Good morning!!!!

[B7510HSD]

Drew I have the EAZ LIFT Recureve3 and love it has built in sway control also!

 

[daugen]

just read one of our nuclear aircraft carriers crashed into a bulk oil carrier in front of the Northern
entrance of the Suez canal. Very crowded anchorage area with dozens of giant ships anchored there waiting their
turn. The really strange thing here is that our carrier turned its AIS off before entering this area, which is how one can track/reconstruct
the chain of events. No AIS, no easy to follow breadcrumbs on the water. I'm sure someone captured this incident, if only on recording radar.

our carriers don't have right of way, they are just another heavyweight coming through.
Happened at night which is probably a factor in a crowded area.
when in doubt, thinking like a clock, boats in the noon to 3pm position have right of way.
I bet that goes out the window at times.
like in PA car to right has right of way. That seems to be rarely heeded.
lot of eyes on a carrier bridge. I can just imagine the conversations when they hit.

I wonder if someone recorded the bang.

 

[mpham]

Afternoon all!
Currently 34 going down from there. Two inches of heavy wet snow with a couple of hours of steady rain on top.
Wife and I spent the morning trying to move snow and keep the drain clear!!
Didn't even bother with the neighbor's driveway yet. Maybe tomorrow.
Tired now, think it's time for a nap!
Did manage to get in the shop yesterday and make another Valentines gift.

Apple vase with a burl base.
Two more projects in the que. Getting them ready to go.
Taxes are done. Looks like we will be getting a refund. Nice! Will pick them up later today.
The couch beckons!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I used a Reese 66084 Straight Line Hitch with Dual Cam Sway Control for all of my moving trips, and never once had an issue with trailer sway, even in truck turbulence or strong cross winds. It's an equalizing hitch, and tensions using a 2' pipe as a cheater bar to set the spring tension. The only thing I had to be mindful of was to make sure the truck and trailer were pretty much straight and on level ground. Otherwise there could be issues with having enough clearance under the spring arms, or enough strength to cam the chain hangers up and into position. I like it so much I removed it from the 7x16 box trailer I'll be selling and will install it on the smaller one. Installation consists of drilling and tapping four 1/2x13 holes in the trailer tongue, then bolting/clamping on the hangers for the spring bars.

 

[daugen]

Ford trucks provide a readout for engine hours and engine idle hours.
I read that normal ratio is four engine hours to one idle hour.
looked up that Ford says engine hours are total hours, idle hours are a subset while vehicle is stationary.
I guess that would include a lot of city stoplights?

I'm at 69k miles, 3761 engine, 1064 idle, or pretty close to average.
seems like a lot of idle time, though in winter zones that is explainable to some degree.
I wonder if this gas engine will reach 5,000 hours without at least a top end rebuild. Probably not.
due to my age, won't be on my watch, when the next rv goes, so does the truck.
but still have some places to visit, people to see...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Snow went away quick. Windy now.
Last week it was snowmageddon coming, 6-10” and snowing tue-Fri. Got 2-3” and gone already. 45° and partly sunny

 

[Engineer42]

I'm sure on a generic controller that would be true and possibly on this oem one also. I will find out.

This is a 150 dollar part that Ford charges 380 bucks for, plus I'm sure hundreds in labor.
no rush to get it done, only need it when I get the camper trailer anyway.
my one ton trailer does not have brakes so no need there also.
This truck has built in electronic anti sway.
I think from an integrated electronics basis, safer choice is oem.
but this time I'm getting a quote first.

however, this truck has F150 bones and there are millions of them out there so someone
must have reinvented this wheel long ago, like Dorman. Funny, I pass the Dorman plant going to
see my rv in storage. Big place.
I need dealer to put weight distributing hitch on anyway.

last weight distributing hitch I had was of common design with big steel bars you had to tighten down.
I had problems with hand strength using them, and need a better design. So far choices are B&W hydraulic unit, which
uses what looks like a grease gun to pump up its control pressure, and the very fancy Pro Pride 3P hitch which
seems to be universally accepted as the best hitch. And also almost unaffordable at close to four grand.
Remember that most folks who want large camper trailers are going to get a fifth wheel, most of the weight equalizing hitches
are for smaller to mid range trailers. Not many people will pay four grand for a hitch on a 30 grand trailer.
So market for good conventional design hitch is around a thousand bucks. B&W is a 400 dollar jump up.
The Hensley design Propride must be made of wagyu titanium...

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[Looking4new]

That little dusting we got amounted to 7". Plowing all done and fueled up. All ready for the snow coming in on Friday evening and Saturday morning.
Chow time.

 

[Thomas]

Don't forget to pack some of that warm weather Scotty.

 

[Thomas]

27F cloudy

Legs lasted 6 out of 8 hours at part store so call it a day.
Snow clean up went 4" mostly slop Kubota never grunted once.
Early snow forecaster for weekend 2 day event 14" snow mixing at time tomorrow going to stock up on this and that,also push snowbanks way back...Buppies once again hit the nail on the head with his forecasting.

Plans for the evening nuttin.

Enjoy your evening all.