rancherman is back..

[rancherman]

I can hear the groans....'geesh..  him again'.  LOL

anyway  lifes'  beatdowns  aside,  and  a new  ISP  (no longer Hughes.net)  I  was fortunate  to have a  cell tower built about 6 miles  from me  so  i thought i'd give it a whirl.

I'm getting about  double the speed  up and down,  and my  current   plan is  3x the data  for  approximately   half the price  of  my  late  satellite  provider.

No  blackouts due to  cloud cover either..'

 

Long and  short of my  absence  is    well,   farming and ranching is  highly mechanized,  and   the past  couple of years  has been   soul sucking  on my   mental health... keeping  stuff in running order..  

Playing and  upgrading with the  Dodges  was put on the total  back burner..    I was  fortunate to  have   minor issues to  contend with on  the  faithful  2000  3500.

Minor??  hmm..   well,   rebuilding the  front axle,  and  that  IP  i replaced  was never  right  'out of the box'..  it  went south    last year..         1 or 2 day type stuff in my camp is considered  'minor'.  So  i  considered myself lucky  on the  vehicle dept!

I was mistakenly sent a  HO  pump,   but only paid for the  SO style..  and since it was the vendors  mistake,  they 'ate' the  core difference.

The new pump  absolutely  runs  like  a  wild  ape.  (  now,  don't tell me  that  15 HP  is  going to make THAT much difference)    My  last  replacement pump  apparently was   a  'dud'..  from  the  get go...    I just didn't   realize  it  was  running   that poorly,  I  really didn't have a  comparison.

economy  is    way up too,     It'll  knock out  18-19  mpg  all day  long empty,   running  60-65   with those lovely duals.       The previous  replacement pump  was     13.4,   MAX,   one time.   Most of the time it was   12-13   Don't ask  what it was  when the trailer was attached!

Nice  talk with  Mike this evening.... got me  kinda up to speed on  the site!   Things  look/sound  exciting for the  forum! 

Hope to be able to  contribute to the cause  here..        Later!!

Robert

[IBMobile]

Nice to have you back. 

[CSM]

They have internet in Nebraska?  Who knew?  

[notlimah]

Welcome back!

[Mopar1973Man]

Nice to to have old faces turn back up here. 

[rancherman]

'old'  is  about  right!!    LOL  

[Mopar1973Man]

Hey now... I'm growing my own wisdom hairs too. 

[JAG1]

You know your pretty lucky if the guy working on your truck has all the experience.

Luckier still if he if has no signs of the grey haired forgetfulness.

 

But when that young guy who worked on your truck just a few years ago is growing 'wisdom hair"  I know I'm getting old.

[joecool911]

Welcome back Cotter!

[Mopar1973Man]

1 hour ago, joecool911 said:

Welcome back Cotter!

 

Talk about so 70's wow.... 

[Wild and Free]

2 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Hey now... I'm growing my own wisdom hairs too. 

Ha Ha, I recently was listening to my uncle and his first cousin who are both recently retired and my uncle is balding but his cousin is greying and he looked at my uncle and said "I would rather have traitors than deserters".

[dripley]

Welcome back Rancheramn. It seems my traitors are getting grayer and the deserters are still deserting. Cant win like this.

[rancherman]

5 hours ago, joecool911 said:

Welcome back Cotter!

not to nit  pik...  but it was spelled  "Kotter"  LOL...    and  is  where   John Travolta   got his start.  Yo Vinny!  Hows about a  coke??

I can't remember  what I had for breakfast... but  crap  like  this comes  at will..     sigh.