2012 Chat /BS Thread

[ahale2772]

We ran out of fuel on that pass!

Literally coasted the whole way down into silverton in about 4 inches of unplowed snow!

what a beautiful place... I'm confident that the town of Silverton CO is what most snow globes are modeled after





what we rode the next day bout 14,000 ft

[1STGENFARMBOY]

Those are some beautiful mountain shots.....

Dar

[ahale2772]

those mountains are some of the tallest peaks outside of alaska it was breathtaking to say the least... then they told us to ski down it

[CumminsPower59]

It is beautiful country out that way, ever since my first trip out there when I was young, I always wanted to move there. My parents spent thier 12 years b.c. (before children) out there, broke as all get out, and loved every bit of it. Mom still tells us brothers' stories about living out there...

[oldestof11]

I finally went skiing/snowboarding January 6-8. Spent 6 hrs trying to board with around 6 shoulder dislocations before I tried ski's. Going skiing again last weekend of Febuary. Had a lot of fun.

Crap Mark. About 1.5 years ago I scrapped a 87 2wd Burb. 98% rust free. It was the one I tried converting before I fell on money problems. Looking for anything specific? I know a guy who has a few but they are all 2wd 2500 without engines.

Bought the u-joint for my steering shaft. Going home yesterday the truck wanted to follow every rut in the snow covered roads. Whipping the steering wheel 1/2 turn to correct got scary.

Got 7" of snow though.

[dazedandconfused]

We got a 1/4" of ice last night. They are calling for it to be back up in 40's and 50's next week. Crazy weather going on around here.

[Mark Nixon]

Ike, try the Colorado Rockies grossing 27,000 pounds in a pasted together 1-ton Cummins conversion.
Long, slow climb with an engine that overheated every 2 miles (bad clutch fan).
No place to pull over (10 foot plow piles), all you can do is nurse it to an opening to cool it down.

I've had several times where a not up to the task fan clutch bit me in "the hills" and I'm of the mind that I'll carry a new one when I start grossing over 20k with even a hint of getting into high altitudes.

Jon, I'm thinking I'll just put an old 1982 Dodge 1 ton Dually Crew I have here back together, with a 3.07 axle, my donor engine and a Getrag.
I'm not going to continue chasing the impossible dream of rustfree Chevy junk, when I know DODGE inside out, upside down and backwards.

SPEAKING of cool places to visit, try the backroads heading (due) east out of Taos, New Mexico, over towards I-25.
Red rock, sheer faced mountains, with pine trees and a somewhat sharply winding road.
In January of '09 I started out near Taos, in 1-1/2 feet of snow and still coming down, halfway through to I-25, it was bone dry and sunshiny.
2 major seasons in the space of 100 miles!
Nature's beauty at it's finest!

Mark.

[PToombs]

Some guy just called my work looking for glowplugs for a 96 dodge...

Did you sell him some? Should have given him a ford set. He did want glowplugs.


Mark, should have asked, if you're selling something you need to be prepared to send pics. You may not like to do it and it is a PITA, but most people want to see what they're buying. Plus, it eliminates problems when the buyer gets there and it's not what he thought. Even though you told him it wasn't.

[PToombs]

BTW, going to be gone next week. Company is sending me to Nashville to Crusher school. I think it means we get lessons on picking up fat chicks in the bar.

Borrrrrring! I wish I had a laptop so I could get online, sitting in the bar every night drinking and BS is ok, but it gets expensive.

[CumminsPower59]

Pete, why do you think I got one of those "smart phones"? I can be on here all day, every day!

[ellis93]

Pete, why do you think I got one of those "smart phones"? I can be on here all day, every day!

Yep

But Mr Pete is to old for one of those new fanguled things

[CumminsPower59]

Hahahaha!!!! YUP!

[PToombs]

I'm not going to argue with you guys on that!
My cell is a company phone anyways. They shut off texts, but didn't tell anybody. I found out when I tried to text a pic to my boss and it didn't go. I can't complain much, they never say a word about the bill. I go to SOP or Michael Millers and call people long distance, and never hear anything about it. One of the few perks I have.

[CumminsPower59]

Pete, I had a company phone when I drove big truck, as long as we didn't go over the 400 minutes or so a month, they didn't care much. But then again it was a Nextel, and service suuuuuucked, I usually ended up using my own phone alot

Mark, the last time I went to CO, 2004, I had my 91 W350srw, it did NOT like the altitude at all. Miss that truck though, I drove it to the top of Pike's Peak, I will have to dig out the shot I got of it on top of that mountain. Funny thing is, when getting back on the throttle after the long 1st and 2nd gear descent, it back fired something fierce several times, then ran great! Never seen a Cummins do that before, and haven't since. My old W350 is still running around in this area, thinking about it more, I might go and buy it back, had alot of good times in that rough beast

[ellis93]

WELL SIHT!!!!! I think I pissed my mother-in-law off something good
She's a nurse and thinks she knows everything about health care of the human body and what can be fixed within. Well she brought up the topic of the cost of drugs,medication. Crying about how high her meds was for her chronic heart burn. Said that it cost her 50$ and I responded with so what,buy rolaids if you don't want to pay that. She snapped her head at me and quickly said "that stuff didn't work for her" and I said "so why complain about the cost". Her face immediately turned bright red and shriveled up like a prune. Upon seeing her face transform into sloth off of goonies I added this to stir the pot, "you should really be greatful your not diabetic,like my wife,your daughter,that has to buy 100$ vials of insulin every week and a 1/2". She then set quite for a few seconds to mentally search for some morsel of info to retaliate with. After that time she can up with little diversion to take focus off of her grip of heartburn med cost,"Well that's not the same thing". I said "NOT the same thing . Its not a med? Does she not NEED it,as you seem to need that HB med since NOTHING else seems to work? Your doc told you,you need it to keep your stomach acid from eating at your throat and causing bad S from happening to you. If she doesn't have it she can't survive,it cost a 100 bucks,seems to me that the number of diabetics in the world that needs that stuff would drive the cost down,or maybe force a new treatment or something. But NO they want to make MONEY,so they charge a big freaking price for a small bottle. That we have got to buy at least 3 of a month,that's 300$ a month that we DON'T HAVE A OPTION OF NOT BUYING!" After my response her face contorted back to its normal shape and color but seemed a little saddened seeing that it was pointless to continue with me on the subject.
We finished our dinner and I left my house to go feed my cows. Upon my return to the house I was met at the door by my wife. She said that I was a little rough on her mother and should apologize, and I said NOPE.

What say you fellers, should I?
I probly should