I'm with Andre and , I don't like spiders and snakes.

Thanks for the pictures Gerry. It's funny to see a picture of a Model T where "some assembly is required".

 

No snakes for me please, I had to skip over those posts
no problem Jim, the sign says ''engines erected'' ..... I thought that was a cool pic as well .........

 

Yep, my grandson was at Ogden last night. He didn't do so well as he is battling a pulled groin muscle. Not the thing to have in saddle bronc. He is up tonight in Nampa Idaho, we'll see if he gets on tonight.

 

I've used them since Costco started carrying them. Had several of them. It was taking two to jump start my 96 7.3. Right after we got the 2011 F350 6.7 three years ago I had the opportunity to jump start it with the CAT. Seemed to work OK, although I was wondering for a second if it would do it. But, I also found out, when I took it into the Ford Dealership to have Ford check the batteries and give it a once over, that the driver's side battery still had the plastic shipping cap on one terminal, so we had been running it for a couple of weeks on one battery. From the date code, we figure that F350 had been running on one battery for at least 4 years.

We use the CAT for a lot of different things, from recharging lap tops and cell phones to pumping up tires to jump starting the generator. Rarely use them for jumps anymore since we found the alternator problem on the 250 7.3. Use caution when pumping up tires. The compressor may or may not shut off when it heats up. R I currently have two and the one is no good for pumping up tires because it didn't shut off when it got too warm. I was pumping a tire up from 20 psi to 80 psi. The other one I have will usually shut down and cool off after about 50 PSI. I did like the older model that while only 1000, it did have a cigarette lighter plug in on it.

 

Allright Gents. getting ready to GTFOD for the weekend. Sea trial went great. They moved it up to 1 PM this afternoon,which worked out good. Went from the matina north up the ICW to the St Johns River. Hung a right and went out into the Atlantic a mile or so. Ocean was a steady 3', not bad. I kept it about 30 mph and it rode great. No pounding, very stable, solid ride. Nothing rattled. Dry ride too. It's official. We love it.
Got the signage & DOT #'s on the truck this AM too. those turned out really well. Truck's ready to be put to work monday.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Beer-thirty has been achieved!!

 

Sweet Steve

 

3rd trip today to motor vehicle, school finally got my grades entered without messing up my drivers license number so I could take my hazmat test.
30 questions, 6 minutes 32 seconds 100% score.
road test next week, then I am officially a class A commercial driver with tanker, double, triple, air brake and hazmat endorsements.

 

I have a working AC. The unistrut worked just fine, no pictures of that as my hands were kind of busy. I did have the unistrut tied down on both ends so it couldn't twist or slide off. The little hoist only weights in about 25 ponds, the spec sheet for the AC says 136 pounds. So, just over 150 pounds.

I still need to wire in an outlet, I have it plugged in to my welding circuit right now.

 

....But can you drive a prius.......

 

I would probably make a u turn trying to turn left

 

I see that everyone is snoozing or out and about having fun this morning....

Today is an airshow at the airport...... We can watch it from our deck....
The Thunderbirds are the prime attraction.....

 

#HRTKD Jim, somewhere I think I remember you were talking about replacing your roof to A?C unit. I got an email from lippert today, they have units on sale. if you want to look pm me your email address and I will forward you the add,

 

Thanks for the heads up. I received the same email from Lippert. I had deleted it but went back and looked at it. My air conditioner is a Colman Mach 15. I'm leaning towards sticking with a Coleman replacement. A Youtuber that I follow said that his Coleman unit worked better than the Furrion (which is what Lippert is selling).

I did go to the Lippert website and look at the Furrion air conditioners from the email. I couldn't (easily) find the full specs (amp draw, weight, etc) like I could for the Coleman. The newer Coleman Mach 15 is 5 lbs lighter and uses fewer amps than my current unit.

 

Have to check the exact dates, but the T-Birds and others will be at the Airshow in McMinnville in August. The Evergreen Air and Space Musuem that I'm a member of will be sponsoring a watch party all 3 days. They charge $50 (Fri) to $70 (Sat & Sun) for advanced ticket sales to the "Watch Party". Goes up to $100 for day of show tickets. Since we have a "Plus Membership" at the Museum we're getting tickets for free.

 

Due to the cost of Jet Fuel, the show will now be a group of local teenagers running their drones in formation. You have to provide your own sound effects.