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Runs and drives. The rear pinion nut fix has been done. Fresh fluids in front and rear diffs, transmission, and transfer case. 14" wheels. Good tires. Have front and rear windshield which are not pictured, and Tusk doors which I never put on. Brand new Badlands 3500lb winch. I have several extra miscellaneous parts as well as a service manual that go with it as well. It does grind a little bit shifting between gears, which is common on these machines, but does go into each gear. 4x4 works as it should. It didn't have a bed when I bought it so I built the one that's on it. $6500 firm or I will take $6000 and I'll keep the doors and winch. More pictures available upon request.

My first thought was to contact a local rv dealership and see if they would let you pay to park there, but if they are even a little bit secure you would run into issues with a Sunday morning pickup. So... Unless a gracious soul comes along and offers parking, this is what I would do: I would book a site at Harrison Bay State Park and leave it there. A second option would be a KOA. Personally I've never stayed at a KOA, but I've stayed at several state parks. With a state park you have built in law enforcement making regular patrols if the campground and a camp host keeping an eye on things. If you are concerned I would speak with both when you drop off and explain the situation. I'm one of those people who is always paranoid about people messing with my stuff, but I would leave my camper at a state park and not worry about it.

I have pretty much the same theory concerning "modern art". No one likes it, it's stupid expensive, but it's the perfect money laundering vessel for all the reasons you mention. I'm looking hard for just the right S&W 29. This screwdriver would buy half of one.

Yep. Hate to sound complacent, but I don't think Joe has done much of anything during the year he has been in office and I don't think he plans to either.

Here's a nifty article that outlines several of (former) Det. Dunaway's transgressions. It appears that Dunaway took a voluntary resignation 7/2007 after getting caught giving false testimony in another trial. It's a common (and unfortunate) practice, and one that MNPD, as well as other departments have a tendency of doing with disgraced officers. I have to ask why an incident that resulted in a plea deal where Dunaway resigned from the department was not reported to the POST commission. For those not in the know, the POST commission certifies police officers, if their certification is revoked they don't have the ability to work for another department. Another example of this involved Ofc. Chad Knaggs who is currently a Sergeant with the City of Springhill. (I'll post article below). Knaggs took a voluntary resignation from Metro after he was charged with assault for using excessive force when he repeatedly kneed a suspect in a wheelchair. The article that I'm posting elaborates on MNPDs history with voluntary resignations. I'll end this post by clarifying that by no means am I anti police, I just have no tolerance for public servants who don't do their jobs correctly. http://thenews.org/2016/05/05/interim-chiefs-past-raises-questions/ https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/some-metro-police-disciplinary-actions-going-unreported

Spend enough time in the woods and you will eventually endure a day when you seriously have to contemplate if you would rather be at work instead. Yesterday was one of those days. I went out on my RZR with 200 pounds of corn to set out a new pig feeder. I planned to be headed back home well before dark. I got the new feeder put together and loaded the corn into it. At this point I realized that I forgot to bring new batteries for the feeder. I had planned to go over to another feed site to retrieve my cellular camera and move it to the new feeder so I figured that I would borrow the batteries from that feeder. I rode the 3 miles over to the other feeder and grabbed my camera and borrowed the batteries from the feeder. As I'm about half way back to the new feeder I sense and hear a funny feeling/noise from the front end. Got out to check and my driver's side front wheel was being held on by a single lug nut. It seemed that the stud of the remaining nut was bent and the one next to it was broken. I robbed 2 lug nuts off of other wheels and pieced it back together. Thank goodness I had tools. I proceed on to my new feeder site and set up the camera, it's way past dark at this point. I was satisfied with the camera setup so I proceed back to the truck. While traveling a logging road going down the mountain I attempt to drive over a very large water bar that a logging crew had recently put in place and managed to high center the RZR so that neither the front or rear wheels were touching the ground. Just a slight delay, I managed to winch myself over the water bar. Once over the water bar I'm about a mile and a half from my truck, but could more than likely get my truck to where I am if I absolutely had to. Yay, that means I'll get to sleep in my bed tonight and not have to return tomorrow to retrieve this garbage machine. A half mile from the "main road" my right front wheel just locks up. I have a whole lot of "Eff it" in me at this point, as I'm frustrated with this machine, my wife is aggravated with me as I was supposed to my home an hour before and she has to leave for work. Our baby sitter had been at the house for 12ish hours and I was afraid she may be getting aggravated as well. I decided to see if I could limp it to the main road and then walk the rest of the way to my truck. I wouldn't have minded the extra half mile walk, but there is nowhere that I could get turned around with a trailer and at that point getting the RZR turned to load wasn't happening either. 1/4 mile hike to the truck, no biggie. Loading was much more difficult than I thought with a frozen up wheel. Had I not had a winch it would still be sitting there. As I'm winching the RZR onto the trailer I reach in my pocket to retrieve a shackle and feel a AA battery. What's that? Yup, forgot to put the batteries in the new feeder. 7 mile round trip back to the feeder, ain't going to happen tonight. I made it home in one piece and with all of the broken pieces of the RZR. I was never uncomfortable. I had on appropriate clothing, and had extra clothing. Worst case scenario I would have likely abandoned the RZR and walked back to my truck. My wife relented when I sent her the picture of the RZR, as she probably just assumed that I was out running around in the woods having a grand ole time. (No idea why she thinks that I would do something like that?) Babysitter was very understanding about staying late and was washing dishes when I walked in. Gave her a generous tip for her inconvenience and understanding. A few hundred dollars and I should have this machine going again. Turns out the hub broke. Not sure if that was before or after the initial lug nut issue. I've owned motorcycles, boats, and campers, but this RZR is the biggest money pit of them all. Just before I loaded up at home Finally ready to head back home

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A new hunting buddy. I'm desperately looking another person or two to hunt/camp/four wheel with. I hunt pigs, that's my focus. I'll also hunt most anything else that presents an opportunity. I pay to use a large piece of privately owned land outside of Monterey, TN. TWRA has approved the taking of pigs on the property at any time, by any means. I pay $500 per year to use it and you would have to as well. I've been hunting this place for 3 years and in my opinion it's well worth the money. An ATV or SXS is a must have. I have one established bait site with a cellar camera on it, and would like another. I also have a camper that I like to take up there on weekends that you would be welcome to use when I'm there. There were 4 of us that started hunting the property together, only one other remains and he works an odd schedule so he's usually there when I'm at work. I honestly don't mind the solitude, I rather enjoy it, but I've found myself in a sticky situation or two, miles from camp, and many miles from anyone that could help. I figured it's at least time to see if I could find someone to start hunting with me. I try to get up there 1-2 weekends per month. I also have to run up from time to time to fill the feeder or do maintenance on the feeder. I have a son that's 1 1/2 years old that will be joining me within the next couple of years, so if you have kids, they are more than welcome (immediate family members are permitted to accompany you on the property at no extra charge). I honestly go up to ride my four wheeler or SXS as much as I hunt as I'm still trying to learn the property. I will note that since there is no season on pigs I do this year round. I live in Lebanon, and as I stated the property is outside of Monterey. I work Monday through Friday and get off work at 3:30. I typically cut out an hour or two early on Fridays and head out. I usually try to be home by noon on Sunday to get a little family time in. Though I have the ability to talk about pig hunting for hours, I am absolutely still learning. Your knowledge of pigs isn't important to me. I'm happy to be out in the woods, bringing home bacon is icing on the cake. What is important is that you are dependable and free of drama, I only have so much time to spend in the woods and don't want to sacrifice that because of some silliness.

I really like Krystal too, but you can't eat there if you are broke. Last time I went through there I paid almost $10 for 6 Krystals.

Though I have done, and highly recommend everything you just said. I would suggest staying away from the Skyway area any time TN, or NC has a bear season open as the roads will be thick with bear hunters, and they have a tendency to cause traffic. I know the TN is open in that area this weekend as some friends are there hunting Tellico.

I put this issue on the back burner a few years ago, but I would like to put this rifle back in service. When I bought the rifle it was dead on center, SKS dead on anyway. Carried it around in the woods and whatnot for a while. Went out to shoot one day to check sites before deer season and it was hitting about a foot to the left at 100 yards. No obvious burrs at the crown or damage to the sight. I have moved the front sight, using a front sight adjustment tool, all the way out, if I recall correctly that got me about half way back to point of aim, but I ran out of adjustment. Any ideas on what could have caused this, or how I can fix it? Don't really want to go with any kind of optic, for what I use this rifle for I much prefer open sights.

I would say Hi Point, but Hi Point is more fitting for Little Caesars, because even though it's low quality pizza, at least it's hot.

Whoever wrote that thinks a lot more of McDonald's, or a lot less of Smith and Wesson than I do.

That was my first thought. Use your state retiree discount to get 1/2 off on a cabin (they do that for state employees and retirees in the off season). If you are making it a waterfall themed trip swing by Rock Island while you are down that way.

I had an issue with an RIA and I had a great customer service experience. I emailed them, they promptly sent me a shipping label. The turn around time was pretty quick and they fixed the issue. I really couldn't ask for more. Also the issue that I was having was from the PO bubba attempting to polish the feed ramp and boogering it up, it was evident as the feed ramp was well polished. RIA could have probably refused service on those grounds, but they didn't say a word and fixed it anyway.

Got one about 10 years older with the same crack. Very common on that gun, and what great guns they are.

A friend of mine was alerted to someone breaking into his truck one night thanks to his security camera. He went out to confront the perp and the guy ran. Buddy called the PD, they looked at the video and knew exactly who it was but they couldn't do anything because they said that because he hadn't damaged the vehicle, and was scared off before he entered it, no crime had been committed.

Do your diligence before you mess with D8. Look at the process used to make it and decide if that is right for you. Personally, I don't want to put anything in my body that is made by soaking a natural product in acid to turn it into something else. In my opinion the only benefit of D8 over regular marijuana is that I can walk into any "CBD shop" and get all the D8 I want.

I'm ready to go because I never bothered changing mine after Christmas last year.

I'm thinking of going with a Double Cab next time. That 5.5 ft bed kills me. This is the first truck I've ever had that I didn't have a toolbox in the bed of. The ample room behind the back seat kind of makes up for it, but I certainly can't make do with a 4 foot bed, so no toolbox. When I go hunting I need to take my camper and a 4 wheeler. I have a Honda Recon and a Rincon. I normally take the Rincon, but it's a chore to get situated. I have to strap my generator to the rear rack of the four wheeler, put car ramps in the front of the bed, then pulled all the way forward the rear wheel will be right on the edge of the bed. (Without the ramps the rear tires are in the bumper) Once in, there is zero room for anything else in the bed. A gas can, and a 5 gallon bucket with the camper's stinky slinky and accessories go in each floor board. With the Recon I can pull it in the bed of the truck, no ramps needed in front of bed, put it to one side of the bed and still have room for the generator, fuel can, and bucket. With the Recon I could probably even close the tailgate. The holy grail that I will likely never find to my liking would be a low mileage 07-08 Double Cab with the 8 foot bed. Discontinuing the 8 foot bed is one of several bones I would like to pick with Toyota. Other bones I have to pick with Toyota: 1) stupid low payload rating in Tundra. 2) another 6-8 mph would be reality nice out of the 5.7. Fords see those numbers, still wouldn't trade for a Ford though. 3) no 3/4 or 1 ton options.

We are a Toyota household here as well. I'm in a 2012 Tundra Crewmax and wife drives a 2021 Sequoia TRD Pro. This is my second Tundra with the first being a 2004, both have been great vehicles, only reason that I upgraded was towing capacity. My current plan, and I will reevaluate, when the time comes: sell my current Tundra when it hits 200k and buy one that's 5~ years old with 100k~. Reason being it doesn't seem like these trucks loose a lot of value between 100-200k but they start to loose value after 200k. For example, I drove my 2004 Tundra for 7 years and put 100k on it. I sold it for $1,500 less than I paid for it. Paying a couple of grand to use a vehicle for, especially one you like, for a few years is pretty decent business in my opinion. I'll also add, in the 7 years that I owned the 2004, other than routine preventative maintenance the only thing that truck ever needed was a coil pack and a wheel bearing. Not bad for the second 100k of it's life. I sold it to a friend and he absolutely abuses it (saw him tow 18k pounds with it) and it's still going strong.

That's a hoss! Congrats!

I've missed your posts over the past few years and have wondered where you got off to. Heck of a story, glad you made it out relatively alright.

No good deed goes unpunished and whatnot.