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Love the truck! Still have the 1st Gen?

Yes, but on snowshoes.

I guess I'm not buying chains then! Thanks for the sanity check.

Got it now, Bill. From what the media tells me, that sort of common sense approach probably means you're a racist!

You can calculate the difference in speed percentage based off the tire circumference as well. Calculate the factor and you could make a table to look the speed up. Or, you could just get a Smarty! Lets see... C=Pi*diameter % factor = Coem tire / Cnew tire % factor * indicated speed = real speed Plugging in some fake numbers here...

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I can wait as long as is reasonable... I don't think my employer (who is responsible for the move) will complain much if it is blizzarding. It is a two day drive, and the nastiness usually lasts 3 days at the most.

You're at Paddlefish Central! You had to mention Williston. You can't hear the tone I am using uttering that name in my head... but I have some rather unpleasant memories there. Minot and Dickinson were much better.

For light duty vehicles with good tires, I have always been of the opinion that if I need chains I shouldn't be making the trip. Sofar, through CO, WY, UT, ND, SD, MT & NM oilfield travel in all weather, I haven't been wrong. However, I don't normally tow in the winter. As an engineer, I didn't have to drive the 18 wheelers to location, and they were almost always chained on all drives, steers, and at least one set of drags. I am going to have to tow my household home from AR to CO this winter (Jan-Feb). I am on the fence if it would be a wise move to buy chains for my truck and the rear axle on my trailer. Pix of trailer below. The cost will be pretty steep for something I may only use once, and then perhaps not at all, especially as there aren't any real mountains between me and home. I would use the chains as "get to a truck stop" chains only, not as I am going to slog through the last 300 miles at 30mph chains. Any experience here? I am looking at the below chains. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VAJ17M?colid=186EVLBXUUHHS&coliid=I2FLZMMGO3WLN5&psc=1&ref_=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl

Go catch me a paddlefish!

Another thing to check out is all the connections to and from the alternator. Up there in the rust belt especially. Check the field wire and the feed wire from the alternator that routes from the alternator post to the fuse/junction box on the drivers fender. Corrosion or a bad ground can make for intermittent high resistance and noise as well. I am a big fan of dielectric grease on connectors! And by check, I mean pull them and wire brush the connecting surfaces off if they aren't shiny.

We aren't members of the NoDak Anglers site, Bill... Besides... why do you need a forum for that anyway? There are only like 12 of you guys up there.

I like this thread.

I've seen that thing, but I never knew what it was. I thought it was some kind of heater.

I didn't even know there was a sensor!

Floods suck. I am not much of a tornado fan either.

Great. I'd at least consider running a ground wire from the alternator bracket to the battery negative to the body, just as a band-aid.

Neat! If you killed an ECM, it may be due to AC voltage somewhere in the system... likely the alternator. Have you checked that voltage?

I am in the same boat as TFaoro. I have the 62 with 125s, and it can get hot with the TST or comp. I won't go bigger without twins.

Very much fun. The General Mayhem 68 Charger with the motor home 440 is probably my favorite. Followed by the Crop Duster.

I have been doing some casting as well. I have a setup for my 45-70 trapdoor and hopefully I will get to try and shoot some this next year! I want to get a mold for my 44.

Work... Lots of work. Two jobs actually, although both have periods of downtime which makes the internet a nice outlet. After that old cars, specifically old Mopars. Hunting / Fishing / Shooting / reloading Used to downhill ski a lot, but I haven't been able to do that the past few years for various reasons.

I agree actually. I thought the comp alone or smarty alone was better than the stack. However, like TFaoro, I didn't see the edge comp either.

Catcher is fuel. So from the even, odd program choses it will dictate if there is timing added as well. http://www.madselectronics.com/Smarty03.html

So, why does most everybodies truck do that when we fool the coolant sensor? They are separate systems and could not be causal.