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I agree, selective enforcement applies. I am still willing to lend a trailer, but my truck is not up to the task (12 Toyota Tundra). If it matters my trailer is tagged for 12k and probably sees that whenever I haul hay.
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Savington posted:Anecdotal towing experiences in western US This also matches my (limited) experience. I put the -V behind the LC last year and went out to Reno and back, passed a number of weigh stations on 80, and no one cared. if the truck weighs ~7k lbs + a ~2500 lb trailer, you're in the ballpark of "who cares". The truck's an antique/classic, it has a story, IMO this isn't going to be the type of thing where Johnny Law throws the book at you so long as you're not an active safety hazard or giving cops attitude. Routes:  Looks like NE, IA (optional), MO to Kansas City, and then: North route: IL, KY, TN, GA, FL, or, South route: AR, 10 miles of TN, MS, AL, GA, FL. I maintain that it shouldn't matter which route you take.. Dumb question: Can the truck be flat-towed in neutral, or with one axle up on a heavy-duty dolly? Edit: rdb, why is your truck not up to the task? 4.6 or 5.7? My LC hauled 4400 lbs of car + 2000 lbs of steel trailer well enough, and that's the same 5.7 drivetrain + additional parasitic loss from the AWD system: 
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Sep 19, 2017 22:23
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Its in the shop for the next week and then my wife needs it. And earlier someone posted that when they first moved the truck from Montana the weight was closer to 9,000lbs, which is about what mine is rated for, so adding in the trailer would put it over that rating. I have exceeded it before, but thats hauling hay no more than a dozen miles.
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with full float axles you can pull the drive slugs and flat tow it. that will royally suck and probably get attention from curious cops. with a ten thousand pound truck you'll want to weld a tow bar that is *loving* substantial and figure out a way to brake the the load. Tundras are rated for up to 10,400. thats ~the weight of the truck itself sans trailer.
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cursedshitbox posted:Tundras are rated for up to 10,400. thats ~the weight of the truck itself sans trailer.
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Hey wasn't there a pizza goon I dont thunk I have your number on this phone can we do that thing again I think I'm done lurking at the park
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cursedshitbox posted:with full float axles you can pull the drive slugs and flat tow it. that will royally suck and probably get attention from curious cops. with a ten thousand pound truck you'll want to weld a tow bar that is *loving* substantial and figure out a way to brake the the load. It probably doesn't weigh that much - I think there was some combined-weight guessing pegging it (heh) under 10k - Bottom post, this guy with a '49 and a 16 foot dump bed says his weighs 7550 lbs with him in it A '51 6100? Is this close? Looks like it to me in pics - Is guessed at weighing 7000 lbs or thereabouts edit: Cool PDF on '51 trucks Tremek fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Sep 19, 2017 |
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cursedshitbox posted:with full float axles you can pull the drive slugs and flat tow it. that will royally suck and probably get attention from curious cops. with a ten thousand pound truck you'll want to weld a tow bar that is *loving* substantial and figure out a way to brake the the load. That rating varies based on year and cab. Mine is 9000. https://pressroom.toyota.com/releases/2012+toyota+tundra+product+specs+features.download
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Obviously the proper solution is to buy a few digital scales so it can be rolled on them and weighed.
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:I thought they could tow a loving spaceship. It did at 1mph for 100' I towed with it Saturday, 7 1100lb alfalfa/orchard round bales and it smoked so bad from the cam tower leak I thought it might burn down. Hopefully its fixed. E: also got followed by state police for 10 miles with both taillights on the trailer and the tag obstructed. Selective enforcement. Have been not so lucky in the past in NY. rdb fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Sep 19, 2017 |
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14" doesn't have a valid drivers' license, right? In which case, the earliest the trukk is going to get off the property regardless is whenever someone can physically go there and drive it or put it on a trailer, right? Unless there's the option of paying for a professional haul. Given the above, I still think we should get 14" some tools ASAP. He can at least look busy and not quite so much like a homeless squatter. DJDaddo wants the truck and the vagrant gone: showing visible signs of progress may mollify him for a while.
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Bomgaars looks like the spot for tools.
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Entering into talks with DJDaddo and being honest about the situation and offering to be useful around the property might calm him. My experience with inactive farms in rural Alabammer probably don't translate super well to the flat, kudzu-less midwest, but offering to bush-hog or something would probably at least say something.
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Elephanthead posted:Bomgaars looks like the spot for tools. I have Bomgaars locally here too. It stocks some really decent tools. That said, I cannot for the life of me find any info online about in-store pickup and gift cards take 3 to 5 days to get mailed. It's a super regional store, so they're not exactly on the cutting edge of poo poo. Their gift card purchases are done through PayPal. Also, trying to find anything, like a set of sockets gets you this: "Products are not available for look-up at this time. Phase two of our website upgrade will include more advanced features. Thanks for your patience."
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Yeah I think we need Dick to make a list of essential tools, go in the store and price them out, and then we can figure out how to pay for them.
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WELL IF MY GOD drat DEBIT CARD WOULD EVER SHOW UP SO I COULD BUY CIGARETTES AND FULFILL MY OSHA REQUIRED MANDATORY MINIMUM NICOTNE LEVELS FOR A WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT
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I'd go with the south route, it will be flatter. Chugging any of this beast through hills isn't the best idea.
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Also FYI just because this thing might take the easy way out, doesn't mean I don't intend to be in Orlando waiting for it just to see the look on its stupid loving face
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Tremek posted:
If it's worth anything, Alabama doesn't have any weigh stations, just state troopers with mobile scales that I've rarely seen on the side of a road, usually with something obviously questionable.
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n0tqu1tesane posted:If it's worth anything, Alabama doesn't have any weigh stations, just state troopers with mobile scales that I've rarely seen on the side of a road, usually with something obviously questionable. From Nashville to Florida on 65 I can't remember a weigh station being open the past 3 years. There are a few on highways that are open most of the time. But I honestly don't think anyone expects you to stop and weigh a personal one time move like this.
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Lightning storm currently hovering somewhere between interdimensional gateway and full scale planetary assault
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If my engines timing belt wasn't currently somewhere between "maybe working" and "about to eat all the valves", I'd just drive my lovely craftsman 250-piece socket set to Nebraska this weekend. 
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Interesting fact about the valentine camp showers. The drinking fountain circuit is somehow involved, so if I manipulate the fountain while the shower is in use I essentially cross the streams and control temperature as well as pressure
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DICK DICER posted:Interesting fact about the valentine camp showers. The drinking fountain circuit is somehow involved, so if I manipulate the fountain while the shower is in use I essentially cross the streams and control temperature as well as pressure 14 INCH is the inverse Agent Dale Cooper, sent to a small town to create something to investigate.
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DICK DICER posted:Interesting fact about the valentine camp showers. The drinking fountain circuit is somehow involved, so if I manipulate the fountain while the shower is in use I essentially cross the streams and control temperature as well as pressure How far away from the showers is the drinking fountain? And how much clothing were you wearing when you discovered this phenomenon?
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Tremek posted:
Second half of that got missed, I think. I see wreckers hauling semi cabs and full school busses around here with the front wheels up, is that an option somehow? Couldn't do it on the way to Valentine because the wheels were shot, but there are four new ones now if I recall. Also seconding the southern route. Nice, flat and boring.
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Geezus tap dancing crabst... noones even gotten a fuckin hf set of tools out to him yet? I've been watching this thread for weeks and y'all fail.
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EvilPsych posted:Geezus tap dancing crabst... noones even gotten a fuckin hf set of tools out to him yet? I've been watching this thread for weeks and y'all fail. Well, it would help a lot if Dave would tell us what he needs. Lots of people ready to lend a hand but no direction as to what to do.
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EvilPsych posted:Geezus tap dancing crabst... noones even gotten a fuckin hf set of tools out to him yet? I've been watching this thread for weeks and y'all fail. The poo poo was bought before dave even got to Valentine, we can't help if every single shipping agency is pants-on-head stupid for shipping to bumfuck nowhere.
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EvilPsych posted:Geezus tap dancing crabst... noones even gotten a fuckin hf set of tools out to him yet? I've been watching this thread for weeks and y'all fail. Dude we literally had Tremek come and single handedly save 14 from certain doom a lot of people here have been doing a whole lot of poo poo to keep this on the rails when there have been enormous clusterfucks of things out of our control everdave fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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Talked to Dave earlier about dropping a napa set, but he says to hold of until we know if this poo poo is going south or not.
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Dannywilson posted:Talked to Dave earlier about dropping a napa set, but he says to hold of until we know if this poo poo is going south or not. Exactly, don't think it is a good idea to arrange new shipments to Valentine "at the moment". But 14 is optimistic this will work out. I'd really like if DJdanno would weigh in and let us know outlook.
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TheNothingNew posted:Second half of that got missed, I think. I see wreckers hauling semi cabs and full school busses around here with the front wheels up, is that an option somehow? Couldn't do it on the way to Valentine because the wheels were shot, but there are four new ones now if I recall.
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Panaflex posted:Agreed. DJDanno's absence from these recent developments is a bit of a worry. Maybe he just hasn't been paying attention to the forums lately? Can anyone text him or email him or something?
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I'd be shocked if Danno and his father haven't been talking. I just think it would help the situation all around if we knew everyone's perspective... Dan's dad, Dan's and of course we know Dave's and Sim's already.
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Panaflex posted:I'd be shocked if Danno and his father haven't been talking. I just think it would help the situation all around if we knew everyone's perspective... Dan's dad, Dan's and of course we know Dave's and Sim's already. I'm under the impression that people are talking to him off-site. No reason to give him extra heartburn.
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Online communities tend to do some pretty dumb poo poo / act like assholes at times. I don't blame him if he's intentionally keeping a low profile until this gets resolved.
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Panaflex posted:I'd be shocked if Danno and his father haven't been talking. I just think it would help the situation all around if we knew everyone's perspective... Dan's dad, Dan's and of course we know Dave's and Sim's already. He posted in this thread this morning. ExplodingSims posted:Yeah, I talked with him a bit this morning. Trying to work on smoothing things out for now. But, this kinda came out of the blue, as we had all been told our returning was ok. I can surmise Dad's perspective on this is "I said you could keep the truck on my land for a few weeks. It's been a year and now the guy you send out here to get it moving doesn't even have tools but he DOES have a camper that he can't live in OR move off my property?" We've been following this saga forever and we all understand the tools not being there. We're actually surprised that they weren't replaced with spiders and shipped there anyway. But from the outside it looks like the internet just sent a dude to live on another dude's land for a while with no real plan for how to get him off of there. Cleaning up the area and getting out is probably the best solution if there's a place to set up camp nearby. We can work on finding the right tools and getting them there without making the situation worse.
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Tricky Ed posted:It looks like the internet just sent a dude to live on another dude's land for a while with no real plan for how to get him off of there. In fairness that's a very accurate summary of what has transpired here. 
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