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  1. So pass stiff laws that only Wind, Solar and Geo thermal are legal, bankrupt and jail any abuse of the law. Worked fine 250 years ago Problem solved.
  2. Pricey depending on how much you want on the interior. A basic shell is reasonable when you figure finding, buying, transporting, redoing years of abuse, wiring, interior redo and paint or polish. You end up coming out ahead. last one I saw for sale was 3 years ago on Craigs List and Mike AKA Superdog beat me to it and it was off a R model too. it needed a lot of TLC.
  3. Yes that is the new Mercury Sleeper Company. They build on a per order basis. The first 2 units are the 34" model the "Randy Brown Original" and the 60" model is the "Mike Schade Original". The height is 64" and the width is 84" to compare with the original bunks. There was not a 64" tall 34" bunk but the 64" will fit a broader range of cabs. Both units will be on display at the ATHS show in Des Moines in May https://www.facebook.com/MercurySleeperCo
  4. Neither brave or insane, those are valid reasons for being an idiot. "Don't worry son, I had the hot wax done on it, we have climate control ,two big bottles of Evian, four granola bars and two pairs of Tactical Sun Glasses...What could go wrong? '' This was just plain moronic to take his kid with him like it is a run through a video game. Only plus is the fire is so hot there wouldn't be any remains to fuss with. giphy.mp4
  5. There may be numbers. It is a major job to get the planetary units off to remove the rotors so I really don't want to cripple it until I physically have the parts in hand. I did call Axletech (three times) and got to play switch board chess until I was disconnected each time. I did call CCC in Oklahoma today since the CCC logo is on the grill surround. Gave them the info and they said they will have any information they have available for me by Friday. Going to most likely slide in new pad sets and keep looking for rotors if push comes to shove.
  6. Don'T feel bad you don't have the market cornered by a long shot!
  7. I had the crank for my 302 GMC six transfer welded so it could be ground off-center to give me 3/8 inch longer stroke. Only choice was the "spray weld" and re grind it as there was/is non of them around. Stood up well for years until a few rods left it.
  8. Mine is a non lift tri axle all planetary with a powered steer. From what I got from it's history it is one of 15 modified for NASA. Weighs in a 35000 empty and 105000 GVW. 400 big cam through a 16 speed Cat auto to a low-hi-lo transfer case, all diffs have DCDL locks. 14Rx24 Double Coin Hi speed crane tires. Not really an on road truck but loaded with Granite jetty rock it only runs 3/4 to a mile loop from barge to dump area. I purchased from O.E.S. in Wisconsin 2 years ago, paid well into 5 figures for it for 3 specific contracts. Bought in Philly a M-870 transport trailer to move it from site to site also.
  9. Pretty much it. The short video I posted shows the different alloys involved to get the bond and hardness. You can do pretty much all from Cast Iron to Stainless
  10. Condensed version Long Version
  11. Oshkosh was over 1500 each. I'll call White Owl but may have them Metal Sprayed and re-machine them in my shop.
  12. She was too naive to have any good old time fun with. She was media trained. No like the Senator DeLeon of California,s "ghost gun" speech...
  13. The one in the Bronx has been around for years if it is the one with the same chassis machine as Dutchman Diesel. Either way, with the time and money you have invested to this point having a reputable shop give you their opinion on it can't hurt and you will know exactly where you stand with it. As for the 2020 thing, I do a lot of County, State and Federal seawall and break water work at their park sites and was told for NYS Metro area contract bidding for government jobs , 2008 and newer equipment is required. Has to do with funding sources among other things.
  14. Maxidyne is probably an excellent chassis and structural repair tech/welder and has been doing it probably their entire life. It seem from their posts they have vast experience in what is most likely to be your issue. But I'll bet they will tell you the same thing as most others in their business will, unless you physically put your eyes and hands on it and carefully inspect it you are only making a guess. An educated guess but still a guess. Photos will show only a small part of the story. Maybe they are close enough to look at it for you or recommend a quality shop or tech the know near you.
  15. Trying to find suppler for new front rotors for my1979 M917 AM General 8x8. Has a Axle Tech PSC1764 Planetary steer axle, 55,000 rating. Calipers are Rockwell 9650, 2 per side. What I need to locate is four 17" disc brake rotors. All things are pointing to military surplus vehicle shops for spares. I even tried Oshkosh and CCC. Oshkosh told me most do not have that heavy a steer.
  16. You're correct, the USDA is required to check flour and grains for human consumption for filth, chemicals and/or other contaminants , in transport and storage prior to milling to flours and packaging. Than the USDA rechecks the milled product before processing to the final product.All in the USDA inspection guides from seed to finished product. https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/Inspections/InspectionGuides/ucm092167.htm Kind of costly and not saying much for the USDA to have to double check their people whom over see issues along these lines..
  17. Wasn't really thinking up their heads quite up there.. Thinking?? I do believe there may be a bit of frayed wires or dead air in the old skulls.You know Peace, Love and a Vee for victim sign. Kind of like the lady explaining to me about the gun laws needed in Virginia ( in front of T and T Gunnery). She asked if I needed a back ground check to buy a "thing" of bullets. Told her no not yet. Her reply was that then you don't need one to even buy a nuclear bomb? Told her I hope not! I've only got a case of 12 and need at least 40 more to remove some stumps in my back yard. She thought it was terrible that anybody can go into a gun store and buy an Atomic Bomb with out a back ground check.
  18. So now I feel better. We used to mix and use Agent Orange II and Agent Blue cut with Triclor in drums with paddles in skivvies for use along NH-1 and spray our selves our bedding and gear with DDT. Since I'm on plus time since December 18 of 1971 I guess Cheerios are the least of MY worries. If and a big if General Mills and others knew the chemicals in the cereals that they and the entire supply chain before them should be held responsible. Hell we could hold GM, Ford and other vehicle manufacturers libel for the effects of leaded fuel . Like General Mills they produced a product that caused health issues.
  19. Changes occur on different road conditions, turns and inclines, tend to push me more to a chassis issue. Paul
  20. Does the A Car have the fiberglass front fenders? I bought a set for my rack body but ended up keeping the steel fenders on it
  21. Honey Nut Cheerios and Mini Wheats from BJ's and I do the same thing, mix them together. Also still eat Shredded Wheat and have since I was a kid. Of course can't find the old Nabisco ones any more.
  22. I agree 100% but the report to me appears to target the manufacturers of the products (whom supposedly have "deep pockets") not the company farms, processors, suppliers and the USDA at the start of the chain. From the start of the chain like they did for asbestos. Almost bankrupted my wifes grandfather but he took full responsibility for the mining, manufacture and issues caused by it. Ironically he died of brown lung too.
  23. He's ordering KFC for himself and checking the wind for the bean farts..
  24. From the DAV News Letter , originally aired on CBS News Evil is make believe?? Original story link https://www.dailywire.com/news/34581/american-couple-believing-evil-make-believe-hank-berrien A young American couple who took a year-long bike trip around the world, believing that evil was a make-believe concept, took a fatal route in Tajikistan near the Afghan border, where alleged ISIS terrorists stabbed them to death. Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan, 29, quit their jobs last year in order to make their trip. Austin was a vegan who worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Geoghegan, a vegetarian who worked in the Georgetown University admissions office. Austin had a personal blog on which he wrote in June 2017, “I’ve grown tired of spending the best hours of my day in front of a glowing rectangle, of coloring the best years of my life in swaths of grey and beige. I’ve missed too many sunsets while my back was turned. Too many thunderstorms went unwatched, too many gentle breezes unnoticed.” Their trip, which lasted 369 days, took them from the southernmost tip of Africa in Capetown, South Africa, to Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Montengro, Kosovo, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and finally Tajikistan, where they were murdered along with two other cyclists, one from Switzerland and the other from the Netherlands. While in Morocco, Austin wrote: You watch the news and you read the papers and you're led to believe that the world is a big, scary place. People, the narrative goes, are not to be trusted. People are bad. People are evil. People are axe murderers and monsters and worse. I don't buy it. Evil is a make-believe concept we've invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own—it's easier to dismiss an opinion as abhorrent than strive to understand it. Badness exists, sure, but even that's quite rare. By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind. Generous and wonderful and kind. No greater revelation has come from our journey than this. Austin also had some contemptuous words for President Trump: On the television across the room, Al Jazeera plays softly. Donald Trump has just announced his plans to move an embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and the Muslim world is visibly upset. Leaving Rabat a week earlier, we'd pedaled right by a massive peaceful demonstration against the relocation. The television broadcasts footage of protests just like that one stewing up all across the Maghreb, the Middle East, and beyond. As a clip plays of a sullen Trump waddling across the screen, I do my best to disappear into the soft plush of the couch cushion behind me. But American as we may be, no one here seems to mind. Then, on July 29, 2018, as they were riding their bikes with two other cyclists in Tajikistan, five men exited their car and stabbed all the bicyclists to death. The New York Times reported: A grainy cellphone clip recorded by a driver shows what happened next: The men’s Daewoo sedan passes the cyclists and then makes a sharp U-turn. It doubles back, and aims directly for the bikers, ramming into them and lurching over their fallen forms. In all, four people were killed: Mr. Austin, Ms. Geoghegan and cyclists from Switzerland and the Netherlands. Two days later, the Islamic State released a video showing five men it identified as the attackers, sitting before the ISIS flag. They face the camera and make a vow: to kill “disbelievers.” CBS News added, “ISIS followed an initial claim of responsibility in print with a video showing the five purported attackers pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.” Update: This article originally said the bikers rode through ISIS territory. They were biking through an area of Tajikistan which is "near ISIS territory" Note to self: biking near ISIS-held territory is never a good idea.
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