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[mbryson]

Heck ya I’ll keep an eye out. I heard there’s a hot rod theme restaurant in bear lake now that’s pretty cool. Might have to check it out while you’re over there.

I think the Bear Lake run is the Friday event? A drive through Logan Canyon with my sloppy handling, manual steering, gas sucking beast (possibly overheating?) ? Honestly, I'll probably work Friday (remotely---and sort of )

I just checked and it's not Wednesday that's the poker run, it's Thursday. I'll leave you a couple stripes on 455 E down your way on Thursday. (not significant ones... BFG are $)

Beach Boys on Thursday
Sock Hop on Friday (that's a thing? I wonder how many folks participating have a dislocated hip or ankle or knee injuries? Sock hop folks are getting a bit aged themselves. I'll stand on the sidelines having a few swigs from my denim jacket)

 

[Rot Box]

Speaking of cool stuff drag night is coming up! Good times up here the next couple weekends 😎

 

[mbryson]

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Speaking of cool stuff drag night is coming up! Good times up here the next couple weekends 😎


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I'll be there for that as well. Driving my car from Providence to Preston and back.

 

[RockChucker]

Heck ya I’ll keep an eye out. I heard there’s a hot rod theme restaurant in bear lake now that’s pretty cool. Might have to check it out while you’re over there.

Cool restaurant....food is only ok....though I haven't been there for a few years.

 

[bryson]

Cool restaurant....food is only ok....though I haven't been there for a few years.

Cody's Garage I think is what it's called. They have a 6(?)oz steak on the kids menu that my kiddos like. I concur with you - cool restaurant with OK food. Nice location and a cool drive to get there though.

 

[RockChucker]

Cody's Garage I think is what it's called. They have a 6(?)oz steak on the kids menu that my kiddos like. I concur with you - cool restaurant with OK food. Nice location and a cool drive to get there though.

Yep that's the name.

 

[Rot Box]

Maiden voyage with the roof top went amazingly well. It’s an Autana 4 by Tepui/Thule. I watched a few videos on how to set it up and take it down—a little more to it than my last one but not bad. I did not put up the annex as there was just two of us so no need.

My quick review and first impressions… The tent is basically brand new there were no signs of use at all. The cover kinda sucks. It’s stiff as a board, fits very tight and I don’t know if it’s the norm nowadays but it zips on with a zipper. Everything has to be about perfect for it to work. I’m afraid I’m going to fight it in the winter when everything is cold and frozen we’ll see.

Quality seems really good. Size says it’s four person but I’m thinking it’s more like a comfortable three. Setup on the truck was not difficult but I did need to use my expo crate (aka milk crate) because the zipper was hard to reach in places no biggie.

Good times though! My son and I loaded up our gear and then we hit the road. Went up a nearby canyon and found one of my favorite spots by ‘The River’ 😎

 

[mbryson]

Don't tell anyone about that canyon It's ugly and no one will want to visit. Logan Canyon is the shizz!!!

 

[Rot Box]

Don't tell anyone about that canyon It's ugly and no one will want to visit. Logan Canyon is the shizz!!!

For sure haha I edited my post. Cats out of the bag though it’s more crowded lately than I’ve ever seen it. I’ve been saying that a lot lately—oye.

 

[Rot Box]

Hey fellas!

I need to charge my two deep cycle batteries while driving but isolate them when the truck is off…. Anyone care to walk me though a dummy proof way of doing that reliably and for not a ton of money? I’ve probably asked this before so please forgive me if I didn’t pay attention the first go around haha and sorry if I’m beating a dead horse 😂

All I power off these batteries is my fridge, cpap (I’m old now and don’t breath at night lol) and charge phones etc.. not a ton lot of load.

I have a 40watt DC to DC charger sitting here but I’m not sure if I’m on the right track with that or not.

 

[Pile of parts]

I wired up a truck to just that, only with a camper. Needed it to charge the camper battery while driving but not drain the truck battery when camping. It was pretty easy but long enough ago... Google battery isolator.

 

[Rot Box]

Thanks! I googled it a bit and it looks like I’m over complicating this for sure haha. I have a habit of doing that.

 

[Corban_White]

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[Rot Box]

^ Thanks!

 

[Rot Box]

Finally swapped the crappy rod end with blown out plastic bushing for a neat little heim joint on the clutch master cylinder. Nice upgrade my clutch action is tons better now. Cut the old end off and tack on the heim joint—easy peasy.

 

[Rot Box]

So shortly after buying Tinky I joined FTE (ford truck enthusiasts). A dude I don’t know aside from his username has helped me a LOT with some of the issues I’ve had over the years when I’d post up about them.

Well the same dude started making shift knobs out of various types of wood and he sent me one free of charge! It started out as firewood—an oak log found at a random camp spot in Georgia…

Just thought I’d share how cool it is that someone I’ve never met would take the time to make one of these for me (my Dorman shift knob was trashed after only a few weeks) and not ask anything in return 😎

 

[Kiel]

Hell to the yeah

 

[nnnnnate]

That is really neat. Does it just have a threaded insert inside?

 

[Rot Box]

That is really neat. Does it just have a threaded insert inside?

Just a plastic sleeve that the shifter shaft threads sorta bite into 😎

 

[Rot Box]

Dang, winter is right around the corner and my battery cables are corroded well beyond saving.

These kits are nice but the price is up there…. Buy or build? 2/0 gauge cable and all the lugs aren’t cheap might be money well spent to just buy. It gets really cold up here and 7.3’s just love the cold starts lol. What route would you guys go?

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