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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
It was a truck my 07 Dodge .Filled it up and a couple of miles down the road I heard a scrapping noise . Looked under and the tank was hanging by one bracket . Guess 33 gallons was too heavy for the 16 year old straps I’m sure our salt problem didn’t help . Glad I always carry ratchet straps no damage to the tank the scrapping noise was the metal bracket rubbing on the driveshaft .
New ones coming next Monday
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Today. I enjoyed the sound of silence. No contractors pounding on stuff. Nobody bugging me. Just quiet for a change. Didn't get anything done but it was a welcome day off.
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I like the pic with the straps. Fits in the "there, I fixed it" thread... ![]() I carry a shoe box full of ratchet straps in the back of my Silverado. Never know when a person comes across a treasure to bring home, or fix the truck to get it back home. |
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
It’s time to get under the truck pressure wash it and coat everything with fluid film .
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
And what's worst is they pre-treat to give your vehicle longer exposure to it. They've put that stuff down Wed for a storm coming Friday night. Sometimes they put it down and it doesn't even snow. They use that stuff on all roads here. At least with salt they don't spread until it snows
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Same day I dropped the tank I looked at this 82 Airstream coach . It was in real nice overal condition but the asking price was 80k . Most likely worth it but not to me .
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
^ That's way cool, but I can imagine the work that may need to be done. For $20k more, I got one with a warranty (not an Airstream). Getting too old to work on this stuff.
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
We live out in the sticks of East Texas, very low populated, rural area. We have this small 14 year old mixed breed dog that, due to predators, lives in the house with us.
It doesn't normally freeze during the winter around here, but the last 2 winters, we've had several days of hard freeze.. Killed a lot of shrubbery and grass that hasn't recovered. This spring, the weeds have taken over the lawn. Among them is a species that has spike covered seed pods that sticks to the dogs feet.. The old dog has an overbite and can't remove the spikes from her feet, so we have to "pick her feet" every time she goes outside. I went to the local Tractor Supply and bought one of those 25 gallon liquid spreaders. Brought it home and set it up in my lawn tractor's dump trailer. I sprayed 2,4-D weed killer on the yard yesterday, (it's 1 1/2 acres).. And today the weeds have already started to wilt down.. The dog thanked me all day today. ![]() |
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Probably what we call "goat-head" weed out here. That stuff is nasty, and I'll expect that you'll have to pick the stickers out for awhile yet. Fun story. When we moved into our first house in the '50s, my dad told us not to go out back because of those stickers. Well, at the ages of 3 and 4, my brother and I ran out back, anyway, barefoot. So there we were, standing in the stickers, crying our eyes out, afraid to move, but the stickers in our feet still hurting... My dad came out and carried us into the house and my mom pulled the stickers out.
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
For $20k you got an RV that's new, 41 years newer!
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Guys you aren’t buying a new class A motorhome for 20k more . For 100k you’re getting a late 90s early 2000s so 10 to 15 years newer. A new Airstream Classic is 180k and you’re waiting 6 months . The little 16ft Bambi is 60k .
The new Dutch star like mine is over 550k when my dad bought it in 2004 it was 125k after he traded in a 1998 Dutch star
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
People paying 60k for a 16' trailer, IMHO, need a mental eval... Seems America has become callous to the extremely stupid prices for products and just keep buying the crap anyway.
80k for 40 yr old motor home is insane. Steeveedee is right, just from sitting all those years, it will need a lot of work. I nearly spit my coffee out when you posted the price. I would have a hard time justifying 40k...but that's just me and having grown up in a low income family in the 50's. |
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Our newer tractor couldn’t hold up to the Marybeth torture test . Told me yesterday it’s not cutting right and it’s hard to turn .
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And repaired till next time I inspected the deck no sign of hitting anything I think it’s because the welded one side only on the bracket causing it to flex . I’m going to weld the other on the back side also
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Have you ever tried to fit 10 lbs. into a 5 pound sack? Try getting a big fridge into a house built in 1957 that wasn't designed to take one that big. I had to shave the cabinet and hack up the tile which is okay because it's going away. This was just a test fit. I've still got to get the floor in. But it's in. Now I have only about 5000 other things to do.
And do you see that paint can? NEVER BUY THAT PAINT!! It's garbage. It took 4 coats. They call it "Easy Care'. There's nothing easy about it. They should call it white snot. ![]()
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Maybe 32" I don't remember. But I know they was not wide enough . ![]()
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Oh yeah. My wife just had to have a double door with ice n water. I told her what the opening width was and we went shopping. She got the absolute widest fridge that would fit that measurement and with one door opening on a wall, well it could only open to less than 90* and it's a pain. In retrospect, I should have given her two inches less.
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Now there's something you don't hear every day....
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