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RE: Website of the Home Of Orange County Choppers.
They don't 'Build' bikes........
They just assemble 'Parts' and have someone else paint/chrome the parts.
Bunch of clowns!!!
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Hardtack
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11/23/09 10:47pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: ...getting older hurts...lol
I can still do today what I use to do when I was 20 years old........
Problem is....it takes me a heck of a lot longer to recover!!!!!!
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Hardtack
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11/23/09 10:42pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Iraq What to send a young guy
MAIL MAIL MAIL!!!!
ANY KIND.......
TO ANYONE!!!!
Nothing harder than having 'Mail Call' and NOT GETTING ANYTHING....
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Hardtack
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11/23/09 10:36pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: did you serve in armed forces when and where?
US NAVY 1972-1976
Boot Camp....San Diego/Mar '72-May '72
Machinist Mate 'A' School......Great Lakes/May '72-Sept '72
USS Decatur DDG-31/Sept '72-Feb '76 (2 WESTPAC Tours) MM3-MM2-Fireman-MM3 (had a hard time keeping stripes!!!!)
(1980-2003....doing the same job/operating boilers-turbines-generators/but as a civilian with better pay/benefits....same lousy hours LOL)
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Hardtack
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11/23/09 10:20pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: getting rid of the stuff
We outfitted our rig with:
What we knew we needed then,
What we might need then,
What we would like to keep.
We called the kids and told them....."Come get what you want"
Then we called our good friends and neighbors....."Come get what you want"
Then we had an estate auction........sold EVERYTHING (9am-5pm), house was empty and made a very nice sum of money which went into savings for the 'what if'. 2 1/2 years later still have that 'what if' fund.
AND we found out in the first 6 months on the road that we didn't need alot of the stuff we took with us. If we hadn't used it by then we didn't need it so it went to local churches across the mid-west.
Remember, it's just STUFF......memories are what count. Good luck/enjoy your new adventure.
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Hardtack
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11/23/09 09:16pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Considering full-timing with 6 kids... are we nuts?
When I was growing up we moved frequently, my dad was a self-employed welder and followed the oil field in the mid-west. We lived in stick & brick homes in numerous towns in Wyo., Utah and Colorado. I went to 3 different elementary schools (3 diff. towns), 2 different junior high schools (2 diff. towns) and 2 different high schools (same town).......always the new kid, many different friends BUT no long term life friends. Saw/lived in a lot of interesting places and Mom was real good at making it an adventure......and I was young so I adapted BUT never had any real 'roots'. My brother & sister were several years older and it was harder for/on them as we moved from place to place.
Just realize that right now the 'kids' are probably excited about the idea BUT kids excitement wanes easily. And although it would be a memorial adventure so is going to DisneyLand but not everyday. Kids need stability and as they get older some privacy......neither of which would be provided 'on-the-road'
JMHO from one who grew up constantly moving.
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Hardtack
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11/22/09 03:00pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Towing Without Proper Mirrors
As long as I get where I'm going, it's all good....
Others should look out for ME....
Only tow it couple times a year, don't need them....
I don't care......
Same old excuses for not be responsible!!!!
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Hardtack
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11/20/09 09:25am |
Towing
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RE: Where to get wood for campfires?
Yes !!!!
Had a firepit in my backyard, sat outside, enjoyed the stars and neighbors company..........
Hummmmm, kinda like now except different neighbors.
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Hardtack
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11/10/09 09:07pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: 30amp Site instead of 50amp
That's why they make a 50A to 30A adapter.
In the past 2 1/2 years we have used the adapter more times than straight 50A with no problems.....1 A/C, microwave, water heater, coffee maker, electric skillet, TV, DVD, Radio, lights etc.
Dual A/C's at the same time with high draw appliances will trip 30A breaker, otherwise OK.
Enjoy your new 5'vr and your trip in December.
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Hardtack
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11/10/09 08:36pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Where to get wood for campfires?
Full time/camp fires....not coexisting???
Why??? Don't get the connection......(or disconnection)
To the OP.....firewood is available 'locally', we don't have a campfire every night but we do have one at least once a week. For us it's part of the experience, one that we enjoyed camping and continue to enjoy full time.
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Hardtack
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11/10/09 10:17am |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Check engine light
Several checks can be done via key on Dodge Trucks:
Engine/tranny codes: Key off-on 3x
Engine run hours: Key on, then hold odometer trip button
Check gauges/C-codes: Hold odometer trip button, turn key on then release trip button
List of computer codes
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Hardtack
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11/05/09 05:49pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Water tank / city water
Typically your water tank supplies water for your water pump
City water connects downstream of water pump discharge( after) thereby bypassing water tank.
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Hardtack
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10/30/09 01:22pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Lippert Electric Landing Gear Maintenance?
When I fully extend or retract my landing gear they Chatter. Find the spot that they chatter at then mark them as discussed.
Inside storage compartment on top of landing gear s/b a tin cover, pop it off, grease the gears pop cover back on.....probably less than a minute each side to do (once you do it the first time).
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Hardtack
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10/18/09 01:35pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Valley 16K slider
Also have Husky 4-way pivot hitch.
Very happy with it.
Like the jaw lock indicator and the fact that the jaw wraps around king pin.
4-way pivot works great. Been in some very unlevel sites and never had a problem unhooking/hooking up. Solid hitch.
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Hardtack
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10/18/09 12:45pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Are these people alive?
Just a mid-western country boy, raised by an old southern country boy.
Listened to country & blues my whole childhood, then rock-n-roll my teen years but came back to country & blues after adulthood.
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Hardtack
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10/18/09 12:38pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Are these people alive?
Ferlin Husky: He was admitted to St John's Hospital in Springfield, Missouri on April 19, 2009, with congestive heart failure and pneumonia. On July 15th, 2009 his spokesman said he recuperating at home after being released from a Nashville hospital.
Lefty Frizzell: Success and money only added to Frizzell's alcohol addiction, and on July 19, 1975 at age 47 he died after a massive stroke.
Henson Cargill: In the late 1980s he retired to Oklahoma City, and died on March 24, 2007, aged 66, during surgery
Freddie Hart: Born December 21, 1926 (1926-12-21) (age 82)
Bellamy Bros (with the Bacon Brothers) performed "Guilty of the Crime" together on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. on Sept. 1, 2009.
Info via wikipedia.
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Hardtack
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10/17/09 02:05pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Tire size/towing question
1mtnman:
Thanks for the link......fun to play with and informative.
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Hardtack
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10/15/09 08:51pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Dodge diesel tranny behaves weirdly. Comments???
5 speed auto???
Service managers....'I dunno'??
First off it's a 4 speed auto
Sounds like bands/drums slipping.....time for rebuild/new tranny.
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Hardtack
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10/15/09 10:39am |
Towing
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RE: Who makes the best replacement truck tires?
Michelin LTX AT2's
Kinda a cross between a highway tread and a M&S tread. Quiet, good control. Work real good on wet road/grass, work pretty good on dirt/gravel road, work OK on light snow/muddy road. Not so good in heavy snow/really muddy/deep gravel......not aggressive enough tread for that. Don't off road (4X2) so they have performed well for me.
25,000(+) miles and have worn very well.....lots and lots of tread left, no cupping, no outta round issues etc.
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Hardtack
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10/14/09 06:02pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Exhaust Breacks
Tow/haul mode on my Dodge downshifts when I decelerate (with/without braking)
so it does slow me down. Use tow/haul mode alot when driving in towns and always when towing 5'vr.
Have EB also and use it all the time when towing 5'vr and sometimes when not towing.
Tow/haul is good.....EB is good.....Combo of the two is great.
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Hardtack
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10/14/09 05:49pm |
Tow Vehicles
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