December thread.....snowbirds
 

Starting the December thread

Snow Birds? Who the hell is leaving for Florida? Morning All!!

one of my best friends grew up in florida and he considers michigan home now, likes it wayy better here.

I just got back from Florida yesterday!

Florida makes me thirsty.:-drink

Me too Chad.

nice looking truck:

2005 Ford XLT Pickup - Repocast.com®

And the CEL works!

lol saw that. would be curious to plug Rich's 'puter into it and see whats going on under the bonnet

and for my 2000th post i'd just like to say:

this is my 2000th post.

Cheers. :-drink This is my 4431st!

Morning all!! Happy 2001st, and 4431st...

Happy 9938th to you my friend! Wow, 9938... that makes me thirsty.

Thanks and now that you mentioned it...

well 8 new glow plugs in hand and both harnesses now on order.. looking forward to getting away from the electric car lifestyle (always having to be plugged in to start, haha).

Well truck is at the hillbilly mechanic down the road from me so we shall see how it turns out! Im just glad I will have a truck again after 4 months of it sitting in my yard.

I don't know if Mike and Rich like being called hillbillies.....:-X04

I much prefer redneck.

I will go with redneck.

We will see he is only charging $700 to install front and rear gears and rebuild front axle with new seals and bearings.

i don't know for sure but i'd guess that's a pretty fair price.

i forget, have you DD'd your big truck during past winters andrew? i know i've seen pics of you snow wheeling up north.

The truck was my DD up until I bought my mom's Impala 2 januarys ago. Depending on MPG's i may use it again as a DD this winter but for sure I will be using it during the storms this year. The tires that are on it now did pretty good last year in the snow.

Every real shop was quoting $800 for the front and $500 for the rear. Plus parts.

i keep forgetting you're not running the mud grapplers anymore. those sound scary on the ice in a 15.50" flavor. :-X04

I have 38x15.5 R18's on it! Kumho Road Venture M/T Never had a problem last year.

i have to imagine those kumhos have a little better icy road manners.

Oh no man, get some CrapYear DuraCraps. They're awesome.

Happy 3rd of December.

I think I will sneak out of work early today, I've been here fixing drywall and putting offices back together after the carpet guys come through. At least my office looks like an office again.......

Which of course makes me thirsty.

Good luck not having to plug in Brandon. My truck does not like to start when its cold and unplugged, I just cycle the key a couple times and its good to go. My cord is on a timer so it doesn't turn on until 3:30 am. I am also going to put a marinco shore plug at each end of the truck to plug in from either side, ordered the plug already....and it's a good excuse to go to Mikes on a Sunday and drink beer on his hoist :-jammin

Ya they do and they are 20 times quieter going down the road.

same here, i just bumped my timer from 4:30 am to 4:00. i try to leave the house by 6:30 and it's been fine just being on a couple hours. think i read on here that block heater draws over 1000 watts.. that'll add up. i like the idea of the shorepower plug, read about that before. i'll be anxious to see how yours turns out.

Afternoon Pat, AL, Brandon, Mike, Rich, and Andrew

-The Great

Mysteriously warm today....50* ..... I'm ready for the snow!!

-The Great

Not a problem Rich. The cool thing is the ambulance plug - as soon as you turn the key it shoots the cord out - very handy if you have remote start...

howdy Clint. sold my brand new snowmobile 12 years ago and haven't missed the snow since.. (ok maybe some), so you can have it!

Do you want a brand new (to you) used snowmobile?

is it newer than the '79 Kawasaki 340 Drifter I still have in the shed lol?

1995 Yamaha 600 long track man. You've seen it... the red pile in my barn.

Well looks like I am headed for Itasca/Chicago in the AM for a whirlwind trip to my sales office to replace some equipment.

nice of you to stop by should be near 55* here tomorrow.

And .....4300 of them are drinking ones:)

I shot this doe with a Rage 125 grain broad head last night.

First deer I have shot using a Rage, really happy with the blood trail and the size of the holes it left. made for a fast and easy 80 yard recovery.



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nice work mark. still hoping to stock my freezer yet this year.

Live the rage broad heads. I have been using the 3 blade for the last 4 years. They are awesome! Congrats Mark!