210hp?I had to Google to see, I remember this was big HP/Torque in 1981, it was a dinosaur
My new F250 tailgate closing mechanism has 225hp..
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210hp?I had to Google to see, I remember this was big HP/Torque in 1981, it was a dinosaur
I think the title on my 74 gmc Jimmy says like 3400. Granted it was older than me when I bought it... Still is lol.You whippersnappers, my first brand new Chevrolet Silverado Dually cab and chassis was $8400ish in the early 80s
In the 70s they were like 150. My grandpa always called bullshit. He said 50 horses would drag that thing all over the country.210hp?
My new F250 tailgate closing mechanism has 225hp..
Don't get me started on that bullshit. Was in the local Toyota dealership the other day to pick up some maintenance parts for my 2010 Tundra for which I paid $35K brand new. In the showroom was a 2024 Tundra for $78 Thousand fucking dollars! I understand things go up, but these manufacturers are flat out raping the public with these new truck prices. For less reliable vehicles. No wonder they are sitting on the lot for months.Wait till OP sees the price of a new truck.
In the 70s they were like 150. My grandpa always called bullshit. He said 50 horses would drag that thing all over the country.
210hp?
My new F250 tailgate closing mechanism has 225hp..
This^^^When I started reloading 30 years ago I was paying $10 a pound for powder, $1 for a hundred primers and $12 for a box of 30cal bullets. Prices went up steadily but jumped a lot during panics.
You were a glutton for punishment. Dare I ask gas mileage? 8?That dually, the motor lasted 18k, Chevrolet replaced it and it made it to 37k on the odo, they said, you are on your own.
I had a man rebuild one for me and it made it 45k before the cam flattened a lobe, then it was every 30-35k after that I had it rebuilt. Bought an 88 FI 454, it went almost 100k on the first motor before I had it rebuilt.
You were a glutton for punishment. Dare I ask gas mileage? 8?
The prices were from a local gun store in Burlington.LGS has the Champion LR primers at $79/1000, FGMM at $99. The OP is in Washington state, maybe resources are getting scarce up there...
Don't get me started on that bullshit. Was in the local Toyota dealership the other day to pick up some maintenance parts for my 2010 Tundra for which I paid $35K brand new. In the showroom was a 2024 Tundra for $78 Thousand fucking dollars! I understand things go up, but these manufacturers are flat out raping the public with these new truck prices. For less reliable vehicles. No wonder they are sitting on the lot for months.
Liar trollYeah. Primers are way down.
I got some good powder here yesterday for 25 bucks a pound shipped.
I am happy.
You tell no lies.Don't get me started on that bullshit. Was in the local Toyota dealership the other day to pick up some maintenance parts for my 2010 Tundra for which I paid $35K brand new. In the showroom was a 2024 Tundra for $78 Thousand fucking dollars! I understand things go up, but these manufacturers are flat out raping the public with these new truck prices. For less reliable vehicles. No wonder they are sitting on the lot for months.
And soon we will be in the bear pit, and then people will really tell you how they feel.
Baaahaaahaaa now I know for sure I do. Baaahaaahaaa!!!
Perhaps the weakest attempted flex I've seen... Good grief.Baaahaaahaaa I make way more money than you....Baaahaaahaaa!!!
Yep, "sitting on the lot for months" . . . and then somebody buys them anyway.Don't get me started on that bullshit. Was in the local Toyota dealership the other day to pick up some maintenance parts for my 2010 Tundra for which I paid $35K brand new. In the showroom was a 2024 Tundra for $78 Thousand fucking dollars! I understand things go up, but these manufacturers are flat out raping the public with these new truck prices. For less reliable vehicles. No wonder they are sitting on the lot for months.
Are you a leftist?Excellent response. Very well thought out.
I'm a $70 dollar an hour Union pipe welder.
I've been building my own rifles and reloading and testing ammo for 20 years. The increase in the prices of reloading components over the last few years has been overly ridiculous.
Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.
Depending on the charge type and manufacturer the propellent bag for the 155s can be 47 to 89% Nitrocellulose with the balance being chemical energy plasticizers and stabilizers. While many times more volume per shot than your 6BR, the ratio is roughly the same.The propellent is a separate component and has about as much in common with your smokeless 6br powder as you have with a toaster oven.
8.4 MILLION Americans bought guns for the first time in 2020. U.S. ammo consumption has almost doubled in the last 10yrs. Firearms ownership is growing at extremely high rates. This literally creates increased ammunition demand the same way more cars on the road would increase the demand for fuel.They're straight up GOUGING the crap out of us.
Look forward to some thoughts, opinions, and ideas
Most union contracts have been escalated to hourly rates and benefits 2 or 3 times what they were 10-15 yrs ago. Companies are pretty much forced to pay the union rates regardless of merit or performance so, the union workers pretty much have a monopoly on the labor pool.I'm a $70 dollar an hour Union pipe welder.
Depending on the charge type and manufacturer the propellent bag for the 155s can be 47 to 89% Nitrocellulose with the balance being chemical energy plasticizers and stabilizers. While many times more volume per shot than your 6BR, the ratio is roughly the same.
So the commonality of nitrocellulose between the two is very, very close.
8.4 MILLION Americans bought guns for the first time in 2020. U.S. ammo consumption has almost doubled in the last 10yrs. Firearms ownership is growing at extremely high rates. This literally creates increased ammunition demand the same way more cars on the road would increase the demand for fuel.
As mentioned in a separate thread, most of the ammunition manufacturers in the West have been dependent on cheap Chinese nitrocellulose for decades. A couple of nitrocellulose manufacturers in North America and a couple in Europe exist but they are 3 to 4 x more $ with smaller capacity. Industry insiders predicted a powder shortage this Fall due to that Chinese supply being now committed almost entirely to CCP and Russian ammunition production.
Most of what you are bitching about is due to these two factors alone.
Most union contracts have been escalated to hourly rates and benefits 2 or 3 times what they were 10-15 yrs ago. Companies are pretty much forced to pay the union rates regardless of merit or performance so, the union workers pretty much have a monopoly on the labor pool.
If a company is forced to pay your current union contract price with no options to do otherwise, is that gouging?
This is perhaps the most succinct and accurate summary of the issue. Understand where the OP is coming from that as a percentage of disposable income, this particular matter has certainly jumped significantly using that ratio. However, this summarizes things rather perfectly, the purchasing power of the dollar has been devalued at a rate far exceeding the inverse of the equation with salaries rising to maintain the same purchasing power. I fear that we're now entering a critical moment in time after decades of this where the dam is starting to break.The price has not changed in two decades. The value of the dollar has. 35 trillion dollars in government debt has devalued the dollar. Additionally your paycheck/wages has not kept up with the same rate.
The psyop is working as planned. You are all blaming the corporate world for what the government has done.
Wake The Fuck Up
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I did feel the same. I am coming to the realization that corporate profit margins are driving a very significant portion of what we as consumers anrd told is “inflation”. Conversations with business owners and and managers in the middle of the supply chain, especially agro, tell me that profits have never been higher. Only recently have the prices become so high that sales are dropping beyond sustainable levels. Pure greed is killing industry.The price has not changed in two decades. The value of the dollar has. 35 trillion dollars in government debt has devalued the dollar. Additionally your paycheck/wages has not kept up with the same rate.
The psyop is working as planned. You are all blaming the corporate world for what the government has done.
Wake The Fuck Up
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Crazy isn't it. When you get to vortec engines 300k and you don't even really see a ring ridge.That dually, the motor lasted 18k, Chevrolet replaced it and it made it to 37k on the odo, they said, you are on your own.
I had a man rebuild one for me and it made it 45k before the cam flattened a lobe, then it was every 30-35k after that I had it rebuilt. Bought an 88 FI 454, it went almost 100k on the first motor before I had it rebuilt.
Pipe fitter? Guy on here said you were a concrete guy and that I should ask you about a new driveway next time I see you at the archery range or gym. Guess he was confused.Excellent response. Very well thought out.
I'm a $70 dollar an hour Union pipe welder.
I've been building my own rifles and reloading and testing ammo for 20 years. The increase in the prices of reloading components over the last few years has been overly ridiculous.
Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.
"Corporate greed". Another trigger phrase. Corporate profit margin is between 5 and 8 percent. Almost across the board in every business. But but but ExxonMobil made 80 billion dollars profit last year. Yes they did but they sold a trillion gallons of gas to do it. If they cut the price by 3 cents you would still be saying the same damned thing.I did feel the same. I am coming to the realization that corporate profit margins are driving a very significant portion of what we as consumers anrd told is “inflation”. Conversations with business owners and and managers in the middle of the supply chain, especially agro, tell me that profits have never been higher. Only recently have the prices become so high that sales are dropping beyond sustainable levels. Pure greed is killing industry.
Not powder related.......but just general vehicle cost. I notice most everything has trended this way. I have always bought new decent small size trucks with most bells/whistles and 4 wheel drive, I usually get a small lift and custom wheel/tires and step bars by the dealer. All very similar, just different manufacturers. I aways go to 100K miles and get a new one. I can remember all the cost, I'm sure I'm off slightly, but probably pretty close.
Dodge Dakota 1992 - 12K
Jeep Wrangler 1997 - 15K
Ford Ranger 1998 - 15K
Jeep Wrangler 2001 - 22K
Dodge Ram 2004 - 28K
Nissan Frontier 2005 - 32K
Tacoma 2010 - 28K
Tacoma 2014 - 31K
Tacoma 2016 - 37K
Tacoma 2018 - 41K
Tacoma 2023 - 72K (NOPE! Bought a car and kept 2018 Tacoma)
It took from 1998 to 2018 for truck price to jump 30K. Took 5 years to jump another 30K?????? By normal inflation value, the 2023 Tacoma should have been about 50K. I still don't think I would have paid that.
Covid, inflation, insanity has fucked everything up!
You were most likely using the wrong oil for a flat tappet camshaft.That dually, the motor lasted 18k, Chevrolet replaced it and it made it to 37k on the odo, they said, you are on your own.
I had a man rebuild one for me and it made it 45k before the cam flattened a lobe, then it was every 30-35k after that I had it rebuilt. Bought an 88 FI 454, it went almost 100k on the first motor before I had it rebuilt.
Vortec were the first roller camshafts and oil additives were not an issue.Crazy isn't it. When you get to vortec engines 300k and you don't even really see a ring ridge.
Excellent response. Very well thought out.
I'm a $70 dollar an hour Union pipe welder.
I've been building my own rifles and reloading and testing ammo for 20 years. The increase in the prices of reloading components over the last few years has been overly ridiculous.
Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.
Sorry buddy, I’m not making up random shit. Personal knowledge of the western Canadian ag and motorized market."Corporate greed". Another trigger phrase. Corporate profit margin is between 5 and 8 percent. Almost across the board in every business. But but but ExxonMobil made 80 billion dollars profit last year. Yes they did but they sold a trillion gallons of gas to do it. If they cut the price by 3 cents you would still be saying the same damned thing.
If a company makes spoons, condoms or whatever and they are only making a few pennies on the dollar how are they the greedy ones? The government is taxing them at a 20 something percent rate. The government is taxing you when you buy their spoon. The government is taxing the store that sold it to you. The distributor..... But but but it's Corporate Greed!!!
The government is balls deep in everyone's wallet and pointing their finger at everyone else while they've rung up 35 trillion in debt.
In the land of the free there's people like you that think it's wrong for a company to make a profit.
Fucking unbelievable. Hook Line and Sinker you have swallowed.
Go start a business and find out what it takes.
Crazy isn't it. When you get to vortec engines 300k and you don't even really see a ring ridge.
Sorry buddy, I’m not making up random shit. Personal knowledge of the western Canadian ag and motorized market.
Are you sure its the rings and not the valve seals?I dunno, my vortec 5.7 just turned over 260k and it started drinking more than a quart every oil change. Rings are shot, and it's starting to foul plugs in every cylinder.
It has drug a 7000 lb truck around for 24 years though. And towing cargo trailers across several states holding it at 4000+ rpm for hours at a time probably didn't help that. Guess it got breaks every 150 miles so I could put 30 gallons in...
Btw, a 7.4 getting 6mpg is because that's how much fuel it takes. My 5.7 got 5 mpg, but had much more struggle on the hills.
My newer truck with a 6.0/6l90 gets 2-3mpg better having those 2 extra gears to choose from, and 100 extra horsepower. It's all about gearing since hp takes fuel no matter which way you slice it.
Are you sure its the rings and not the valve seals?