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Couple of pics from my shop at the mine doing a scheduled major rebuild on our Hitachi 2500 mass excavator. Doing an engine swap here are pics of the Cummins factory reman engine sitting in the module. Engine is a V16 QSKTA 50 1500 horsepower

Hi, My friend is planning to buy a truck for his company. As I am a truck driver in a firm here, he asked for my suggestions regarding the companies specializing in the truck loans. But, I don't have much idea about them as I haven't consulted any of such companies before. Does anyone know the companies offering a help to secure truck loans? In my recent search, I came to know about some of the commercial trailer financing companies in Canada. But, I haven't heard of them before. If you know the details about their services, please be kind to share it with me. And do you know about the documents to be produced for the application of a t…

Everyone is welcome to meet starting August 18th on a Friday near Weiser at Catfish Junction RV Park.(location close to center of full eclipse path on Monday 21st of August). Rv Park phone is (541) 262-3833 for reservations for tents and rv hook ups. There is also an area next to the park for free dry camping if you like. Please try and make it even if you cannot show up till Sunday night. All are welcome . IBM is bringing several pairs of eclipse glasses, 'shades'. I'm bringing shade canopy, food snacks, and a full cooler. Let everyone know if you are planning on meeting up.

Is anyone familiar with the health side effects of breathing in compressor air for positive air respiration? I'm interested in chronic history of doing so from breathing it in. This is claimed to be grade D air, but i have been told now that it's the same regular air used to supply equipment. The air comes from the same compressor. Lately I've been having some respiratory trouble, more when i exert myself than not. I did terrible on a stress test and barely passed a physical i did for a prereq for a job. Going in for a chest xray to start focusing on the lungs as at least my heart checked out fine, thank God.

Hi guys. It has been a while since I have posted here. Hope you haven't written me off. Our family has recently been through some of the worst times of our lives and it has just been recently like I have the spirit in me to venture outside of my small world here on the farm. I have been to get my spirits and mind right but the first thing I need to concentrate on is my health. I recently purchased a ProForm Hiit Trainer Pro Elliptical which I have come to like a LOT. Even the wife likes it too. Recently it started making some worrisome noise which I think I have narrowed down to a main shaft bearing. It makes a strange ratcheting or weird gri…

The title says it all. What's out there that's legitimate? More specifically, online? I want to try and secure something so maybe i can not worry about where to work...

Some of you already know I do website management on the side. Like I know some of you know that SmartyResource is down for the past few days. I'm fighting to get the site up and running ASAP for the owner. My problem is the old hosting company servers are too small for the forum and trying to get a clean backup to transfer it all over to the new hosting company. SmartyResource will be running the same forum software as we are here. Then I've got the other local Idaho base forum I've been managing as well IdahoTurboDiesels.Com . So this explains why I'm here for a time then gone for a few days or just not posting much. I figured I would share with you all what I've been up…

I am searching for my stolen truck. I have included photos and a description of the truck. I can also offer identifying details for the engine itself if necessary. Please distribute this information and be on the look out. Any leads you can provide would be very helpful. Thank you. Truck Details 1995 Dodge Ram 2500, 12 Valve Cummins 4x4, 5 speed Extended cab, long bed Red and Silver Exterior Red Interior LineX Bed Liner UWS Tool Chest Mounted on Aluminum Risers Curt Class V Hitch The truck is very clean inside and out Approximate Mileage: 140,000 VIN: 3B7KF23C6SM184157 Georgia Tag: PLI7212 Stolen 07/18/2016 from Atlanta, Georgia The thief bu…

Maybe this is all in my head, but I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this: Many of us have trucks have been around 10+ years now, and in that time I think every possible question has been asked and answered in the various online forums, particularly CF. And so, when I visit the forums now, all I see are the idiots who don't know how to search, and the trolls who answer them, usually incorrectly because they are more interested in seeing their jibberish in print than having any actual knowledge about what they are posting. All three of my vehicles are older, so I see the same pattern in the forums for all three of them. It seems …

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I've got a blower unit on my wood stove. The control box for fan speed has lost its variability. I can only have it on high speed otherwise it barely blows at any other speed. I've determined that its the rheostat. I've called a couple dealers and the genuine oem replacement offered by the manufacturer is over 150 dollars. Which is totally ridiculous. I dunno where i can source an exact replacement of the unit as i figured it has to just be some Chinese build unit. Is it possible to fix the existing one? Antoine know a thing or two about these?

So I was out cutting my lawn and along the line where the grass meets the woods I saw what I thought to be a morel mushroom. So I stopped and went to look next thing you know I'm picking mushrooms in my woods. I stumbled across a decent size cache of morels. Ended up with a paper grocery bag full. If you've never had these before ohhh boy are you missing out. They are only around a short period just a few weeks around here and are pretty rare to find. Very sought after and expensive at farmers markets. I sautéed some up just a bit ago in olive oil and minced garlic. Delish?

I've got lucky and found a wonderful woman. We've met about a month ago on a dating site. What is so fascinating about this get together is that I did something most don't ever do on a dating site. I listed all the thing I wanted and didn't want in a woman. Which filtered off a lot of people because of my requirements. Then comes Donna that fits my requirements completely. She had to find out more about me. The first date was to meet in Riggins, Idaho and she enjoyed the first meet. She asked me to come down to her place and have dinner with her. Then next weekend we did a camp out on the Salmon River which we both enjoyed the time together. Then this weekend we did a rep…

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1550606851637499&id=105924042772461 We've had numerous derailments since things have thawed out. Multiple mudslides in the region and flooding everywhere. Just another day, lol... I don't believe this derailment was caused by soft ground.

Cummins new lifetime oil change is is this a defect?

My 5ther is just now 4 years old from time of purchase. Here is what i get to deal with... Don't buy a keystone rv! Notice the shoddy caulk seam. That is not going to seal anything. Regardless, I'm putting money on it I'm once again going to end up being that guy that slips right through the crack and won't have any coverage despite my extended warranty. I was going through the trailer prepping it so i could take it to a place to sell it on consignment. Noticed the slide was not the same as before. Well lo and behold, there was more to this sponge than met the eye. Good news is, if someone wants more than I'm willing to pay, there see…

http://imgur.com/r/justrolledintotheshop/t962i Got to the link above and check this out. There are dangerous people on the road.

I know there are a few of you on here that live the country or construction life. I'm having a hard time deciding on what to do. I'm adamant about a garden this year. But whats stopping me is having adequate fencing to keep the deer out. I don't exactly want to spend much money on fencing to make this happen as my dollars are going out of the pocket at every angle. So I'm inquiring to great minds, to see if there is truly a solution to this. I have MANY, many lodgepole pine logs that I have on the property. They are the PERFECT size for posts, but I cannot decide on what to do to preserve them. I do realize that they can be a poor choice in wood. They are used…