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I know what you mean about "walking around the yard" being different from what most people are used to, I tend to destroy a set of workboots about every year to a year and a half even buying quality brands. Still trying to find one that can handle actually being used, timpros seem to be turning into wannabe working man's fashion statement apparel at this point. That is a kickass dump truck and I too wish I could find time to head out and work a summer.
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I had a tornado (a weak one, though) miss me by less than a mile in 2010 - on the same day my lease was up on my apartment, while I was moving the last truckload of my belongings into my completely uninsured fixer-upper house. That was more of a scare than I ever wanted, especially living in Massachusetts, where we aren't supposed to fuckin' GET tornados. Hang in there and try to not get hit. What model brownie box? IIRC that's just a generic term for an auxiliary transmission, there's probably a tag on it somewhere or other with a model number / manufacturer name. If you're lucky, it's under a half inch thick layer of road grime and congealed grease, so it'll be easy to read once you wipe it off. e: as for the Fuller 10 speed, check on here for your trans model number. http://www.vibratesoftware.com/html_help/2011/Eaton_Fuller/Transmissions/eaton_10speed_trans.htm The closest I can find on that page to a Super 10 is a Super 10 top 2, here's the ratio list for those: http://www.vibratesoftware.com/html_help/2011/Eaton_Fuller/Transmissions/eaton_10speed_trans.htm#RTLO-11610B-T2 And the list for the ones with the same model numbers, but no "T2" suffix, which I think implies it's just the regular Super 10s (same ratios, not sure what the difference is) http://www.vibratesoftware.com/html_help/2011/Eaton_Fuller/Transmissions/eaton_10speed_trans.htm#RTLO-11610B kastein fucked around with this message at 23:41 on May 18, 2013 |
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Hopefully it doesn't have the goofy pattern with 4th/5th switched like a deuce or RTO/RTLO (I think) series EF, that confuses the hell out of me. I'm more a fan of the RTX shift pattern.
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I'm glad to see you speak about regenerating rather than sustaining, and also mentioning rainfall being as important as it is, because I really worry about what will happen when the aquifers run dry... dryer than they already are, that is. We've already used an incredible amount of the ogallala aquifer and are using it far faster than it's being recharged, though from a bit of google research it looks like it's being refilled at around 6 inches per year in your area. All this talk of 10 speeds made me start looking for one to put in my truck eventually. It seems like an RTX14609B should have a good overdrive ratio, shift pattern, and power rating for my setup... now I just need to make sure it'll fit and find time/money to get one and install it.
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May 20, 2013 00:57
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My issue with GMO food is when they take things too far. Stuff that could have been done with natural breeding/selection but would have taken longer? Sure. GMO stuff that produces its own pesticides? I don't know that I want to be eating that. Or having it out in the wild to breed with non-GMO strains in unpredictable ways. GMO stuff that produces toxic stuff? (this isn't much a farming thing, more a biopharma/biofuel rant) I really, really hope they don't let that get out into the world. On the one hand, there's research into GMO bacteria that takes waste and produces diesel fuel from it, which is awesome, but on the other hand, if you spill it or accidentally release it into a stream, how are you going to clean up that stream when the bacteria just keep producing diesel from everything they digest? It's like an oil spill that just keeps on giving. GMO stuff that produces more food with less land of lower quality, or similar? I'm OK with that. What's that Polaris got for traction control and/or recovery? Those little garden carts seem pretty cool, Billy Tully gave me and ACEofsnett one for junkyard runs but we haven't actually had a chance to make use of it yet. I was looking forward to dragging some engines, transmissions, and 1-ton axles out of the junkyard on it, so I'm slightly worried by the fact that they don't seem to live up to their weight rating in your experience. Will have to put some thought into reinforcements before it gets broken.
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May 21, 2013 03:48
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I for one would like to see some sweet ten-speed stick play in that dump truck. But I'm too late 
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May 22, 2013 03:03
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Used Sunlight sales posted:I'm sorry guys. My woman left me and I am having a hard time dealing with that, especially at this time of year. Man, that sucks... do what you gotta do, take your time. First thing I did was get in my jeep and drive west, I ended up halfway across upstate NY. Kinda surprised I didn't get a ticket on that run, driven in anger doesn't really describe it.
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May 25, 2013 20:36
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I'm kinda surprised you haven't put a winch on the Dodge by now. I had a winch on my old bang-around-in-the-woods-mobile, took it off when I scrapped it, then didn't end up putting it back on till a few months ago when I decided to finally deal with it and added a hidden winch mount for the bumper I'd already built. It's pretty nice to not really have to worry too much, as I've got the winch with 100 feet of cable, another 100 feet of spare cable, a handful of D-rings, a 20 or 30 foot recovery strap, two tree savers and a snatch block with me at any given time. I've actually been planning to add another snatch block or two to that list. I guess a winch big enough to haul that truck plus anything you happen to be towing out of a sticky spot would be enough money to make it wiser to simply avoid getting stuck.
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May 29, 2013 05:35
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I was just thinking this morning... "what's dumptruck dude been up to?" and figured you were busy as hell with harvest or murdering trees. Little U-joint trick for you here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PpR-DcRV08 Been using this method for years to keep my fleet of janky trucks and other 4x4s on the road and it hasn't failed me once.
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Jul 11, 2013 00:49
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So far I'm pretty impressed with the Carolina boots I got at the start of June. They're getting a bit dinged up but that's mostly because they are steel toes and I'm clumsy. Given the fact they cost 30% less than the Timpros I got in a brick and mortar store last time and seem more durable, I'd buy them again. I should have figured you knew the hammer/vise method for U-joints already!
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Jul 11, 2013 18:42
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Colonel Sanders posted:That just seems odd that the glass doesn't have the same safety film as like the front windshield of a car. You can take a car's windshield and roll it into a tube, fold it into a box or whatever and the glass will all remain in one crushed up piece. For that matter, I would guess you might be able to get some window tint film and put on a few layers and that might stop or reduce the shower of glass effect. Honestly I'd prefer the cube-glass/safety glass variety of window like what it appears to have. Windshields stay mostly in one piece (the giant razor sharp shards don't go flying) but they make a god drat MESS because they still splinter and crack just like regular window glass. So you do in fact get showered with tiny razor sharp fragments and splinters of glass whenever they break in a non trivial way.
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Jul 25, 2013 00:52
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Ferremit posted:I grew up on a sheep farm, my neighbours had cattle. Is it true, what they say about aussies and sheep farms?
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Sep 10, 2013 15:45
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Basically. They just add red dye to make it easier to detect people cheating the system. Running used ATF in a diesel is a good way to get the evil eye as well, a few people have fallen foul of DOT checkpoints in old mil surplus trucks while doing that.
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Sep 12, 2013 15:34
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A couple guys I know run a 175 amp (or larger) anderson powerpole connector on their grill/bumper, then make a set of jumper cables that has alligators on one end and a powerpole on the other. Does double duty if you already have a plow frame and the power lead for it on the truck, and keeps jerkoffs from permanently borrowing your jumper cables. You could even just build one directly onto the starter you rigged up... walk up, plug in, start, unplug, walk away, never even pop the hood.
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Sep 16, 2013 00:26
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If I had to guess that is talking about the channel islands, specifically San Clemente Island, which the military uses as a bombing range and naval exercise area. Possibly San Catalina as well, civilians actually live there. I spent about a week in summer 2006 on that island upgrading the data logging and processing systems for their hydrophone array. Fun trip. kastein fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Oct 3, 2013 |
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Oct 3, 2013 14:24
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Viper_3000 posted:Vitamin A is used mainly for epithelial tissue repair/maintenance (Things like: skin, respiratory and digestive tracts, etc.) and is somehow related/needed for night sight. I think there are some other things related to the kidneys and bone development as well. It's definitely important. I thought the B vitamins were important for sight - may be wrong. I know the brits just fed their soldiers a ton of carrots so they got better night vision instead of having Lucas build them night vision scopes.
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Nov 8, 2013 23:02
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InitialDave posted:It's more we needed a cover story for how (now secretly radar-assisted) aircrews were achieving their disproportionate hit ratios on the Germans, and it just so happened that there was a surplus of carrots which people needed to be convinced were a good idea to eat more of. Holy poo poo, I did a research project on the development of RADAR in high school and somehow never put two and two together. Thanks for the correction.
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How's winter/icemageddon treating you? Heard most of the midwest got nailed, we just got a ton of sleet and freezing rain.
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