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They would not have gotten any ID from me. That would burn me up. I just would not have done it. I am waiting for the day this happens to me. I think I'll put $100 bill in my pocket and wait.

As long as both grins are goofy I doubt they ever notice the difference

I'm gonna sidetrack here and ask a question. I have been thinking about doing something like this but don't really know what caliber I want. I don't deer hunt but if I decided to I would want it to be up to the task. I would probally only use it for coyote and target shooting. I have a .223 so larger than that. Consider the cost of ammo in recommendations.

Very good question. I'm glad you asked that.

One more thing to thing to think about if you may be thinking about doing this without brakes. Your manual will give a combined weight rating of truck and towed load where you will need trailer brakes. If you exceed this and and something happens you could be liable even if they pulled out in front of you because you were exceeding the weight limits which made it unsafe to stop in a normal distance.

If overdrive is used at all you really need to pay attention. If you are likely to forget about it being in OD don't do it. Like was stated it builds a lot of heat. I will switch back and forth myself and that way I can hold it in drive when I need to or go to overdrive in a level cruise or down hill. I think a good way to check if D is better than OD even if it is not shifting back and forth is to without moving your right foot, switch to D. If the truck picks up speed when you do this you were lugging your engine just a little on OD. I think lugging a engine while towing is worse than a few more RPM's any day. I think your fuel mileage would be better in D at that point even though your engine will be spinning a little faster. Instead of lugging your engine RPM's below the torque range you will get it into the range where it makes power and it will be more efficient.

Brakes Brakes Brakes. I do not like to tow anything without brakes. I assume those tow dollies have surge brakes and your Dodge should have a 4 wire light hook up from the factory. If the dolly has electric brakes and your truck has a trailer towing package you should be able to just plug in a brake controller for that. Now days they are electronic so you don't have to plumb into the brake system. Very easy. The dolly will have the lights. Just make sure they work.

Are you talking about a on board pressure monitoring system? If so and it made that much of a difference I guess that shows it works.

We didn't have much luck either. We were counting on hunting going on on the farm just over the fence in a sunflower field to keep them moving but they did not hunt today. I got a total of two but I'm not complaining. It has been many years for me and I still had fun.

If you don't trust them why let them into your house. I would say this person is carrying for the same reason you would be. To protect themselves. Done it many times and never had any trouble even though I got made a couple times.

Back when we had him I never thought I would say it but compared to what we have now I AGREE!

That abut sums it up as good as anything I know of. I just wish I could understand where they are coming from.

For years I painted on the side inside peoples homes. I always carried under a un tucked t shirt. It was spotted a few times. A couple of times the person seemed a little shocked at first but after thinking about it a minute and finding out my partner was carrying also, and that they had been around us all day or several days,they were ok with it. Most of the time the people were working for either knew us or knew of us through other people so that may have made a difference and were working for our selfs so we did not have to worry about getting fired by the boss. I guess we could ave gotten fired from the job were working on but it never happened. Who wants their house half painted?

You must be a very gentle driver.

I fall in behind them at a distance when that happens. When I was younger I wanted to lead. I didn't want anything passing me. Now I say "go on dude, I got your back". I don't get tickets anymore either, or maybe I should say very seldom.

The last vehicle I bought my wife (03 Explorer Eddie Bowyer with 17in BFG Rugged Trail TA) got between 65k and 70k. I was so pleased I bought another set just like it and she is still running them. They are quiet too for all terrain. She should be getting close to 140k now but she still likes it so I will probably keep it and buy another set if the rear end does not cost too much to repair. We had rear end rebuilt under warranty but those rears gave trouble the first few years they were built. We will have to do something before winter.

That sounds like a great deal. If you want one you better jump on it before someone else does.

This is true and my agent tells me you never know when they will do it and if they get all policy holders. She said sometimes people get lucky and get by and others do not. Luck of the draw I guess.

While I prefer the M4/flat top, something about that looks really good. Must be the hand guard. I like it!

Another vote for driving school. It is worth the time in the long run.

I am going for the first time in many years. As long as it has been probably all I'll be doing is making noise and wasting money but I'm sure I'll have fun trying.

I don't think I have learned a thing from this thread. I can just barely remember what I was reading when it started. It's has gone everywhere!

How do you like the PA M4? That is the same one I have.

Can't you just hear the news papers screaming if that happened?

I love the change of all four seasons but I'll say fall is the most pleasant for me. The only thing that swings fall the other way for me is the end to boating season. As for winter, I don't mind it up to a point. I can take the cold better than the heat but winter just seems to go on too long. I think the short days may have something to do with that.