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I think everybody's going to be watching the new member threads, if that baby's for sale. Remember to watch for any CARC requests... That's actually not a bad idea, if you could paint yer duece an obnoxious color like that while waiting for the EUC to clear. You KNOW that nobody's going to want...

you're in one of the best places in the country to own such a truck! No humidity, wide streets, etc. If you're able to put decent batteries in it, the peace of mind you will have knowing that your truck will fire right up will be worth the cost of the batteries. Same goes with every other system...

good news is that state farm doesn't foster an atmosphere of claim refusals like many of it's competitors. If you feel like your claim was handled well, consider being a client. I saw how their claims adjusters worked, and I became a client. I'm also on the other side of the country, so results...

good luck, and remember that some insurance adjusters will make you argue/fight/beg to get what is rightfully yours, so be willing to "agree to disagree" with the other guy's insurance adjuster, i.e. not settling for what they tell you to take. Plenty of members here have had experience with...

2 inch steel pipe...that's genius. I really like that. I've got a 6 ft long steel bar that I use for my jack, I bet it would slide just the same. If you had to load a tire into a truck that you're recovering, that would be the way to go. I could use my 5-gallon wmo bucket too. I cant argue with...

a bunch of good ideas! I personally wouldn't want to use a ramp, I could see me losing control of it and having an inanimate object tackle me. the bucket and 2x4 sounded nuts, but after reading how to do it, that sounds like a decent plan. Would it work with some of the bigger radial tires that...

I'm looking for a way to lift a 9x20 standard tire with wheel into the bed of the truck without risking a back injury. I know that the easiest answer would be to have soldier B assist soldier A to lift it into the bed, but sometimes soldier B isn't around. A truck crane would make short work...

maybe you've got something experimental under the hood, and don't even know it yet!;-)

that spare made me do a double take. wow! nice looking truck!

Just wanted to bounce an idea off of all of the site members who have the multi-fuel engines...how would daily life/driving our MV's change if an article was published in a cop magazine about the guy who was too cool for school when it came to paying road taxes? Imagine, the excuse is given...

what about launching a psy-ops campaign on the pack rats? rig up a small siren or loudspeaker (car alarm might work) and activate remotely. if they don't hear footsteps before the noise starts, they would have no warning. Bust their little ratty ear-drums...and shoot them with a .22 or bb gun...

I'm not disputing what WM said about alternators standing up to EMP's, but I have often worried if the capacitors, resistors, etc that is in the alternator (voltage reg?) would survive a pulse. Is that something that would be safe? Or...because it's sealed up in the alternator, does the...

Exactly! WMO actually means Waste Motor Oil when used on this site. WVO is veggie oil (fast food fryer oil)

post #4 might be the best/cheapest/quickest way to get yer fix done, Dragon. Just take your time, and thoroughly inspect after installation. "no, we don't want to see your dragon"

here's another thought for the think-tank: garbage dumps. The vast majority of what Consumer America buys goes quickly to the dump--clothes, food containers, furniture (anyone ever imagined an antique particle board piece of furniture?) etc. In my town, there's a spot for dumping waste oil at...

scott, that's hilarious! For which day do we need to plan the Northwest "drive your duece around town" day? I'm totally in.

Let's assume that there is a bad grid-down situation where you aren't in a huge rush to get out of town. If you're willing to help others get gas, the gas station owner can't get the gas himself (without electricity), and he tells you to bring his gas up. Since no fuel delivery specialists have...

The only benefit of a doubt on this one is that maybe they didn't realize how catastrophically dangerous their position was until they saw it from a different angle.

I'm still thinking about the issue of having to snip a padlock. Usually things go from bad to progressively worse, so at the beginning of a grid-down situation, you might have a minimum wage gas station clerk hand you the key to the cap. Especially if you're in a wierd, green truck. If the...