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I don't understand why the wear is all on a single side of the lug and hole? I've seen wear from loose lugs quite often. I've never seen wear isolated to one side. Is there something else going on in the drivetrain?

Float your boat. It seems basic, but it makes things easier. I mention it because that boat is relatively heavy with a deep draft at the stern. Ramps vary quite a bit and the right ramp will make a difference. A low angle ramp will be a challenge trying to get deep enough without sinking the tow. A steep angle will float the boat, but you still need to pull the weight up the ramp. Not sure if you have low water issues in your area this year? That can create challenges. I'd walk the ramp to verify it doesn't have a drop off past the "ramp" section. It is a whole different game when you drop the wheels. The moss/algae line can also be a challenge with low water. It will seem higher as the water drops. Tires spin super nice on low traffic ramps with lots of green gunk. I have dinked around with a few different ramps and rigs over the years. Two people or more is obvious, but you need two that are competent when things are going to crap. I've used boats to "push start" rigs up on crappy ramps. That isn't a trick I'd try with a rookie.

Deadbeat dad rule for MN license? Pretty simple to fix. Pay up.

I use the term "Victim Mentality". It is a mindset that perpetuates the situation. As long as you believe someone else is the cause of your problem, you do nothing to improve your situation. His pile of excuses is long and tried making it longer. He has had opportunities and choices to make along the way. Quite a few of those choices (done correctly), would have changed the situation. DWB is real. I've seen it plenty. It shouldn't happen, but it is real. In this situation, it has been brought in as an excuse for bad choices. We are watching the "Victim Mentality" eat up an opportunity. It's time to own up or complain. I'm curious to see which path he takes. The outcomes are already playing for either choice.

Isn't this all basically a first rate sorting system? Do we want to hire people willing to sit on their butts for that kind of measly money. I'd walk away from hiring anyone that has been sitting around collecting. I don't need to work with that kind of lazy all day. I also shy away from anyone that used this whole thing as an excuse to treat their EEs like crap. Excuses are a commodity that seem to be in surplus. The time for excuses and complaining is over. There are plenty of hard working people that have their say in that matter right now. Let them choose the good jobs and the crappers will get sorted out too. In the end, the lazy workers will end up working for guess who?

To the bold; The relationship is pretty easy to see. I spend some time in real crap holes. Walk into a place with strong family values and it is immediately apparent. Parents that are proud of their kids and make them tow the line with family and life rules. Kids that are willing to learn and courteous. It reminds me of the family life I had as a kid. If I screwed up, I wasn't getting away without the consequences. Every once and awhile somebody gave me an atta boy when I did good. Pretty simple stuff that I essentially took for granted. I used to believe that it took two parents and money to make a home. I thought we had money too. Turns out we had some pride and one hell of a make do attitude. I see the same stuff in some of those crap holes with parents or role models that care. The income part is relative. It's not how much you make, but how hard you work and what you do with your income. Sharing in the rewards of hard work makes a difference on those kids. Values and accountability start at home. Abandon a good start and it takes fools money to manage, and yet we keep trying.

You do reap what you sow. The protests and riots have not helped. It allows the anger on both sides to rise. Protest participants are even more pissed after the event. Residents are more pissed that it is happening where they sleep. The underlying discontent simmers in the people. Add the underlying feelings to a good round of pandemic, economic duress, overall conflict about the future, and you have a powder keg ready to blow. More anger = more fuses. The longer the protests continue, the longer it will take to clean up the problems. It's no wonder people want to leave. The B.S. is getting worse with each new round of protests. There are plenty of smart people that have said it's not worth screwing around fighting fires while a pile of people are lighting fuses. The people doing the sowing will be left to reap what's left of their dumps if they live.

They told us to keep our old globes. Apparently, they are creating a bracket to use the old globes on the new models with the built in style. There is a little irony to the issue. Customers were going to be "forced" to go with the latest guidance and subscriber package. Now, we are told to keep the old version.

The first linked story is from May 17 and this is a bit more recent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-vaccine-donate/2021/06/09/c2744674-c934-11eb-93fa-9053a95eb9f2_story.html Who knows, maybe facts will just get thrown off to the side in discussion? As a side note, I'm partially surprised by the move to send Pfizer with the logistical challenges of temp needs (storage and distribution), in less developed nations. The Astrazeneca would be easier to move safely. With the current distribution network it would probably reach more people in less time. The Pfizer is cheap to produce, but hard to move and store. I wouldn't be surprised if the decision was made to help develop a distribution network for the next vaccine.

Feeding the short shareholder value dug this hole. It's all about the money. It's a sucky deal, but it is how things are done way too often. Number crunchers can eat up and destroy a brand pretty quickly while they feed the stockholders.

It was super easy in the old days to convert a skid to tipped rails. A good tail landing and presto you have tipped rails. BTW, they wear the heck out of hyfax at the bend. Biggest difference I noticed with tipped rails was how a good hooking sled would lift the front without much effort.

It is an odd deal to see this happening now. On a side note, the proposed tariff rate is still less than it was in 2018. Lumber has such a weird market. It gets priced and sold like a commodity. The build up cycle for inventory is awful long for a commodity item especially in the Canadian harvest system. We saw their 2018 harvest reductions last year in our market. American consumers still kept buying overpriced lumber and ate up the harvest reserves. This will be a long year for those wanting to buy lumber. (Good news for Benmills) The new proposed tariffs are likely to create another short inventory cycle right when we are recovering from the last reduction. Probably more good news for Benmills that stay in business.

I wonder if you mean Nicole Curtis? She really did throw it up for the show. She is a whole lot more low key in person. You guys would probably respect her quite a bit if you knew her reasons for leaving the area. I like that she actually fixed old homes vs. gut jobs or tear downs. There is no way to build those old homes with new wood, materials, and labor today. Some were obviously junk, but the good ones were built to last. I've fixed up a few and still keep watching for a project to show up on the market. The repair work isn't tough, it just takes time. It always amazes me when I find one that has been essentially ignored for 20+ years and can still be repaired. Modern homes break down a whole lot quicker. Back to the Ice Vikings. Hadn't heard of that show. Sounds like it could be interesting.

The vehicles sure have a lot of luxury doo dads. Fireball 440, you just need a self driving vehicle. Problems solved. I do agree with the airflow and buttons. There is not a simple way to keep fresh air in the cab. They tell you that it saves gas to not use outside air. Whatever. The temp controls automatically turn on the compressor with most of these systems. I rarely needed to run the compressor with actual airflow. Sure it was hot for a bit if you had her parked in the sun, but get moving and things were good. I had one heck of a time with my last vehicle finding one that didn't have touchscreen controls for a majority of functions. Seems like you are always waiting on those things. First you have to take your eyes off the other crazies on the road to find the function and then you wait for the screen to adjust. It's a real PIA in winter too. New vehicles are quiet with all the insulation and soft surfaces. It sure makes them hard to clean up if you actually use them for anything. I used to just throw my junk into the vehicles. It was fairly easy to clean up the mess later. I can see why companies making floor liners and seat covers are doing well with new vehicles.

I would agree with the supply side issue. It will make a slower softening of the market. I watch the rental property market quite a bit. That market has really changed on the smaller properties. Lots of young buyers, and many are couples looking for a place to live. Buy a duplex and rent out the other half. It is an odd way to buy a starter home. There will probably be a ton of fixers hitting the market on the reset. I've seen plenty of dumpsters sitting in front of these recently sold duplexes. Those "as seen on TV" remodels don't bode well in the long run. The dumpsters are filling up with plaster and drywall when they should be fixing the roof. Another anomaly I've seen is the short ownership turns. The market has been awful good to the "as seen on TV" crowd. Their lipstick repairs are making them good money. The inspectors can glaze over those jobs because they will see them again soon. It's an odd market and I can't blame someone for cashing in on the game.

I did read through the ordinance. I always have a hard time with some of the mumbo jumbo. The language is somewhat creative and confusing. Permitted vehicles are allowed, but there is no permitting process. Unopened streets? Could be interesting if they get a doozy of a blizzard.

That is a huge factor. (with the cat skids) It is not an apples to apples comparison. I have both and swap back between them often. It is hard to believe that they are so close in length. The difference feels dramatic. The 137 is relatively easy to sit and ride because it doesn't do anything with much drama.(It does run relatively flat.) I've also run longer skids in the same chassis and they have more feedback action than the 137. The Cat rear arm is back quite a bit on the 137 skid. That makes it harder to squat the back and coupling acts quite different. I've pulled the 137 blocks and it still has less front end lift than the 129 with blocks. Bump style also has a lot to do with how the skids handle terrain. The flat, boring skid will ride foot high stutters fairly well at speed.(scooting over the tops) Get into the bucking bronc stuff and the shorter skid with action will work better with the gas. I do like the extra tunnel storage on the longer skid. I also have to be careful. Longer tunnels break easier. I probably choose the longer skid 90% of the time when I have both options. It has less drama, but it is relatively easy to cruise. The other 10% choice is for dinking around and trails beat to crap with big bombs.

Did you ever go to Austria? They take "coffee" to another whole level. I used to get overwhelmed with all the stuff on the tray. There is a side of water, milk, small chocolate, cookie wafer, and couple types of sugar along with the super powered coffee. Each person gets the whole spread on their tray. It is an event to drink coffee even in little tiny hole in the wall hangouts. It is good coffee.

Car is listed as a 750. It would not have had any problems with the curve at that speed. Odd accident scenario. Angle into rail was steep even for the curve. Didn't brake until way too late. The car climbed the rail too. Nothing could have held up after it got above the rail and hit the wall. That tunnel is goofy with relatively sharp curves heading in at both end. Hard to see ahead in the tunnel and at the approach. Main reason for reduced speed. It typically sees plenty of accidents. They already reroute trucks with flammables.

The big players just weed out the suppliers that can't play. It seems like a sucky deal, but it is our world. Zambroski nailed it with the term "micromanagement". There are tons of parts to managing the process. Try explaining to a southern supplier that snowstorms are a problem in the north. They need to add that problem to their supply management scenario. We also have a developing infrastructure problem with more inventory on trucks that need to move without delay. That little ship problem in the Suez actually highlighted the problem in a way that normal consumers can understand. The trucking bottlenecks are nearly invisible to normal consumers. Trucking is our next big disaster waiting when we start ramping up production. I guarantee that we will be talking a lot more about trucking than anyone ever imagined in the very near future. We rely on those trucks. There are way too many parts of that process right at the breaking point.

Normal people hate the idea. Money managers love it. Guess who wins. It really is all about the money.

Went through six sigma cert back in the 80s before it was common practice. A big part of the discussion always revolved around the fact that all the pieces have to be working. You save big bucks without any inventory. You lose big bucks when the line shuts down because the doo hickey widget maker can't get you the widgets. We certainly didn't need training to understand the concept. We used to joke about the concept in the early days. "We'll run lean with supplier contracts to pick up the slack." It wasn't hard to get the suppliers to buy into the concept. They had to carry the inventory costs until they went to lean process. Contract language included charges back to the supplier for shutdowns. The big players just pushed the concept down the line. Money costs money. Inventory costs money. Lean manufacturing is all about the money.

The EU has had seriously open borders for quite some time. They also have had problems with measles popping back up in the population over the past five years. Most of the EU nations do require measles vaccination for their school systems. There had not been a uniform verification process that could be used for travel between countries. Ironically, the yellow card is used for travel to other parts of the world beyond the EU. Many EU residents and citizens already possess those documents. Measles can be checked off on yellow cards. The Roadmap Plan was put in place to address the current and ongoing threat of measles. The intent was to create a system that could be expanded and utilized throughout EU countries and partners. There has been plenty of pressure to utilize the plan's ideas to address Covid or the next pandemic disease. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and the digital idea fizzes out. People are people. A true digitization of tracking can create easy access to "manage" a population. It doesn't take much looking back in history to see how well that has fared.

Panels are formed in color that shows. There are a number of different variations of plastic used depending on panel location. It would be easier to have a ton of color options if it was just paint. It would also take a lot less parts bins. But, then we would bitch about the paint flaking when we beat the piss out of these things.

It would be one heck of a drift. It certainly makes you wonder how. I get a kick how the driver never knows how it happened. These same drivers want to get on the road and haul around at speed with the rest of the world. Gotta love the mattress filled dumpster. Must be some sort of rule with rentals. Fill the dumpster with mattresses.