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Messages - stlaser
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« on: April 22, 2024, 11:55:10 PM »
Is this another subject of Don’s torture testing?
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« on: April 22, 2024, 11:54:17 PM »
The 100’ rolls of 4” flex
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« on: April 22, 2024, 11:44:38 PM »
? JR, what are you asking?
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« on: April 22, 2024, 11:12:55 PM »
Pulled this low mileage trailer out today and listed it for sale. 17k# 28’ tilt deck of which 14’ tilts & has hydraulic damper for ease of loading, double 6” c channel frame from axle forward, 8” channel upright and gooseneck. Twin landing gear, 16 ply tires, tool box, led lights, sealed harness, full size spare and under 8k miles on it total, late 2022 build in case anyone here knows of someone looking located Troy, MT It’s a very heavy built and well thought out trailer, pulls extremely well.      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: April 22, 2024, 11:04:16 PM »
Technically yesterday and tomorrow    We have this swail that runs from north to south, west side of our property. It holds quite a bit of water in about 4 places mainly on my property but extending onto my neighbor to the south. Then it runs under his driveway, then down 50’ & under the road. This is where it drops down a deep ravine & eventually into Lake Creek. This weekend I cut down all the trash trees in this bottom on my acreage to allow us to trench in 400’ of 4” flex tile. I’m installing suck out vents every 100’ (100’ rolls) and burying it about 2’ deep. Should give the water a place to go and fix the eye sore of standing water in the early spring. Hopefully give the good trees a better growing environment in that low ground. Neighbor is helping me install tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: April 22, 2024, 10:56:02 PM »
Mobil 1 full synthetic unless you’re fond of the color purple
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« on: April 22, 2024, 12:46:03 PM »
Yup, fed needs to stop spending and printing money.
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« on: April 22, 2024, 12:43:20 PM »
Not to rub in the age card but it’s my thread so I will. Our reaction time isn’t what it used to be and that’s a heavy rig to stop on a dime.
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« on: April 21, 2024, 05:43:39 PM »
I took a Doe at 55mph with the passenger front corner of that bumper and zero damage. Aldo took a turkey buzzard off top middle bar which ended up in the bed of my truck at about 65 mph. Per the company website they guarantee the bumper to 70 mph with a deer strike.
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« on: April 21, 2024, 12:07:35 AM »
Was wondering where everyone was?
Nice haul on the axles, get a material lift!
About to run up to Sac to look for sonoma parts.
He has a skid steer and a jib crane. Zero need for Shawn lol
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Skid steer w/ forks is definite go to but I also have a vestil material lift.
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« on: April 20, 2024, 12:21:53 PM »
Very cool
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« on: April 20, 2024, 10:08:17 AM »
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« on: April 20, 2024, 09:57:18 AM »
  Prior to the final road trip to Colorado I was able to get the refinished bumper mounted and those 4x6 rigid led’s wired up. Ended up leaving casa at 2am and they lit up the Montana countryside to near daylight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: April 15, 2024, 09:58:01 PM »
And now you know why I pulled the deer scope on mine when it went to bear duty when tent camping Yellowstone
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« on: April 06, 2024, 07:04:02 PM »
Nice, I have been looking for a 2x72 for some time now.
I have all the parts to build one, the burr kings we ran in the shop were 2 x 72 just can’t stomach the price every time I see one for sale.
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« on: April 06, 2024, 05:27:40 PM »
   Picked up this lightly used Burr King 562 yesterday. It’s smaller than I wanted but couldn’t beat the price. I’ve been searching for one for twenty years and always didn’t want to pay the price they were asking or missed out on them to someone quicker. It really hasn’t been used and is about 30 years old, little tlc and it should clean up just fine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: April 02, 2024, 10:48:42 PM »
I have Firestone bags, zero issues
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« on: April 01, 2024, 09:15:59 PM »
Break out the burb…..
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« on: April 01, 2024, 09:14:13 PM »
Right, my cost this go around is $550 which I think is more than fair. They clear it as well.
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« on: April 01, 2024, 11:04:20 AM »
Meh……..
Back in Indiana growing up all we could use for whitetail was shotgun slugs. Then in my early 20’s they opened it for rifles with pistol cartridges such as the .44 mag. So I bought a lever in .44 mag and some of the top of the line deer rounds of the time. As a landowner I had quite a few doe tags and would shoot several just to donate to the local hunters for the hungry program.
Opening morning, 45 yards broadside and shot her where with a 12ga she wouldn’t have made it 10 ft. Well, she ran 200 yards and laid down. I caught up with her in this picked bean field. She got up and tried started to run again. Took second shot to bring her down so I could cut her neck and finish her off. I sold that gun shortly after. Took too many deer with 12ga and didn’t have to track them anywhere.
My 2 cents, use the 45-70 or a real rifle cartridge.
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« on: April 01, 2024, 09:19:53 AM »
I wish mine had the mitten lever handle….
I had a nice 3x9 stainless scope on mine. When we started camping in bear country I took it off. Figured I’m faster with irons. My 2 cents.
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« on: April 01, 2024, 09:16:50 AM »
Nice rifle Don, glad you joined the club. Sorry about the camper. We’ve all been there, my snafu with our fifth wheel literally broke a 30 year glean driving record pulling all manners of steel laden trailers and vehicles on and in trailers. I will not be discussing how much that cost me or any other details. I’d guess it’s similar damage though. Because, well I’m still pissed at myself about it…. 
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« on: March 31, 2024, 11:06:22 PM »
 So after two winters the piss poor factory powder coat is toast. It was super light and when I received it found a couple spots at tube weld joints where it was barely covered. Spoke to my local blast and powder guys. They have a color to match my factory trim in stock and guarantee I’ll get 5+ years out of their job as they lay it on thick. So I used shop jib this afternoon and pulled it and mounts off. Going to get it all blasted and powdered. Including the auxiliary light mounts. Barely fit in the excursion with third row pulled out and second row laid flat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: March 27, 2024, 10:31:57 AM »
Nice score  I must say though JR, when I get overwhelmed by all of my projects I just come here to see the next hundredth one you’ve recently picked up and then I feel ok about my situation again! 
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« on: March 23, 2024, 04:15:21 AM »
Idk, something lumber yard wrote on that for the order a year ago…..
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« on: March 22, 2024, 09:11:26 PM »
 Water closet framed, moving to the low bay ceiling now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: March 21, 2024, 08:04:29 PM »
It is, I’m going to make it so I can access it easy enough. I may even put a screen type vent on there so warm air can get back to it. The cadet heater will be mounted in wall opposite this drain as well. So it will be blowing in that direction. Shouldn’t be an issue
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« on: March 21, 2024, 07:28:50 PM »
Ok, so Don asked me to post up. I reached out to him this morning to give him a heads up.
All of it revolves around this trip being more of a Sept trip for the wife and I. With that said we’re ok doing it by ourselves too and don’t expect anyone to change or meet our time frame. Just so we’re clear not demanding or expecting anything from anyone else.
After speaking with a friend up there we feel leaving Late August and heading up works better for our priorities. The reasons are as follows.
First, we personally had no interest in the artic portion. I’ve seen plenty of North slope desolate pictures. It does have a cool factor but the wife is a max 3 weeks available for this trip. Along those lines she has a requisite board meeting last week every month. So I could leave the last week of August to travel up with the rig and she could fly in after that meeting.
Second, I’m basing some of this off of Phil’s feedback. The wife likes the idea of every fourth night getting a hotel. This is technically off season and stuff is less expensive.
Bugs, drastically are less in Sept. two legged ones as well…….
Fishing, prime time is Sept. we’d love to pack some coolers and bring thet home. So maybe a guided portion near the end. Bring ferry back south, wife would like to experience that too.
I’m building the truck to get off the beaten path, how much unsure of atm but may not be a Dually or trailer type portion of it.
We don’t have kids to worry about so this works for us still.
Temps are 40-50’s in Sept and more rain. Ok by us, possible snow again not concerned. Should still be 9 hours a day sunlight yet.
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« on: March 21, 2024, 07:13:24 PM »
True, drain pipe is about a 1/4” from the wall. Plan is to spray foam behind it once I get plumbing squared away.
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« on: March 21, 2024, 06:11:03 PM »
  Started framing water closet, doing a half wall on outside walls to get some insulation between concrete and drain and water line. I’d have preferred the waterline be in the wall but concrete guys screwed that up. I’ll hide it best I can under slop sink. Room will get cadet wall heater, fart fan along with toilet, waterless urinal and the slop sink. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: March 21, 2024, 04:14:23 PM »
Bob, I don’t break rules in properly setup and run HOA’s. (My current one is neither for the record) I just use their rules against them……… Big difference 
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« on: March 21, 2024, 09:21:18 AM »
Absolutely, we have a resident deer population that lives between our homes. Safety and ability to see and sense predators at night along with abundant food source keeps them here. Rarely, we see bucks, mostly does and fawns etc.
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« on: March 20, 2024, 11:08:36 PM »
Corn? Doubtful, wife has a plan. These will be for a fenced in garden area.
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« on: March 20, 2024, 10:46:24 PM »
Yup, way I figure it just the lumber is right shy of $1k per bed. We paid a 1/10th of that per unit plus add that there’s labor and some large screws included.
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« on: March 20, 2024, 08:37:31 PM »
 Neighbor & I scored some cedar raised garden beds. We were able to haul 8 at a time with my dump trailer. & yes men those are in fact 4x4 solid cedar posts! The units measure 8’ x 4’ x 2’ tall Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: March 18, 2024, 02:28:30 PM »
Tyson just made the list too…..
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« on: March 17, 2024, 11:35:18 PM »
It’s in 2 car garage still, hanging in the official holding position. People decided to pay me to build axles so it took back burner atm. Read : “high dollar junk collecting bench atm”
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« on: March 17, 2024, 09:40:38 PM »
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« on: March 17, 2024, 09:37:21 PM »
Yup, 50-70’s are awesome work weather!
What do you want pics of JR? The joists are up in the pic I posted and the two post and jib being erected are in an older post.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 04:39:29 PM »
Get an rv cover……
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« on: March 17, 2024, 04:36:27 PM »
The plan for this low bay section beyond the front man door and facilities is to be a 12’ x 27’ space that I use as a front counter of sorts and final axle assembly in the back of it. I will also package and ship from this area daily small parts. It will be a clean area of sorts off the main shop and many days in the winter I may not heat the main shop but just work from the separately heated low Bay Area.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 04:28:47 PM »
 Not a lot to report, it’s been cold and I’ve been busy with axle building. We finally received a 4 day stretch with high 50’s and low 60’s. I’ve been playing musical chairs with shop items. For the most part moving them up out of the way into the mezzanine I built last fall. I’ve setup the 2 post and jib crane. Then proceeded to move items out of low bay section. Mainly so I can start to finish the 12’ tall ceiling in here. Somewhere along the way I ended up with 4 extra 20’ I joists. This front corner is where the bathroom is roughed at and needs framed. In order to make best use of materials I cut the I joists to 150” and created what will be the ceiling for facilities along with a 3’ tall area that is roughly 12’ x 6’ for more storage. Win win…. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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« on: March 15, 2024, 11:07:02 PM »
Pretty sweet set up,
shame to see you beat that all the way to the artic and back though. And you’re right, you’re stuck to wide two tracks with it too now.
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« on: March 14, 2024, 07:33:42 AM »
When / If you pass thru NE IN tell em I said Hey! Assuming you’re going to Mishawaka/ Elkhart area……
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« on: March 13, 2024, 06:48:00 AM »
Dave, do your research on the miles you’ll get from those tires. I used to only buy bfg, they sponsored the race teams and it seemed like a good idea and I used to get the miles out of them on the 1 ton trucks. At some point around 2012 they changed compounds and quality. Several sets out of round and got half the mileage. I ditched them permanently as a tire supplier.
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« on: March 12, 2024, 09:27:33 PM »
Sorry to hear that, will lift your family up
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« on: March 11, 2024, 10:44:11 AM »
Bob, that is unfortunate. My day is shot now w/o those pics. Guess I’m going to have to go to work now and drown my sorrows in gear oil……
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« on: March 11, 2024, 09:27:25 AM »
Yeah, but Don’s got Tesla history…… 
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« on: March 10, 2024, 10:10:30 PM »
Maybe he bought that cyber truck at auction……
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« on: March 10, 2024, 06:31:31 PM »
Pics or it didn’t happen Bob!
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