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RE: Words That Melt My Brain
So what if schools don't teach penmanship. Cursive writing is about as useful as knowing how to use a slide rule. :)
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Hammerhead
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05/16/13 01:41pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Luxury Diesel SUV as tow vehicle
The 2014 Grand Cherokee has a maximum tongue weight of 720 lbs according to the owner's manual. The same rating is listed in my 2008 owner's manual. 2WD models have an extra 20 lbs of tongue weight rating.
That is 12% of 6,000 lbs, but doesn't leave much room for payload (including passengers) before reaching GVWR of the Jeep
I'm guessing the original poster isn't interested in the 2014s since he's looking for slightly used SUVs.
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Hammerhead
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05/16/13 11:49am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 1T Pickup special rules and regulations?
Are you sure they have a 9,000 lb. weight restriction on an interstate highway? Maybe it's 90,000 lbs.
As always, thanks for the quick and informative replies.
No concerns about weigh stations.
I have a call into MNDot about a GVW restriction on a section of I35 through St. Paul (>9000lb trucks are prohibited, but buses and RVs are OK...not sure if this means I can't drive a 3500 p/u there or not). Otherwise it looks to me like I can drive this pretty much the way I drive my car (but much more comfortably :) ).
Thanks again!
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Hammerhead
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05/15/13 07:04am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Signs of the Times
The new Grand Cherokees don't even have a CD player as standard equipment. The optional player fits in the console so you lose valuable storage room. Not that I really care since I use the memory card instead.
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Hammerhead
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05/15/13 06:44am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: 10 Worst States for Retirement!
It's not like all of Oregon is colder than average. The high desert east of the Cascades gets cold in the winter and hot in the summer while the western portion has warmer winters and cooler summers.
It would be a big job to accurately compare taxes and fees for every state. Sure, we have high income tax in Oregon, but we have no sales tax and property taxes are less than what my relatives in the Midwest pay for similar homes. Auto registrations are also cheap here.
My sister lives not too far from the beach in Los Angeles and she doesn't have to spend money heating or cooling her condo. She's owned it for over a decade and has never used the air conditioning or heating system.
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Hammerhead
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05/14/13 01:56pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Senior Driving
Then there is the time I heard about a wrong-way driver on my police scanner so I called Grandma's cell phone to warn her about the driver since it was near her house. She replied: "It's not just one wrong-way driver. There are hundreds of them!"
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Hammerhead
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05/14/13 10:03am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: my small town
After I was severely injured in a car accident, the ambulance transferring me from the rural hospital to the "big city" of Bismark, N.D., was held up for a few minutes until the cattle in open range country moved off the highway.
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Hammerhead
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05/13/13 10:19am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Jeep Liberty Towing??
Many Jeeps had different axle ratios along with a transmission cooler as part of the factory tow package so it's actual towing capacity may be around 3,500 lbs. I learned that the hard way back in 2002. :)
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Hammerhead
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05/07/13 07:46am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Scary Towing Sights This Week...
Our 23 foot trailer has a GVWR of about 6,100 so even it was fully loaded, we would only be at 85% of the weight rating for our Grand Cherokee.
Trailer sway hasn't been an issue with our old 19' trailer or this one.
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Hammerhead
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05/06/13 09:17am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Can my Toyota Tundra handle this trailer.
We saw the Endeavor on display last weekend and watched the movie documenting the move through Los Angeles. The Tacoma was only in one brief scene and it looks like all it did was pull the shuttle on a freeway overpass and waste 8 hours changing out the equipment used for the rest of the move.
Linky
I don't see any issue with your tundra and that trailer. If you would have gotten the bigger engine, then you could have towed the space shuttle.
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Hammerhead
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04/26/13 09:18am |
Towing
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RE: There WERE a few things about the "good old days"...
Toys didn't require batteries. All of my toys were kid-powered until I was in jr. high and started playing with remote controlled cars when I had spending money from my paper route.
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Hammerhead
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04/25/13 01:33pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: There WERE a few things about the "good old days"...
Back to the original post about things that were better in the good old days...
We used to ride our bikes all over and nobody worried about us getting kidnapped.
We played different sports throughout the year instead of playing one sport year-round.
We also had free time to make up our own games or just play kickball in the neighbor's yard instead of getting sent from one organized activity to another all day long.
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Hammerhead
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04/23/13 01:52pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Snow switch
At least the snow should help minimize drought concerns, at least where the ground isn't still frozen solid.
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Hammerhead
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04/17/13 01:59pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: My last time in Best Buy
Was the card still in the original packaging when she put it into the clear bag? If so, then there should have been no restocking fee.
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Hammerhead
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04/16/13 09:38am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Is this only an Arizona issue ????
For some reason, people who use the DVD kiosks outside the grocery store think it's OK to park in the fire lane. I guess it's because they think it will only be for a few minutes, but they still end up blocking the crosswalk with the curb cut so you can push your cart over the curb or blocking the sight lines making it harder for drivers to see if anyone is coming out of the door.
Around here everyone wants to park in the fire lane, on the sidewalk, or as close to the front door as they can. If the handicap parking is full they will block them in and go in the store.
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Hammerhead
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04/16/13 09:24am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Wanting to take Mom to the beach
Camping has long-term costs. Since buying our first camper in 1999, the cost of our campers has averaged about $1,000/year and we've spent roughly $1,000 per year for storage since we moved to a newer house with a smaller yard.
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Hammerhead
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04/15/13 01:18pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Too many t-shirts
That's a good idea. We end up donating ours to a charity if they are still in good shape or cut them into rags if they have holes and/or armpit stains.
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Hammerhead
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04/15/13 11:38am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Driving to Europe
Even if they did take a boat ride across the Bering Strait, there are very few roads in Alaska west of Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Alaska highway map
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Hammerhead
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04/15/13 07:48am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Why does the market demand Diesel??
We've owned a diesel-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee for over 5 years and I have never smelled any kind of exhaust in our garage. I can hardly smell the exhaust even when it's cold. I can't say the same thing for the gasoline-powered SUVs we've owned.
IMHO, diesel fumes smell no worse than gasoline fumes. My parent's house uses heating oil and that smelled bad when they delivered it (the fill tubes were in the garage), but the ULSD fuel doesn't smell like that.
....my wife and I CANNOT stand the smell of diesel!!! Not the fuel. Not the "clean" exhaust. It will never be in my garage.
IMO, diesel will never catch on in the USA for non-commercial use.
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Hammerhead
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04/15/13 06:30am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Tips on to go orders and....
I thought most restaurants have some sort of tip-sharing policy where the people in the kitchen get a percentage of the tips so I usually leave a 10% tip when I pick up a takeout order at a sit-down restaurant.
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Hammerhead
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04/14/13 07:19pm |
Around the Campfire
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