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Atta boy!
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yeah 6k or so. Still a nice truck, should go another 100k before he blows it up...at that point...
Its also basically rust free, which helps.
mac 'doubt mom will let him buy anything newer for a while' gyvr
XJ&CHZ4ME
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laying some primer on the completed bumpers in the shop...damn, I lik ethe smell of that stuff...and my little leprichan friends....
cheese "maybe that dragon was right" Man
cheese "maybe that dragon was right" Man
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Any dates for Winterfest 2012 yet?
RedHeep
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vasectomy earlier this morning. percocets are helping. won't be on the net much for a couple days.
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March 2-4
Rev Den
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poorboy87
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Is it the first of March yet?
My sister clipped a buck yesterday morning. Red 07 Malibu 4dr. Quad 4.
$7400 in damage. From the picture I saw it needs a fender, bumper, headlight, hood and a drivers air bag. They totaled it. Im sure it probably needs the core support pulled out and a header panel.
I dont get how they came up with $7400
WB9YZU
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holy cow, Dan and Rev are running away with the elections...early predictions are that they will both win!
Wow!
I got a pity vote
Austin got 2 pity votes
Well, at least next time someone bitches at me that I should get involved instead of just throwing out ideas, I can show them my 1 pity vote
-Ron
Rev Den
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It ain't over yet Ron.
$7400 is easy....parts, body work, finishing....it all adds up.
Rev
$7400 is easy....parts, body work, finishing....it all adds up.
Rev
WB9YZU
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Labor is expensive. A lesson learned eventually by most Betamax and VHS machines. $30 in parts + labor = customer who would not even bother to pick it back up and pay the estimate fee.
DIY rates are much cheaper... Unless you need to call in a pro to fix your FUBAR
-Ron
DIY rates are much cheaper... Unless you need to call in a pro to fix your FUBAR
-Ron
Jeepm@n
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Think I should probably get the carpal tunnel surgery and elbow reconstruction done on my right arm. Was shocking my right hand yesterday with 110vac and was bit##### that I kept dropping tools. Did not even know the neutral and hot were backwards when I was working on the x-ray thanks to the Doc's brother in-law. Found out when I was doing hook up and popped the breaker. My own fault for not checking it with my meter.
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XJ&CHZ4ME
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I just ordered 1000 gallons of ruby red.....that hurt. I figured I better get it before the price jumps another $.20/gal what is bad is that we will have that all burnt up in about a week and a half......... :farmer:
Cheese "whos needs that stinkin O-zone anyhow" Man
Cheese "whos needs that stinkin O-zone anyhow" Man
Tyler, there is 1 and only 1 reason that the farm that I grew up on still maintains bulk tanks... the nearest station is almost 4 miles away, and on the other side of town. It'd cost a fortune in time and rubber just to get there and back, as well as offending the flatlanders' delicate sensibilities with unclean farm equipment in town. Dad & my brother have never been able to get more than a couple of cents below pump price for a 500 gallon delivery.
These days, Steve goes through a lot less fuel than we used to. Dad used to get fuel deliveries probably 6 times a year, with 1,000 gallon tanks of diesel and gas. Now, it's a couple of 500 gallon tanks, and I doubt that Steve orders more than 1 a year.
These days, Steve goes through a lot less fuel than we used to. Dad used to get fuel deliveries probably 6 times a year, with 1,000 gallon tanks of diesel and gas. Now, it's a couple of 500 gallon tanks, and I doubt that Steve orders more than 1 a year.
XJ&CHZ4ME
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we were burning up close to 4000 gallons a month in the summer w/ the spreading company going. We have down sized a lot of equipment as of late so it is not near as bad. My 4840 has a 103 gallon tank and I can smoke that off in a good day of heavy field work. I am fall ripping fields right now with this delayed winter, so that will be a blessing come spring when I am already a step ahead for once. I used to keep 500 gallons of gas onsite, but it is amazing how quick it goes into trucks and cars for non-farm use and it always seems to be gone when I needed it for pumps or ATV's etc. I just keep about 50-100 gallons of gas on hand now...and it always seems to run out too! Too bad we can not leagally run ruby in the big trucks, that would help a bunch, but if you ever get caught, your fines will be a lot more then the savings from the ruby.....
XJ&CHZ4ME
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we were burning up close to 4000 gallons a month in the summer w/ the spreading company going. We have down sized a lot of equipment as of late so it is not near as bad. My 4840 has a 103 gallon tank and I can smoke that off in a good day of heavy field work. I am fall ripping fields right now with this delayed winter, so that will be a blessing come spring when I am already a step ahead for once. I used to keep 500 gallons of gas onsite, but it is amazing how quick it goes into trucks and cars for non-farm use and it always seems to be gone when I needed it for pumps or ATV's etc. I just keep about 50-100 gallons of gas on hand now...and it always seems to run out too! Too bad we can not leagally run ruby in the big trucks, that would help a bunch, but if you ever get caught, your fines will be a lot more then the savings from the ruby.....
You've just hit on the reason that the pumps on the farm are always locked. Non-road use only. Then again, the only diesels were/are farm tractors. Pickups & the Chevy C60 (366 big block,) are all gas. These days, if it's got a license plate on it, it gets filled at the station, not at the farm pumps. And the family cars never got filled from the farm tanks. We did have a 100 gallon tank for mom's car, unleaded, and even that got pulled out.
XJ&CHZ4ME
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ahhh the good ol' C60! We have one that we use as a drill fill truck for bean, it had a 427 (high deck) in it that shelled, so it now has a 366 in it too. Plenty of motor and couple w/ a 2 speed rear, she gets where she is going...slowly but surely! The farm bought the old state hwy dept building and it has a full fuel island with it. We have #2 road fuel, ruby red, gas and kerosene (not filled) pumps that are all calibrated and good to go. It is a great place for theives to attempt a fill up, but it has dual deadman cut offs that are in 2 seperate places, so they will really have to do some major looking and breaking into building to fire the pumps...and the fill doors are locked too!
My father-in-law had some guys stealing fuel yaers back from one of the field fuel stands, so they filled it with water....and caught the bastards about 60' from the stand!
Cheese "bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do" Man
My father-in-law had some guys stealing fuel yaers back from one of the field fuel stands, so they filled it with water....and caught the bastards about 60' from the stand!
Cheese "bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do" Man
Dad's C60 is a 1972 model..... with a 1971 engine. Gotta remember to buy the oil filter cartridge, and not the disposable canister. Still on the original engine, although it's been rebuilt once, IIRC. 5 spd transmission with a 2spd rear axle....... and the clutch has only been replaced 1 time. Something like 140k miles on it. Max gross on it generally runs around 32k lbs.
All of the pumps are in the farm yard, close to the house. We've never had fuel pumps anywhere else. We did build a fuel trailer, primarily for filling the cherry harvesters, and that's only out of the shed for about 2 weeks a year now. And parked out in the middle of the orchard behind locked gates, and never in the same place 2 nights in a row.
All of the pumps are in the farm yard, close to the house. We've never had fuel pumps anywhere else. We did build a fuel trailer, primarily for filling the cherry harvesters, and that's only out of the shed for about 2 weeks a year now. And parked out in the middle of the orchard behind locked gates, and never in the same place 2 nights in a row.
XJ&CHZ4ME
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yup...72 here to bro!
