I’ve been using the Michelin LTX A/T 2 on my e350 dually. It was a very noticeable change in traction from the previous brand, especially in wet conditions. I also like the width as they allow for pretty good airflow on the rear axle. Driving a 10k lb dually around in crappy weather is pretty awful so I was willing to put the best tires I could…[Read more]

I don’t much care how heavy the boxes get as I’m throwing them on a dolly if I’m working more than 20′ away from the truck. Not using a dolly would take away a lot of the benefit of the stacking and portability of the boxes.

Sure, PM me an email address.

The issue is that something that they bought for $25 grand is worth substantially less than it should be.

One of my neighbors has a shiny new Passat TDI. I don’t have the heart to ask him what they’ve said to him. My BIL had literally ordered a TDI the weekend the story broke.

I recently started scanning biz cards to save contact info again. I had tried a while back but it was pretty clunky. The Scannable app hooked up to Evernote puts them right in my contacts and I can save a copy of the card. That was pretty useful to me as I can now just send the card image over to someone when I want to pass their info. Pretty…[Read more]

I eventually just settled down to having a half hour lunch somewhere between 12:30-1:30. I like a full lunch as it gave me a chance to run a quick errand or get caught up on phone calls, etc. without having to keep guys busy. There were times where I only had one guy with me that didn’t like taking lunch where we’d take 15 at lunch and I’d just…[Read more]

I primarily drink vodka(not very picky, Smirnoff is fine) and good dark rum but during the colder months I like to have a cordial-type liquor around for sipping on the rocks. Two of my favorites are Tuaca and Barenjager. Around Christmas I’ll usually pick up a bottle of decent peppermint schnapps.

I get 13-15 avg. with the e350 7.3 diesel. It has a service body so it’s typically at 8-9k lbs.

I love my annual $1000 first winter problem with the 7.3. There’s always a first winter problem….

I sink them just below flush. Call it dimpled. Exactly like I would for drywall. My primary concern is that if they’re perfectly flush, they may not be tight after the PT has fully dried out. There’s no thread in the piece so the head is providing the tension.

Overdriving sucks too. I’m not that concerned about the water aspect as I haven’t…[Read more]

^^^^Bingo. That’s how lawsuits work. You name everyone you can so you have the greatest chance of making something stick. It’s the primary reason I carried additional insurances in case one of my subs ever got sued. Lucrative barrier between the sub and the HO.

Colder and wet here. It’s been raining pretty regularly for 3 days and we may have another 3 to go.

It looks like Feeney is carried by dealers in Canada, check the locator on their website.

The problem with most DIY is that folks don’t pull permits and have it inspected. Even if it’s legal for the HO to do the work, they still need to have it inspected around here and I don’t think that’s a bad thing. They might be fine with their hacky install but someone’s going to buy that house down the road and they won’t know what they’re…[Read more]

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:

EthanB wrote:
I’m not a logophile or anything like that. I only know Luddite because a friend jokingly calls me that all the time. I’m a pretty big tech geek but I hate spending money on tech so I have all cheap stuff that I’ve altered to be more interesting.

Yea that would never go over here. You gotta be more akama…

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DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:

EthanB wrote:
I’m not a logophile or anything like that. I only know Luddite because a friend jokingly calls me that all the time. I’m a pretty big tech geek but I hate spending money on tech so I have all cheap stuff that I’ve altered to be more interesting.

This is how folks talk where I’m from. It’s the way I sound…

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I’m not a logophile or anything like that. I only know Luddite because a friend jokingly calls me that all the time. I’m a pretty big tech geek but I hate spending money on tech so I have all cheap stuff that I’ve altered to be more interesting.

They seem to be under the impression that all plumbers are licensed pipefitters. Not surprising on bobvila.com.

So what are you doing on there anyway, Tara? 🙂

Ah, gotcha. We say “pick up” too but I thought you were referring to some design feature or something.

I can buy Feeney cable kits from three different local yards that stock it.