RowdyRebel

A recap is only as good as the case that was capped and the process used to attach the new tread. An abused case is an abused case. An old case is an old case. Either of which is prone to failure, whether the case is a virgin or it has been recapped. Even the best case in the world, if recapped by a sub-standard facility, is going to be prone to failure. HOWEVER... A quality case, that has been taken care of (proper air pressure maintained, not curbed, etc.), and sent to a quality facility to be recapped....it'll come back as good as any virgin tire. I will only run new virgin tires or recapped cases that I bought as new virgin tires. I buy Michelin tires, send them to a Michelin retread facility, and have Michelin treads wrapped around 'em. I've had 2 cases get rejected in the 3.5+ years I've had the truck. So, on the drives I've got 2 virgin tires, 3 tires that have been capped once, and 3 tires that have been capped twice. I've also got 4 tires that have been capped once at 50% to rotate in. My truck tends to eat inside tires faster than outside tires...so when these insides are ready to come off, the 4 in the shed should match up with the outside tires. I'm HOPING to get all new tires next time around, and send the 2 steers and the 2 virgin drives in to be capped so I'll have 4 drive tires to rotate in when I get ready to cap 'em the next time.

I'm not much of a football fan, but I watched the pregame stuff on USA network just to help the NFL pregame whoop the teleprompter-reader's speech. ...gonna be interesting to see the ratings when they come out...

I was in high school when that song was on the radio...working summers at a Boy Scout Camp up in Wisconsin. One of the guys I was working with was dating a girl named "Peaches"... ...good times...

Never done a car like that...but DID put a trailer loaded with furniture in the back of the truck after the hitch part on the trailer lost it's innards and wouldn't latch onto the ball...

The date code will be near the DOT code, and that is going to be on the case whether it is a virgin or a cap. Caps will generally have another date stamped in the sidewall indicating when it was capped. Cases that have been capped multiple times will have multiple additional date stampings. It is recommended that you don't use tires (cases) that are more than 6-8 years old, no matter how good they appear to be on the outside. The rubber deteriorates over time, and 6-8 years from the date of the original manufacture is when they say the tire starts getting "iffy". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBMkswl8VQw

Cool. One other thing, on the login thing that pops up, firefox doesn't autofill my username and password...gotta type a letter or two of gibberish, then try to log in, then it takes me to a login page where the autofill works.

What ever happened to the user awards?

The tank I usually pull has work lights mounted on the rear....just flip a switch in my cab and they light up. Before I hooked to this trailer and wired up a switch to control them, I had mounted a pair of cheap ($18 @ Wal-Mart) driving lights on the top of my mirrors aimed backwards. Turn 'em on and I can see what's behind me in the dark just fine. Lights are fairly easy to mount and wire up to a switch...don't need any high-dollar fancy flip-out lights.

How low do your hoses hang? I'd have to tear up an awful lot before one would get ripped off....they are up out of the way and well protected.

Set forward will give more frame rail space. Set back seems to turn better. Turning radius you can get used to...make adjustments for...and get in and out of anywhere you need to go. Frame rail space, well, you have to work within the space you have to mount everything you want. If there isn't enough room, you've got to compromise.

That seems like a lot of pressure on the tag, but then I've never run with one myself (so please excuse my ignorance). If you've got air ride, you'd think the pressure should be somewhere in the same ballpark...give or take. If part of a tri-axle set-up, I thought under the bridge law you could only be 43K to 45K on the 3 axles (depending on spacing)....so 18K on the tag axle just seems like a lot.

A week late & 27 hours of labor? Sounds to me like the little one already has a good grasp on saying "NO!" to mommy...

that'll buff right out....

Looks like the petercar was plum wore out and laid down for a nap....

If I was into reloading and could source them, I think it would be fun to stick with that .65 round ball, but chase it with 6 pellets of 00 buckshot from a 3" shell just to see how much more velocity I could get behind it....only problem with the 3" shells is that you lose magazine capacity. Right now, I have an extended magazine tube on my Remington 870, so it holds seven 2-3/4" shells...then I have a carrier that holds 6 on the side of the receiver and another carrier that holds 5 on the side of the stock. With an empty chamber, I've got 18 rounds at my disposal just by grabbing the shotgun and heading out to see what went bump in the night. My brother made me a sling for it, too....nice leather one...that holds a few more rounds, but it's at my folk's house (forgot it there when I was up that way for my other brother's wedding). I could leave one more round in the chamber, but I don't care for the safety on the thing... My view is, if I'm going to be confronting a criminal, I want to have the tools I need in order to ensure that any fight resulting from that confrontation is a gun fight....because if somebody in the gunfight decides to show up without a gun, I don't want it to be me. ...and if I'm going to be in a gunfight, I want to be the last one to run out of ammunition.

No, not EXPECTING trouble, but want to be ready if it shows up uninvited...I'll try posting the pic again, and will post the web address for it so if it don't show up you can clicky to see.... http://www.jgsales.c...l%205001400.jpg

I've kept the Centurion shells in my house gun pretty much since I bought the thing...and they sure do pack a punch! Sent a few rounds downrange while out in Montana a few years ago...muzzle flash was impressive out of the 20" barrel. The 2' long by 12" diameter log I was shooting at would jump & tumble when hit...no doubt it would do the same to a non-inanimate target, since a firing squad consisting of a .50 cal muzzle loader and six 9mm pistols STILL wouldn't be throwing as much lead at you in one shot. I tend to keep my guns loaded with whatever I find I would LEAST like to get hit with....after all, what's the point in shooting someone if they can shake it off and carry on with their attack? That's what has me intrigued with this Winchester load...a 1oz rifled slug chasing 3 pellets of 00 buckshot. Can't wait to see how those compare to the Centurion. As for the Hornady, I always kept my .45 loaded with 230 gr. JHP in the summer, and 230 gr. FMJ in the winter...wanted to be sure whatever I was using would make it through whatever layers it needed to pass through in order to tear into the flesh of any attacker. These rounds have the hollow point cavity filled to prevent jackets/etc. from affecting the effectiveness of the round....and the 185 gr. rounds exit the barrel about 10% faster than the 230 gr. I had been using, so I guess I can stop worrying about criminals outrunning the bullets I'm trying to shoot 'em with.

picked up couple a these.... ...and a couple a these.... ...and a few of these....

...and what happened to our awards?

...just got to be careful that you aren't contaminating products. Cement producers probably won't want diesel or antifreeze getting into their mix.

...nevermind. Truck's going to Mack. Got thin copper wires (about as thick as a strand of hair) wrapped all up in there...probably the innards of the old sensor. Prolly gonna have to remove the yolk, and pop that back cover off to get it all cleaned up...so I'll just let them do it. Going to need a new seal, anyway (it was starting to leak) and that u-joint had already been bought and was waiting 'til the weekend to change, too....so it'll get a few things taken care of in one shot. Engines, transmissions, and carriers are the only 3 things I won't tear into on my own here in the driveway...don't mind swapping out little parts & pieces on each of 'em, but when it comes time to crack 'em open, that's what the professionals are for.

So I'm driving along, get up to speed after making a turn and climbing a couple hills and go to set my cruise control.... ...nothing. That's when I notice the lightning bolt is lit (hard to see with the sun and all). Check the code & it's 4-1...vehicle speed sensor. Also noticed, while speedometer has been roughly 5 mph slow for a long time, it's now 8 mph slow.....and the odometer is not clicking over. Drove roughly 40 miles home and it didn't even click a tenth of a mile. Pull the speed sensor out and it's missing the tip.....done broke off. So, hop in the pickup and head to Cape....get a new speed sensor. Go home, install it easy enough...plug it in and we're good to go, right? Fire it up and move the truck forward and the lightning bolt goes out. Excellent...that's what I was hoping for. So, get my things together to roll out again to deliver my load and that's when I notice something ain't quite right. Not only is the odometer not working, but the speedometer needle ain't moving either. Good news is I can idle it up for the PTO....but I would rather have the truck right before I head out on the road. I turned around about a mile up the road and headed back to the house. The local Mack dealer suggested unplugging it and pugging it back in....or even removal and reinstallation...so going to try that & run it around the block. If that don't work, I'll be needing other suggestions. PS...I don't particularly care for the new format....couldn't remember my password (Firefox remembers it for me) and it wouldn't enter the dern thing in the first sign-on screen...luckily, once I screwed up my password once, the next screen allowed Firefox to enter the password for me. Got'er writ down now, so that shouldn't be an issue in the future...but the tiny little smilies under the post window? They ain't even the most commonly looked for ones. OK...enough bitching...back to work.