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bump as I have my right knee replaced tomorrow, so I'll be gone for a day or two. Roger

Made contact with Philip today, he lives in Loveland Colorado and is willing to come to the rally if there’s enough interest. I explained to him that if he needed a deposit to come to Hutch we would do that. He gets 85.09 a wheel and yes he removes the wheel from the truck, mounts on his polishing jig, sands polishes and seals the rim, remounts on the truck. He stated he can do 3 tandem trucks a day, one Pete radiator surround, back of headlight housing, tanks and tank steps, air cleaner housings takes all day. I need a list of who is interested and what services requested. The deposit will be the wheels you want done at 85.00 each. Please email me with interest at rogerjones218@ gmail dot com. And you can also reply here as well so others can see the head count. Roger

Ok I’ll contact him. I reached out to Philip and he tried to call last night, but this old man was in bed, I just sent him another message as he is active on FB, asking for a return call, more to come.l Roger

I know a mobile polisher that might come to Hutch if there is enough interest. https://www.facebook.com/pkmetalpolishing/ I know several over the road truckers that use him, comes highly recommend. Roger

Hi say good morning Dave because I say I wanted to be a good morning for you! This is the news I wanted to hear, because my sleep is being deprived with the pain in both knees and guess what I think I tore my left shoulder rotator cuff last week, I’m going to spend the rest of the year in the hospital recuperating if I don’t find someway to retire and relax! Prayers for a painless therapy, Roger

Great news Dave, Keep us posted as I have my right knee scheduled for replacement on the 26th. Roger

I for one love my truck fridge. I ordered it from truck fridge dot com fit like it was from Freighliner, and I never shut it off. Roger

Yes it will make you eyes water under heavy exceleration, but jump it on the bed, I think not.

The rear scare lights have 2 bulbs each side, one is the scare light, and the other is the reverse light. No magic box on these. As I recall the backup light portion is a halogen bulb, may be pulling to many amps for the LCM to be happy, but I haven't stayed in a Holiday inn Express lately. Roger

Dave, Thank you After what I am going through with National General I will be switching companies, even though I am using Miller Insurance will not renew with National General again, More of the story to come when this claim is completed. Roger

Yes it does, and now that is has taken the update, it will change lanes, use the turn signals before doing so, and yes I'm spoiled, but not enough to redo the truck to make it fit. Roger

I agree with Jim, those look good, now you got me thinking of what to do to mine, and that's a bad thing. Roger

Well, I can't say how much I like driving the Tesla, or riding behind the wheel in the Tesla, I don't take naps but it doesn't get distracted or tired of driving like I do. So I won't post this. I just wish it would fit on the back of the Freightliner!! Roger

Can't wait to see it this weekend, and of course the 4 legged babies you have, and wait you too.l Roger

Jim, Glad you posted you experiences with your DRV, sad enough you can’t share it on the DRV owners group, as only positive comments are allowed on that site. Roger

Phil, When we got our fuel card from a local fuel distributor in Wichita we only had four trucks, we understood that we was only going to use their self service facilities in our local area, but when we received our fuel cards I noticed it said fuel man on them that’s good at most convenient stores and most truck stops.

Karen and I along with JenandJon will be arriving Monday morning. I took a detour and wound up in a casino in Wendover, so Sunday we are heading to Jackpot for another night. Roger

I use a fuelman card and it gets the cash price. Never shuts off the pump till done fueling. Have it on my Loves app and can start the pump without inserting the card, and automatically adds my points this way. Roger

This gives me hope that the pain will be managed without drugs making me stupid, and then getting hooked on them. Roger

I want to send my thanks to Henry for posting about the Conformis knee and his personal struggles with the PT, it was my deciding factor in using the Conformis knee replacement. We all have talked to many people that have had knee replacement and so far I have only found one that had the Conformis knee done here in my local area, and all his reports were positive, including the use of the 4 letter words when he thought that the pain pills was over, in his works let the doctor or pt tech tell you when to quit the pain management drugs. When I had my shoulder done, I stopped the pain pills early and I do believe that made my pt last longer as the pain stopped me from doing all my home exercises as I should have been doing. That being said, everyone is different and we shall wait and see how much pain I am in after 4 weeks, cause in 6 weeks they will increase my pain pills again for the left knee, and pt will continue on both as I understand. Roger

Looks like I am joining the knee replacement group. I talked to my doctor that repaired my shoulder at my last visit and asked him who he would use to have a knee replaced, his reply was a doctor that is a training doctor here in Wichita that uses Conformis knees. I scheduled my appoitment with him and right knee is set to be replaced on July 22, the left one 6 weeks later. He explained to me that this was the best knee on the market at this time, but it's not for everybody. He will not use them in very overweight people, (he stated I was not obese, a surprise to me) as obese people will not do the pt and the knee will not have a good range of motion, during the examination he felt my muscle tissue on my legs and stated that I had good muscle mass in both legs and the Conformis knee will be a great fit for me. I did ask him if I could get both knees done the same week as I fulltime in the DRV, but he will not. Roger

I had Leon Kirby do mine and what a great job he did!

Leon’s old hitch was a 308 with the tall pin box. He uses a Volvo to tow with.

Looks like at this time we are registered and good to travel, barring any family problems. Looking forward to our first west coast rally! Roger