reply Will Be Appreciated
Mrs Aisha Gaddafi

so my hens ate the samples... but refused to eat it after i decided to invest the $ into large quantities of this food. I tried to ease them into it, but the power of their old food was too strong.

they would not eat. they went on hunger strike. They waited me out. the saw i was weakening. I folded. They will remain on their current layer feed.

This morning they poured out of the hen house like angry rioters and immediately started to loot and pillage the food. they then proceeded to organize and chase me out of the area.

however i am now fermenting that food they wont eat in regular form. They're eating it now that it's got alcohol in it.

So now i have tipsy chickens looking to overthrow the strong man.

Damnit, start laying eggs already!

And now to other matters. My neighbor messaged me yesterday. she stepped on a water moccasin den near out boundary fence which confirms that we have said snakes on our property. Wonderful.

I am going to be burning everything now.

So it was confirm late yesterday that an EF2 touched down just south of where i live. It was one scary early morning yesterday. We got a little roof damage. our neighbors 2 miles to south - much much worse.

we got power back late last night.

please keep the taylor/thrall tx are in prayer.

not only is a race actively aiding in its own extinction, but now we got 'Christians' doing it too.

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/31221/

A Christian university in Texas has created a prayer room for its Muslim students.

The Methodist-affiliated McMurry University dedicated the space in one of the school’s residential dorms for its Muslim students’ daily prayers.

“Being Christians, we should be open to free religion and letting everyone do what they want to do and I think the Muslim prayer room gives them that chance,” student Hector Flores told BigCountry.com.

aside from not being able to comprehend evil, i cannot fathom the sheer stupidity of people.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/02/08/under-armour-ceo-says-trump-is-good-for-business/

I've always liked their clothing. Now that the snowflakes hate the brand, ill buy more.

It's taken a while to adjust to life with such a massive vehicle. I mean, its harder to park, i can easily run over the smart cars and prius' in front of me and I'm pretty much just handing $ over to the oil companies....but I LOVE IT.

i had to put new shoes on it - cooper discovery ATP's and they're fantastic.

so far we've put 1200 miles on it... i've gotten 18.4 mpg out of it at its peak, but it's averaging about 15mpg overall.

I know i had to put aside my cheapness and anal retentive behavior when it came to MPG when we got this truck, but i still find myself looking at and analyzing all the data on the dash when driving. 4wd works nice - it took less then a week before we actually needed it just to get out of the property.

It's going in for an oil change next week, there is a little squeaking in the brakes so they may have to be re-surfaced.

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”
― Confucius

I am not on social media with the exception of a page for my patch designs which does have a feed that reminds me how much i dont miss social media and hate the way gun owners think.

case in point: someone who follows someone who follows someone i follow posted some meme about MLK being denied a carry PERMIT then claimed democrats are against out RIGHTS.

I'm sick of this crap. A permit, despite what the NRA says is NOT a right. Its a permit. permission. permissible. and said permission to your "right" is revocable at any time for any millions of reasons.
The NRA pushes this crap, so does the gun world at large. It's equated with "freedom" and any other buzz word that will keep sales rolling. I've even beared witness to someone claiming obama was coming after our "semi-auto gun rights".

Let's stop candy coating things and call things by their right and proper names.

So the dealer put Kelly Edge rubber on the front tires of the soon to be mine K2500 suburban. I have a serious OCD about symetry and matching components so first order of business is getting new meat on the rear.

Would the Kelly Edge be a good option all around or should i replace all 4 and keep those 2 as spares?

Got the boss' ok to post up the designs i promote. It was actually one of my customers who led me to this forum!

some images below of some of my patches. I focus on faith, american history and humor.

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So i have an abundance of poison ivy on my property. i need to do something with it and was thinking possibly starting a line of beauty and skin care products with it.

It may catch on quick with the emo/hipster crowd.

Any thoughts?

so one of my dogs has an affinity for eating his own crap. So much so he tries to always sneak a snack in when we're not looking. He doesn't eat a lot of his food, but what if i were to develop a turd shaped/flavored dog food would he eat more? do you think it would be a good product to get on the market.

i sense a serious crowdfunder here...

this is my first rule when working on my farm - cardio.

I've been ghost for about 3 months. Some know i moved up from being a suburbanite with every sort of convenience within 5 mins for me to a "farmer". it's been quite the transition. The Lord has humbled me not only with the work on the land but also with my family (who requires me time). I now have to drive 20 mins to reach a store and when i do go i need to be well prepped - like shopping lists and my daughter who reminds me about everything i always forget. Aside from the structural foundations, there is no concrete on the property - my driveway is 250 feet or dirt/grass and when it rains - mud. I've seen my tank (pond) swell 3x since late october and learning how the land handles water, flooding and wind.

We have 42 acres. 36 is leased to row crop and hay right now, so the area i am (current) actively work is 6 acres. Out of those 6 acres, 4 were totally covered in weeds, brush, crap and general lack of care and maintenance for almost 10 years. The first months i spent just clearing trees, 2 acres of blood weed, demoing old, rotted, dangerous structures - as well as working a 9-5 IT job. I've never ever been stretched so thin - ever. I am going from 6 am to often 11pm at night. With winter here, i have 2 hours of sunlight per day to work with if i am in the office during the day. Luckily i work from home a few days a week which is awesome.

Until the spring i am on a serious budget and while i can borrow my friends KUBOTA for heavier jobs, i like to - when I can get in a good cardio working out and do it by hand. I've never been in such good physical shape as i am now. Spring time will bring a UTV and possibly an older pickup into the mix.

Since 8/26, ive cleared 20 trees from the tank. this involved me wading up to my waste in nasty water with my darling STIHL saw felling willows, etc then dragging those trees 300 feet to a burn pile. A friend and I managed to take a few roots/stumps out using his tractor.

I've set 1.5 acres ablaze. The burn has turn that pasture area in the greenest grass on the land. This week i'll be setting ablaze a burn pile the size of a house as well as another .75 or so acres to prepare for bees, herbs and a vegatable gfarden.

I've demo'd an an entire 3 tiered deck with just a mallet and my STIHL. With the help of a friend, put up 300 feet of ranch fencing to make a backyard and built a 24x12' deck.

Built an entire 18x6' chicken coop (pics below), raises 26 chickens (20 are in the coop, 6 are going in our yard), met and selected SHEEP so we can start a herd for the spring, got a pot belly pig, wound up with a barn cat and planted to 2 pecan trees.

we have currently 3 large livestock pens. I am in the process of clearing those after 6 years of utter neglect. i plan to have that done this week (cardio, cardio, cardio). I've hard my arms and legs mauled by fire ants almost 12 times, slashes, punctures, rashes and allergic reaction from all the work, but.... i love it.

I took an entire weekend and attended workshops and lectures at a wonderful homesteading fair up in Waco. I left there armed to take on just about anything and blessed and humbled because the land i sit on now is so perfectly situated for what we want to do.

2017 will bring the adding of almost 1000' feet of fence line to open up more pastureland for the sheep, a veg garden, 2 small barns and some other TBD's.

Lol, and that's just the outside... i will not speak of the actual house. lol.

My life has been turned upside down. I've learnt more in these 3 months then my entire lifetime. God has placed new people in my life who are showing me the ropes and laughing when i screw up, then have a beer with me after.

I'm a farmer.... but i still wear my MERRELLS hiking/tac boots, tru-spec pants and an assortment of "breathable" shirts. I dont see this changing much. lol.

I'll make this an ongoing thread as i gather more pics and project info....

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I own a subaru.... lol. I'm a designer from central TX. Love the outdoors and doing things with my hands.

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