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Old Dec 19, 2023 | 03:51 PM
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With all the electronics on these vehicles now it takes every volt a battery can give. I should have asked for the one they took out because it could have been good enough for one of my trucks..
 
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Old Dec 19, 2023 | 06:12 PM
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The guy I work with.. his battery just croaked.. He remote started it and then it turned off and we couldn't even jump start it.. I ended up giving him a ride home..
 
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Old Dec 19, 2023 | 07:17 PM
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I had to disconnect the negative battery cable and turn the headlight switch on to clear the codes before I could jump start my car..
 
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Old Dec 19, 2023 | 07:45 PM
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Was out in the mudroom fine tuning the area.. Also made me some tempura Shrimp of which I am eating now..
 
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Did you get the cabinet you were talking about..?
 
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I got that cabinet and it is loaded down.. Also got me a Kolbalt rolling toolbox that was on sale..$90 off..
 
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This is the one.. Had to put the botton half together and attach it to the box.. Had to get my grandsons over to lift it into place.. The entire thing weights 105 pounds..
 
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Did you put that in the mudroom too..?
 
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This is the one.. Had to put the botton half together and attach it to the box.. Had to get my grandsons over to lift it into place.. The entire thing weights 105 pounds..
Looks like a handy unit..
 
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Old Dec 19, 2023 | 08:09 PM
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No, it is in the dining room for now..
 
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Are you using for something other than tools. A mechanic at work bought his wife a snap-on tool box for a jewellery box...lol
 
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No, I have a bunch of odds and ends tools floating around the house..
 
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Good place to put them then...lol Everything I have is unorganized...lol
 
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Mine is unorganized as well.. just trying to get a handle on it.. I need to get what I have spread out in the garage as well..
 
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I'll have a better chance of getting organized once this project is done and I can get rid of some stuff no longer needed..
 
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