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I just posted up an ante through the U.S. Mail. The membership cost for what the site gives is so plain reasonable that I don't feel a need to go after a discount. But always glad to help out when that's what's needed. Thanks, patracy for all your behind-the-scenes hard work; and the mods and...

That's a nice rig. What's her story; do you know?

Where did you come up with that formula? Is it a good one; get the job done? I'm guessing so, right?!

I can't find the vid documentary, but here's a vid of one of the fleet (in slow motion) making a water landing. If I remember right, it's a private company up in Canada somewhere who bought up a few of these monster surplused USN seaplanes, and maintain them for firefighting (to lumber concerns...

Good story!

I hear you, and then I'm all thumbs too on the camera phone, so by the time I've tapped all the right buttons it's already too late lots of times. It drives me bananas.

The Kraz is back; hooray, that's terrific!! I thought you let her go. I love that beast. How about that pumped-up jeep you were working on, Skull Crusher; how's that coming along?

Thanks for the vid, ColdWarrior. I ran across a vid once of a Canadian operation that keeps a dwindling fleet of retired USN seaplanes for fire suppression. I'll post that if I can find it again. I can't figure how this plane "scoops" up its payload of water. I don't see an intake. Does...

I've never witnesses a structural failure. But I was on a job once where the operator overswung his outriggers. It was like a 30-ton Grove. We were flying a fan coil unit to a building rooftop. - That whole machine went over. It looked like a slow machine film. You could see him reach that...

I used to chase business with them up there. There is a lot of fine eye candy hardware rolling around that place. I think Letterkenny was the MRAP re-build depot for a while.

You just KNOW:

Outstanding! It looks like you used (2) kinds of tape for the tailgate cross; is that right? Is that some frog tape in combination with some 3M or something? What did you all do there?

I hear you, Royalpower; and I get it: - Always shop the sale, over full price, when you can. [thumbzup]

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California is so big, that it almost seems like this thread could use three zones: - Southern/ Central/ Northern It'd be kind of interesting to know where most of the CA membership is concentrated of those three. I would guess Northern, but who knows?

A custom feature; is that why you bought it?! :jumpin:

You got something there, teletech: - Some of the best wilderness trips I recall are the ones where we got caught in rain we never expected, or where we swamped the canoe, or the one when we ran out of chow (two days from the trail head). Funny how that is, isn't it?!

Whoa. That's real money. You might even pick up an old C-130 for that. And you know THAT would make a fine camper. I'd take the C-130. :jumpin:

I never heard of THAT being a problem. :-)