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when life gives you some pretty tough things to handle.

Again another great reason to be prepared for anything. You never know what might stop services from flowing into your little community. http://hb.511.idaho.gov/#roadReports?timeFrame=TODAY&layers=roadReports%2CwinterDriving%2CweatherWarnings%2CotherStates

I mean in a way of what scares you in life. For me its spiders. If they are outside and in nature and I see them first I am totally ok with them, its the ones I can't see in closed dark spaces that creep the hell out of me and then the webs that you get entangled in not knowing if there are spiders in them or not. The other thing is when I find one crawling on me, I become the best acrobat on planet earth at that point lol. This is my type of identifying chart when in my house.

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You guys have any ideas on ways to keep tools from rusting in the shop? Unheated and 100% humidity.

What grease guns are you guys using? I need one but don't know if I should just get the cheapy one from walmart or if it'd be worth shelling out a bit more for something higher quality. I've heard of horror stories about people trying to grease some of the fittings on these trucks.

Just to show off Nicks handy work say I'm looking for a set of new hood bumpers for my 02 truck. So I would go over to the part number lookup tool and find the part I'm looking for. Now go over to Google and type in the part number plus "dodge ram". https://www.google.com/#q=02276804+dodge+ram Now just quickly checking the reported links. The first one for me had what I was looking for at a god price even. http://www.factorychryslerparts.com/products/DODGE/RAM-1500/BUMPER-Hood/4240073/02276804.html So this should help folks find parts for there trucks even the tougher ones that most part stores might not have.

Figured we could get some conversations going about some of our other forms of transportation. Here are some pics of my wifes crew some of which she shares ownership with her mother like the Donkeys and Mini horses and goat. I will type out the story of her horse when I feel like typing for a while, very long story of how this horse is still alive and thriving today, my wifes passion for life and horses helped pull this mare through massive injuries that would have killed or caused the euthanasia of most animals. No animal in the pics cost more than 10 bucks from the sales barn and other than the horse and routine hoof trimmings have been low to no cost ani…

We took our annual pilgrimage to central Utah to Fish Lake. It was awesome. The weather was great, in the 50's and we got out share. Our first day there, we caught 100+ perch and filleted them that night. They ended up as our lunches for the next couple of days on the ice. Fried perch on the ice...it doesn't get any better. The ice was 20" thick, I tried to convince my brother in law to drive his truck out on it...but he didn't want to.

I wanted to give a Big shout out to BBHD. Thanks a ton for the BHAF, the truck screams not, well not faster, but it sure sounds good in the cab! You're a real standup guy, let me know the next time you are coming through and I will get you lunch or a beer or whatever. Nick

Well, I'm 35 and I got in my first accident yesterday. It was my drill weekend and I was heading back to work from lunch. Sucks to lose your DD especially when it is reliable and paid for. I was coming through an intersection with a green light and the security forces come through on a red. They turned their sirens on as we both got in the intersection...too late to do anything with. Neither of us were going very fast, speed limits were only 20MPH. Nobody hurt, but my truck just turned into my DD. At least fuel is below $2/gal.

Okay.... this gives me an idea for the MM73 Eclipse Camp.... the one with the dirtiest turbo/ intake tube has to start the fire each nite. Each contestant has one vote. No wet fire wood you guys

Hey all i have to share this im still in shock. My buddy works in the bush 4 hours north of fort MacMurray in Alberta Canada. His 02 ram started smoking like a train and skipping on cold start up. Drove it 4 hours of ice roads and back country to make it to a diesel shop in fort MacMurray. He had P0216 code and a companion code. Figured the stock lift pump was dead and killed/killing the original vp truck has 220,000km. He asked them to change filter and check fuel pressure. Sure enough 3psi idle. They said first they will put on a new lift pump and see what happens. Gave him a quote of $4600 plus labor to change the 2 pumps. $300 for the lift pump…

I hope you choke on a bag of d**ks! Had yet ANOTHER afm lifter take a dump tonight on the wife's 2009 GMC Sierra. I'm converting it to regular lifters and pulling all of the AFM garbage off, enough is enough. I need a new cam ($93), lifters ($113), valley plate ($42), and the ECM reprogrammed ($50). I'm going to pull the electric fans, radiator and A/C condenser to get the cam out. Thank you GM for implementing such a failure prone pos system on an otherwise reliable vehicle

There are a few of you on this site that reload. I'm no expert and I am still learning a lot. I've been reloading .45ACP for a while and I'm trying to get your thoughts on bullets. I'm not casting my, I buy them. On the shelf I can buy them in .451 or .452. I've read all over the interwebs and through all of my manuals. I've reloaded both and shot both and I haven't noticed any difference. For anyone in the know, what are your thoughts, cautions, or concerns (if any) with using .452 projectiles?

Alright, I have lots of plans ahead of me with this new place of mine. Hopefully I will make some good headway this year on things without going broke! Part of this is to do some framing work. Whether that be the front and back decks I'd like to put to a couple extra bedrooms to adding a loft, partition wall and storage space to the shop to the ADU I would like to build. As you can tell there is alot of work in store for me just in framing work. The ADU and shop are pole building style and I need some advice on it. I do plan on buying a couple books on framing to help me along the way and also watch all the youtube videos I can. Around my neck of the woods, I can do just …

Mike, it may be right in front of my face? but I can`t figure out how to make a donation to this site anymore. I don`t want to become a lost family member again!

Yeah that's right JAG1 is camping in my front yard with his Dodge truck and truck camper. I'll post up pictures tomorrow in the daylight.