Where is everyone #5

Oxbow · Jul 19, 2019

jamespmack said: ↑

@Oxbow Good to see you Sir! How is that baby doll blue pete after you went over the pump with wore? Maybe you already said and I missed it.
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I just received the new spring and washer but haven't installed them yet. I haven't ordered the new nozzles yet either, but now that we have the equipment all moved to the job the truck isn't being used right now.

Thanks for asking.

Speaking of which, @wore out it looks like the OR-8785 are about $105 with an $80 core charge, and new is $185 each no core. New looks to be a no brainer (part # 7W-7031).

Thoughts?

Zeviander · Jul 19, 2019

Haven't dropped a good truck pic in a while.

Oxbow · Jul 19, 2019

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Tell me that don't stir a little something in ya.

Courtesy of Fotown Mod shop
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That is going to be sharp!

Zeviander · Jul 19, 2019

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Tell me that don't stir a little something in ya.

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Oh, it gets a lot stirred. My two favourite colours for a truck. Phew!

OLDSKOOLERnWV · Jul 19, 2019

Like a customer in a Brothel, just waiting my turn.......

wore out · Jul 19, 2019

Oxbow said: ↑

I just received the new spring and washer but haven't installed them yet. I haven't ordered the new nozzles yet either, but now that we have the equipment all moved to the job the truck isn't being used right now.

Thanks for asking.

Speaking of which, @wore out it looks like the OR-8785 are about $105 with an $80 core charge, and new is $185 each no core. New looks to be a no brainer (part # 7W-7031).

Thoughts?
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I'm glad you brought this up. Please go new we are having the best luck out of new

REO6205 · Jul 19, 2019

Oxbow said: ↑

What year? We worked up there in 2015 and 2016, and then again last year. I probably saw your truck!
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I had to dig through the books for the date. It was more than a few years ago...2001 to be exact.
Jeez, time passes fast.

OLDSKOOLERnWV · Jul 19, 2019

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That'll make run off in the corner to whittle one out
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Yes Sir!!! I’m a blue person...... tell Grubbs we say hi!!

BoostedTeg · Jul 19, 2019

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I ended up going with Tripacs, but at one time with less money had equipped one truck with a 2000w Honda suitcase and a portable a/c. MIght have been 12k btu? I'd have to dig it out an look.

The gen ran it ok, but when the a/c starts up it hits the gen hard. If you use the eco setting to idle it down, the start surge will stall the generator. The other, related thing I had to deal with was the a/c had a built in circuit breaker. With the generator sagging with the startup hit, low voltage would trip the breaker. I put in a bigger starter capacitor and that got it to run reliably with the generator eco switch on the global warming setting.

If you get out to Georgia any, I have two portable a/c you can choose from to take with you for free. May as well put them to good use. I'll even throw the suitcase generator in my pickup for a live demo. But the generator ain't for sale LOL. That I use often.

If I had to do it over again right now, I'd give those 3000w HF generators a real hard look.

Just my opinion nobody asked for, but I didn't take the sad comment that way.

On the surface, I see it as the difference between someone who can't do their own repairs, fabrication, etc and someone who can but doesn't.

The first one who can't. Well I can't imagine that because by the luck of the draw my Dad taught me the basics and forced me to do enough jobs the hard way. He learned it from his Dad and two older brothers. Grandpa probably did it because when he came up there just wasn't any money and he was forced to. So what? A lot of dudes don't have a Dad or father figure who is a handyman. Maybe they're good at something, just not fixing or building stuff. Nothing wrong with that.

For the one who can but won't, maybe there's a time factor. Or not having a suitable workspace. Or maybe just done enough of it in their life they feel like they earned the right to pay to watch someone else bust their knuckles and sweat all over everything. More and more I'm in that last group.

If you dig in a little, it's a function of our way of life getting more and more dependent on disposable things. One of these examples came up for me recently. Who here has rebuilt an alternator? LOL. I can remember when the parts needed to do it were more available at the auto parts store than a ready to bolt on new or reman unit. Now? Forget about it. I got another cousin's little Jeep Patriot sitting under my shadetree with a dead alternator. A reman for that booger is $300! The job isn't a rush, and I'll probably end up scouring the internet for bearings, a brush kit, and a regulator. Why am I doing this? Because I can, and it burns my behind to have to pay $300 for the reman, even if it isn't my money.

But, I totally get why others would fork it over, and not judging that decision.
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Thank you that’s very generous of you. I keep going back n fourth on getting an apu or running a generator. In the end I think I’ll just go with a carrier apu.

Crusader66 · Jul 19, 2019

Oxbow said: ↑

Huh, I'm like 500 pages behind, thanks for the update.

I'm in Idaho and working on the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River. It's a pretty nice place to spend the summer!
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Looking forward to seeing some pics when you get time. How's the rebuilt Pete holding up?

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