What did you do WITH your Ranger today?

[9zero1790]

Ok... where was everyone that suppsoed to talk me out of that.
That was much more difficult than i expected lol. I had to get a two foot cheater bar and finesse it in between everything and on the ratchet handle to get the cap loose. Who ever put it on did not want anyone removing it. ?‍?? not even gonna try to check it hot or warm. My hands and arms too big. I had to reach up behind the tire and over the frame just to get the ratchet. So dead cold was 5 truck not running. So is it low high perfect? Blah lol.

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[TVRangerSTX]

I'm a real fan of slide rules, though I doubt I could work one now. When I was in college, pocket calculators were still very new (1970s) and were not allowed in math or physics classes. However, slide rules were allowed. I was one of a very small number of students who bothered to learn it. I had a few different sizes since the larger ones carried more precision.

Even when calculators were allowed, it was still faster, for me, to use a slide rule.

Then I went to the HP-41C for grad school, which I still have in a box somewhere. It was expensive ($295 in 1979 = over $1K today!) and I had the expansion ports and printer just like in this pic. Notice that this calculator does not have a "equals" function, no = key!

I just looked at the programming language for it and I must have been smart back then! There's no frigging way I could ever figure that out now!

Better check on it David...just came across my TI programmable the other day, and found the button batteries still in it, oops, and all corroded. Hope it cleans up and works, in case my grandkids want to learn how to use it...hahahaha...

 

[Glocker]

Thanks, I just went and tried lifting the front of mine by myself and it's not difficult at all. I'm almost 60 and out of shape, so I'd guess mine weighs 600 pounds maximum. Mine isn't a slide in, it's just a tall camper shell.
I'll take my truck to a scale when I get it mounted just to confirm my estimated weight. But I'm pretty confident now that mine isn't going to be too much for my truck at all. I know it's kinda ugly, but I'll give it a good washing and figured it's only for camping 3 or 4 times a year.

You could always get it vinyl wrapped to match your truck!

 

[TN Ranger]

Whereabout in Tennessee?

This is in Macon County. But we ride all over middle TN. East has all the main mountain trails. But we still have a few spots here in the middle to get out and have fun.

 

[TN Ranger]

Last weekends trip. I was leading so footage was limited haha. But was a great day for sure. Anyone near middle Tennessee wants to go out on some dirt hit me up.

 

[Shoran12]

This is in Macon County. But we ride all over middle TN. East has all the main mountain trails. But we still have a few spots here in the middle to get out and have fun.

Nice. Yeah I’m out near Maryville and have been looking to get out and hit some trails at some point. I’ve done a few rides but pretty minor stuff.

 

[subquark]

DUMP RUN!

What a glorious way to start Valentine's Day and show your spouse how much you love her!

A 100-year old baby grand piano taken apart (3 hours Sunday with about 50 giant lag screws). You'd think an ivory-keyed, mahogany-cased Madison piano, once owned by my mother-in-law (who sang at the Met and recorded a dozen 78-rpm albums) would be worth something. But nope. It was left in unconditioned spaces for years and was rarely tuned in the last 30 years, so it's kaput.

You can find 100-year old Madison's, in tune and perfect condition, for $3,000 online.

So off to the dump the 500+ pounds went, including the 160-pound cast-iron string frame. That was a beast! Loaded that bit with my daughter but unloaded on my own. Rolled it right off the tailgate into the metal thrash container.

Still, sad to see it go and sad that no one even wanted free it for parts (ivory keys are tricky and must be kept with the original piano until a piano restorer can salvage them). Even so, you're supposed to get a letter from a Federal Agency stating that your piano is kept intact.

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

[IdahoRanger]

DUMP RUN!

What a glorious way to start Valentine's Day and show your spouse how much you love her!

A 100-year old baby grand piano taken apart (3 hours Sunday with about 50 giant lag screws). You'd think an ivory-keyed, mahogany-cased Madison piano, once owned by my mother-in-law (who sang at the Met and recorded a dozen 78-rpm albums) would be worth something. But nope. It was left in unconditioned spaces for years and was rarely tuned in the last 30 years, so it's kaput.

You can find 100-year old Madison's, in tune and perfect condition, for $3,000 online.

So off to the dump the 500+ pounds went, including the 160-pound cast-iron string frame. That was a beast! Loaded that bit with my daughter but unloaded on my own. Rolled it right off the tailgate into the metal thrash container.

Still, sad to see it go and sad that no one even wanted free it for parts (ivory keys are tricky and must be kept with the original piano until a piano restorer can salvage them). Even so, you're supposed to get a letter from a Federal Agency stating that your piano is kept intact.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yup, you can't give pianos away, nobody wants them anymore.

The key to get rid of them is what you did by trashing and hauling off.

 

[subquark]

Yup, you can't give pianos away, nobody wants them anymore.

The key to get rid of them is what you did by trashing and hauling off.

Thanks for the confirmation. And, I guess it's like old mechanical typewriters. They're cool but every home in America had one.

And very clever - I did see what you did there! =D

 

[Grumpaw]

DUMP RUN!

What a glorious way to start Valentine's Day and show your spouse how much you love her!

A 100-year old baby grand piano taken apart (3 hours Sunday with about 50 giant lag screws). You'd think an ivory-keyed, mahogany-cased Madison piano, once owned by my mother-in-law (who sang at the Met and recorded a dozen 78-rpm albums) would be worth something. But nope. It was left in unconditioned spaces for years and was rarely tuned in the last 30 years, so it's kaput.

You can find 100-year old Madison's, in tune and perfect condition, for $3,000 online.

So off to the dump the 500+ pounds went, including the 160-pound cast-iron string frame. That was a beast! Loaded that bit with my daughter but unloaded on my own. Rolled it right off the tailgate into the metal thrash container.

Still, sad to see it go and sad that no one even wanted free it for parts (ivory keys are tricky and must be kept with the original piano until a piano restorer can salvage them). Even so, you're supposed to get a letter from a Federal Agency stating that your piano is kept intact.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Glad to see your making dump runs...it's been awhile....thought maybe your dump had banned you !!!

 

[subquark]

Glad to see your making dump runs...it's been awhile....thought maybe your dump had banned you !!!

No worries, I've done a few minor runs in between, not worthy of everyone's valuable time. I respect all of you far too much to be frivolous here. =p

I would never want to detract from our constructive conversations about egg prices, gas stoves, and dampers! =D

Did someone mention walnut blasting? Rubber plugs for hood holes?

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

[OrangeStreak]

Yup, you can't give pianos away, nobody wants them anymore.

The key to get rid of them is what you did by trashing and hauling off.

Very punny!

 

[Grumpaw]

No worries, I've done a few minor runs in between, not worthy of everyone's valuable time. I respect all of you far too much to be frivolous here. =p

I would never want to detract from our constructive conversations about egg prices, gas stoves, and dampers! =D

Did someone mention walnut blasting? Rubber plugs for hood holes?

Happy Valentine's Day!

DON'T MENTION HOLES !!!!!!!!!!!!
Another thread started about holes, and look where that ended up !!!

 

[OrangeStreak]

DUMP RUN!

What a glorious way to start Valentine's Day and show your spouse how much you love her!

A 100-year old baby grand piano taken apart (3 hours Sunday with about 50 giant lag screws). You'd think an ivory-keyed, mahogany-cased Madison piano, once owned by my mother-in-law (who sang at the Met and recorded a dozen 78-rpm albums) would be worth something. But nope. It was left in unconditioned spaces for years and was rarely tuned in the last 30 years, so it's kaput.

You can find 100-year old Madison's, in tune and perfect condition, for $3,000 online.

So off to the dump the 500+ pounds went, including the 160-pound cast-iron string frame. That was a beast! Loaded that bit with my daughter but unloaded on my own. Rolled it right off the tailgate into the metal thrash container.

Still, sad to see it go and sad that no one even wanted free it for parts (ivory keys are tricky and must be kept with the original piano until a piano restorer can salvage them). Even so, you're supposed to get a letter from a Federal Agency stating that your piano is kept intact.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Who let this skeleton out of the closet?

 

[subquark]

Who let this skeleton out of the closet?

That's the nice thing about this forum, We keep no secrets (even though we should, like me wearing a Speedo) and we let it all hang out! *D'oh!*

We should have filters, but what fun would that be?

Okay, back to our regularly scheduled discussions of our love and respect for Greta (*eye roll*), the obvious benefits of dampers (FTW!), and how the Ranger has too much rake, and all our other hard hitting and generally making-the-world-a-better-place threads!

Translation of her sign: Engine cover mice need love too

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