What are you doing today? Thread

[coolpool]

My favorite year of dent side Fords. S/B, L/B or Step Side, factory four or auto? You gotta appreciate a I-6 build over a V-8 just for the uniqueness of it.

[ATC King]

^ Borg Warner T-18.

Years ago when I was looking for a older pickup to drive, I wanted a Chevrolet, but couldn't find one at the time with an inline and a manual. This one has the dual tanks too, so that pretty much put me behind the wheel.

I bought one of these model trucks and keep it in the cab.
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Wrong color, but has the same factory Ford camper shell as mine. The model even has the compass rose painted on the front sides of the shell like the actual ones (which are emblems).

Someone has to like an I-6 to build it up, because it's not going to be cheap to do like with a modern V8. The I-6 was much more popular in places like South America. Brazil even got a fuel injected Chevy 250. There are some Argentinians with wicked crossflow head models. The Australians also modified and raced them extensively, and there was a Ford 200 crossflow head that came from there and made big power.

[Arky-X]

'79


Had a '76 in high school but I always liked the '79 grille better (square headlights.) I really wanted a '79 Bronco but as a teenager you got what you got.
Had a lot of fun in that truck.....more ways than one :naughty:

[knappyfeet]

'79

Let's see a pick of that rig....I love 70's rigs

70's and 90's rigs tickle my fancy. I'm truckless now but always on the prowl. They've gotten pricy though....especially in good shape

Edit...pic of my last truck. It was gutless but a blast to drive til the front end messed up in an accident

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[plastikosmd]

Working up the 222 at 100

From prior, I saw 23.5g of h322 was best, working up In 0.5g increments.

I then narrowed from 0.5 to 0.1 grains 23.3-23.7

All done on Dillon 550 progressive

First the toy
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Starting bottom left and going ccw it was 23.7 then .6 at 7oclock then .5 at 9, .4 at 3 and center was 23.3

https://i.postimg.cc/2SyDDXmH/A2-E0-D81-E-788-C-41-E0-8552-001-EB2-D9-E515.jpg (https://postimg.cc/GHWNPK4Y)

I did not have a micrometer with me but it appears that the groups steadily got bigger moving down from 23.7 /23.6
I will have to measure but they appear pretty equal. I also may have to go up 0.1 until groups open up again(seen at around 24.0 last time)

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I added a spent 22 Long rifle cartridge for some reference, of course this is slightly an optical illusion making the group size appear slightly smaller but nevertheless still pretty good groups for 100 yards/5 shot groups
https://i.postimg.cc/zGQ1XSGq/A24-E145-B-CA24-47-FA-B60-B-F5133-B4047-E7.jpg (https://postimg.cc/bZ15mnn5)
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23.7
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Now
To do it all again and see if I get similar results along w reverse order for barrel temperature

[ATC King]

Let's see a pick of that rig....I love 70's rigs



There's lots of it in posts on this site, but...

From the inside:
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Somewhere near here:
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I've driven this thing across much of the country and even lived in it for months on end. Many a Walmart parking lots have I slept in. Visit my profile and you'll see it in front of the Wild Turkey distillery.

If you noticed, there's no review mirror. It fell off years ago and since I'm a past 18-wheeler driver, I just left it off. Better views from the windshield.

Oh, here it is in front of a country singer's childhood home in Arkansas. It also shows the most expensive bottle of Evan Williams I've ever bought.
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Somewhere in Nevada:
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[El Camexican]

Made some extra long sockets to spin nuts down threaded rod.

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I have this sick feeling in my stomach that somebody is going to post up a link where I could’ve bought these and I’m going to feel really stupid, but I couldn’t find them on line in 12” lengths.

[oldskool83]

Today I drove 100 miles for a 350x rear shock. Luckly knew the guy. Now to keep collecting.

[Arky-X]

Watching the Chili Bowl Nationals on MavTV.
Covid ruined our annual trip to Tulsa to watch over 300 of the best open wheel dirt drivers.
A Main about to start..... Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Rico Abreu, Ricky Steakhouse Jr., Tanner Thorson, Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh

[BarnBoy]

Road trip today to pick up this 250r. Ended up having some spare time, took some back roads out to where I was headed. Beautiful day.

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[knappyfeet]

Road trip today to pick up this 250r. Ended up having some spare time, took some back roads out to where I was headed. Beautiful day.

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Awsome pics BarnBoy


Took the Dyna for an almost 400 mile ride today....something I couldn't do without the help of Harley Davidsons Sundowner seat. 2 up riding much more pleasant and much more comfy than the stock seat. It looks ugly and out of place but it's all good

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[plastikosmd]

Sometimes I considered adding a grapple to my 3320 but then I get so much done with just a simple set of forks. Load for today, cleaning up a down Pine tree and taking it to the stump dump

https://i.postimg.cc/zXSJ7JFQ/5759-B042-DC67-4-DF8-A535-E941807-C3-C31.jpg (https://postimg.cc/dL3PtcXR)
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I am really only limited by my ability to see with this tractor LOL

[Arky-X]

More hiking and driving in the Ozarks today.

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Overlooking the bend in Big Piney Creek

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Overlook on scenic byway 7

Would be a better view in the fall with some color.

[ATC King]

I dropped a 3/16" bearing ball on the shop floor...and it disappeared like socks in a dryer.


That maintenance project is on hold now, until the new bearings arrive.

[wild200x]

Today I am watching, waiting, wondering. Is this really the way it is now?? I hope not. waiting, watching. WTF are all those ships for? 30,000 troops in DC???? Are we living in biblical times?

[atc007]

We are indeed. Nothing , will ever, be the same .

[knappyfeet]

Watching the inauguration would be whatever.....but watching the media masturbate over all this and zoom in on W french kissing the Obamas and Clintons would make me throw up in my mouth......like finding out your dad is gay.

Ron Paul's following and revolution had legs for a little while but is long dead now. Trumptsers and deplorables and the following will last a lot longer and have an impact ..?we will see

[ATC King]

Finished up reading Tool of War. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34212799-tool-of-war
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Got it at Dollar Tree. Many of their stores have a tiny book selection, but I've been able to find some decent ones. They're a hell of a lot more enjoyable than most television shows on now and for $1, even if I don't like it, it's not a big loss. I did enjoy this one.

[knappyfeet]

Slim pickings at the Harley Davidson dealership in Yuma Arizona.

Talking to the guy at the parts desk.... apparently they are selling like hot cakes.

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[Arky-X]

More hiking in the Ozarks to the Bear Creek waterfalls

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[plastikosmd]

Feeling a bit better today.

I have an onan that needs to go from one machine to another. The problem is the good motor only has a short taper not straight shaft.

the donor has a blown motor and spun bearings so crank swap wasn稚 possible
So an attempt at a budget salvage

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[plastikosmd]

So I cut off the straight portion of bad crank, drilled to accept the 3/8 bolt that taper crank is tapped for and then bored the taper



Run out is 0.002, next to get a 5” 3/8 fine bolt to hold on the taper and then decide if I cut a secondary key or weld



run out is so good, welding concerns me but hand cutting that keyway on the crank is going to be a pain. It would also be a custom key, straight transitioning to 1/2 moon on high side of taper

Shaft may see some shock loads

Will see

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[Shep1970]

Waiting for the snow thats arriving tonight, wife said i need to goto the grocery store cuz god forbid we don't have milk/bread for a day or whatever....
Lets see, i spent too much $200 on a rear shock that i dont even need but i couldn't pass up a what looks like a low hour shock.
Poured some tailight rubbers but i cant for the life of me figure out how honda got a large rectangle rubber through a half the size square hole...i'll probably try boiling (heat) them maybe so they soften up (they may have been a waist of time).
Also made a new headlight pin mold (much better than my last) planned on doing a run of 100 but the mold failed at or around 50. Actually happy with the result of those though, just wish i could of done more but the 4 part mold was not easy.
Still pissed about the whole "trump" fiasco then i read golightly's (sp) post about govt taking family land in florida..... unbelievable .....jerks (putting that nicely)
Oh theres a recent thread on chinese carbs, these are my 3 china junk ones (shelved) figure i'll melt them down this spring.
Got my new phone- my old phone had 16GB my new has 128GB (should be better)
Kinda really making this post to test loading pics and such.
just ignore the dust and any cat hair;)
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shep

[ATC King]

Drinking bourbon and posting on 3wheelerworld. Nuff said.

[plastikosmd]

Phew busy shep!
I don’t watch/read the news at present, to much bias

Sounds like a good night atc!

I wasn’t 100% so laid low

[knappyfeet]

Waiting for the snow thats arriving tonight, wife said i need to goto the grocery store cuz god forbid we don't have milk/bread for a day or whatever....
Lets see, i spent too much $200 on a rear shock that i dont even need but i couldn't pass up a what looks like a low hour shock.
Poured some tailight rubbers but i cant for the life of me figure out how honda got a large rectangle rubber through a half the size square hole...i'll probably try boiling (heat) them maybe so they soften up (they may have been a waist of time).
Also made a new headlight pin mold (much better than my last) planned on doing a run of 100 but the mold failed at or around 50. Actually happy with the result of those though, just wish i could of done more but the 4 part mold was not easy.
Still pissed about the whole "trump" fiasco then i read golightly's (sp) post about govt taking family land in florida..... unbelievable .....jerks (putting that nicely)
Oh theres a recent thread on chinese carbs, these are my 3 china junk ones (shelved) figure i'll melt them down this spring.
Got my new phone- my old phone had 16GB my new has 128GB (should be better)
Kinda really making this post to test loading pics and such.
just ignore the dust and any cat hair;)
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shep

I've probably purchased 4-5 cheap chinese carburetors with no problems at all. Now for whatever reason their rebuild kits never worked well for me......for the most part OEM stuff is usually widely available and not too much.

We didn't wait for the snow...we went to it...about 30 miles away from where I live. I know folks like my nephew who deal with it every winter think we are nuts for seeking it out.

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[ATC King]

Finally going to get started on replacing the intake/exhaust gasket on my pickup. Fun, fun.


I like inline sixes, except for this part, and especially with headers. :(

[coolpool]

Well our real winter finally arrived last Sunday waking up to -30F and snow, snow and more snow, about 13" over the last few days. And it's looking like it's going to stay in the crapper for awhile. So glad I have my Jeep refurbishment project going in a heated shop!

[jasong_10]

'79

I'm running six into two headers on the 300 six. Just an issue with headers on an inline. These headers aren't particularly well fitting, so that's the major part of it. I'm not sure of the brand, because I haven't seen another set with similar primary bends, and I can remove the starter with them in place. Most other brands make getting the starter off nearly impossible without loosening things up.

I'm kicking around replacing them with the dual EFI cast manifolds. Less heat, less noise, longer lasting, and better sealing.

Power Nation recently done a N/A 300 build, getting 300ft/lb of torque, with a nearly stock engine except bolt on parts and a cam. They done a turbo Chevy 292, getting over 500ft/lb. There's an insane Turbo Jeep inline build, with more than 800 horsepower.

Ah, an older one. The 97-10 two and three valve 5.4L v8s were notorious for having manifold issues, I figured that's what you were dealing with. I'm a v8 fan but I openly admit that the 300 straight 6 was the best engine Ford ever built, haha.

[ATC King]

Ah, an older one. The 97-10 two and three valve 5.4L v8s were notorious for having manifold issues, I figured that's what you were dealing with. I'm a v8 fan but I openly admit that the 300 straight 6 was the best engine Ford ever built, haha.

None of the stock Ford and Chevy I-6's had common manifold problems, it's mainly when using aftermarket parts that it becomes an issue. Exhaust manifolds can and do crack on any of them, but it was Jeep that had the most issues and why there's an aftermarket, tubular exhaust manifold (sort of like a header, but not truly) with flex joints built in. If you hear an older Cherokee with an exhaust leak, a cracked exhaust manifold it probably the problem.

Inline sixes are long lasting and tough due to their balanced design. There's a reason why V6 and I4 four engine use a counterbalancer, and flat plane V8's vibrate more than cross plane ones. A lot of people don't know that the overwhelming majority of 18-wheelers in the US use inline, six cylinder engines. One of Dodges best engines was a diesel inline six; the Cummins. UPS used Ford 300s in their delivery trucks, before switching to diesel engines.

[wild200x]

Well our real winter finally arrived last Sunday waking up to -30F and snow, snow and more snow, about 13" over the last few days. And it's looking like it's going to stay in the crapper for awhile. So glad I have my Jeep refurbishment project going in a heated shop! It has not been extra warm been pretty normal here. but snow wise we haven't has hardly any. 1 4 inch blanket early October I think. And the last couple weeks maybe 4 inches total. nothing in between! I would not call it "global warming". Just wonder where the heck all the snow is??? Of course, your cold is much much colder! our lows are usually around -5 in winter at an extreme. Has not got that low this year.

[90nut]

Snow removal, snow removal, water line repair or 2, then some last minute, sleep deprived ice fishing for r&r.

[oldskool83]

Listing to a neigbor snow blow a 40ft by 20ft drive way the last 1hr 40 mins....how does that happen?!

[ATC King]

I dropped my pickup headers off to have them high temp coated. It'll be a flat black finish.

They were pretty rusty, so I hope there aren't some holes found while blasting them. Nobody asked too much about them and they're probably going to wonder why I dropped off two right side headers (if they don't know they're for an inline six).

[oldskool83]

Getting a hot tubby and scrolling for 350x parts. Wish i had some bud lite black cherry....

[plastikosmd]

Went to indoor range
I think I have shown this before? Sporterized Luger
Supposedly by Dewey (of Dewey cleaning rods)

Rear site moved to toggle, barrel by Dewey, taller front sight due to higher rear sight, some jeweling and ported

Very fun to shoot and preserves my other 2 artillery models (one safe Queen and one semi-queen)
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[ATC King]

That's a nice barrel. Plenty of hand room. It'd work great for pistol whipping when empty.

[ATC King]

I got a ten mile bike ride in Wednesday and a 25 mile ride in yesterday. I've got to work back up to where a 100 miles is no sweat.

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I had a new glass for the blasting cabinet cut today and got the new repop metal battery tray in for my '79 F150.

The headers were also finished and I picked them up.

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Installing the intake and headers on this are a PITA and really need six hands. I marked the gasket by putting it on the headers and intake separately. This is the only way to ensure stuff at least closely lines up. There aren't really any bolts, it's mostly held on by clamps and many of those are General Motors ones from other engines I had.

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What appears to be an alignment hole is just an April Fools joke.

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I got to a stopping point after manhandling the headers in place.

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I didn't want to drain the cooling system to remove the intake, which is why it's still there.

The thing is, at least with these headers, I can remove the OE size starter without removing the headers (I know for a fact). That isn't true for other brands out there. As crappy as these are, I wouldn't want to sacrifice that feature as I've had to replace a starter in a parking lot already.

[knappyfeet]

I got a ten mile bike ride in Wednesday and a 25 mile ride in yesterday. I've got to work back up to where a 100 miles is no sweat.

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I had a new glass for the blasting cabinet cut today and got the new repop metal battery tray in for my '79 F150.

The headers were also finished and I picked them up.

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Installing the intake and headers on this are a PITA and really need six hands. I marked the gasket by putting it on the headers and intake separately. This is the only way to ensure stuff at least closely lines up. There aren't really any bolts, it's mostly held on by clamps and many of those are General Motors ones from other engines I had.

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What appears to be an alignment hole is just an April Fools joke.

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I got to a stopping point after manhandling the headers in place.

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I didn't want to drain the cooling system to remove the intake, which is why it's still there.

The thing is, at least with these headers, I can remove the OE size starter without removing the headers (I know for a fact). That isn't true for other brands out there. As crappy as these are, I wouldn't want to sacrifice that feature as I've had to replace a starter in a parking lot already.

Headers look nice!

It does look like a pain lining everything thing up

[Shep1970]

Took a trip to the bike store today, i think my sons getting that Grom- also the wife wants one we're checking too see if the toy funds allows it.
Couple pics for u guys- there's a few nice bikes up on those racks against the wall. That china 125 with tracks looks like it'd be a fun ride. The dealer says he's having a hard time keeping up with stock, says this last yr to now is the busiest he's been in a LONG time.
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[stoshu]

Found a loophole in the Home Depot price match system. Got these impacts for around $75 taxes in. Now to sell them on marketplace. Sold 10 last night for $150 a piece.

[plastikosmd]

Nice, I had planned on picking up 3/8 fuel impact m12. Congrats

[knappyfeet]

Took a trip to the bike store today, i think my sons getting that Grom- also the wife wants one we're checking too see if the toy funds allows it.
Couple pics for u guys- there's a few nice bikes up on those racks against the wall. That china 125 with tracks looks like it'd be a fun ride. The dealer says he's having a hard time keeping up with stock, says this last yr to now is the busiest he's been in a LONG time.
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Cool pics of the older bikes shep......the GSXR with the stock exhaust, RC51, Pilot, etc.

We've been seriously considering a new monkey for a couple of reasons....First it would make a great little learner bike for my wife...for the street and stuff and secondly it would make a great RV dingy so to speak....put on the back of our RV. The problem around here is they are over $5000 new. I mean it's not a deal breaker but I could get some used little rebel or Honda CM/CB or something just as cool in great original shape for a third of the cost of a Monkey. Especially considering how much it's going to get really used....very minimal.

[Shep1970]

Knappy, ya the monkey bikes are $4,400 here. The groms are $3,800. Those monkey bikes are really comfy the seats are like a couch.... The grom seat feels hard as a rock or close to it (im already looking for a aftermarket seat and a better "louder" exhaust system's. My son recently started a new full time job w/benefits town job and the good pay and overtime $ plowing is burning a hole in his pocket....(he's paying cash for his grom, the second grom were putting 2grand down and the payments in his name (co-signing) so it'll start his credit scoring. Still working out the details but yes it sounds like this week we're purchasing two-a green and orange one- deposit was already left......
I think we'll have the dealer store them until spring though. Hope i/we don't regret getting these, they do look like fun though.
We know people (older than me) with monkey bikes and they've been cruising everywhere on them the past few yrs. The groms are just more sporty looking. I keep hearing gas prices will hit an all time high this summer (hope not) but these things get around 200miles per gallon-ish. The wifes never ridden a dirt or streetbike and she's tippy on "three wheels" but she wants to give it a try.

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[coolpool]

^I can't believe there's so many different makes of bikes under one roof, I thought manufacturers had issues with that sort of thing? Our friends son has a Grom and to be honest I didn't even know what I was looking at as he's tricked it out so much. There's a bit of a cult following with those things I've been told. What am I doing today, absolutely FA except for indoor stuff. Sure glad I shoe horned the Dodge diesel into the shop yesterday afternoon. It will put a damper on any more painting on my jeep but it's better than ruining 2 x $200 batteries.

[coolpool]

Found a loophole in the Home Depot price match system. Got these impacts for around $75 taxes in. Now to sell them on marketplace. Sold 10 last night for $150 a piece.

Have they shut down the deal yet, lol. That's a handy profit! Nice old sled Stoshu, do you go to vintage rallies at all? You must be freezing your tookies off right about now, lol.

[90nut]

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[oldskool83]

Cleaning these up to coat black and listing 350x sprocket guards forsale which prob wont sell

[El Camexican]

^I can't believe there's so many different makes of bikes under one roof, I thought manufacturers had issues with that sort of thing? Our friends son has a Grom and to be honest I didn't even know what I was looking at as he's tricked it out so much. There's a bit of a cult following with those things I've been told. What am I doing today, absolutely FA except for indoor stuff. Sure glad I shoe horned the Dodge diesel into the shop yesterday afternoon. It will put a damper on any more painting on my jeep but it's better than ruining 2 x $200 batteries.

Ugg. Old me would be riding my sled in that weather, new me would die when the first breath entered my lungs.

Starting to get back to +30C highs here this week. Still getting picked out of crowds as “The Canadian” for not wearing a jacket at 10C, but below that and I have to cover up, or I risk scratching glass with my nipples.

Transplanted an avocado tree and an orange tree yesterday :lol:

[knappyfeet]

^I can't believe there's so many different makes of bikes under one roof, I thought manufacturers had issues with that sort of thing? Our friends son has a Grom and to be honest I didn't even know what I was looking at as he's tricked it out so much. There's a bit of a cult following with those things I've been told. What am I doing today, absolutely FA except for indoor stuff. Sure glad I shoe horned the Dodge diesel into the shop yesterday afternoon. It will put a damper on any more painting on my jeep but it's better than ruining 2 x $200 batteries.

Jesus H Coolpool......that's got to be some kind of record low

I just googled your town and it looks nice.......cold but nice. When my son gets his adventure bike we may have to get up there just for fun.

Summer of course haha!

[stoshu]

Have they shut down the deal yet, lol. That's a handy profit! Nice old sled Stoshu, do you go to vintage rallies at all? You must be freezing your tookies off right about now, lol.

Deal is still on. Need to buy the 1/2" impact in store and price match with WM Dyck and Sons out of Niverville MB. That gets you down to $139.99. HD takes another 10% off because it's a brick and mortar. The impact comes with a free starter kit right now that you can return for about $75. Don't get too greedy. I grabbed 7 in one transaction yesterday, and the manager was flipped out. Paid $1000 but the discount was also around $1200. After he saw me leave customer service without the charger kits, he realised I had just returned them. Grabbed my arm and told me that I couldn't do that. I quickly informed him that he had just assaulted me during a pandemic, and I had every right to kick his 65 year old ass. Grabbed my cart and walked out the door as he was yelling and screaming at me. $525ish for 7 impacts is a great deal to me. Nothing illegally done. Its their return policy that needs tweaking.

Used to do lots of vintage rides. Had about 60 of them 10 years ago. Haven't ridden much the last 5 years. That old Olympic is ready to ride. Not much snow this year.

[sledcrazyinCT]

Used to do lots of vintage rides. Had about 60 of them 10 years ago. Haven't ridden much the last 5 years. That old Olympic is ready to ride. Not much snow this year.

Nice Oly! We have had lots of white gold so far this season, nice because I am thinning the herd somewhat.

[El Camexican]

Deal is still on. Need to buy the 1/2" impact in store and price match with WM Dyck and Sons out of Niverville MB. That gets you down to $139.99. HD takes another 10% off because it's a brick and mortar. The impact comes with a free starter kit right now that you can return for about $75. Don't get too greedy. I grabbed 7 in one transaction yesterday, and the manager was flipped out. Paid $1000 but the discount was also around $1200. After he saw me leave customer service without the charger kits, he realised I had just returned them. Grabbed my arm and told me that I couldn't do that. I quickly informed him that he had just assaulted me during a pandemic, and I had every right to kick his 65 year old ass. Grabbed my cart and walked out the door as he was yelling and screaming at me. $525ish for 7 impacts is a great deal to me. Nothing illegally done. Its their return policy that needs tweaking.

Used to do lots of vintage rides. Had about 60 of them 10 years ago. Haven't ridden much the last 5 years. That old Olympic is ready to ride. Not much snow this year.

LOL! Whatever happened to “one per customer”?

You must have heard about Niverville’s baseball team? They never won and they Niverville.

[coolpool]

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What do you have there, a boat load of panfish? Hard to tell.

[coolpool]

Ugg. Old me would be riding my sled in that weather, new me would die when the first breath entered my lungs.

Starting to get back to +30C highs here this week. Still getting picked out of crowds as “The Canadian” for not wearing a jacket at 10C, but below that and I have to cover up, or I risk scratching glass with my nipples.

Transplanted an avocado tree and an orange tree yesterday :lol:

LOL, I can well imagine you would look out of place, and I agree age brings wisdom! I just walked our little "Man" dog (complete with pink sweater) and usually she's good for an hour to about -20C (~0F) without her feet bothering her; but I did 2 x 10 minute walks instead and she was in 3 wheel drive quite a bit.

[coolpool]

Jesus H Coolpool......that's got to be some kind of record low

I just googled your town and it looks nice.......cold but nice. When my son gets his adventure bike we may have to get up there just for fun.

Summer of course haha!

Regular dip around this time of year...probably no different than the northern states are seeing too. It's a wide ranging polar vortex or something like that; Greta should come visit now!
I don't think our so town has ever been called "nice", lol. It's convenient in that you can ride an atv or sled around the streets as long as you follow some basic rules........ and I don't get arrested for carrying a rifle in the open to my truck during hunting season. But we're 3.5 hours from an international airport and good shopping which is inconvenient at times. You're more than welcome to come up this way anytime!

[90nut]

What do you have there, a boat load of panfish? Hard to tell.

60 beautiful bluegill to be precise. And a stihl gas powered drill converted into a ice auger.

[90nut]

Close up of half my catch. Big ole slab gills! Many in the 8 - 9.5" range. Delicious

[ATC King]

Working too late in the shop and literally forgetting that locking pliers exist.

I was using some pliers to hold something together with one hand, and holding a bolt in while simultaneously trying to thread the nut on with the other. I actually got up to find a small C clamp and looked in my box. Upon seeing the locking pliers, I knew it was time to put up the tools and call it a day (night).

The project is done though and that was the point, so I wouldn't have to dick with it tomorrow.

[knappyfeet]

Barnett468 is selling a used DG pipe and silencer for a 85-86 250R on Ebay..... $400

I like period performance items....not so much new re-pop stuff......but it's still good to have as an option.

I wonder how the old coot is doing

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F20 3062986718

[ATC King]

Finished getting the intake and headers back on my truck last night.
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It took a little longer because I needed to clearance the transmission crossmember so one header reducer wouldn't be rubbing on it anymore. It's been like that since I put these headers on years ago and I just now got around too it. :rolleyes:

Having the headers ceramic coated kind of gave me the energy I needed to finally do it. Anyone who's put headers on a few vehicles knows not to have anything finalized before they've been fully installed, because there's a good chance some tubes will have to be hammered on.

One reducer has been rubbing for a while.
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I grabbed some scrap that had been on the bench for years, just to get thrown into the game today.
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I slathered on some rattle can black.
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[ATC King]

It's been rainy and cold the past few days, but today was just cold, so I got a 14 mile bike ride in.

There wasn't a whole lot of big truck traffic, which was nice because the roads have been salted and every time one passed, I got a little in my mouth. It's kind of hard to keep the mouth shut when pedaling up a steep hill.

[BarnBoy]

I am trying to stay on the road and keep warm. Got a bunch of freezing rain which translated to 1/4" of ice covering everything. Finally was able to make it in to work Wednesday...only put the pickup in the ditch once but I made it....I'll call that a win. Highways were taken care of quick but backroads still suck. I drive a 2wd 1st gen Tacoma...loaded up some sandbags and junk in the bed, and any time I left the highway on backroads I had to chain up.

They are calling for a foot of snow here and -25°C (-13°F) temps Monday. I guess it's not apopular opinion but I enjoy some good cold winter weather. Starting to feel like home....drug out a parts 3 wheeler with a rusted frame and got it running. At least we'll have some fun with this weather.

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[Carlton]

I like to make scrapbooks from old dirt wheels and atv sports magazines. so I am currently adding to the collection and looking for more magazines

[oldskool83]

Today i had a valentine's day 350x fire sale. That ledt me a few bucks profit, some tools and a corona single. I dislike not having cash on hand at all times for anything.

That's aloner story for another post.

[Carlton]

I am ordering some new tires for the front of my 3 wheelers this valentines day. 90 a pop plus shipping not cheap

[ATC King]

Drinking some PBR...
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...and seriously thinking about getting this trail worthy.

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[Carlton]

Drinking some PBR...
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...and seriously thinking about getting this trail worthy.

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I love the rear tire on our big wheel. Kenda dirt dog...one of the best names for a tire I have come across

[Arky-X]

Work work work
And work all weekend

The electric grid is nuts right now. Those of you in the midwest from Canadian border down to the Mexican border......don't be surprised if your electricity is out......may already be.

[ATC King]

I love the rear tire on our big wheel. Kenda dirt dog...one of the best names for a tire I have come across

It's most likely getting replace with something else, when the BW is going again. Too flat of a tread profile and I don't like how it makes the BW handle. It' actually bad in the mud too, because it just floats on top and won't bite in.

[ATC King]

Work work work
And work all weekend

The electric grid is nuts right now. Those of you in the midwest from Canadian border down to the Mexican border......don't be surprised if your electricity is out......may already be.

I filled up fuel cans for the generator a few days ago. It's not like we didn't have time to prepare for this weather at least a week ahead of time. I'm already farther into my half gallon of whiskey than I'd predicted though. It could get ugly if this last past Friday.

[coolpool]

^Looking at Barnboys post #3563 from OK with the freezing rain followed by a drop in temps, plus this one on electrical issues in AR it seems we're all getting a kick in the gonads by a frozen mukluk. There's a glimmer of hope that this polar vortex will be disappearing this week. Goooooood riddance I say! We're finally going to the plus side of the Fahrenheit scale today which is a bonus. Haven't seen daytime temps north of zero in almost a month.

[Arky-X]

The next 48hrs is not going to get better for our region and it is currently strained as it is. And the regions around us are not much better so there isn't many places to import energy.
This has been years in the making. Renewables provide low cost energy and has forced retirements of older fossil fueled generators. When the wind ain't blowing and the blades are iced.........not much left to lean on.

[ATC King]

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When it snows like this here, the roads have very little traffic. It makes for a great time, just cruising for miles.

[El Camexican]

Two burst pipes and a plugged drain so far. It only went down to 25F, 15F on the index thingy, but that’s the coldest I’ve ever experienced in the past 21 years here. The air conditioner heater feature doesn’t work at this temperature, so all we have is the gas stove to keep warm. I’d love to be in a nice warm, insulated Canadian house right now.

[kb0nly]

School is late tomorrow due to the cold, predicting -39F for wind chill, its very likely they will just close school altogether after they see how cold it actually gets. It's -14F air temp right now, but its calm and no wind chill factor, but by midnight the wind comes and its supposed to be blowing 10-15mph tomorrow morning so that will be fun.

Generator is always on standby with a couple 20lber's of propane, plus the tank on my BBQ and my heater in the garage i always have plenty of propane around to keep things running if the worst happens. I have been meaning for years now to get a larger propane tank for it, but i can get a lot of runtime out of a 20lb tank and its easy to exchange in town at a couple places, and i can rotate them between my heater and BBQ so it's just a convenient size for me.

I bet tomorrow with the cold things will get interesting, been below zero all week, but tomorrow will be the worst yet with the wind chill.

[wild200x]

Wow, do I feel lucky after reading these last few comments! Here in the Salt Lake area it is "normal". 2 inches of snow overnight. I won't trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro I had to wipe the snow off the wife's care early this morning and move a little snow so she wouldn't run over it. Keep us posted on the cold men, Oh and women if there are any posting. The one who sent me does not seem to have stuck around. LMAO

[ATC King]

Watching Arkansas I Drive. It's the public live cameras on Arkansas roads.

https://www.idrivearkansas.com/

I haven't seen any crashes yet, but a whole bunch of idiot driving. People are still speeding/driving too fast for conditions and tailgating as usual.

During inclement weather, traffic fines should double, or even triple. All cars involved in multi-vehicle crashes during weather like this should have the black box info recorded, by law. No ands, ifs, or buts. It's already enough that emergency workers are having to deal with the weather, but if someone is critically injured, there's a much greater chance they'll die before getting assistance or reaching a hospital.

Pure insanity.

[Arky-X]

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When it snows like this here, the roads have very little traffic. It makes for a great time, just cruising for miles.

Love that pic!
I am jealous......would love to ride in this stuff like I used to. Plenty of snow to ride in too.....measured 7.5" today.....and more on the way tonight.
Going to get worse before it gets better.......then the melting begins this weekend.

Wife and I looked at some SxS a few weeks ago and she made a comment how much fun one would be in the snow. I know, not a 3-wheeler but I think she has bought into the idea of hitting the trails so I gave her the option.......SxS or ATV.......she says SxS. Better get one before she changes her mind.

[coolpool]

Two burst pipes and a plugged drain so far. It only went down to 25F, 15F on the index thingy, but that’s the coldest I’ve ever experienced in the past 21 years here. The air conditioner heater feature doesn’t work at this temperature, so all we have is the gas stove to keep warm. I’d love to be in a nice warm, insulated Canadian house right now.

Oh man that's not good! Watch the gas appliances as a heat source, no bueno (probably destroyed that phrase)....... but I'm sure you're all over CO problem. Can you get some good old heat lamp bulbs or high wattage incandesent bulbs, they can give off some heat in the areas where your pipes are if you hoard them in with blankets or whatever.

[MrConcdid]

Those traffic cameras are amazing, thanks for posting it.
I will keep my weather problems to myself......

MrC.
Ya'll Stay warm

[jasong_10]

Wasn't expecting snow this morning, so didn't get up early enough to plow the driveway, but had to plow the driveway, so was late to work. Store was slow all day which made for a really long day. Dropped our taxes off after work but then had to go back to work, then run more errands, then push the banks back in the driveway with the tractor, then plow the driveway again and snowblow the sidewalk. In the house for dinner at 9:00pm, so in short, a rat race, followed by 10.5 hours of boredom, followed by another rat race, lol.

[BarnBoy]

Yes sir ATC King, I pulled out the rusty trusty 185s and went for a rip yesterday. Rode for miles, through town also and no one bothered me lol. Found some trails/paths and was running 5th gear pinned drifting every corner in the fresh powder. So much fun.

Nico that sucks, id guess the houses in Mexico suck for anything below freezing. Hope you can get the pipes thawed out. I've been lucky here, no frozen pipes but the bathroom at work is completely frozen up, plasma table froze in the shop, diesel gelled in everything. This mornings low was -27°C (-17°F). Coldest I've seen in my time in Oklahoma, and comparable to any cold winter day in Ontario. The truck started but she sure didn't like it...I guess I have an idler pulley bearing going out on the AC belt, it screamed like a mofo till it got warmed up. Once temps climb into the 60s F next week I'll fix that. Lol it's crazy this weather...

Local lakes all frozen over, even big ones like Oologah Lake is completely frozen. Supposed to have another 5-8" of snow tonight on top of the 6" we already have. I dont mind the cold and snow for a bit, reminds me of home and if you dress for it you can enjoy weather everyone else is afraid to go out in.

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[BarnBoy]

School is late tomorrow due to the cold, predicting -39F for wind chill, its very likely they will just close school altogether after they see how cold it actually gets. It's -14F air temp right now, but its calm and no wind chill factor, but by midnight the wind comes and its supposed to be blowing 10-15mph tomorrow morning so that will be fun.

Generator is always on standby with a couple 20lber's of propane, plus the tank on my BBQ and my heater in the garage i always have plenty of propane around to keep things running if the worst happens. I have been meaning for years now to get a larger propane tank for it, but i can get a lot of runtime out of a 20lb tank and its easy to exchange in town at a couple places, and i can rotate them between my heater and BBQ so it's just a convenient size for me.

I bet tomorrow with the cold things will get interesting, been below zero all week, but tomorrow will be the worst yet with the wind chill.

That's chilly and people that haven't experienced those temps don't realize that when you hit -10 to -20°F temps or -20 to -25°C and below stuff starts breaking. And not freezing liquid and breaking but steel is brittle, oil is thick, glue doesent stick, etc. Gotta be careful with equipment etc

[ATC King]

Love that pic!
I am jealous......would love to ride in this stuff like I used to. Plenty of snow to ride in too.....measured 7.5" today.....and more on the way tonight.
Going to get worse before it gets better.......then the melting begins this weekend.

Wife and I looked at some SxS a few weeks ago and she made a comment how much fun one would be in the snow. I know, not a 3-wheeler but I think she has bought into the idea of hitting the trails so I gave her the option.......SxS or ATV.......she says SxS. Better get one before she changes her mind.

It certainly got worse today. :lol: The major highways around here were pretty clear, but not this morning, with it pissing white again. Once the temps warm up just enough to thaw a little during the day, then freeze again at night, the roads are going to get seriously bad. I've got tire chains for the pickup though.

Luckily, I've got snowmobile accessories for my street helmet. A double layered face shield, breath mask, and chin curtain. I'm prepared and ready to have fun!

A SxS is fun, until it isn't. By that, I mean when they turn over or get stuck. It's not nearly as difficult to turn them over as some people may thing either. If there isn't anything to anchor to with a winch, you better have some anchor devices with you. Burying one up in a pasture is going to be a miserable walk out.

It's not fun having to walk and get a vehicle or help to turn one back over either. Yes, sometimes they can be flipped back over by hand, but they don't always land in that convenient position or place.

It's basically driving a Jeep, so better have all the winch equipment that a person would carry in one of those. Also need to wear a helmet, because there's a whole lotta crap to bang your head against that could result in some stitches or a concussion, and that's if the seatbelt is on and you're not thrown out. Getting rag-dolled out of one isn't fun, I know. It's a whole different kind of hurt compared to being thrown off a trike.

I'd rather not have to deal with all that surface area either, when cleaning one after a muddy ride.

I don't think I personally know anyone who hasn't broken at least one CV joint on thiers.

Yeah, sure, they're fun alright...:crazy:

[ATC King]

Watching the IDrive cameras again this morning, even though it's giving my anxiety. Thank goodness I don't have to drive anywhere.

This is I30 in Texarkana. Yes that truck is PASSING the other vehicles, and they're not going slow by any means.
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This line is moving along pretty good, and that following distance is too little even for dry roads and good weather.
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This is just northeast of Texarkana and both vehicles are hauling butt, as in legal highway speeds for good conditions.
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If that isn't scary enough, realize that a minuscule amount of drivers here even have winter tires. Maybe none actually.

Anyone who honestly watches car racing for the crashes, can just watch IDrive Arkansas today. https://www.idrivearkansas.com/

Maybe you can video a live crash and post it on social media for viral views. Whose the winner? You are!


I'd say be safe out there, but it's impossible with the way the majority of people drive.


EDIT:

Looky here, I found some brilliant motorists, now stuck on the side of the interstate in Fayetteville. I bet they're complaining about how long it's taking someone to tow their vehicles, when their me,me,me attitude is what most likely put them there in the first place.
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[badlarry]

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Polishing up some stainless steel motor plates for my 85 350 x rebuild if I could get the counter shaft and I have any in play I'd have an engine to install in the frame is

[oldskool83]

bought a 86 350x frame while on the road in delivery truck today. cell phones are great

[BarnBoy]

Another dump of snow overnight and where the wind hasn't drifted everything we've got a foot on the ground. Took the 185s again, topped off it's waste oil furnace of a motor and let er rip! Doing donuts and busting through plow drifts @ 2-3ft deep on the edge of the road. Passed a cop and he didn't bat an eye lol. I learned the 22" tires are.cool for top speed, and street/trail riding but in this deep stuff it took several runs and wheelieing through the deep stuff to just barely make it.

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My buddy has a Subaru Outback AWD, I wasn't gonna take my truck out but he called me up. He was off work too, so we headed out to find the gnarliest backroads we could find. I was seriously impressed with its performance, that thing busted through drifts and up hills I wouldnt have thought of taking with my Tacoma and even chains.

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Can't even go for a trike ride without going past one of these, they're everywhere now.
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[knappyfeet]

Watching the IDrive cameras again this morning, even though it's giving my anxiety. Thank goodness I don't have to drive anywhere.

This is I30 in Texarkana. Yes that truck is PASSING the other vehicles, and they're not going slow by any means.
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This is just northeast of Texarkana and both vehicles are hauling butt, as in legal highway speeds for good conditions.
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If that isn't scary enough, realize that a minuscule amount of drivers here even have winter tires. Maybe none actually.

Anyone who honestly watches car racing for the crashes, can just watch IDrive Arkansas today. https://www.idrivearkansas.com/

Maybe you can video a live crash and post it on social media for viral views. Whose the winner? You are!


I'd say be safe out there, but it's impossible with the way the majority of people drive.


EDIT:

Looky here, I found some brilliant motorists, now stuck on the side of the interstate in Fayetteville. I bet they're complaining about how long it's taking someone to tow their vehicles, when their me,me,me attitude is what most likely put them there in the first place.
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I was watching one of those cameras.....just picked one at random and saw nothing for some time then 2 semi's side by side...one trying to pass the other with what looked like some serious speed..... nuts!

[stoshu]

Two burst pipes and a plugged drain so far. It only went down to 25F, 15F on the index thingy, but that’s the coldest I’ve ever experienced in the past 21 years here. The air conditioner heater feature doesn’t work at this temperature, so all we have is the gas stove to keep warm. I’d love to be in a nice warm, insulated Canadian house right now.

Just came in to the house for supper. 37c in the shop, -26c outside. Feels like summer compared to last week

[El Camexican]

Just came in to the house for supper. 37c in the shop, -26c outside. Feels like summer compared to last week

I don’t miss the week long deep freezes at all. Do you guys at least have enough snow to keep the water pipes from freezing up like they did a few years ago?

[Arky-X]

Several coworkers have had pipes freeze when it went negative temps a few days ago. We were lucky, haven't heard any hissing under the house. I will crawl under there later and check but for now....f it.
I sealed off my crawlspace vents a few years ago and put in a dehumidifier. I think my floors are so poorly insulated that a lot of heat escapes down there. That and the warm ducts keep it warm enough.

My mom had the roof fall in on a shop building.......where the antique cars are :cry:
Only seen a couple pics but it fell in on 2 that I can see :cry:

[ATC King]

I was watching one of those cameras.....just picked one at random and saw nothing for some time then 2 semi's side by side...one trying to pass the other with what looked like some serious speed..... nuts!


A large portion of I40 was turned into a parking lot, thanks to reckless drivers. One incident involved a big truck, that hit-and-ran a State Troopers patrol car. They found him on down the road.
https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/crash-on-interstate-40-leads-to-chain-reaction-state-trooper-narrowly-escapes-injury/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com

Just a whole lot of crap all over the state, but that section of I40 between Little Rock and Memphis is a three ring.
https://www.thv11.com/article/traffic/accident-on-i-40-in-lonoke-county-blocks-all-travel-lanes/91-a4ab795b-e6f3-4683-9a4a-a5ab86511d20

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/feb/18/whiteout-ice-cited-for-i-40-crashes/

https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/vehicles-stranded-for-hours-overnight-on-interstate-40-in-lonoke-prairie-counties/

That section of 40 is panic inducing even during good weather. It's mostly big truck traffic, not obeying ANY laws, and virtually no law enforcement present. If the price of corporations doing business is a few lives, so be it. Riding a motorcycle on that stretch is miserable.



Some images of that stretch from yesterday. One of the crashes is barley in screen, but it's there.
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Much of it is still a parking lot this am.
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This is going into Memphis, over the Arkansas River. Yes, that's a pyramid, and no, it's not connected to aliens. It's for bass fishing equipment. :)
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The traffic was moving at a safe pace, but then again, it was probably out of fear more than caution, because just down the road, they were back to passing each other.

This is from Index bridge this morning, over the Red River, facing the Arkansas side. It's highway 71, going into Texarkana.
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The states that physically close interstate travel during weather like this, are way ahead in tax money saved, and lives. There is not nearly enough emergency personal to handle that kind of stuff, and people continually prove too ignorant to properly handle their vehicles during it. Texarkana at least shut down some flyovers. I'd bet there were some car drivers stuck idling on I40 yesterday, with the fuel light on, and freaking out because of their own poor planning, and not a blanket one in the car.

[Carlton]

It's most likely getting replace with something else, when the BW is going again. Too flat of a tread profile and I don't like how it makes the BW handle. It' actually bad in the mud too, because it just floats on top and won't bite in.

I'll buy it off you the dirt dog

[ATC King]

You've got dibs then.

Thanks for the encouragement to work on this. :)

[Arky-X]

That section of 40 is panic inducing even during good weather. It's mostly big truck traffic, not obeying ANY laws, and virtually no law enforcement present. If the price of corporations doing business is a few lives, so be it. Riding a motorcycle on that stretch is miserable.


^This
I hate driving that stretch from Little Rock to Memphis. Even when there isn't bad weather you better check for road construction delays or accidents.
Normal conditions is littered with big trucks and everyone else driving 80-90mph to get by them. If you get in the fast lane, you better smash that loud pedal or you get runt over. If you get back over in the slow lane to let faster cars by, you get caught behind big trucks obeying the speed limit or some danm idiot pulling 3 salvaged cars with "IN TOW" written on the back glass.

[knappyfeet]

Took the HD out to check some land holdings.

This is DEFINITELY not an off-road bike but....considering the ride was about 420 highway miles and only 5 miles off-road.....my wife would have horribly uncomfortable on the Suzuki DR so carefully juggling 5 miles with a 1000 lb street bike made sense.

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[ATC King]

only 5 miles off-road...


That's off-pavement, not off-road.

C'mon now, you're sounding like those people on Advrider. :lol::beer

[ATC King]

This is the last of the snow riding this year. :(

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[Arky-X]

This is the last of the snow riding this year. :(


Snow here today and gone tomorrow.
That's what they say about southern weather. If you don't like today's weather, just wait for tomorrow's.

[ATC King]

Snow here today and gone tomorrow.
That's what they say about southern weather. If you don't like today's weather, just wait for tomorrow's.

Weather can change quickly in a lot of places, but in the south, it's the humidity that really yanks people's chains.

It can be cool and dry in the morning, then complete ball sweat by lunch. The shop floor goes from safe, to a slip-&-slide in half an hour.

The only difference between rain and not is 1%. 99% humidity and not raining, to 100% which means it's raining.

No joke, the shop here has a floor squeegee hanging on the wall. I've been using it this past snow fall to clear the melted snow from the trikes on the floor, but it's really there for the summer humidity. I have to keep the tool boxes closed except for getting tools, to keep water off of them so they don't rust.

[coolpool]

^That much humidity...gross! I think I'd melt. Up here we're drier than a popcorn fart, especially in winter. For snowfalls less than an inch I use a gas powered leaf blower to clear the driveway, lol. I think we're around 30% humidity in the winter on average and it's not uncommon to get nose bleeds at night while sleeping. We were forecasted to get above freezing for the first time in over a month so me and the neighbor decided to sweep and flood the lake rink Friday knowing it would be used a lot this weekend. I made a few mods to the red neck zamboni by drilling out the holes to 1/4", added a sealed top with filler tube, leveled out the hitch to carry more water and put a floating level gauge on it. We used the neighbors 104 degree hot tub water which makes a nice bond with the ice. With the past temperatures we had the ice is ~3' thick and right down to the sand bottom now.

[coolpool]

Sunday, I took man dog and a co-worker who's originally from India and introduced them to snowshoeing; thankfully the snow was only about a foot deep in the open areas and less in the bush so it wasn't a hard slog. I picked up the trail cameras and we burned up some moose pepperonis over a fire for lunch which he enjoyed immensely. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of fresh moose sign in the area and hoped to find a shed antler for him but we didn't.

[knappyfeet]

That's off-pavement, not off-road.

C'mon now, you're sounding like those people on Advrider. :lol::beer

Haha!...you got me!

I would say keeping 1500 lbs of motorcycle and passengers upright in soft sand with street tires is "technical off-pavement " haha

[oldskool83]

DRIVING 2wd stake body in 3 inches of snow.........not fun.

[coolpool]

DRIVING 2wd stake body in 3 inches of snow.........not fun.

Add about a 1000lbs and maybe, just maybe a bit of fun, lol

[ATC King]

DRIVING 2wd stake body in 3 inches of snow.........not fun.

Which two wheels driving, the front or rear? :naughty:


You may mean 1wd anyway, unless it has a locking diff, and that's all the difference in the world on a 2wd pickup.

Like a 18wheeler without diff and interaxle locks, it's worthless on anything other than dry pavement.

[Shep1970]

My tri-zinger needed a new red bar pad (old one is highly faded) and new red ones are unobtainable so figured i'd try to make one. The first take out is a bit short on rubber, figure i'll add 20% more mix today and it'll hopefully fill the mold pattern. The black bar pad is a new oem one that i copied, the old red pad had too many flaws.
Also we did end up purchasing 2 groms, (dealer is storing them) registered and plated. Now waiting for spring!!!

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and now i'm out of rubber:( guess i'll order more......nice cold winters day hobby

[Arky-X]

Which two wheels driving, the front or rear? :naughty:


You may mean 1wd anyway, unless it has a locking diff, and that's all the difference in the world on a 2wd pickup.

Like a 18wheeler without diff and interaxle locks, it's worthless on anything other than dry pavement.

My 2WD Chevy has the locking rear diff and I realized one day the traction control (stabilitrak) was not letting the diff to lock. It needs 100RPM of wheel spin before it locks and the traction control would try to minimize wheel spin.
I was going uphill in a field with grass and started spinning and all the lights came on (oooohhhh!!! I'm spinning!!!!) I turned that off and you could feel the diff lock after it spun just a little and away I go.
Sometimes ingenuity gets in the way.

[ATC King]

Yeah, all that whizbangery gets in the way sometimes. I can't hardly operate a new truck, because off all the secret handshakes needed to turn things off or on.

Our 2wd Suburban (older, with no traction control) has a G80 locker. I compared it with my truck during the snow, seeing how they both would do up the driveway, which is fairly steep. The Sub made it up no problem, slow and steady, no run at it. My truck, even though it has the heavy camper shell and had about 50gal of fuel in it, couldn't make it with the open diff. I even tried getting a run at it after it failed in granny.

I've really been looking at the Detroit TrueTrac for a while now, to go in my truck. It seems like the most useful unit for me, with mostly street use. An air or electric locker would be nice too, but no more than I'd use it, the air lines or electrical stuff would probably have problems the first time I did.

That traction control stuff can really be a pain in off-road situations, where wheel spin is needed. I don't just mean in pickups either. Driving a car in a grassy field that's a little muddy, and the traction control is the reason it's stuck and won't move. It doesn't always want to turn on or off like it's supposed to either when they start doing weird stuff. Kind of like getting a 4x4 stuck before putting it into 4wd, then it won't go, because the wheels won't roll. Just sitting there, with a 4x4, stuck in 2x4.

[oldskool83]

2000 gas Chevy 3500. Has a radio so thats cool.

Now the 350x gussets i came up with after trying to buy a kit online turned out to be sheet metal. Sending out to laser cut this week.

[ATC King]

Catching up on some smaller projects.

Done an upper intake clean with some SeaFoam on my mom's car. I've used several pieces of specialty equipment to do this service while working in auto shops, but SeaFoam now has a retail product which includes something similar to an S-tool. Direct inject vehicles have serious issues, but even regular multi-port injected vehicles don't have anything other than nasty blowby fumes going through the upper intake (PCV valve), which decreases their performance over time, especially ones with variable volume intakes. The cheaper the gasoline, the nastier they get too, and mom uses E-Z Mart gas of the lowest octane (premium usually has more cleaning agents). This car hasn't ever been done, and with the SeaFoam 'kit', I noticed an immediate improvement in smoothness and MPG. I was just about to buy an S-tool before I seen the SeaFoam upper intake cleaner in Walmart. All my crap has carburetors, so fuel system cleaner in the tank does the same basic thing. Same thing for any throttle body systems.

Anyway, there was an immediate improvement, so I was glad that turned out well and I found a retail product that would do the job.

The other thing was replacing the battery tray on my '79 F150. It was getting to the point that I worried the battery would literally fall out, and I'd run over it. The inner fender needs repaired, but that'll have to wait; maybe another decade or two.

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The bolts look rusty, but they are brand new on the inside.
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Under the tray. Yes, the front tire shows through.
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It's OK though, because the rust has been reformed.
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One ORIGINAL, slightly used '79 F150 battery tray.
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Back in black.
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Now my battery falling out isn't an actual concern anymore.

[knappyfeet]

Also we did end up purchasing 2 groms, (dealer is storing them)

Congratulations on the Groms

[coolpool]

^^ Holy ATC King, I would have thought you came from the rust belt of the US with a tray like that!

^ Shep, Congrats on the Groms! Funny how close those colors are to a K1 US90, wink, wink;)

[Shep1970]

Thnx guys, my son's orange one not even home yet and he's already planning to add an extra wheel. I told him wait atleast until the one yr honda warranty is up. Then we'll "discuss" it. :D
He saw this picture online a while back and its been floating in his head ever since.....
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shep

[wild200x]

I have been finishing the inside of my garage. The structure has been here for longer than we have and finally! The building is a 24x30 foot and has always been framed and roofed with outside panels. Of late I have insulated, sheetrocked, and mudded. The upper sheetrock has hurt me. lol my age is showing itself to me. just touched up the last 5 spots with mud and waiting for them to dry then the primer and paint. The whole reason for even doing this now is the building is no longer a glorified storage unit, but my shop. I am a 35 year steel fabricator who quit his job and now I am working to do my own business. Got my LLC and looking to be insured in a couple weeks. going to give it hell!! I have very little equipment but will start with what I have. been doing "side jobs" for years and still have been doing them by word of mouth the last while since I quit. But looking to go legal.

[ATC King]

^^ Holy ATC King, I would have thought you came from the rust belt of the US with a tray like that!


In the (Southern Baptist) Bible Belt, so someone must have mistakenly installed a Catholic battery.

[coolpool]

Finally got around to checking the SD cards in the trail cameras we picked up while snowshoeing in post #3605. As you can imagine, I'm very happy by the amount of moose in the area. If you check the 3rd picture closely you can see the open pedicles confirming that that the antlers are dropped. From the date stamps it looks like it happened between the last week of Jan and the first week of February. As soon as the snow pack is down the hunt for bone will be on! BTW, this is literally within 1 mile of the heavy oil plant I work at that's devoid of all wildlife and an environmental eyesore according to Greta.....Could it be she got it all wrong, lol.

[wild200x]

Greta says what she is told to. That is awesome all those moose!

[plastikosmd]

Picked up a vintage automotive O-scope
It looks hardly used, even the button have no fingerprint grease stains ;)
Hooked it up, now to start learning a bit more (damn electricity is black magic)


https://i.postimg.cc/Nf6wG4Nn/34-A417-BD-2-B1-B-4-D9-F-9-C83-2207060-C6275.jpg (https://postimg.cc/VdkhDjP9)
https://i.postimg.cc/mr6vp6DP/8-E1-FD4-E7-427-D-4-D72-B5-D0-80-D3-FD81230-D.jpg (https://postimg.cc/wtL472Dz)
https://i.postimg.cc/mgVfCrWN/8752-F128-5259-4-DE5-A48-B-01-BEC9-C58-E68.jpg (https://postimg.cc/SnXvpksJ)
https://i.postimg.cc/RZvxWHyZ/5-CA0076-C-9530-496-D-9-F83-C7-D189-ACF7-E3.jpg (https://postimg.cc/jL3F9LRp)

[coolpool]

^Yes I agree, black magic for sure. What do you hope to use it on?

[plastikosmd]

Does 1-8 cylinders
2 or 4 stroke

So basically everything!

I will slap it on all machines to learn

[ATC King]

Those old scopes are still useful. Last shop I was at still had one of those, but I only got it out once or twice jus to play with and see if it still worked.

A good way to get into reading ignition waveforms, if you got it cheap enough. Most people still want stupid prices for old diagnostic equipment, that $100 can buy new now.

Basically anything with a spark plug, you can at least use some of the functions. It'll do a power balance test, and that'll give you a really good idea about cylinder operating condition on multi cylinder engines. It's going to much more useful on older vehicles with distributors, and even older ones with points.

Just being able to read waveforms, once you get to understand what you're seeing, will tell you a heck of a lot about what's going on in the engine. It's mountains better than pulling plug wires with an engine running, or holding the brake and loading one in gear to force a misfire.

The huge drawback on that old scope is it's stationary and live. No easy way to drive with it in the vehicle and it doesn't record data.

[plastikosmd]

Thank u!

Appreciate the advice

[ATC King]

I've haven't tried any of this with the old scopes like that, just newer handheld ones.

Depending on the scope and what back probe accessories you have, it may be possible to look at injectors, electric motors (fuel pumps), and other electrical components that use or produce some type of oscillating electrical pattern.

Throw an amp meter, and a few other tools into the mix, and you may be able to do quite a bit with it.

I mention using it to look at electric fuel pumps, because you can just tap into the fuse for the pump, and see if it's bad, before it actually goes out. You can also count the poles on pump with the scope, determine the RPM, then use and amp meter to see if it's straining under pressure.

That unit doesn't record data, but you can use your cell phone to video it. That's not a perfect situation, but it'll allow you to record baseline data on something that is good, so if it flubs up in the future, you'll have the graph to compare it to. Having a record of known good scope data is a HUGE benefit when running diagnostics. There are paid subscription, automotive websites that have a library of the stuff. It's that valuable.

Edit: Here's a short video using a scope on the ignition secondary side and the fuel injector to determine the cause of a misfire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXrd1fYwj1o

[plastikosmd]

It does record and freeze
It also does have injector function or can just set to volts

It did come w some connectors but there are more

Mostly will use it for my small engines, jeep etc

Really just a 200$ experience/experiment

Here is manual for a
Fun read

http://captfiero.com/uploads/MT1665.pdf


That link was awesome, I won’t be getting into those kind of diagnostics

[ATC King]

That manual give some pretty good examples of various waveforms.

I mean something completely different about recording. Freeze, yes, it'll do that, and store the info for a bit, but it's memory is completely different tech from the new stuff. You won't have a file, and certainly nothing that can be manipulated and compiled with other information.

From that manual:
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When you get some waveforms, certainly post up what you're working on and what you found. Primary side of a healthy trike ignition? Dwell on a ATC70/110? There's probably not many people who've hooked up a scope to them, it'll be interesting.

Although you may not be getting too deep into it, here's another video showing how much information a scope can provide to mechanics who already have an advanced working knowledge of the vehicle they're working on. It also touches on waveform libraries and a place to look. Start at about 2:40, to get past the intro stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYHphciFnH4

I do want to point out, that kind of diagnostics being done in the video actually saves owners money, and fewer things are likely to be monkeyed with since they used the information to narrow down the problem, before touching anything. It isn't just a bunch of malarkey used to charge more money, and the people that do this stuff on a daily basis are sure enough techs, just as much as they are mechanics.

[plastikosmd]

It is amazing stuff, those posts/links

I will post up some healthy machines and what I can find
Interesting to say the least

I would love some of the testing apparatuses shown in the videos but no justification for costs

(Especially since I got another forklift today, don’t tell wife)

[knappyfeet]

Finally decided to sell my old girl. I've had it for some time but it was just sitting in the corner of the garage.... Not getting ridden or not getting finished. Gentleman who bought it seem like a real cool guy..... he looks like he's going to bring her back up to her original glory and use it..... something I haven't done for years.

.... hope to see you someday running the streets

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[El Camexican]

Dang Dude! I’d probably sell a nut before I let something like that go.

I hope it gets some serious use by the lucky new owner.

[ATC King]

I think it's more about the buyer than the price, when you've got something like that.

Sure, price is important, but if it's something you really put some time into, you don't want to see it trashed.

It's either pass it own, before you do, and have control over who gets it, or it just going to whoever after you're gone and them possibly treating your hard work like it was worthless. Imagine someone buying a new 60's era car, painstakingly keeping it original and in good condition, then they die, some yahoo buys it, immediately throws in a LS engine an puts 20" wheels on it. All those years of care, down the drain.

[knappyfeet]

Imagine someone buying a new 60's era car, painstakingly keeping it original and in good condition, then they die, some yahoo buys it, immediately throws in a LS engine an puts 20" wheels on it. All those years of care, down the drain.


I agree.

I checked the issue date of the title and it said 2006.....which means I got it sometime 2005 or 04. Either way I've had it for some time. The new owner I feel good about...very good about. It will get used and finished and admired and I will keep up with it.....which I'm really looking forward to.

[coolpool]

Took the squares out for a 20 mile run down a creek close to my house. Dang near got run over by a spooked moose who was going full tilt across the trail.....would've been a bad day for me! Found this really cool snowmobiler warm up area too.....someone put a ton of time into it. Hopefully it doesn't get vandalized by some azz hat.

[coolpool]

Finally decided to sell my old girl. I've had it for some time but it was just sitting in the corner of the garage.... Not getting ridden or not getting finished. Gentleman who bought it seem like a real cool guy..... he looks like he's going to bring her back up to her original glory and use it..... something I haven't done for years.

.... hope to see you someday running the streets

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I'll bite, what is that? Looks like some sort of cafe racer?

[plastikosmd]

Scrapyard find
Just needs propane tank
https://i.postimg.cc/yNXzsncB/9612-FCAF-D8-C7-433-E-8304-A0-EE6-B0-C48-E4.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xkCZPv6F)

[El Camexican]

Scrapyard find
Just needs propane tank
https://i.postimg.cc/yNXzsncB/9612-FCAF-D8-C7-433-E-8304-A0-EE6-B0-C48-E4.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xkCZPv6F)

That’s a score. Looking forward to the rebuild thread.

[plastikosmd]

Gonna put it though it’s paces. I saw it running and stopping

If no overheat issues or brake problems, I will likely just use it

I may have to rethink my floor covering. I have some thin sheet metal that I leave down for welding protection and splatter etc. As soon as the forklift pulled on it it shot the plates out from underneath it. This doesn’t happen with any of my other vehicles even when turning in sharp circles etc. likely it’s due to the weight and the stickiness of the cushion tire grip.

[DAM shop]

Gonna put it though it’s paces. I saw it running and stopping

If no overheat issues or brake problems, I will likely just use it

I may have to rethink my floor covering. I have some thin sheet metal that I leave down for welding protection and splatter etc. As soon as the forklift pulled on it it shot the plates out from underneath it. This doesn’t happen with any of my other vehicles even when turning in sharp circles etc. likely it’s due to the weight and the stickiness of the cushion tire grip.
I sure enjoy see all of your toys Doc. You find some of the most unique machines. That one there should come in pretty handy.

[BarnBoy]

Yep they like to spit material.... gas er over a couple 4 foot panels and they start slangin like Frisbees lol

[knappyfeet]

I'll bite, what is that? Looks like some sort of cafe racer?

She started out life as a 1976 750F. This is the only picture I have that I screenshotted several years ago. It was actually really fun to ride in that state but like everybody at the time we all had a cafe racer bug up our asses and had to have one. I always wanted to have one that was usable... safe to ride but period specific. I never liked modern running gear on older bikes or single shock death trap contraptions, etc........ rather an old school feel and ride with period specific improvements. I can't count the cafe conversions I've seen with rear sets and riding positions that look like you were fuking a football.....very unsafe for the rider's and unsafe for other motorists. I always try to avoid that in any cafe projects we did.


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[El Camexican]

I can't count the cafe conversions I've seen with rear sets and riding positions that look like you were fuking a football.....

LOL! Remember the lay down drag bikes of the 70’s? I bought a 78 Suzuki drag bike with lay down pegs and the RH peg was positioned directly behind the exhaust megaphone. I made exactly one pass like that and ended up with my leg flailing around in the air as I went through the traps after I realized I was cooking my foot around the 1/8 mile and pulled it off the peg. Oddly that bike never won a best engineered award.

[knappyfeet]

LOL! Remember the lay down drag bikes of the 70’s? I bought a 78 Suzuki drag bike with lay down pegs and the RH peg was positioned directly behind the exhaust megaphone. I made exactly one pass like that and ended up with my leg flailing around in the air as I went through the traps after I realized I was cooking my foot around the 1/8 mile and pulled it off the peg. Oddly that bike never won a best engineered award.

Yes I remember those.

As dangerous as that sounds it was probably safer than riding some unsafe cafe abortion around LA during rush hour

[El Camexican]

Yes I remember those.

As dangerous as that sounds it was probably safer than riding some unsafe cafe abortion around LA during rush hour

I remember guys laying down on stock bikes and putting their feet on the passenger pegs. No shifter or rear brake access and their sternums resting on metal gas tank because why?

[Scootertrash]

Took the squares out for a 20 mile run down a creek close to my house. Dang near got run over by a spooked moose who was going full tilt across the trail.....would've been a bad day for me! Found this really cool snowmobiler warm up area too.....someone put a ton of time into it. Hopefully it doesn't get vandalized by some azz hat.

"Squares" :lol:

[coolpool]

Scrapyard find
Just needs propane tank
https://i.postimg.cc/yNXzsncB/9612-FCAF-D8-C7-433-E-8304-A0-EE6-B0-C48-E4.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xkCZPv6F)

How does that even happen? Maybe it's hot, lol. If all it needs is a propane tank....that's something! Maybe get the forks checked for cracks. We call that "Non-Destructive Testing" or NDT up here. Pretty simple to do but you have to have the supplies and ticket to properly certify as safe.

[stoshu]

Wife asked what I was going to do with the left over brick from doing the front of the house. I was thinking throw it out. $3000 in extra material and now her fireplace is done. I hate working with this stuff.

[El Camexican]

Wife asked what I was going to do with the left over brick from doing the front of the house. I was thinking throw it out. $3000 in extra material and now her fireplace is done. I hate working with this stuff.

Nice! Let me know if you want get into the masonry business. I know a woman who’s going to be putting some tools up for sale soon ;)

[plastikosmd]

Bought it from scrapyard, they took it in and were using it in the copper/battery/aluminum area of their operation (indoors.)

They upgraded and offered it to me for bit less than .10c/lb


I got it power washed, sending it out for service. I don’t think anything has been done on it for years.
Fluids/filters and brakes.
Likely it’s last service as I won’t use it enough to justify another.

[ATC King]

I got tired of dealing with a leaky pan on the TH400 in my car, so I ordered this bad boy.
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https://www.jegs.com/i/Moroso/710/93103/10002/-1?msclkid=70bd796eebd61e51c0f81927d57d1d9f&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BSC%20-%20Vendor%20Only%20Searches&utm_term=4579878248437778&utm_content=Moroso

I'm tired of cleaning up oil spills just from pulling it into the garage.

[El Camexican]

Bought it from scrapyard, they took it in and were using it in the copper/battery/aluminum area of their operation (indoors.)

They upgraded and offered it to me for bit less than .10c/lb


I got it power washed, sending it out for service. I don’t think anything has been done on it for years.
Fluids/filters and brakes.
Likely it’s last service as I won’t use it enough to justify another.

That’s wild. Just sent some scrap up to San Antonio, $.11 a pound for junk. Great deal!

[90nut]

Forklifts seem to be the most neglected piece of equipment I've ever encountered.

Today, I did something that I havent done in years. Blew out the windshield of my excavator ripping out concrete. Thank goodness I had it down because that piece of rebar would have laid me out something fierce.

[El Camexican]

Forklifts seem to be the most neglected piece of equipment I've ever encountered.

Today, I did something that I havent done in years. Blew out the windshield of my excavator ripping out concrete. Thank goodness I had it down because that piece of rebar would have laid me out something fierce.

“Had it down”?

[90nut]

Had the windshield down, like closed.

[coolpool]

^ Time for a screen like the forestry rigs have now? I think you got your freebie!

[90nut]

Those metal guards work good for keeping logs off your lap, or on a dedicated demo machine. But when your digging around utilities and the like a guy has gotta be able to see and be able to hear the ground guy yelling if he wants something different than what I'm doing. It's just glass, cost a few hundred bucks but it happens.

[plastikosmd]

I agree 90, it is amazing how they go and go despite abuse

It goes out tomorrow to service

[El Camexican]

I agree 90, it is amazing how they go and go despite abuse

It goes out tomorrow to service

Does the service include a Trump 2024 decal upgrade?

[plastikosmd]

Lol

Possibly due to the sticker the forklift it has either been keyed by a rabid band of “do gooders” or someone needs to learn rear steering

[coolpool]

Well if has the sticker it's "as advertised" and not sugar coated. And this is from North of the border!

[knappyfeet]

About to dive into this frozen Pizza that i love for $2.99 and noticed it was from Canada. Looked at the box and it said Montreal. I'm not 30 miles from the Mexican border and this pizza came all the way of 2909 miles to get in my belly...wow.....that's some distance. If it didn't say "product of Canada" I would figure they have an operation nearby.

Oh well..... bon appetit!

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[El Camexican]

About to dive into this frozen Pizza that i love for $2.99 and noticed it was from Canada. Looked at the box and it said Montreal. I'm not 30 miles from the Mexican border and this pizza came all the way of 2909 miles to get in my belly...wow.....that's some distance. If it didn't say "product of Canada" I would figure they have an operation nearby.

Oh well..... bon appetit!

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The Italian mafia is alive and well in Montreal. They probably used the pizza truck to smuggle a bunch of maple syrup into Cali and you’re reaping the benefits of the lost leader product.

Buon appatito

[stoshu]

Nice! Let me know if you want get into the masonry business. I know a woman who’s going to be putting some tools up for sale soon ;)
Thanks, but no thanks. I’ll stick with framing. Much easier.

[sledcrazyinCT]

Enjoyed playing with some classic iron dogs this winter since we had some good snow for a change. Put a few back up in the rack for storage. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210312/cad8f4958c09f2a4a46a045a1da93917.jpg

[El Camexican]

Wow! Lots of memories on those shelves!!!!!!

Is that a Massey Ferguson near the upper right corner and rear of Merc in the center? I think I see the back of a late 60 Moto-Ski between JD Trail Fire and an Allouette (or is that a Ski-Roll?) I feel like I'm 10 years old when I look at those!!!

[90nut]

Little building pad action today. No good dirt near so I built it out of recycled concrete. Almost 3' of fill. Footings on monday.

[ATC King]

I ate about a pound of mashed potatoes and gravy, then took a 14 mile bicycle ride. It wasn't my best idea today, and now I'm trying to fix it with beer. trailpro

[sledcrazyinCT]

Wow! Lots of memories on those shelves!!!!!!

Is that a Massey Ferguson near the upper right corner and rear of Merc in the center? I think I see the back of a late 60 Moto-Ski between JD Trail Fire and an Allouette (or is that a Ski-Roll?) I feel like I'm 10 years old when I look at those!!!

I bet you remember a lot of different brands growing up :beer

Allouette sno brute is on top right with the checkered flags snow flap. That is a sno pony with a 340 JLO twin to the left of that.
"Rosie" is a 69 capri with a 372 hirth single next to the trailfire
No Massey or Mercs currently, but there is a scorpion sting next to the Moto-ski

[El Camexican]

I bet you remember a lot of different brands growing up :beer

Allouette sno brute is on top right with the checkered flags snow flap. That is a sno pony with a 340 JLO twin to the left of that.
"Rosie" is a 69 capri with a 372 hirth single next to the trailfire
No Massey or Mercs currently, but there is a scorpion sting next to the Moto-ski

Apparently my memory isn’t as good as I thought it was.

So what’s the sled in the top center with the big taillight? That’s the one I thought looked like a Merc. Do you have a Johnson or an Evinrude?

[fabiodriven]

Enjoyed playing with some classic iron dogs this winter since we had some good snow for a change. Put a few back up in the rack for storage. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210312/cad8f4958c09f2a4a46a045a1da93917.jpg

I love vintage sleds! I had a 1970 Ski-Doo Nordic 399. One of my buddies had a 76 Moto-Ski Nuvic 340 which was an excellent sled, and another had a Ski-Roule with a Sachs engine. We never got that one going but it was Ski-Roule's hot sled for that year. I loved how it looked.

[El Camexican]

Looking in the lower left corner to the right of the trike I see a chrome bumper below the cover, is that a Moto-Ski? Looks like the bumper of an early 70’ Zephyr, or GP.

Fabio mentioned a 76 Moto-Ski. I’m trying to recall exactly what year, but at some point by then they were rebranded Bombardiers. The herd was thinning by then, I believe Rupp and Allouette were done around then, but there were still more brands than I can remember with all kinds of weird features. There was one sled in particular (I think it was a Johnson) that a buddy had with twin engine in which both cylinders fired at the same time. The thing could pull stumps.

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[coolpool]

^I still love the classic look of the yellow, round nosed ski-doo (Olympique?). It seems to be the one that makes it on any old time drawing from the 60's that involves a sled. And to think I live where there's 5 months of snow I have never owned a sled! I've toyed with the idea of getting a workhorse vintage sled to pull an ice fishing shack onto the lake (I live 200' from shore) but it's just another thing to fix and store in the off season.

[El Camexican]

^I still love the classic look of the yellow, round nosed ski-doo (Olympique?). It seems to be the one that makes it on any old time drawing from the 60's that involves a sled. And to think I live where there's 5 months of snow I have never owned a sled! I've toyed with the idea of getting a workhorse vintage sled to pull an ice fishing shack onto the lake (I live 200' from shore) but it's just another thing to fix and store in the off season.

Never owned a sled???? That makes you a rarity up there.

I recall a Ski-Doo Elan, or something like that and then there were the single ski, dual track beasts guys would use to drag Moose out of the bush.

[sledcrazyinCT]

Nico Good eye! that is a 70 MS18 next to the 250SX and 70. It is one of the nicer machines I have bought to date and it has a JLO 372 single.

I had a couple evinrude skeeters we nicknamed ol thumper that has the opposed twin cylinder, kinda ugly machines to me, but many had reverse so that was a big plus.

The sled you thought was a Merc is an 1974 Arctic Cat El Tigre, directly below that is a 75 eltigre 440, both have the quad plug Kawasaki engines. The free airs go fast, but seems people can melt them down fairly easy.

This year I started to sell off a few that I won't ever get to or lost interest in, got rid of a 73 JD400, 72 Cheetah, 72 Chaparral Thunderbird, and tomorrow meeting a guy from Maine in Lowell Mass to sell a 71 Capri with a Hirth 338.
Still hoping a couple more will sell this spring like a 70 Sno jet, 70 panther EXT and a 71 big mouth panther chassis that should have a 634 Hirth.
Will still have 30+ sleds, next winter hopefully another 4-5 go as well, more projects then I can ever get to...

[coolpool]

Never owned a sled???? That makes you a rarity up there.

I recall a Ski-Doo Elan, or something like that and then there were the single ski, dual track beasts guys would use to drag Moose out of the bush.

My friend has a pile of Elans, singles, duals, all years made and I ride with him at times; but with all things old, we always have to tinker on the trail at some point. And why does one's junk smell like 2 stroke gas when riding those things, lol. I almost popped on one of the single ski, dual track bombies last year then shook my head. We used them in the army and I still shudder at the work involved when they get stuck.

[coolpool]

About to dive into this frozen Pizza that i love for $2.99 and noticed it was from Canada. Looked at the box and it said Montreal. I'm not 30 miles from the Mexican border and this pizza came all the way of 2909 miles to get in my belly...wow.....that's some distance. If it didn't say "product of Canada" I would figure they have an operation nearby.

Oh well..... bon appetit!

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[El Camexican]

Knappy, I'm going to look for that brand locally to see what we pay up here, I bet it's double if not more!

If you are paying more in the country of origin that he is for imported pizza it’s called dumping and it’s illegal. I’m not sure what you could call such a scandal, but Pizza-gate has been taken.

[El Camexican]

My friend has a pile of Elans, singles, duals, all years made and I ride with him at times; but with all things old, we always have to tinker on the trail at some point. And why does one's junk smell like 2 stroke gas when riding those things, lol. I almost popped on one of the single ski, dual track bombies last year then shook my head. We used them in the army and I still shudder at the work involved when they get stuck.

You can thank piston port engine design for for the crotch perfume.

[El Camexican]

Nico Good eye! that is a 70 MS18 next to the 250SX and 70. It is one of the nicer machines I have bought to date and it has a JLO 372 single.

I had a couple evinrude skeeters we nicknamed ol thumper that has the opposed twin cylinder, kinda ugly machines to me, but many had reverse so that was a big plus.

The sled you thought was a Merc is an 1974 Arctic Cat El Tigre, directly below that is a 75 eltigre 440, both have the quad plug Kawasaki engines. The free airs go fast, but seems people can melt them down fairly easy.

This year I started to sell off a few that I won't ever get to or lost interest in, got rid of a 73 JD400, 72 Cheetah, 72 Chaparral Thunderbird, and tomorrow meeting a guy from Maine in Lowell Mass to sell a 71 Capri with a Hirth 338.
Still hoping a couple more will sell this spring like a 70 Sno jet, 70 panther EXT and a 71 big mouth panther chassis that should have a 634 Hirth.
Will still have 30+ sleds, next winter hopefully another 4-5 go as well, more projects then I can ever get to...

Question, on that MS 18 does it use a single drive gear, or did they put a double gear on the wider track? I remember breaking the rubberized steel bars on the 15” track with regularity.

[Shep1970]

Took a drive to the mall today and rode some 4-wheelers:lol: electric maybe 3-5mph, actually kinda fun- ended up being like bumper cars. all around the mall except inside stores- probably looked like fools but who cares....there was a stand to rent them like a pay by time thing. 300lb limit so figured what the hell lets do it...

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[Shawn Powell]

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Tusk beadlocks and tusk terrabyte tires. Also got a k&n filter for it. Might have possibly snuck a led headlight for my Xr650l in the order as well.


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[stoshu]

Never owned a sled???? That makes you a rarity up there.

I recall a Ski-Doo Elan, or something like that and then there were the single ski, dual track beasts guys would use to drag Moose out of the bush.

I think you would be talking about the Alpines. Someday I’ll get these done

[Arky-X]

Put some new shoes on the sxs , I know it’s evil and has four wheels but my wife ain’t riding no bikes no more. Plus it is kinda fun.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210315/9aa501ecbea34e791d40256e41bbb9f6.jpg
Tusk beadlocks and tusk terrabyte tires. Also got a k&n filter for it. Might have possibly snuck a led headlight for my Xr650l in the order as well.


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Yep..... definitely evil! How dare you!

Well, we just got a Yamaha Wolverine a few weeks ago and took it out on some trails last weekend. Definitely a different feeling and will take some getting used to. I know I feel more comfortable on an ATC/ATV.

[knappyfeet]

Put some new shoes on the sxs , I know it’s evil and has four wheels but my wife ain’t riding no bikes no more. Plus it is kinda fun.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210315/9aa501ecbea34e791d40256e41bbb9f6.jpg
Tusk beadlocks and tusk terrabyte tires. Also got a k&n filter for it. Might have possibly snuck a led headlight for my Xr650l in the order as well.


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I remember when I thought..$17,000 for some motorized golf cart?!...hell no!".... was at Motoworld of El Cajon over the weekend and they were now knocking at the door of $30,000 with some nearing 40K?!?. And people were all over them.

I should have got in at 17K

[Shawn Powell]

I remember when I thought..$17,000 for some motorized golf cart?!...hell no!".... was at Motoworld of El Cajon over the weekend and they were now knocking at the door of $30,000 with some nearing 40K?!?. And people were all over them.

I should have got in at 17K

Lol. I actually bought this from motoword of El Cajon. They out the doored me at less than msrp on this one. They didn’t want it cause it wasn’t a fancy go fast machine like the razors or talons. No market for utility out there according to the manager. 22k OTD wasn’t terrible. I’m happy with it.


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[coolpool]

I think you would be talking about the Alpines. Someday I’ll get these done

Here's a picture of me while in the army taken in December 1989(?) in Hay River, Northwest Territories where we spent a month enjoying the warmth, lol. I would say this particular model is around an 81. Those things were mechanical nightmares and were heavy!

[wild200x]

we have a sxs as well. Its a 13 Polaris rzr 2 seater. Bought for my wife and granddaughter. She has Down Syndrome and I could not teach her to ride a little 50. Tried hard!! Some things are just not going to happen....

[coolpool]

we have a sxs as well. Its a 13 Polaris rzr 2 seater. Bought for my wife and granddaughter. She has Down Syndrome and I could not teach her to ride a little 50. Tried hard!! Some things are just not going to happen....

You selected the vehicle that fits the riders capabilities and allows for the wife to have proper oversight of your grand daughter, well done! Nothing I hate more is seeing 8 year old kids riding massive machines because it's "cute". Add belt drives, big HP and power steering and it's a recipe for disaster IMHO.

[kb0nly]

The CDI on my 82 200E was acting odd, spark then no spark, decided enough is enough, time to pull the CDI off and go build another one of my design to put on it. Got the PCB built, box made, tomorrow i will get it potted and put on and no more intermittent spark! Yeah i know, they are available fairly cheap now days, but i prefer to build my own and control the quality of the components in it, they run much better then the cheap ones.

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[ironchop]

I sure wish you were selling these.

A good quality custom made replacement is worth $100- $150 to me. Screw the Chinese ones

[DDQ]

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[Minter fab]

I will be doing year end maintenance on my te300i snow bike. I think we are done riding for the year:(

[coolpool]

^ Sorry for your loss.........of snow:lol:. I can't wait for this shiite to be gone, lol. Cool bike btw, looks like fun!

^^ DDQ, wouldn't want to camp anywhere near that gen set........what is someone thinking!

[knappyfeet]

The CDI on my 82 200E was acting odd, spark then no spark, decided enough is enough, time to pull the CDI off and go build another one of my design to put on it. Got the PCB built, box made, tomorrow i will get it potted and put on and no more intermittent spark! Yeah i know, they are available fairly cheap now days, but i prefer to build my own and control the quality of the components in it, they run much better then the cheap ones.

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It would be nice to get one for a DR650......First gen.

It's hit and miss on ebay for a used one

[kb0nly]

I sure wish you were selling these.

A good quality custom made replacement is worth $100- $150 to me. Screw the Chinese ones

I thought about it, problem is i don't have enough time for another side business building these... LOL... I have made a few and sold them to guys locally fixing ATC's and older Honda quads, but they are all hand built one at a time, i even test the components to bin the caps for their quality before building them into a CDI.

Today i potted it, i have taken apart OEM CDI's and they always seem to be sitting on the bottom of the box with no potting or very little between the PCB and the box, it should be fully encapsulated. I pour some in the box, give it 10-15 mins so the stuff at the bottom starts to firm up then put in the board and pour in the rest, if you get the amount just right it will fill up the bottom of the connector shell and around the contacts and the little channels in the connector shell, a good watertight seal. I haven't had one fail yet, the ones i have made will probably outlive me since some of the OEM ones are still kicking 40+ years later.

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If i get some time someday i should build a dozen of them and just keep some stock on hand in case guys need them. Not sure what i would sell them for, i put more time and labor into them then they are worth probably, but i demand quality out of these. I burned through three chinese ones on my 200ES before i built one and put it on last summer, i've made close to 20 of these now for myself and others locally. So far so good!

[kb0nly]

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That is just insane... LOL

[kb0nly]

It would be nice to get one for a DR650......First gen.

It's hit and miss on ebay for a used one

Those Suzuki CDI's are a bit of black magic... I have seen the insides of one, there is a lot more going on with the circuity in them. Would have to get one down to bare PCB and reverse engineer it fully first. Who knows maybe it is a pretty basic CDI with a lot of extra buildup on it, not sure, but i do know guys on other forums that have fought Suzuki CDI's and their replacements.

[knappyfeet]

I will be doing year end maintenance on my te300i snow bike. I think we are done riding for the year:(

That's a sweet looking machine.

It reminds me of Robbie Maddisons KTM on water.......he's got more guts on one hand than I do in my entire body. I always wondered what would happen if the bike died while on the water for whatever reason.... I'm guessing it would sink like a dumbell and another KTM would retire to the deep.


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[oldskool83]

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[ATC King]

Replaced the radius arm bushings on my pickup. I put some poly ones on it years back and that's just a poor application for poly bushings. Both the rear sections cracked.

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The radius arm bushings function completely different from other suspension pivots. They are under compression and have to actually flex. The poly just isn't suited well for it, so I went back with rubber.

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This is a two wheel drive, manual steering pickup, and I can actually feel the difference between the two bushing materials. The rubber handles and rides better. The poly doesn't let the suspension flex properly and quickly and small road vibrations really travel through it. I've replaced the rivets on the brackets with bolts, so replacing these is a half hour job and doesn't even require a jack. If the rubber ones are done in five years, it's no big deal to replace them. The radius arm bushings on Ford twin I-beams are a huge part of keeping the front end aligned and working properly, and I'm going to stay with rubber on any of them from here on out.


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[plastikosmd]

Prices are plain silly! I needed some pine. In the past, the mill (like reloading) was more for fun>cost savings. Now fun=cost savings!
Took the Peterson out and cut up about 45 3.75x1x96
Fun couple of hours in the nice weather, then back in storage
Such a useful machine
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[ATC King]

Isn't odd how lumber prices have shot up, but log truck drivers aren't making any more? They're actually being squeezed by the fuel prices and no increased pay per load.

Friend of mine has a couple trucks and we were discussing it yesterday, with another driver he knows. Funny thing is if they stopped hauling the timber out of the forest, the whole system would be affected...

Of course, the system works by keeping the little guy barley getting by so they can't stop, or they'd loose everything. At some point though, there is nothing to loose, especially when all they're making is just enough to pay bills. Most people would crap themselves if they knew how little log truck drivers got per ton, versus what one 2x4 cost.

Just the cost of regular maintenance on those trucks is staggering.

[plastikosmd]

Ya, friend is an owner operator
Tough racket

[ATC King]

I replaced the trans pan on my car's TH400R with an aftermarket aluminum one, and that premium Moroso gasket. Then I made about a 35 mile trip and parked it in the shop afterwards. If there's a spot on the floor in the morning, I'm going to pull my ball hair out.

[DAM shop]

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[90nut]

Guidance counselor said I was going to be a ditch digger...guess she was right! Just a little rock gully to divert water from washing away mulch in a playground at a YMCA. I dont think it will fully divert, but I didn't engineer this wheel, I just had to build to their specs. And yes! Another sideways picture from the guy who never thinks about landscape shots! I guess there is a reason I'm an operator and not a photographer.

[ATC King]

I kicked a dog hard enough it made my foot tingle for a bit.



Hopefully that's the last motorcycle it runs out into the road to chase. If not and it injures or kills a rider, I also hope the owners get sued into the poor house.

[plastikosmd]

I hear u 90nut

My mother apparently ran into my second grade teacher a few months back. The second grade teacher was surprised as to what I was doing, commenting that she never thought I was going to amount to much LOL
I wonder what I was like back then, I remember the fights but that is about it

[El Camexican]

I hear u 90nut

My mother apparently ran into my second grade teacher a few months back. The second grade teacher was surprised as to what I was doing, commenting that she never thought I was going to amount to much LOL
I wonder what I was like back then, I remember the fights but that is about it

That’s hilarious.

My folks have run into a number of my old school teachers over the years. You’d think after all this time they’d just say hi and move on, but for some reason the teachers always took the time to brag on my brother and sister and then went out of their way to point out what a slacker I was in comparison. Not saying it wasn’t true, but really, why go there? God I hated skool.

[fabiodriven]

Here's my 1970 Nordic 399.

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This next sled is super, super rare in this configuration. This is the opposed twin y'all were talking about that fires both cylinders at the same time, but it's got a crazy factory race kit on it which is unobtainium. The kit was recalled by Johnson after it was issued, so very few examples exist. Some of this particular kit had to be re-manufactured in order to complete the kit. The kit included the stuff to widen the skis, expansion chambers, I think a special clutch and carburetor? I'm going by memory of what the owner told me. Yes, you had to cut open the sled yourself in order to accommodate the widened stance and expansion chambers. Make sure you take notice of the chambers peeking through the hood, then one of them taking up space on the right side running board. It's a work of art.

There's a specific part of the clutch that's used to adjust it, like a shaft that sticks out of the center of it. You can see it in the second picture. This guy needed that part. He goes into some other dude's shed one day on an unrelated transaction, and the guy had that exact part hanging on the wall of his shed. A part of which there are hardly any other examples globally, and he walks in a random guy's shed and there hangs one on the wall. The odds of that are absolutely astronomical.

The guy who owns this is super cool. He's at one of those houses you always gawk at as you pass because they've always got some kind of machine out. He does small engine repair out of his residential garage and there were always Gravelys and stuff out there, but nothing usually to get bonered up about. Well the day I drove past there and saw this machine out there I immediately turned around and went back to introduce myself and find out what this was and who made it.

So I made a friend and found out about this crazy machine.

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[plastikosmd]

Love both of those fabs
I would love to own a retro beast like those one day

[coolpool]

^^ Wow fabio those are awesome examples of a simpler way of life with a few twists. What a rare gem that sled is. Wonder if any of those kits survived in Canada?

[fabiodriven]

Love both of those fabs
I would love to own a retro beast like those one day

Dude vintage sleds are actually pretty cheap!

[plastikosmd]

^ I hear u, just hoping the project pile slows down. 1-2 like those done already would be nice

[knappyfeet]

Guidance counselor said I was going to be a ditch digger...guess she was right! Just a little rock gully to divert water from washing away mulch in a playground at a YMCA. I dont think it will fully divert, but I didn't engineer this wheel, I just had to build to their specs. And yes! Another sideways picture from the guy who never thinks about landscape shots! I guess there is a reason I'm an operator and not a photographer.

I had a clean out installed on my main and I couldn't believe what they charged. All I could think about while writing the check was..."how come everyone says don't be a ditch digger?...they were making like $400 an hour digging!

Next time if it's non-emergency I'm going to be doing the digging

[kb0nly]

I always used to laugh at the teachers saying things like "well you can always flip burgers" or "the world needs ditch diggers"... One guy i went to school with barely graduated, he owns his own tiling company now days, technically not a ditch digger but he diverts the water to the ditches, and he makes more money then most of my graduating class. As for the burger flippers, there was a gal in my class that always floated above failing, we had a real A-Hole of a english teacher that always used to say you can always flip burgers instead of college... Well she owns her own franchise burger joint now, Covid didn't even hurt her, she went to doing curbside pickup and home delivery, still covered the bills without a government bailout. The teacher that teased her by the way retired and barely keeps his bills paid and nearly lost his house a few times to foreclosure... I always laugh when i drive by his place, looks like a crack house now. Karma maybe?

I'm a guy thats held a lot of jobs over the years, finally settled into my own business and work from home these days, but man i have done it all, from farming to various labor industries, manufacturing, fabrication, you name it probably did it, including ditch work. I don't regret it one bit, its been a fun experience this past 43 years...

Today, replacing the Carlisle Turfbusters on my 84 200ES finally, got some tires a month ago, just hadn't had time to get them on. New Deestone 930's in the back and knobby up front. Now that she don't push a snow plow anymore no need for those heavy rock hard Carlisle tires, i will say though, if you need a Honda to have a good load capacity and want tires that stand up to the abuse of tire chains and spinning a lot on asphalt and concrete those old Carlisle tires can't be beat for their price and durability. For all other reasons to buy them they suck!! LOL... Heavy, stiff tires they are... I won't miss them.

[El Camexican]

I’m “digging” these teacher stories.

I disliked (most) of my teachers so much I married one. Now I can get revenge at will :naughty:

[plastikosmd]

^ha

Playing the long game I see

[sledcrazyinCT]

John, your Nordic looked to be in nice shape! That Johnson out in Ohio, or was it when you lived in MASS? I only ask because there is a collector in MASS that has one that looks identical to the pictures you posted.

[El Camexican]

^ha

Playing the long game I see

LOL! That’s one way to look at it. Truth is I pushed her to retire about 13 years ago. Teaching soiled little s***s at a private school had her coming home in tears more often than not. Kids stopped fearing teachers a long time ago, now it’s the other way around... and they’ve reached voting age.

[90nut]

Ditch digging pays me very well. Sewer repairs are a pricey project for the most part, and the unfortunate part is, the customer is usually bent over the barrel. I did a whole new tap for a guy in a town 50 miles away, no contactor would touch it. We had it done in 3 days, tapping the main was the worst part, main was over 20' deep. Took a the first day just to get down to it, boxes in and core drilled the main. I kind of dislike the place I work at as nothing is properly maintained or repaired, but I love my line of work

[fabiodriven]

John, your Nordic looked to be in nice shape! That Johnson out in Ohio, or was it when you lived in MASS? I only ask because there is a collector in MASS that has one that looks identical to the pictures you posted.

That Nordic picture is from about 1993 Jim lol. It's long gone now. I remember my dad taking myself and and probably 3 or 4 of my friends in the ol 1984 (first year) 5 speed Dodge Caravan and the trailer to a guy I found in "The Want Advertiser" to pick the ol girl up. She had been in the woods for years at that point!

The Johnson is in Massachusetts, yes. In Bridgewater. That's Barry's machine.

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Got the catio up and running today. I still have to make a panel for the cat door that will go in the window.

[ATC King]

I got stuff to do an annual tune-up/fluid change on the Harley. First time I've been in a Harley shop this year, and probably won't go back again until next year. :lol: I run the Harley bran oils in it, because that's all it's ever had and I'm going to keep with it. 100,000+ miles and still runs like a top.


I did shoot the breeze with one of the sales people for a while. There's been a lot of changes on the bikes that I haven't kept up with. They've got a CVO bagger with tubeless spooked wheels, and the front is a 21". It looked pretty nice. The wheels themselves are really cool looking. Definitely a departure from the standard cast/forged, one piece types.

The big buzz right now is the Pan America adventure bike they've built. That shop has already sold one or two of them before they've even been hit any sales floors.

[knappyfeet]

I got stuff to do an annual tune-up/fluid change on the Harley. First time I've been in a Harley shop this year, and probably won't go back again until next year. :lol: I run the Harley bran oils in it, because that's all it's ever had and I'm going to keep with it. 100,000+ miles and still runs like a top.

On my 09 Electra Glide I only ran Walmarts Supertech oil..... (remember .78 cents a quart?).....even in the primary... and sold it to a gentleman in Canada when it had 103,000 miles and it's still going.

On my new one its Bel-Ray primary and trans fluid but for the motor oil it's still 4.5 quarts of Supertech

[ATC King]

I was using Supertech back in the last century, when it was called Tech200. :lol:




There's some running around in my pickup engine right now. Do you know who actually makes if for Walmart now? It used to be a little easier to find out the origin of it, but the last container I bought didn't have any manufacturer marks that I noticed.

There were quarts of Supertech 10-30 conventional in the clearance section a couple days ago. $1.50 each. Some of the synthetic too for $9 or so a gallon. Maybe they're getting ready to change the name again...Tech3000? Or, getting funky pop culture with it and naming it Master Super Tech 3000 (MST3K for short). :naughty:

[El Camexican]

Marveling at the stoping power of an N95 mask when used while bead blasting.

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[90nut]

160' of curb face walk demo and replaced in 3 days with me and another "kid" plus some add on curb replacement from snow plow damage. Little concrete patch tomorrow from a water line repair I did a couple weeks ago, then I think I'm pulling a 3 day weekend!

[ATC King]

I got a 70 mile bicycle ride in. It was a fully supported charity ride, so they had multiple rest stops with snacks and drinks, and a sag wagon.

We got rained on a little bit and a short burst of hail, but the weather finally cleared up near the end of it. A good day in all, and a pretty good turn out. The ham samich lunch at the end was darn good, and the beer I had after getting home was even better.

[plastikosmd]

Cleaning up trails, hauling to sawmill
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[Shep1970]

Cleaning the carb of a crf50, drained 8yr old gas out of the tank. Added new fuel and yup it flowed straight through the carb overflow.... kinda figured it would i guess. Now i get to see how bad its gummed up in there. Fun Fun........267313267314

its a beautiful spring day today though/ weather wise.

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not as bad as i thought, cleaned up good/jets are fine, that rubber tipped float thingamagig i cleaned up, All set now.
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[oldskool83]

Realizing failure is an option. Messed with my 350x with 300ex motor to realize chain alignment is off. Another laser cut job for my amish shop. I've heard of this swap done over and over but no documentation. A good bit of I don't remembers and multiple wrong internet posts by people on various sites. The amount of wrong information posted in tbe last 20 years is very funny.

Not by this site much however.

Yes a trx250x / 300ex motor bolts in a 350x frame.

No the chain does not line up using a full oem 350x rear end

Deeper specs in my manifesto build thread.

I'm documenting it to post it a tell all one day.

[Minter fab]

Buildin a sign

[ATC King]

Yes a trx250x / 300ex motor bolts in a 350x frame.

No the chain does not line up using a full oem 350x rear end

Deeper specs in my manifesto build thread.

I'm documenting it to post it a tell all one day.

Thanks for all of this. I'm going to grab the 300EX near me and just stick it back until I find a suitable donor trike. I never thought about owning a 350X, or any trike with rear suspension for that matter, but with the option to have a sport trike with electric start and reverse is hard to pass up.

[oldskool83]

I have a spare nice 350x shock im selling if you wanna stock up. No rust on chrome shaft. Most are pitted and won't hold a rebuild

[ATC King]

Thanks. I'm not getting that far ahead yet though.

I just rebuilt the forks on my XR650L and really wanted to do the Gold Valve thing while in there, but didn't have the recourses between everything else going on. Just getting them cleaned up, new bushings, seals, and oil made a world of difference. All the worn bushing coating (Teflon?) mixed with the old oil was like a sludge in the bottom, plus one was low on oil from a leaking seal.

[DAM shop]

Painted turbo wheels today. What a pain in the arse but they turned out great.
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[fieldy]

I have a spare nice 350x shock im selling if you wanna stock up. No rust on chrome shaft. Most are pitted and won't hold a rebuild

This remark made me wonder.... Can pitted monoshock shafts be replated with chrome when rebuilding? General question, not model specific. Haven't got into rebuilding shocks yet.

[El Camexican]

This remark made me wonder.... Can pitted monoshock shafts be replated with chrome when rebuilding? General question, not model specific. Haven't got into rebuilding shocks yet.

There are companies that offer the service, Racetech for example.

[knappyfeet]

Painted turbo wheels today. What a pain in the arse but they turned out great.
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Sweet!

I remember I did a couple sets of wheels off 2 RZ350s....one red the other gold. The amount of time buffing then masking then painting then clearing took forever. But for projects like this God is in the details and it shows....good job!!

[DAM shop]

Sweet!

I remember I did a couple sets of wheels off 2 RZ350s....one red the other gold. The amount of time buffing then masking then painting then clearing took forever. But for projects like this God is in the details and it shows....good job!!
Thanks Brother, the other two were mounted with tires already.
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[90nut]

Little baby building pad today, DQ coming soon a undesirable section of Fort Wayne soon.

Side note, I even took the pic the correct way today, had lots of spare time to think about it. My help was pulling their weight! Got a new kid that graduated valedictorian and is a literal genius, cant hardly use a shovel but I'll teach him everything he wants to know. Beer 30 now.

[DAM shop]

4 fresh oil changes and some laps around the yard. The neighborhood loves that hooker with no baffle :lol:
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[ATC King]

That's a sharp 110 collection, but one person shouldn't be allowed to horde so many vintage frames. :D

[ATC King]

I picked up this strange thing:

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It's a tiny square, but two stroke, so I like it. All kinds of crazy designs, even the parking brake is something out of left field. Electric start, CVT, full suspension, and that classic early 80's Suzuki quad seat with the wide rear section (like the Quadzilla). It even has the ultra-rare Kenda RearMax tires. :lol:

[knappyfeet]

4 fresh oil changes and some laps around the yard. The neighborhood loves that hooker with no baffle :lol:
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Nice collection!

[DAM shop]

Nice collection!

Thanks brother, have another in the shop missing a tire and seat, a Nicholson. Have another at the powder coater we are building next a pj1. We’ll do a build post when we get going on it.

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[DAM shop]

That's a sharp 110 collection, but one person shouldn't be allowed to horde so many vintage frames. :D

Oh I’m sure there’s a few others on here King that have their fair share. It’s been a few years of making a commitment to finding and buying these. We’ve also sold four other racing frames. Unfortunately there’s only so much room. If we would have kept the 4 stroker cranks and frames we could have had 4 more. Like most collections so much money and time go into these it’s hard to recoup your cost if you choose to sell a built machine like these. The other side of that we get to pick and choose the builds we want to do now.

[refusent]

Woke up extra early to install the Vision Wheels that I ordered from 4wheelonline on my F150.

[plastikosmd]

Scrapyard run today
https://i.postimg.cc/3JtKgF4F/95-DA5248-4275-49-DA-87-E5-8491-D49-BBCA3.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ppnbv8Bm)
Bit over 2ton, about 300$