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Old May 28, 2019 | 02:35 PM
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I am BEAT. I spent my entire day working in the yard yesterday. Even my rib cage muscles are sore.

I went and got some paver sand from the HD yesterday..... came out and this (see pic) was parked in front of me.... LOL. Looks like a grille from maybe a Chrysler? Shortly after this pic was taken, I saw a Gen 10 towing a camper trailer, squatting REALLY bad, that damn near jackknifed and killed the two guys sitting in the bed. Those drum brakes were smoking really really bad. I have no idea how he got it stopped. Thing was wiggling all over.... all of the stopping power was on the drums because the front was in the air.
Yea those 18 x 24's weren't light but you put down more than I did. I was doing walkways, you were doing a patio I believe. Rib cage muscles ? LOL, haven't heard that one yet white lol.

Yea , probably picked that grill up at garage sale. I guess it looks better than an empty hole lol.....maybe?

A gen 10 150 ? I couldn't imagine. I moved my trailer around on the property when I first brought it home...in 4low lol. It's just 784 lbs tongue weight, and with the WDH some of that weight is distributed to front axle. The trailer itself is close to 8000 lbs. Needed 4low due to being on soft ground. Definitely wouldn't pull it on the road with that old 98. Doesn't have the frame for that big boxy thing. Good God, no trailer brakes ? That's craziness.
Old May 28, 2019 | 02:56 PM
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Yeah... that dude was ghost white when I passed him. I had a load of sand in mine.... 1500 pounds. It was a brutal drive home. Not much I could do about it... the guy dumped a bucket in there and he was a skittish driver. No way was I going to ask him to try and take some out.

My muscles just below my rib cage.... whatever the hell those are, LOL. Those hurt., feels like a constant charley horse and hurts to laugh.
Old May 28, 2019 | 04:26 PM
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Yeah... that dude was ghost white when I passed him. I had a load of sand in mine.... 1500 pounds. It was a brutal drive home. Not much I could do about it... the guy dumped a bucket in there and he was a skittish driver. No way was I going to ask him to try and take some out.

My muscles just below my rib cage.... whatever the hell those are, LOL. Those hurt., feels like a constant charley horse and hurts to laugh.

Yea , I bet he was white, I recall when my brakes went south just hauling a mattress in the bed on one 90* day. That was due to glazed rotors. I was most definitely a shade of white for awhile. When a got it home I ordered parts for an Expy/7700 brake swap lol. But yea, I couldn't imagine that happening with that big long heavy box in tow relying solely on the trucks brakes. That big bastid weighs more than the truck lol.

Yea, new guy on the loader isn't a good thing, that sand is heavy and dense. Some of those places have a 5 yard dump they use for delivery, but if you need half that much..... Yea , you were about 500lbs over, they can take it. I've seen much more than that stuffed in the bed of a half tons leaving that place....yea, it shows lol. Once it's dumped, you would have to shovel it out if overloaded, - unless the nursery or whatnot used a clam bucket loader


Rib cage muscles are called intercostal muscles (looked it up). Yea, didn't know that, figured it was probably stomach muscles you were talking about , the upper. Perhaps you grew a new muscle white ? Ehh, I'm sure it will fade in time lol.
Old May 28, 2019 | 04:49 PM
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I definitely used a muscle I've never used before, LOL. Intercostal.... I'll hafta remember that one.

I pulled a U-Cart cement mixer with my truck. Had a yard and a half in it. Not too sure what the weight was on that, but it wasn't sagging nearly as bad as this truck was yesterday.

Here's a pic.... this was empty though, so no squat

Old May 28, 2019 | 05:35 PM
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The first trip with our new-to-us TT (only about 4500#), I had a non-inertia-based brake controller. On my first panic stop, my eyes went wide, and I just about brown-streaked my shorts all the while saying "Oh sh..t, oh sh...t, sh..t, sh..t, sh..t! "
I ordered an Odyssey the next day.

The first gasket set finally arrived today. Looks like it had a heckuva trip.



(I keed, I keed!)

I'm just glad they got here at all. Any bets on how long the second set will take?

EDIT: I was also a little concerned when I saw this on the package:



They're the correct intake gaskets, but it's a good thing I'm not using the EGR.

BBK on the left, Trick-flow on the right:


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Old May 28, 2019 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
I definitely used a muscle I've never used before, LOL. Intercostal.... I'll hafta remember that one.

I pulled a U-Cart cement mixer with my truck. Had a yard and a half in it. Not too sure what the weight was on that, but it wasn't sagging nearly as bad as this truck was yesterday.

Here's a pic.... this was empty though, so no squat
I'd guess close to 5000 lbs and about 15% tongue weight or better. Huh, that's a good idea, I haven't seen those around here. I'll have to check into that for upcoming projects...that mixer would be about perfect.

EDIT: Yea 1 1/4 yrds is as big as they go out here. But it's not a mixer. I 'll have to look for a U-Cart specifically.

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Old May 29, 2019 | 06:24 AM
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Nice header gaskets Ohio, LOL. Glad they made it finally after their world tour.

Brew, looks like these guys changed their name to AA U-Cart, lol..... some of the things these businesses do to put their name at the top of the list.....

http://www.aau-cartconcrete.com/

The one that I rented had a little Predator 12hp motor on it to keep it turning while I drove.
Old May 29, 2019 | 12:11 PM
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I was just looking at the concrete site and noticed add 7.6% sales tax. Really!? Ours is 10.4% Down right ridiculous.
Old May 29, 2019 | 12:23 PM
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Total tax is different by city and county here. It's all messed up. The state gets 4.85%, then more is tacked on by the business's location. Where I live it is an even 7% together.

Food has a less sales tax too.... I think it's 3%.

It is hard to keep up with though, they are always fiddling with it.
Old May 29, 2019 | 01:13 PM
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We are at 6% here , been there for a long time.



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