56FordGuy

Probably Homeland Security. Was it a dark, solid color? Maybe they were trying to find a parking space to get lunch.

Get the Remington Fieldmaster. It's a tube magazine, pump action .22 that shoots shorts, longs, or long rifle. I had one for my first rifle, and I know a few others here did as well. Still have it. It's as accurate as any .22 rifle, and an awful lot of fun.

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Highly unlikely you will break the 20 MPG mark. Most trucks get 15-18 MPG. If you can find a truck with 3:73 gears, and keep it below 2,000 RPM (about 65 MPH with 3:73s) you can get close to the 20 MPG mark. If you're looking at 99+ trucks, the manual transfer case can be a difficult option to find. Most of them came with the ESOF system. All the 94.5-97 trucks should have manual transfer cases, though.

The hydraulic hose shop I use had a bowl of it out for free today. Will you beat that deal? Will you actually pay me to take away the candy you bought? For those of you that will be at the show in Knoxville, do stop by and see David. He's a good guy, and will take care of you on reloading stuff. Once I get things settled down, (and get time to reload again) I need to get some powder from him.

There's a place called Hand Picked Western Trucks over in Virginia. Might want to give them a look, also. I've read some posts on another forum by a guy that bought a truck from them, and he was very satisfied. I took another route, because I'm probably too picky for my own good. I had to have a specific engine, transmission, transfer case, and frame style. As it turns out, ain't too awful many of those trucks out there anymore. I was actually seriously shopping for totaled trucks that I could put two or three together and get what I wanted when I found the one I bought. Not totaled, but rode hard and put away wet. I bought it because if I could order a truck, it would be this exact one; maybe with an extended cab and a darker color. Everything else was right with the configuration, though. Unfortunately, as a trade off I've spent many, many hours and quite a bit of money doing repairs on it. I guess fate caught up with me; my first two 7.3 trucks went about 14 years with only one of the common 7.3 problems, my third 7.3 has gone one year with so many things worn out, leaking, or broken that I've covered most of the common problems and then some. It's alright though, if I could order a truck right now it would be this one, almost exactly. The configuration of truck you want should be easy to find, so spend a little more upfront if you can and get one that's in great shape, even if it means traveling to get it.

If you don't know you're welcome, well... I haven't been much on the hard stuff lately myself, enjoying some PBR. I'll have to find a bottle of this, though. Come on by. We might get fussed at if I brought it to the shop.

I agree! It makes me feel like they really do care about what they're producing, and that's a good thing. I'll have to find a bottle of this soon.

I'm a big 7.3 fan, have owned 3 of them since 1996. I love the 7.3 trucks; heck for a while I ate, slept, and breathed 'em. I've seen a white, crew cab, 94-97 body style Ford sitting on the side of Highway 109 between I-40 and highway 70. Has a for sale sign, but no phone number. Not sure if it's diesel, or an automatic. A good 7.3 is hard to find, that body style is even harder due to the fact that the newest one is 14, almost 15 years old. There was a 99-00 model of the same truck at Cars Plus in Hendersonville, not sure if it's still there. AutoTrader and Cars.com are some good places to start looking. Finding a good 7.3 is tough. I searched for two years to get my latest one, but I was being very picky and specific. I wanted a Super Duty body style, manual transmission, manual transfer case, and a chassis cab truck. I wound up buying one that needed some work, but fit my criteria almost exactly. If you're a little less picky than that, you should be able to find one more quickly. Fortunately, the truck you want (single wheel, crew cab, automatic) is one of the most popular styles they built. I can't even count how many of them I found when I was shopping. I'm not sure how familiar you are with the trucks, so I may just be pointing out a bunch of stuff you already know. In any case, there are some differences in the OBS (old body style, 94-97) and the Super Duty (99-03). Aside from the truck body, the 99+ trucks use an electric fuel pump, where the OBS trucks have a mechanical pump between the heads of the engine, below the turbo. The 99+ trucks also have factory charge air coolers and utilize a hydroboost system for the brakes, where the OBS trucks don't have intercoolers and use vacuum boosters for the brakes. The exception to that rule is the 94-97 F-Super Duty, which was the precursor to today's F-450/ F-550. The older F-Super Duty also utilized a hydroboost brake system, but that doesn't matter to you. Just wanted to cover all the trivial bases. The only other thing that comes to mind right this second is the air filters. OBS trucks had some issues with the air box design, and it could be tough to get the filters to seat properly and seal. The airbox (along with a lot of other things) was changed for the Super Duty trucks. If you have any particular questions, feel free to ask. I could talk trucks all night. :)

Spray it with a hose pipe. Buy a Mac. Be happy. Okay, that probably won't help. At least then you have a Mac, though.

Of all the things I never thought I would ever read anywhere...

I do need to come by. It's been a while. Got anything in that I'd like? If I get my truck fixed in the morning, we'll see. Need to work on the driveway at some point.

I may go. I thought the last one they had there was pretty good.

I personally think it was more of a publicity stunt than anything. "Oh, look at us. Look how hard we're working to keep you safe. We're inspecting things! We're searching things! Don't you feel safer?"

If you ever decide to sell this stuff, let me know first. Not so I can buy it, but so I can knock you in the head! Seriously, while I'm sure you know this I'd just like to say that regardless of monetary value, you have a real family treasure there. Don't ever let it get away; even if it meant nothing to you (though I'm sure it does) someday some kid/ grandkid will come along that would absolutely love to have great great Granddaddy's gear from WW1.

I have had the cab of my truck searched during a regular truck inspection. In addition to looking for illegal items, they also check to ensure that there is only one active (filled out) log book in the cab of the truck. Otherwise, a guy could theoretically run two log books to show he is within the hours on service on one, when the other shows he would be over his allowable driving hours.

What they all said.

Like the others said, not much to it. Closest you'll get to a finger test is a hernia check.

I just happened to be driving a commercial vehicle while this was going on, and had the opportunity to appreciate the experience in Manchester. I haven't read the articles, though. I don't know what they say they were looking for, I don't know what they say they found. I do know what they did when I was going through the scales. Frankly, this seemed like nothing more than a larger scale version of what the DOT scales do to commercial drivers every day. By larger scale, I mean instead having 2 officers at the station there were 20 or more. It didn't seem more thorough, it didn't seem more invasive, it just seemed like more drivers were subjected to it. They checked your weight like usual, paperwork (log books, load paperwork) like usual, and load securement. Sure, it could spiral into all sorts of invasion and craziness. As a fan of freedom and liberty, it does concern me that the government can stop my commercial truck at any time and inspect both myself and it. I doubt there would be very many folks cheering for the elimination of semi truck weigh stations and load securement/ hours of service rules though.

Not from Florida.

It keeps going, and going, and going...unlike some stuff that just stops going on the side of the interstate... Got to get my tactical Planet Jack receiver wired up over here now...:popcorn:

I think there's a Champion safe dealer off of John Sevier highway.

So, only in the case of an accidental discharge do they request that a firearm be unloaded? Seems like it would be better to say something similar to "In order to prevent an accidental discharge" instead of "In case of an accidental discharge..." Not that it matters much. Intent of the sign seems pretty clear.

I went from the Lee Turret to a Dillon 550. Big difference. I had to make three or four calls to Lee's customer service for various issues, I was generally unimpressed. Not with their service, but with the fact I had so many issues. I might have just had a lemon of a press, though. Lots of people seem to like theirs.

I had the same problem with mine, it made such a mess I quit using it. Any powder thrower that fits a standard die thread pattern should work. The problem I ran into is that anything much bigger than the Auto Disk will cause rotation problems. It caused the turret to lean, and often bound up. That was one of many reasons I wound up going to a different press.