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yah, I asked him but he just got a brand new bottle of pepper spray, so I figured it was best to keep my distance. lol

 

 

You are wise beyond your years Obie Wan!!!

looking foward to going out to the mountains and try highmarking, but wanna use this sled

 

 

Thanks!!!

That made me all warm and tingly inside.

In rural areas a good option is always Rogers Internet Rocket Hub. My parents live in the country and use this - it works really well for them. Most often if you can get a cell phone signal in the area then it will work. It's a lot cheaper than getting a receiver installed on your roof from a rural internet company.

 

If you find you don't get a strong signal with the Internet hub then just return it. My parents pay around $35 - $40 per month.

 

Here's the link:

 

https://www.orderrogers.ca/rocket/hub#/overview

 

My dad uses the Bell version "Turbo Hub" and it's pretty decent too.

 

http://www.bell.ca/Bell_Internet/Internet_access

That was expensive.

 

When I watched that I was thinking about this video the whole time.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XGWsQbyOwM&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

That would be the heat exchangers for the liquid cooled sleds... but we knew what you meant!

 

 

I guess you could mount them so they throw snow into the fan of an air cooled sled for Bill so he can be cool too.

Okay.. I have lots of cable "cut offs" with no other use for them.. swagging tools and some cable ends around here that I can fabricate a point or installed a sharpened bolt into.... so I think I can make something similar with no real expense but my time.

 

 

There you go.

Once you get em figured out ya can send me a couple of sets for Arctic testing.

 

As I said the set I have are drilled and tapped for a carbide track stud.

They hold up well and are cheap and easy to replace.

Do they really get enough force going to make a good spray Dave?? I have lots of stuff around here to make something similar....

 

Yeah they work very well.

 

I'll try and get some video on the weekend if I remember. I'm old and don't remember things too good any more.

 

They are carving up the deck on my sled trailer pretty good if that gives you any idea.

I have a pair of Tric Ice Scratchers and they are light years ahead of any of the hard spring steel scratchers out there. They ain't cheap but the first time you accidentally back up with the regular scratchers deployed and trash them you will wish you payed the few extra $$$ for them.

 

I have had the spring steel scratchers and they do work quite well but they become pretzels if you back up with them deployed and need to be replaced while these are made of heavy stainless cable with a replaceable stud as the point that does the scratching.

 

 

I have also owned many vehicles and I have sworn off the Big Three forever....Toyota Tundra for hunting/fishing for me....Honda Civic for running around when I want great gas mileage.

 

Me too.

 

 

Man I had an 01 civic and it was fabulous, replaced it with a Hianddry accent. I want my civic back

 

 

I had '96,2000 and 2004 Civics and all were good cars.

The '96 and 2004 were better than the 2000 though.

Me thinks that one fell off the truck.

My '05 Pilot is a great vehicle too.

4Runners are awesome trucks, but they are only a few mpg's above your typical V8 trucks... If Toyota only brought one over with the diesel under the hood.

 

www.fuelly.com is a great site to check real world mpg numbers.... I suggest you check it out.

 

I've been wishing for years that they would bring the diesel Landcruiser over here.

Radio World has them for $950 plus you get a $200 mail in rebate. I gather this is probably a Lowrance offer and is available from all dealers.

Dave, your Pilot is only AWD when the speed sensors kick in and the computer realizes the front tires are going faster then the rears.. Other then that, it's FWD..

 

I wish Honda had a better AWD/4x4 system with locking diffs.. (My BIL owns a Ridgeline, same deal)

 

 

True but have you seen our roads?

Starting in late October until April they are snow and ice covered.

It's always kicking in the rears. I wish they were rear wheel drive with selectable 4X4.

The fact that they are FWD first creates a lot of wear on the front tires as even on dry pavement if you give 'er a little too much gas the fronts slip just a bit until the rears kick in. It's a minor annoyance but an area I think they can improve on.

 

It does however have a center locking diff which will equally sperad the power to all four wheels but it's not the same as real front and rear locking diffs. It does work pretty good though but it only works in 1,2 or R and only up to 30kmh.

 

When I got my new tires a couple of springs ago I wanted to see how they were so I drove to my friends place on the ice and put 'er in low locked and crawled up the granite outcrop in front of their cabin. I would have easily made it except my trailer hitch hung up on the ice because I did not have a big enough departure angle.

I was pretty impressed as it's pretty much a soccer mom mobile. It would be nice if Honda made a "real" truck.

Get yourself some Mobil 1 10W40 full synthetic oil about $11 a liter.

It is so superior to regular $4 liter dino oil that the extra $$$$ are well worth the cost.

I put that stuff in everything!!!!!

 

I became a believer in synthetics when I switched from regular with my 2004 Honda Civic.

It was my third in 12 years (leases) and I noticed with the first 2 when I hit about 70,000km I got some valve train noise on cold start up. With my 2004 vehicle I immediately went with Mobil1 and the noise that showed in the first two civics never showed on the newest one even when it had 250,000kms on it.

 

Even my 2 strokes get synthetic oils now as well as the other fluids on my 2005 Honda Pilot.

Synthetic power steering fluid makes a big difference here in the iquid nitrogen cold of winter North of 60*.

toyotas are nice but for the size of there engines the do get terrible city fuel mileage, friends with a 4 runner and a honda ridgeline actually use mor fuel than my 4.8l v8 seirra in all conditions all similar power i figure

 

I won't deny that the fuel mileage could be better on the Honda's. The full time all wheel drive knocks it down a bit.

 

I will also say that the new Sierra's are nice and get excellent mileage.

And as an added bonus the seats are really comfortable.

How you can get quieter than the 5.0 in a 2011 is beyond me, I can't even hear it running half the time and think it has shut off.

 

An easy fix for that is a Magnaflow cat back exhaust system.

A couple of hours of your time and your anemic sounding F150 will sound like a manly real truck.

turbo likely requires premium fuel (i am speculating, most if not all forced induction gas engines require the good stuff) and it's difficult to say just by hp/tq numbers alone.. let's see WHERE in the rpms the turbo 6 makes its power compared to the 8.

 

 

Regular fuel.

365 hp @ 5,000 rpm.

420 #ft of torque at 2,500 rpm.

Direct injected twin turbo.

 

Mileage is the same as the V8.

 

 

Seats are still uncomfortable.

New F150 with the EcoBoost engine will do all you ask of it and more. The fuel economy will be on par or a bit better than your current truck with more usefulness. And besides, its a real truck.

 

 

The only problem with it is it's excruciatingly painful on long trips as the seats are about as comfortable as old wooden bleachers.

I must add that im 6'4" and over 250lbs. my blazer was snug. I sat in a wrangler and found little room for my knees and the dash was very close to my body with the seats back all the way. i felt almost claustrophobic(sp). Have not sat in a grand cherokee yet but fear there may not be enough room for me, the family and being a hoarder, all of my crap.

 

thanks

 

 

My buddy is 6'7" 350#'s and he drives one of them caddy suv things like whut da gangstas drive.

He has ridden as a passenger in my Pilot and did not look wholey unconfortable even with the seat forward due to there being 3 more peeps in the back seat (all dressed in wading gear I might add).

 

The Mitsubihi's are nice but I find them a little lacking in overall quality of components.

The guy that works for me had an '08 Outlander and I found that it was hollow sounding when closing the doors (like they really should have dynamatted them to make it more solid sounding). The Endevour may be different and they do have an excellent warranty.

Can't go wrong with any of the Japanese vehicles. IMHO

I really like my Honda Pilot. Tons of room and it pulls my 18' Fisher and popup camper fine.

It even gets pretty decent mileage.

 

 

I tend to hold my rod tip low and swing with the current and find I get more fish this way than running my tip high. I will only run the tip high when trying to steer my offering through pocket water.

I run 15# Power Pro with 8# flouro leader and my weights are 3/16" or 1/4" pencil lead in a rubber dropper rig.

 

See HERE

 

I find this weight setup really enables you to tell the difference between rocks and fish hits.

Ya that was a neat goal....But come on, how is a Pro goalie now a spectator? That was silly, a simple poke check and Kane is finished there..I bet he doesnt get away with that again...The Gig is up. I liked what Kipper had to say, "Pfft,he would be on his butt if it were any other goalie" lol.. As annoying as Kipper is he is right this time...

 

You are getting very sleepy!!!! LOL

Yeah I saw it and was surprised that Backstrom was still fully clothed after being so badly undressed!!!

Yep, there have been a bunch of conversions based on campers.

If it were me I would do it right and replace the axle with a drop down axle so you can drop the trailer right on the ice. You can get some ideas and costing HERE.

Gigantic bar of West Coast Chrome!!

Don't know who the dude is but

 

It wasn't a meteorite!! I have video!!!!