In. Went to the gym this morning then did a little plinking with a conservative atheist. Went down town for a bit for this week's provisions and a sandwich. Came home and cut the grass since the rain held off. Making dinner and having some drinks. Might have a fire later ..read more

PSC CBR SPX race pump, billet housing, non regulated, -16 inlet $325 Howe 4” filter reservoir -10 return, -16 feed $225 Both were mounted and filled, maybe 10 min runtime ..read more

This thing operates off of the cars rear differential for more go go power ..read more

See kids, one day your new truck becomes the older truck, and you end up doing the same shit you were doing on the old ones. But I will say the odds of shit going south have been a lot lower on a 9 year old truck vs a 20 year old truck. I can't believe for once I've lucked out ..read more

So now that im done rebuilding a set of leaf springs for my F250 (thread here) i figure its the perfect time to understand why i did it wrong Or maybe i didnt. Ive rebuilt a few leaf packs over the years, and ive never seen shims between the individual leafs before. Except for Excursions. For some reason, Ford put steel shims between each individual leaf. You can kind of see them in this pic: with the packs all broken down, i have a full set of them... Read more ..read more

Suppose the support structure of our society goes to hell, no electricity, no food or fuel delivery to your town and you have to defend your stash or go on the lamb. How are you carrying your needed goodies. Vest or bags? something else? how much weight can you get up the stairs of your moms basement? There is a limit to the usefulness of thousands of precision metal component if you can't carry them ..read more

I am building a small pavilion and want to properly size my footings. I am using 6x6 PT for the verticals and Simpson Strong ties (or similar) to affix them to the concrete footers. I want to properly size the sonotube for this application. I don't want a bus full of orphaned nuns to die in the process so I am consulting the IBB Brain Trust. A quick search online turned up some Canadian building site talking about 200' frost lines and 3X post width for diameter of supporting foundations. I... Read more ..read more

So, I've had a bunch of vehicles in my head. This is one, a 2wd, low TravelCrew as a counter to "War Pig V12". shortbus4x4 found the cab for me, and brought it out after he bought a bunch of shit that required a trailer hauled to the east coast and back. This one will sit a while, and as I find the parts I want, it will be dragged out and built. The chassis that seems like it will work is a 2013 GM Cut away van that was a 4500 series ambulance. I am looking for the factory air... Read more ..read more

That’s the funniest silly comedy I’ve seen in years . Like they remade “airplane “ about breakfast food . I had a rough week at work , and this was a good way to forget all the pain in the ass my jobsites have been this week ..read more

Well since the original thread got moved and can't be replied to anymore here we go, I pay $1200 a month for my 22 F450 and can make all my payments on things and have no financial issues ..read more