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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 01:58 AM
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The wife sent me on an errand tonight. I told Buddy “road trip” and he bolted out the door and sat next to the truck ready to go. He loves truck rides.
That is awesome! When does he get his drivers license? I heard jerry Brown will give one to anyone and everyone who wants one. You can see it in his eyes how much he wants his.
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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 02:13 AM
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Got another 4" of snow at the house yesterday, so was out in Sno-ball plowing again, then moving snow into bigger piles with my Skidsteer......was probably out there for 3-4 hours.
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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by 73CrewCab
The wife sent me on an errand tonight. I told Buddy “road trip” and he bolted out the door and sat next to the truck ready to go. He loves truck rides.
That is a happy looking dog.
It must be pretty sunny out there in Cali. as I see 5 pairs of sunglasses on your dash.
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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by oliver foster
That is a happy looking dog.
It must be pretty sunny out there in Cali. as I see 5 pairs of sunglasses on your dash.
Sunglasses and safety glasses. Jerry Brown is on his way out supposedly...whatever, I’m still leaving this state. We’re getting sued for this horrible sanctuary state bologna. Meanwhile, Buddy just wants to go for a ride
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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 02:42 PM
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replaced front brakes.
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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 07:26 PM
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Got the beds of both the gold keeper truck and the black parts truck unbolted, unwired and ready to lift and swap tomorrow...

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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 07:47 PM
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Gave Patches a sponge bath today since it was above freezing. Been months since I have washed the truck.... Don't have any outside water source since everything is still under several feet of snow, but I filled the wash pail several times and worked my way over the truck....looks much better then before.
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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by thrashingcows
Gave Patches a sponge bath today since it was above freezing. Been months since I have washed the truck.... Don't have any outside water source since everything is still under several feet of snow, but I filled the wash pail several times and worked my way over the truck....looks much better then before.
Ah,

Go plow some snow, you big gorilla!
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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 09:54 PM
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Don't have any outside water source since everything is still under several feet of snow,
Sounds like a project for the Spring. Extend hose bib to eye level? Turning the water into liquid again would be the fun part.
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Old Mar 10, 2018 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 73CrewCab


Sounds like a project for the Spring. Extend hose bib to eye level? Turning the water into liquid again would be the fun part.
Keeping water liquid up to the hose bib is an easy problem to solve. Keeping it liquid after it comes out can be problematic. Imagine trying to wash a car with sleet or snow.
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Old Mar 11, 2018 | 12:31 AM
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Finally figured out how to get my pics off my old Blackberry onto my Mac.....sheesh what a PITA!!

Some pics of my Skidsteer from yesterday after clearing snow for a couple hours......

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I got a couple sets of old commercial truck chains for free, and then split them and broke them down and shortened them to work on my machine. Work pretty sweet!

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Old Mar 11, 2018 | 03:33 AM
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TC, I think I would put those chains on the back tires cuz any time you put down pressure on the blade it raises those front wheels off the ground.

sweet little rig btw, is it a diesel
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Old Mar 11, 2018 | 11:44 AM
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That's what I need. The new place gets a lot more snow. A snow blower attachment would make it perfect.
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Old Mar 11, 2018 | 11:48 AM
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Think I finally figured out my charging problem. My battery isolater was failing intermittently cutting off power back to the battery. The alternator was working the whole time.
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Old Mar 11, 2018 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Butterball
Got the beds of both the gold keeper truck and the black parts truck unbolted, unwired and ready to lift and swap tomorrow...

If your truck doesn't already have a name...The gold keeper is pretty good.

I am thinking like the Gate keeper...Picture Ghostbusters
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