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Good question. I have the lines that came on my work truck when I bought it in 2007. I also have a spare set in the shop, waiting. If they're in the shade when parked, they'll last a long time.

Don't know if it's still true, but in 2005, I put together a Coast to Coast (C2C) ride for a certain model Honda motorcycle (CBX). We had 2 bikes join us in Kansas with the same vanity plate, just different county.

I'll bite. Whar's an ICE?

First, let say up front I AM NOT a Harley guy. But, I've been around Paul's bike a bit, and it's one of the best looking Street Glides around. Also, I put a few miles on it on some twisty roads in Arkansas. It rides nice and handles quite well. In fact, Paul had no trouble keeping up on the Blue Ridge a couple years ago with me trying to loose him. If I didn't already have 5 bikes for sale, I'd snag his........

Do you have a thread file? If not, go get one. No, get two, on in 'Murican and one in metric. They're great for cleaning up the threads enough to get the die started. Another trick is to take a nut of the same size and file several deep notches inside, and chase the original threads with that.

Did this all happen since you installed the new generator box? If so, unhook the box lights and see if the problem still exists.

I don't recall how I found them, but it was likely from this forum when we bought the truck in 2010. They've been pretty good to deal with, no complaints in 9 years. They did require that I insure both truck and 5er, but they were cheaper on the trailer than my previous provider.

Sorry for the "adept99 said" thing. I can't make it go away..... What Roger said!!!!! Two years ago, I was in my shop, alone, climbing to the mezanine. Short ladder, but on smooth finished concrete. My feet were perhaps 6' off the ground, when the ladder slid out and I did a slow motion slide/fall to the floor. I was all tangled up in the ladder rungs, and thought for sure I'd broken my ankle/foot. That's when I found out my medical insurance didn't have an emergency room rider..... Now, darling bride and I have made a pact, to not climb ladders without another adult on the scene.

So Ralf, you knew my dad and grandpa?

I gotta agree with John. We wash our truck ourselves most of the time, but it's done with feet on the ground, Th top of the roof only gets washed when we're on the road and stop at a commercial truck wash. Some of them are pretty reasonable, but I have pulled back out of a few, after hearing the price.

Now's one of those times I wish the country were a bit smaller. I'd gladly wash/wax your truck for all the grief you've saved this crowd.

There's a fuel pressure sensor on the back of the IFSM plate on an ISX that's a real bugger too. I left a trail of blood on the shop floor changing that one. But it wasn't much over $100...........

While many here extol the virtues of Miller, I was unable to secure a resonable policy through them. They wouldn't cover the truck while bob-tailing, for any reason, or if pulling other trailers. My current policy, Progressive through Lazy Days RV, allows unlimited bob-tailing, and pulling of any non-commercial trailer. YMMV.

Yes, but they're just following the model established by John Deere, Harley Davidson, Mercedes, BMW, Cessna......the list goes on. The trick is to know when you really need the branded part, and when you can simpley buy the pieces and fix it. I often take apart pieces John Deere says are non-servicable, and fix them. Example: $150 for a re-man alternator, v. $20 for brushes and bearings. When it comes to sensors, I don't think I'd risk it for $20, but $308 difference would justify looking up the specs. I have some hydraulic pressure sensors on the combine that are incorrect, but very, very, close. Kept me running when the correct part was 2 days out........

I think I remember the OP saying in another thread that the items had to be permanently mounted. That's how Ohio and Indiana are too.

I like the orange/purple almost as much as your existing stripes. To my eye, the stripes are classier.

It's my understanding Mexico does not recognize any license classification for HDTs other than commercial, so taking a private HDT, even with MH registration, is difficult. Can someone please verify this, or tell me I'm out in left field and just dreamed it?

Ahhh, bridges. In a little town hear here, where many of you have been, (Aurora, IN, on the way to Little Farm), there's an old steel bridge with a 6 ton weight limit. The state certified it for all legal loads, but the town doesn't want truck traffic to/from the river terminal going through that area. Before the restrictions, I took a combine w/ header trailer through there. 16.5' wide and over 60' long. Police weren't happy......

Or.... "You can drive a man to drink, but you can't make him water." 😁

Well, actually, I spit out coffee reading Chirakawa's response. And yes, now that the cat's out of the bag, when we had supper w/ Phil an January, he only had two (2) Dr. Peppers, and said he was cutting back. But, it appears he still can remember the rule books........

Coffee + keyboard = bad...........🤣

We have two hdt's, one work and one play, both licensed in Ohio. We have plates front and rear, but the renewal stickers are on just one plate. On the work truck, that stickered plate must be on the front, so as to be visible when hooked to a trailer. On the "play truck", with MH designation, the stickered plate must be on the rear.

Those pokey things can get you in trouble. A long time ago, I had a heat/ac issue in a car (1975 model). I crawled under the dash and started poking holes in all the colored wires coming and going to the heater slide switches. But half of them were vacuum lines...........

And I'll repeat, thank you Phil for suggesting we put together a binder with registration, insurance and copies of applicable home state laws, all in clear sleeves with pertinent points highlighted. I had a Texas SHP thank me for making his job easy, as he handed me two warning tickets.

LGT was coined by Kevin, aka "Flapper', now departed. He was towing with a srw ford at the time, and made up the term for his truck. If you were there when the term was first used, it's pretty funny. BTW, Kevin eventually upgraded to a hdt.