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We can wait until you get the brackets or not, up to you.

After getting an ARB slide and hold-down straps for my fridge, I wanted to make something for my water jug as well. I took some 3/16 plate and flat bar and made a cage for it, welded up with 3/32 7018 stick, since that's the welder I was playing with at the time. It will be mounted in the truck...

I call that bacon abuse

I'll also add... I'm available this weekend and next (Sat or Sun) but the following I'll be gone.

Do you have the new brackets to weld on while you are here? It's easiest to keep them aligned right if you have at least one of the old still mounted to get the alignment from.

i have plasma and oxy-acet if you want to bring the axles over

Expensive at the dealer, yes, but any decent locksmith has the computer to tell the ECU to use a new key for a fraction of the cost of having the dealer do it. Having done locksmith work in the past, any person that presents themselves as the owner of the vehicle to a locksmith accepts the...

I respond to that with "what's the most you'll pay?"

since you like the way it looks, can you use a gas tank sealant such as POR-15 on the one you have?

As annoying as they are, low-ball offers can be ok. First and foremost, don't take much of the sellers time, just a simple "I'm willing to pay $X, if at some point you decide to go that low give me a call". Sometimes starting prices are way too high.

with flux core you should drag, arc pointed away from direction of travel, with about a 10-15* angle. This keeps the slag pushed to the back of the puddle and helps prevent inclusions and porosity. Remember, if there's slag, then drag. Applies to stick welding as well. Here's a good reference:

The arc length determines the bulk of the circuit voltage (not much drop in the copper wires and a little in the filler wire stickout). If you bump the wfs up the arc gets shorter which is a lower voltage so the welder increases the current to burn the wire back faster which lengthens the arc...

correct, but they are somewhat coupled, more wfs (current) requires more volts.

A-D control the voltage, wire feed controls current. Are you talking about a T joint or are you making your tube longer (a true butt joint). What thickness? Tight fitup will help. Looking at your welds yesterday, I think you tend to move just a little too slow and end up with a lot of...

Most of this stuff, especially outside of ideal conditions, is hit and miss or sacrificing the appropriate living thing. On that note, I have a couple of kids pets that I'd donate for trials.

For my install, I went with a cheaper dual-band 5/8 (mfj-1729) but might change to a better one and mount it on a bed stake pocket. With my mag mount I have it tuned to SWR 1.7/1.5/1.7 @ 144/146/148Mhz when power is 5W or 10W. At 30W or 80W it drops to 1.1 across the full band.

Dempsy, Is there a spec for how high the center section of the mount is supposed to be above the outer ring, or is it just "high enough to hit the center tab on the antenna"

and all gone...

Yes, the last trip convinced me but also showed the handhelds to be inadequate at times so I opted for a mobile unit. Since I only have room for one on the dash I opted to sell the CB stuff.