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Good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Talked to Boat Shop this morning and they have no problem with the boat sitting there for and extra day or two. So, we're spending the night here at Bravo and heading back first thing in the morning. We're going to have to bring two rigs so the Warden will drive the car. F450 goes to Highway Trailer Sales in Salem Tuesday morning for camper frame mounts and the Lance Plug. Since they will have it all day long, we'll need a 2nd rig that the Warden can drive to come follow me over and give me a ride home.
Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Beautiful morning up here on the mountain. Too bad we have to head back to the valley. Boat should be ready and we have stuff going on in McMinnville over the next few days with the finale (I hope) in Salem on Tuesday. I did get a phone call from the VA. My new-old PCP took another job within the VA and left. I've now been assigned to a new PCP who is a Doctor and not a LPN. The Doc wants to have an appointment with me and go over everything including a review of meds since I have an "interesting history". That hasn't been set up yet.
Morning all. Logs cut now to start splitting. For a guy with no fireplace, I have a lot of firewood. Will be making more since I have more dead trees.
Nice truck. I almost ordered one of those. If you are using a sleave in that 3" receiver hitch, I would suggest getting a 3" stinger. There is too much slop and you'll end up egging out the pin hole. Got the point I had beat the stinger out to remove it. Then spend time to file the hole only to do it all over again later. Now everything is 3" for the truck and no more egged out hole and WAY less banging and clanging. Those reducer sleaves are trash.
Now to go to a tire shop and replace the 19.5's with 20's or 22's and some AT's.
Morning all. Logs cut now to start splitting. For a guy with no fireplace, I have a lot of firewood. Will be making more since I have more dead trees.
Nice truck. I almost ordered one of those. If you are using a sleave in that 3" receiver hitch, I would suggest getting a 3" stinger. There is too much slop and you'll end up egging out the pin hole. Got the point I had beat the stinger out to remove it. Then spend time to file the hole only to do it all over again later. Now everything is 3" for the truck and no more egged out hole and WAY less banging and clanging. Those reducer sleaves are trash.
Now to go to a tire shop and replace the 19.5's with 20's or 22's and some AT's.
Got AT mountain snowflake Continentals on it with a lot of miles left. I question how well the tread will clean out though. We may be selling your house so we can buy new tires at the first sign of snow and ice. I do have a set of brand new chains I need to take into Les Schwab and see if they could wave a wand and turn them into 19.5's or tire socks. I'm kind of thing about them, but not sure how they would do off the pavement.
I have a 3 to 21/2, 2 1/2 to 2 on order. They'll be here today. I have special clamps that vice grip them in so rattle, wiggle and slop is taken care of. Between extension bars (3 in different lengths) for boat, horse and Utility trailers for the camper is on, and an number of hitches and receivers I have, I'm probably in the $1500 to $2000 range of that stuff lying around. Having said that, I do have a 3" on order as well. The 3" won't be here until next week, and I need to pickup the boat in West Salem this afternoon or tomorrow.
Jim, I didn't want all that anti rattle stuff and it wasn't the rattle, there was too much movement. I didn't have that issue on the 2017 but this 22 was horrible. The 3" solved it all. I know what you mean though about all the hitches. Now the Expy has its own set of 2" stingers which just makes it easier really. I just wish I could afford a gooseneck trailer. Now stinger required! LOL This fall I'll need new rubber as the rears are almost done. Didn't pay enough attention to what they were inflated too so they wore kinda fast. I'll get some 255 3peak snowflake's although it might be overkill for OK/TX weather unless I'm driving through some softball sized hail.
I’ve got a couple that have square pieces that slide over the bar on the receiver. A set bolt (3/4” socket or box end) tightens it down and “locks it in place. Haven’t had any problems with movement or elongation. There again the 2011 is the newest pickup we’ve had. The 2025 could be low tensile metal that would wear like an egg.
Talked to Fred a bit ago when I dropped off the title and tailgate.
Apparently the Root Beer Float is going cattle ranching. Already has a sale in the works.
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