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Re: Can you jump your 5’er with your truck?
hornet28 wrote: GEEZE My first impression was you were talking about jumping the 5er like the Dukes. Maybe I need more coffee. That were my thoughts to. You know how many of those cars they crashed making that show trying to make that jump. I dont remember the exact number they told us but it was a bunch they trashed figering out where to put the weight, speed, ect678Views0likes0CommentsRe: Auxiliary fuel tank and gravity vs electronic pump
JRscooby wrote: dedmiston wrote: Grit dog wrote: Lwiddis wrote: Aren’t gravity fed gasoline tanks illegal? Aren’t you trying to start an argument, or just typical passive aggressive response? It's just Lwiddis being Lwiddis. Sorry. I do not see anything in the OP that tells what fuel the pickup uses. And it is a fact there are a lot of regulations, (impact protection, vaper recovery, whatever) that apply to gasoline tanks in vehicles. Most tanks sold to mount in bed are advertised diesel only to avoid the regulation. For many, is it legal is a valid question. Of topic, but kinda funny. Contractor I did a lot of work for had a few weeks work, about 60 miles from home. I decided to leave 3 trucks on site, just sneak 1 into town every day for fuel. Contractor could not fuel all equipment on job with the transfer tank mounted on his truck, so we strapped a tank down in my tool truck. One morning, I ran into a DOT check on my way in. When stopped, had 3 things on my mind; 1, likely over my licensed weight limit. 2, real close to limit on licensed distance from home. And 3, the straps holding that tank did not have a load limit label. LEOs 2nd question, behind DL, registration, and insurance, was "What kind of fuel in tank?" Now I'm not thinking about the step by his knees when I said "Dyed, off road diesel" He was mad when he stuck his wand in my gas tank, and the plastic dissolved. At the time I had a 460 in that old F500. I want to hear the rest of the story.2.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: US 550
NMDriver2 wrote: 550 In NM is 4 lane, uncontrolled access, relatively flat and crosses high desert country. There are a few areas of open range and one or two stoplights between Bloomfield and Albuquerque. 550 does not go through Shiprock but the road (US64) from Shiprock to 550 (in Bloomfield) is also mostly 4 lane. There is heavy traffic through Farmington. My bad I miss read the map343Views0likes0CommentsRe: Hwy 12 in Utah between Torrey and Bryce -- amazing!
morley wrote: Before we went to Utah in 2013 we had heard about the hog back and how perilous it was. We drove over it going from Bryce to Torrey and enjoyed it immensely, beautiful scenery and not frightening at all. Glad that we could see it one of the highlites of the trip. The time we took 12 from Bryce it was my wifes turn to drive. I ask her if she wanted me to drive but she said she was ok so on to Torrey we went. I got to do the sight seeing this time310Views0likes0CommentsRe: Slide out clicks at button, doesn't move
My Jayco would do that sometimes when trying to open the slide. Called a repair place and they couldnt get us in for a week but said here is what you do. There was a access panel for the motor in the under belly and just take a 5/8 wrince and give the motor a couple of turns and wal-la it worked. Had it looked at several times and they would tell me nothing wrong but it would still fail every once in a while. Whet on like that for several years. One place I had it services and he actually fixed the problem. Never failed after that1.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: seattle rv parks
rr2254545 wrote: ScottG wrote: I live there. There are tons of really lousy RV parks here - I mean BAD. The only place I would stay at is Lake Pleasant in Bothell. It's located in a suburb of Seattle (about 20 mins away) and is very nice. It's also convenient to stores and restaurants. I would stay there if I didn't live around the corner from it. I go there often as our son lives in the area - the KOA in Kent is remodeling and I understand it is much better We stayed there 3 years ago and the place was a dump. Our door was just 3 or 4 feet from the next guys sewer. Couldnt park your tow vechiel there, had to scramble for a parking spot. The site was full of cig butts when we arrived955Views0likes0Comments
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