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Maggie’s What's Your View II
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Did a little more research, looks like it is ramshot mag powder. Powder charge seem right for what ramshot has listed.
I didnt make range day with Lapuapalooza this weekend as I was off with the family.
I will say its not unheard of to get 30-40 mph winds up there and more is certainly possible.
I curious of the actual number and wasnt surprised by his report.
I will say its not unheard of to get 30-40 mph winds up there and more is certainly possible.
I curious of the actual number and wasnt surprised by his report.
It ranged from calm to 30mph. It would shift from a quartering to full value, back and forth too. When I zero rifles out there I alway try to get up next to the embankment to try to keep the wind at bay, but usually the wind will shift and make it fairly irrelevant. Perfect conditions are rare out there.
I figured it had to be a lot to see that kind of wind drift at 200 with a 6.5
It was sunny and 70 today. Shop door wide open!! They’re talking a foot of snow by Friday though??
Good thing you noticed. I was gonna say you might want to check out those brakes while you are in there.
Took a trip up into the mountains yesterday.
You need some Don Carlos coffee to go with that.
However, I bet you have a bourbon or something like it instead.
Nice morning here today. Shooting without being half froze to death is kind of nice too ?
Well shit no multi season elk for me this year. 5 point and no draw. Try again next year.
Sorry Buddy. Didn't even put in this year. I've got 12 points and use to put in for NOTHING but the Margaret Unit and try to draw with the masses and those of us that went through the Master Hunter Program. Two separate chances, and still no love. Use to be some incredible Boone and Crocket animals up that way. Still is, just not like 15-20 yrs ago I'm afraid. Plus the tribe has been subsistence hunting the hell outta HUGE BULLS for years in the Loowit, which borders the Margaret.
And I would think, a huge bull wouldn’t be the best for eating. Feel bad for those poor tribe fellas ?
They're "suppose" to be subsistence Hunters. Ya can't eat Bone, but they knock'm down like Bowling Pins. Lot's of Burger in Old Bulls. ?
Over the counter bull elk tags are about the only good thing left in CO. I have a hard time predicting my schedule for October and November before April first so i do that and leftover tags most years.
I blame the hippies that came here to smoke weed for a living for the rest. Like the bumper stickers here say "Welcome to Colorado! Now leave."
Yup. I hope you caught the sarcasm that I felt bad for them.
I hunted up there a couple years ago and hardly seen a critter. I bought one of the weyco permits and came in from the Winston creek side. Drove all over and hiked the Margaret and toutle seen very little. Elk hunting around here is piss poor anymore.
I am fortunate to have most all the elk prairie to run on. But there has been so many elk with hoof rot out there it sickening.
Got home early afternoon with most noble of intentions of completing some to-do list items, but that pond, the sunshine, and damned perfect 70 degrees just seemed to sweep me off into another direction.
Can't work on it all the time. Have to take moment now and then.
Year 2 hybrids are looking good.
And how's this for a surprise?
My neighbor put some crappie in there last year, but this was the first sign they survived.
Two casts right off the dock - 2 slabs.
Can't work on it all the time. Have to take moment now and then.
Year 2 hybrids are looking good.
And how's this for a surprise?
My neighbor put some crappie in there last year, but this was the first sign they survived.
Two casts right off the dock - 2 slabs.
I miss small pond fishin. Growing up in IA we had about 12 we would ride our bikes to. And more we would get rides to.
Plus small creeks catching chubs on corn to use as catfish bait. Would also sell them for $0.25 to my grandads neighbor.
Darn good memories you just made flash up!
Plus small creeks catching chubs on corn to use as catfish bait. Would also sell them for $0.25 to my grandads neighbor.
Darn good memories you just made flash up!
Farm ponds rock. Fishing in the summer, pond hockey in the winter. My dad would drop me at the pond when I was really little to skate while he did cattle chores at 3 different farms. He would pick me up when he was done. By then it was beyond dark, my feet were froze, and it was off to home for hot chow. Loved it.
Beautiful Tucker. Crappie are delicious!
Cool, very cool......we've never had anything like that in NW Washington.
On the one hand, I envy those in the snowbelt where you get anywhere from 3.5 to 5 months of snow.
Conversely, I do know that snow gets brown when not refreshed regularly.
Awwww, what the hell, life's pretty good. Right ?(!)
A pond.
With hybrid stripers in it?
I am now guilty of at least three deadly sins thanks to you @Tucker301
With hybrid stripers in it?
I am now guilty of at least three deadly sins thanks to you @Tucker301
Well, time for that first "real" oil change after the break-in oil change.
Pop a hole in the side of the filter with a 3/8 drill bit and let that drain down before spinning it off - helps a lot.
13 nasty quarts out, 13 quarts of fresh Rotella T6 back in!
Pop a hole in the side of the filter with a 3/8 drill bit and let that drain down before spinning it off - helps a lot.
13 nasty quarts out, 13 quarts of fresh Rotella T6 back in!
Normally I just drive an ice pick right in the bottom. 2 smacks with hammer and GTG.
How many miles? local dealer (my old employer) just had a 2017 traded in with 28k, still had factory filter on it.
Saw a 351W in a bronco go 36k with factory oil/filter seemed like no harm no foul. Came in for a recall and when I looked down it had factory painted filter. was 2 1/2 quarts low.
Had a fusion with 3.5 V6 that siezed at 53k, still factory oil filter. Owner said she thought the car would tell her when it needed a oil change. I told her "it did". She did not laugh.
Normally I just drive an ice pick right in the bottom. 2 smacks with hammer and GTG.
How many miles? local dealer (my old employer) just had a 2017 traded in with 28k, still had factory filter on it.
Holy shit. 28K with the factory filter! I wonder if that was factory oil in it also?
2019 F-450 Limited's got right at 6K on it so far. I did a break-in oil change at roughly 1.5K. Probably go 5K between changes from this point forward. NOT going to listed the damn "Intelligent Oil Change" computer.
Roughly about 5K on this oil change. Looked good. Very few to no sparkles in the old oil and the viscosity was still good. Low fuel smell to it also.
Primary and secondary fuel filters at 15K if I recall correctly. That frame mounted one usually gives me a bath. This new cartridge style may or may not be easier?
Is there a way to spin these new 6.7's over without it starting (without yanking ECM fuses, etc)? I pre-fill my filter, but I'd like to spin it over for a bit before letting it start. I used "flood clear" mode (pedal to the floor past click) to do it on my Raptor.
Interesting. Now I will have to "level" mine off a bit. I throw 13 quarts in it, drive it for a little bit, let it settle then maybe add 1/2 a quart - if even that much to true it up. My driveway has an angle to it so it's hard to do without moving it.
The damn dipstick is one of the worst designed things on the truck to be honest.
No way that I know of to spin them without starting... the way I see it, if they can sit for weeks on end and start without problems, they can stiff for 30 mins and pump the filter full. I’ve never had a problem and I’ve driven trucks with well over 300,000 done this way.
Oh I am a Ford fan. I was just passing along a couple I have seen. I see diesels (7.3 mostly) go 30k plus with no apparent damage. Those 2 I posted were most I had seen on factory oil and filter.
@AIAW I am sure it was on factory oil. No reason to change oil and not filter.
Since we are talking about oil changes and Dumbasses. This is from yesterday.
1997 F150, brought to me for a starter issue. Only 77k. Kid bought it from little old lady 2 years ago. His dad asked me to check it over also.
It was 3 quarts low on oil. According to records in the glove box (along with physical evidence). It had not had an oil change since January of 2012. Now it had only been 5k, so not crazy miles. Never a transmission service or coolant service.
Kid never changed the oil when he bought it (I change all fluids the week I buy a car if used, gives me a zero start point.)
Nor ever, Including now, he passed on the maintenance.
1997 F150, brought to me for a starter issue. Only 77k. Kid bought it from little old lady 2 years ago. His dad asked me to check it over also.
It was 3 quarts low on oil. According to records in the glove box (along with physical evidence). It had not had an oil change since January of 2012. Now it had only been 5k, so not crazy miles. Never a transmission service or coolant service.
Kid never changed the oil when he bought it (I change all fluids the week I buy a car if used, gives me a zero start point.)
Nor ever, Including now, he passed on the maintenance.
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I change all fluids when I buy used too
That's crazy. Yeah the last used truck I bought was a 6.4 (I know, shoot me now) and I changed every ounce of liquid in that thing minus the refrigerant!
Installed a coolant filter and was amazed at how much casting sand was caught in it even AFTER a full pressure-flush. That 6.4 was garbage and I'm glad I was able to offload it before any major issues cropped up.
Installed a coolant filter and was amazed at how much casting sand was caught in it even AFTER a full pressure-flush. That 6.4 was garbage and I'm glad I was able to offload it before any major issues cropped up.
My view today, Mount Macedon, Victoria, about 500 miles from home. I am not a religious person but things got a little misty when I was reading the plaque.
