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OK I know I can read for years on this bike vs that bike but I needed opinions on a specific opportunity I have. Local shop has one Trek Superfly fs8 left for nearly 1/3 off as it is a demo and frame size is right for me (6,1) Dilema. I am in the market for an XC bike or a trail bike (rather...

We loaded up the suburban (stock) and our little 12' travel trailer and spent 3 weeks on the road to see my wifes family. The following are some pics with captions from the trip. Not off road but certainly covered some ground. One of the dozens of black bears we saw along the way. Cute...

The are a wide range of options for setting up a camper or rig with all sorts of custom solar options to meet ones needs. However it seems to require advanced degrees, sorcery, and some plain old mojo to figure it all out. It almost seems like a hobby unto itself. What have people found that...

I have an Icom 2800h that I loved. Sadly it has given up the ghost. The head unit will not power up and I found that the negitive power supply lead had gotten hot enough to burn through a butt connector. The positive side was fused and didn't ever pop. Guess I will head the advice of those that...

http://www.viagra.com/viagra-tv-commercial.aspx View the "stuck" ad. Saw it on TV the other day, can't find it on youtube but the link above should take you to it.

Knowing there are a bunch a hams here I thought I would see if anyone knows a fix for this. The gain (volume) knob on the vhf side of my 2800 is no longer functioning. It appears to be a type of resistor and the resistor part is blown out leaving the vhf side to only have one volume level...

Updated: Gas can gate/rack completed, added post below. Wish this were a trip report, but that will have to wait a few weeks. If you are a real fabricator, move on nothing to see here! :elkgrin: For you other average joes who like build stuff, here you go. Where I started. Functional yes...

Lost a front wheel bearing on the way home tonight. Truck crossed lanes and I was in the center turn lane before I got it under control. Some how the wheel stayed on and I limped it a few miles home on back roads. The inner bearing was completely welded to the spindle, yet still spinning...

88 suburban. Trying to bring it back to life. 350 tbi. Sitting for 5 years. Ran tip top when parked. Here's the deal. We got it running and it idles great and in neutral or park revs all the way up nice and smooth. Put it in drive and it can barely even go. It just doesn't make power or spool...

Curious I never hear anyone talk about this. But these short trailers will jackknife in a heart beat when backing up. It's on my mind as I have been involved in two such situations in the last month or so. The first was a large car hauler trailer behind an F-350 where we didn't make it up a...

As the title alludes to I have a 76csx and my macbook pro that both go with me on my small adventures. Simple question, does anyone know of a way to make the two play together on the (off the) road. The 76csx rocks, but that screen is painfully small. Since the macbook is coming along for the...

So as I am continue to work and redesign my rear tire carrier in my head I started to wonder about the effect on performance and handling from hanging all that weight behind the axle. My current gate holds two 5gal cans and of course the 33'' tire and I have never noticed any issue. In my...

There is a full sized long bed flippack off an f150 in the anchorage craiglist. $650 I was tempted but have enough projects and really would need a full sized short bed for my plans anyway. So here you go. I am pretty sure it's the same one I called on this summer, it belonged to his father if...

I now have 3 :sombrero:. Weird I know. The first one is a hidden hitch behind my license plate. I was never comfortable putting a large load like a winch or recovery strap on it. I know they are strong and people do it all the time, I was just concerned about side loading it and tweaking the...

So working on a project that will require a couple of receivers. Just wondering if there is anything special about the steel used in receivers vs the same size and wall thickness of standard steel stock. thanks for the help.

Anyone using them? The reviews I have read are all positive, in fact overwhelmingly so. I just paged through the google results for an hour and was stunned at the amount of glowing reviews. Made me wonder why I had not heard about them before.

Spot - First impressions My parents and my wife got me a spot and 1 year of service (including the route tracking or breadcrumb feature) for my birthday. Pretty cool gift, and a total surprise ( no cobb grill, oh well maybe next time ). My first impressions are that this thing is really more...

So I nearly burned my truck down today. The alternator wire slipped out of the crimp at the battery and grounded. 6-8 feet of burning wire and one scared owner. Luckily the damage was minor, but no longer will I ignore the lack of fuses and other shotty wiring from the previous owner. I run a...

My buddy brought along the cobb grill on our last trip and let me just say it cooked a mean steak with something like 5 or 6 brickets. Coals lit fast and we used it for Dinner, lunches and even did bacon on it one morning. I was very impressed to say the least. Locally I cannot find one, but...

This is the followup to this thread. My buddy John and I bailed out of work at noon on Friday and spent the next four days exploring and camping the areas in and around the Denali Highway. One good stuck resulting in a flat, several stretches of "Oh ********" driving, but overall fun and no real...