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Big5er

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  1. It would appear that you are both correct...to an extent, and both wrong. Following a lack of Congressional approval, parts of the Patriot Act expired on June 1, 2015. With the passage of the USA Freedom Act on June 2, 2015, the expired parts were restored and renewed through 2019.
  2. Mine does. But you are right, "most" do not. I wonder if the OP meant 50amp rather than 240volt.
  3. Steve, unfortunately there are very few states that prohibit "holding" a cell phone. Only about 10 states have gone so far as to ban "holding" a cell phone. Most cell phone laws are sadly unenforceable simply based on how they are written. Texas recently passed a law banning texting and driving. The law spells out exactly what a text message is. Officer: "Sir, you were texting and driving". Violator: "No sir, I was not. I was playing Candy Crush and driving (or entering an address on the GPS, or surfing the internet or watching youtube, etc.)" Officer: "Oh. Well you can go". Sadly, how many of us have a small computer built into the dash board (a radio that is more than a dial and a volume knob) and use it as we drive down the road? Is there really a difference between channel surfing on that touch screen radio and holding your phone? Distracted driving is distracted driving and a lot of us are guilty of it even without using the phone. It seems that phone is just the latest whipping post of "feel good" legislation.
  4. I know we all think we are pretty drivers, but not many of us here are/were/plan to be professional truck drivers. We all tend to drive our HDT's the same way we drive our cars at times. Maybe not quite as fast but we all get a little too close to the guy ahead. We tend to look around and enjoy the new scenery at times and have other minor distractions. Our HDT's don't handle or stop like our cars. I would also like to think that we all know if we lose brake air in the middle of the road to power through it and get out of the road if at all possible. A sudden air loss to your drive axles is gonna slow you radically.....and with no brake lights. This occurred Wednesday, 5 lane Interstate, on a bright sunshiny day at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I "was" at home on a sick day. Sarge called and said "how sick are you?". I was already in uniform since I could see it from my house. One tractor lost the air to axle 2/3 and dropped a ton of speed almost immediately. The driver heard the alarm and, like most of us would do out of simple reflex, he took his foot off the throttle to see what the alarm was. This is, well it was, 3 tractors and three trailers. No cars involved at all. All three drivers survived. The deceased passenger was in the tractor hauling that box trailer. That nice shiny silver trailer, that is sitting on top of the other flat bed, is not cargo. Tractor and trailer ran up on top of the trailer that lost his air with a little help from a poke in the rear from the 3rd tractor. That "was" a brand new 2018 Reitnouer 53' aluminum trailer. He was heading back to the terminal to pick up the permanent license plates. There was also a 2017 Freight in the mix. Both flatbeds had extremely light loads, the box truck was loaded with bottles of household cleanser. A lot of loss, in a lot of ways and to a lot of people, in probably less than 10 seconds. Y'all drive safe, ok?
  5. Good shot of my nephew in the first picture and I saw my niece on the couch too Oh, and the floor looks kinda nice too.
  6. Kirk, that link opend on LOW speed vehicles (max 35) mph and not UTV's. You have tp click tbe tab for UTV and ROV. Texas does not license/register off road vehicles, UTV or ATV or allow them in roadways. They are issued titles, but not registration. Was a big shock for me to see them with license plates and being used on the road in Wyoming.
  7. Somebody contact Steve Dixon. He had his garage/drom custom built and the last time I spoke with him he had nothing but praises for the company that did it. He parks his smart car inside and has tons or room for stoarge.
  8. If I had a pickup I would do something like this since my baby is 17ft long. But that won't work with an HDT. NoDirectionHome already posted my next consideration. After paddling a 17ft carbon fiber kayak all these years the idea of an inflatable just isn't appealing. Going to a 14ft Pakayak is at least tolerable.
  9. Holy mackarel. That confuses me even more. This looks like my installation..plain, and simple. You guys are way smarter than me...although I can see how it might make adding lights easier. Still confused about the inlet side. Oh well, all this confusion is making me tired. Think I'll drink a Dr. Pepper and go to bed.
  10. Okay, I get that it is "pretty" but I still don't understand the "why". My jackalopee (now that I moved it someplace where the waterproof box doesn't fill with water) has one nice big black cable running in and one nice big black cable running out. The factory cable runs in and my cable runs out, all the way to the plug for the trailer. I'm just a dumb old redneck. But what is the need/reason for the added wiring terminal blocks? I also don't understand all those exposed connections. Looks like a short waiting to happen, unless you keep that compartment totally empty.
  11. I'm confused too. The connections are all labeled inside the Jackalopee. Why not run the wires straight into and out of the jackalopee? What is the purpose of the added connection? I ran 7 wire cable from inside the jackalopee all the way to the rear of my truck where the plug is. One constant and complete cable with no connections to worry about in the middle.
  12. So the next question is, if the gizmo in the shop works after you add wheels, could you winch yourself back down the ramp too?
  13. I have seen flatbed wreckers use a device like this. They strap the motorcycle to the eye-bolts on the cross piece which holds the bike upright and then winch it onto the flatbed of the tow truck. Just looked at the Condor thing...looks real similar ony the Condor looks better built. I'm thinking you could make something like this in your garage.
  14. Well let us know when she drives it And my trip through there was several years ago. Spent a few hours in the Walmart parking lot looking for tires (Walmart tire center was closed). We back tracked to Hogansville. It wasn't the vacation we planned but we still had a nice time. That is pretty country over there.
  15. Newnan? Heck, I blew two tires and punched a hole through the floor of my old travel trailer in Newnan. First tire had a major tread seperation and took out the second tire. Together they took out the floor, the drawer under the oven and the furnace located under the refrigerator. We hung out in Hogansville till the insurance adjuster came out a few days later. If ya see the missing cups out of my muffin pan or the lid to my crock pot along I-85 I'd be grateful if you would return them to me.
  16. Great story...and congrats on the new truck
  17. I have the "Premiere Coach" and have for years...it costs me $149 a year. Towed my truck from Hutch to Wichita.
  18. Brad, maybe because yours is looking at "no" signal and his is getting "conflicting" signal?
  19. Great information, Thanks. Wish mine had been as easy as ABS sensors
  20. Try your local Volvo dealer for a Freedomline mechanic, most of them still keep their people up to date on that tranny or so my dealer says. And the doubler is right on top of the transmission. It's right under the access hatch in the floor, but I'm told that a "good" mechanic can get it off from below.
  21. Huh? It works for me. So I went back to that thread and copied the link to the part.http://www.ase-supply.com/Sure_Power_41222_DC_to_DC_Converter_p/sp-41222.htm
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