What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    Those days are gone forever. Like the small town dirt tracks... Graded loop on a clay field, sunken worn out tires (car size) around the outer fringe for you to stand behind or lean on while they are in the other side... Slat shack with drinks and snacks, half mile of 60 watt bulbs strung on the electric co op's poles.
    On the higher speed tracks, used sunken tractor tires as railing... Safety plan was commensurate with track speed....
    Drive 130 miles from West Point, MS to W. Memphis, AR track.. Sit in a grandstand (small) and sip "Salty Dogs" to enhance the race experience.
    This was just before dog racing in W. Mphs.
     
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  3. Judge

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    Never seen dog racing, even though i worked out of west memphis for 5.5 years..

    All i can think of……
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  4. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    In it's heyday, you came over the bridge at night and saw a great lighted haze up to your right. Based on the idea of all the activity underneath causing it, I never wanted to venture closer. I guessed it was the parking lot movement, in/out or something.
    @Judge, you recall pre I55 when AR scales was a coop on the levee you topped, he stuck your tanks with a coat hanger, you paid fuel tax in cash, and pulled off onto Broadway to head SLooie. Not aging you but that landscape was vastly different pre I55 and I40.
     
  5. Val_Caldera

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    It would be enough FUN just walking that "trail", with/without high winds with/without Ice and/or Snow.
    Bestest FUN would be had at Night, with a faltering Light. o_O:eek:
     
  6. Judge

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    Don’t remember that, but do remember bingo stickers..
    I had a guy stick my tanks the other day.
    I asked him what he was looking for, my only an idiot would hide his stache in plain sight.

    He wanted to search, i told him not without warrant stating what he was looking for, and then only what was stated would be held.
    I don’t have anything to hide, even my pistols are at home right now.
     
  7. JolliRoger

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    Lots of tank sticking done on US45 tween Booneville and Corinth. Seems like they are looking for a strange color in your fuel. Rumor has it that the man with several trucks and a log truck has only one fuel tank and for convenience only fuels everything from it. Something about on road /off road difference other than the color. LOL.
     
  8. Val_Caldera

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    Cone of Uncertainty is applicable for all Hurricanes and related forming in the Gulf of Mexico.
    1) Nice to see the weather guessers adopt such accurate and applicable term.

    2) You're Welcome (instead of your welcome). I have been/will be Patients which usually has and will require Patience.

    C) I recall the wonderful yet apparently useless Cone of Silence as have been seen in some Get Smart episodes.
     
  9. Judge

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    Just dye, non fuel tax paid, it’s a steep penalty nowadays, could be charged with defrauding government as no federal highway tax paid.
     
  10. JolliRoger

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    On your gauges, etc, associated codes. Some of your problems may be associated with your starter/solenoid mentioned prior. Lots of feeds for many accessories are connected under the battery cable to solenoid. Resistance it it, corrosion/poor contact can cause problems and it still growl over to crank.
    I suspect when you get your starter changed out and cleanly wired, some of these will go away. Just been my experience on various equipment.
    Best odd item an equipment mechanic can carry is a 3' long piece of 1/2' round stock, encased in 2' piece of 1/2" PVC. Heavy enough to jab a stuck brush starter yet avoid those sparkling contact as you probe down. ( A regular builders crowbar will work, but the crooks seem to be in the wrong positions.)
     
  11. Opus

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    Oh my. You got the full on Grammer AND Spelling beat down, @Dale thompson .
    LOL
     
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