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Oct 6, 2016 | 10:33 AM

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archerseven

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Thanks for the pictures! Does anyone know where to come up with skid plates aftermarket?

Oct 6, 2016 | 10:40 AM

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Rasalas

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Thanks for the pictures! Does anyone know where to come up with skid plates aftermarket?

I just can't resist. Try Duluth Trading Buck Naked. About $16 a pair when they are on sale.

Seriously though try Google. There are lots of different styles and brands out there. And I am sure someone will have a legitimate comment with their favorites!

Oct 6, 2016 | 10:51 AM

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I just can't resist. Try Duluth Trading Buck Naked. About $16 a pair when they are on sale.

Seriously though try Google. There are lots of different styles and brands out there. And I am sure someone will have a legitimate comment with their favorites!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA funny stuff right there

Oct 6, 2016 | 10:53 AM

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archerseven

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I just can't resist. Try Duluth Trading Buck Naked. About $16 a pair when they are on sale.

Seriously though try Google. There are lots of different styles and brands out there. And I am sure someone will have a legitimate comment with their favorites!

Nice, I earned that.

I've tried Google already, I mostly find bull bars or F-150-only everywhere. Probably worth another look now, but I was surprised I wasn't able to trivially find them before, instead I end up with bull bars that have "skid plates" on them.

Oct 6, 2016 | 11:13 AM

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Rasalas

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Speaking of plates, I did some work not too far from you at the St Louis Zoo. Project Manager for construction of a sculpture and installation of "Animals Always", built here in Western NY and shipped and installed at the Zoo. Over 250 tons of A-588 Corten steel. I hope you and the area enjoy this fine piece of art. I got to know a little of the area during the install and it is a wonderful area, especially as you get away from downtown.
Corten is actually A-588 Type too fast sometimes

Last edited by Rasalas; Oct 7, 2016 at 08:56 AM. Reason: Miss spelled

Oct 6, 2016 | 12:27 PM

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wb6anp

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Interesting, I am watching a tfltruck video, the Superduty truck they are drivging has LED's, this is the second time I have seen led light on camera strobe.

Oct 6, 2016 | 12:42 PM

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Rasalas

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LED Lamps are not constantly on. They turn on and off at a given cycle which you can actually see with the naked eye in the correct conditions. They have a refresh rate similar to a computer monitor and not all are the same. The camera also works by frames and when the frames of the camera sync with the refresh rate you will either get no light, partial light or full light. Since they are not exactly the same it will yield a strobe of moving wave effect.

Oct 6, 2016 | 02:07 PM

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They look to be the GY Wrangler AT Adventure w/Kevlar. They are one of the AT tires that come with the 17's along with the Michelin LTX AT2.

I am not at the truck now, but they are Goodyear Wranglers. They were the A/T option.

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Oct 6, 2016 | 02:10 PM

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I am not at the truck now, but they are Goodyear Wranglers. They were the A/T option.

You're lucky you got them. Ford ships the trucks with one of two AT options and you can't choose what you get. It's whatever is on the line when it's built. The Michelins are much more of a street tire. Pretty much equivalent to an AS in the snow. The GY's are just as quiet and wear just as well on the street, but are much better in the snow and wet. I've had both on my current truck and the GY's win hands down.

Oct 6, 2016 | 02:12 PM

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scidlik

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Originally Posted by Rasalas

Speaking of plates, I did some work not too far from you at the St Louis Zoo. Project Manager for construction of a sculpture and installation of "Animals Always", built here in Western NY and shipped and installed at the Zoo. Over 250 tons of A-88 Corten steel. I hope you and the area enjoy this fine piece of art. I got to know a little of the area during the install and it is a wonderful area, especially as you get away from downtown.

I go by that sculpture daily. Everywhere has it's problems but I like it. I live about 35 miles west.

Oct 6, 2016 | 02:14 PM

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archerseven

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This is called pulse width modulation (PWM) and might be how the auto dimming lights work. It's sort of like a rheostat / variable resistor, but instead of changing resistance, it changes power-on interval. This is a far more effective way to dim LEDs, and doesn't damage them, but it's also how you control many electric motors and the like. Kinda fun, definitely worth understanding since it's used in a lot of places and likely going to be used more going forward, as it's more efficient and versatile than a rheostat.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasalas

Speaking of plates, I did some work not too far from you at the St Louis Zoo. Project Manager for construction of a sculpture and installation of "Animals Always", built here in Western NY and shipped and installed at the Zoo. Over 250 tons of A-88 Corten steel. I hope you and the area enjoy this fine piece of art. I got to know a little of the area during the install and it is a wonderful area, especially as you get away from downtown.

That's awesome! It's probably been 2 years since I went to the Zoo, but I'll have to make a trip out there, it's a cool place.

I grew up on the extreme edge of the southern suburbs and now live west of the city near Mid River's Mall. The rivers here are awesome, and the conservation department has lots of mostly unimproved areas that are cool to visit.