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1 hour ago, Bobalos said:

 

Wow super sad.  I remember (very clearly) when the one blew up in 86.  It was shocking to me to watch.  I was in complete disbelief. I was staying with a friend and days away from getting on a plane to goto bootcamp. 

Agree, very sad and surreal for sure... interesting how certain events are burned so deeply into our brains.  I suppose it's those tragic events that, while rocketing into space is risky stuff for sure, we never really anticipated anything going so horribly wrong. 

53 minutes ago, Bobalos said:

I watched it yesterday & it was pretty interesting.  it reminded me of the old days of watching the flights on TV.  Its been in my queue for quite some time & I was gaffing it off because I assumed it was a shot about Elon Musk, but it was very little about him, and more about Space-X.

I forgot that there were 2 shuttles that blew up.  did they ever figure out what actually happened to the one that burned up coming back down?

Yes... piece of fuel tank insulating foam broke off during launch and punched a hole in one of the reinforced carbon-carbon panels on the left wing leading edge.

2 hours ago, Rockwood said:

Since brakes apply equal pressure (except the car in the video above using the ABS pump to individually engage brakes at a wheel to force power to the opposite wheel) and an open diff will always send more power to the unloaded wheel by design, it'll likely end in tears unless you're really careful or start yanking e-brake cables like you said. Without electronics or mechanical disabling, the one wheel peel will apply here since the strap will load the tire, and the other tire is (presumably) free to spin and will get 100% of the torque.  Even then, if you can get the strap reliably around the tire, why not just stack rocks or your floormats under it instead? What happens when the strap gets tight and the shortest line between your wheel and the anchor point involves your plastic bumper?  What if the strap slips off and wraps itself around your brake lines and other chit?

Waaaay better off just using the ratchet strap and some rocks to very slowly hand winch yourself out.  

Oh absolutely, couldn't agree with you more.  Resorting to the strap around the tire thing would be one of those last ditch efforts, when all else fails/have nothing to lose kinda deals.  Assuming the strap-round-the-tire thing is a derivative of this... which, if you were hard core, wouldn't be a bad tool to have in your bag of tricks, as a backup to your electric/pto winch and lockers.

 https://www.offgridweb.com/transportation/bush-winch-a-simple-vehicle-recovery-tool/

12 hours ago, Rockwood said:

Depends. Poor man’s locker still annihilates the less loaded tire unless there’s some sort of limited slip in there. Otherwise, my high school buddies doing siiiiiiiiiick standing burnouts in their pickups would’ve had more than a one wheel peel.

LOL... the old one wheel wonder burnout or "powerbrake" burnout as some of us kids use to call them! To clarify, you are absolutely correct with regards to the unloaded tire just spinning... I was referring to the strap trick, specifically that having an open diff isn't necessarily a death sentence, but is something that you might be able to overcome. Heck, if you couldn't apply enough brake pressure to slow or stop the free-spinning wheel, disconnect the emergency brake cable from the stationary wheel and set the parking brake, vice-grip the cable or strap the spinning wheel up... force the diff to send torque to the other wheel.  Admittedly, unless you're somewhat mechanical and/or an avid, experienced wheeler, mom and pop out for a family adventure aren't likely to have the wherewithal to do any of this.  As kids, most of us couldn't afford a limited slip/posi much less real lockers, so we had to find workarounds, sometimes they'd work, sometimes not.  Today, hit the locker switch on the dash... problem solved, life is good. 

Ref your one wheel peel, I'm guessing we- I mean your buddies were successful because the front brakes are so much more effective than the rear, producing significantly more holding power, so there was never enough resistance on the rear to prevent that RR from going up in smoke... oversimplifying I'm sure. Here's the wealthy man's version of the open diff old brake trick... 

21 hours ago, Rockwood said:

Unless the other tire isn’t loaded as well, then you’d need a locker. 

Not true... apply brakes, might have to apply a little throttle as well to overcome the brakes, now both tires are loaded. 

20 hours ago, Bobalos said:

I saw the Rush sticker first a but could not reas the other ones until I got closer. 

You won't know, unless you know.... 

The 55 was at a church function we went to this weekend.  Super nice. 

 

You meant to say '56... 

4 hours ago, SofaKing said:

I don't know. ABC seems to be pretty extreme at everything he does. Might be fun to watch him dump for an hour and a half.

Good point.  Homesteading the dump station?  Inconsiderate.  Using more water to clean out his poop tank than most of us use of fresh water on a 2 week dune trip?  Unnecessary.  Dump station entertainment value?  Priceless. 

4 hours ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:

You disappoint me… You puppy

Abc 

You being the center of the universe and having the world rotate around you, is it any wonder?!  

Inability to refute, resort to personal attacks/insults... a tactic commonly employed by leftists.    

2 hours ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:

Let's Go Brandon!... you voted for him?

LOL... no, sorry to disappoint, but that's relevant how?  Could be wrong however, while we can certainly give credit to Brandon for record fuel prices, inflation, out of control spending/$5.2 trillion increase in national debt, unchecked "immigration", botched Afghanistan withdrawal and resulting deaths, etc., he gets a pass on the current water reservoir storage levels.  As for your lack of consideration for your fellow RV/duners at the dump station? That's on you, not Brandon.  

16 hours ago, Rockwood said:

You fill the entire tank to the top 2-3 times at the dump?  People behind you must be fans...

I'm just gonna chit in there again.  While I don't want kibbles and bits clogging the works up and causing problems, I'm not concerned if my brown guests find the place a little messy when they arrive.  A rinse with the hose at the end of the flush is plenty for me.

3 hours ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:

Yeah.. with the 'team' and the water flow is fast from the deal, we're in and out pretty quick. .. plus I doubt I know the person behind me so.. eff em.

Try it and if you have a clear elbow on your shitter tube, you'll be amazed at all the lovely brown colors.. ick!

abc

"plus I doubt I know the person behind me so.. eff em."  Nice.  Meanwhile... https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/02/california-drought-record-january-february/

But hey, when we're drinking reconstituted poop water, we can all take solace in knowing ABC's poop tanks are clean.

On 3/18/2022 at 9:01 AM, Mac said:

 

I don't like your tone...

I want a freaking ice machine!  

 

Mac, don't listen to these people, they know nothing of which they speak!  I did a commercial ice machine 14 years ago, will never go without one.  Matter of fact, we turned off the ice machine in the fridge at home, never was a fan of the nasty, smelly, cloudy ice the comes out of those things.  Nothing like crystal clear, rock hard ice that comes out of a commercial machine!  I Have a Manitowoc SY0304A, have it sitting on a 400 pound bin... it's been a rock solid machine.  While very true, you can buy a ton of ice for what a decent ice machine and bin cost, it's got nothing to do with saving money.  I'm guessing, if you factor in the initial cost combined with operating and possible repair cost over the life of the machine, I don't think you'll ever come close to breaking even much less saving any money.  But the convenience and ice quality, without a doubt, makes it all worth it, to me anyway.  It was always such a pain in the ass, prepping for trips, flogging all day loading motorhomes, trailers, then the last thing you have to do is load up coolers.  Gotta run over to the store to pick up 25 bags of ice (half way through the trip, have to go into town for ice), haul ass to get it home while it's turning to water, like I said, just a pain in the ass.

We bring a ton of ice with us on trips, load up one 144 quart cooler with just ice, two smaller soft coolers we use in the cars, then have two smaller 50-ish quart coolers, one with beers, one with sodas.  Also line two bins in the fridge freezer with clean trash bags, load them up with ice.  We always have ice filled coolers on every ride, drinks with ice in them at camp, after 10 days in the dunes, always come home with leftover ice.  Plus, I don't wait to the last minute to load up ice chests... I'll do that early on, at my convenience.  That way, everything gets cooled down, then before we hit the road, I drain the ice water out of the coolers and top them off with ice.   

I went with Manitowoc at the recommendation of a buddy of mine who is a HVAC guy with some ice machine experience as well as local ice machine repair business.   

4 hours ago, Rorschach said:

I didn't know there were weight restrictions on OHVs. Do they weigh you now? If you're over 2500lbs, then what?

Haven't read it however, guessing it's like Az... if over 2500lbs, you don't get the reduced vehicle license tax ($3.00 in AZ), you pay full tilt on VLT to be street legal, just like you do on your Duramax.  

See "Street Legal Operation". option 1 in below link... 

 https://azstateparks.com/ohv-registration