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Ahh yes. Work needs lots of things....
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Yes, I needed a new lap top and monitor last month. Just might forget to send the 'ol one back[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
 
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Well, if that's your last pebble of wisdom, I'll just skip the rest of your chicken scratch[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
 
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Yeah, I'm with everyone else...don't charge without the truck running. Esp. with the diesels...you need all the amps you have to turn the beasts over. Our F-450 has a hot pin all the time, which we have to be careful with our hydraulic trailer...it tends to suck the truck battery dry.

Though, if you REALLY want some power, get a winch power cable extension. We have one on the flat bed. It's a big plug on the back of the truck that we connect to a winch on this little small flip trailer we have (I call it the Pogo Stick Trailer...dam thing bounces around without a load!) Probably has a 4AWG pair of wires that run from the batt back there. The connector is kind like what the tow trucks have for their jumpers.
Well, on my Chevy, it was built in to shut down whatever is drawing power, when it gets to the point where the battery won't turn over.

HHmmm, I have a winch cable in the garage[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]Collecting nothing but dust[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]That will be another project though. Right now, I have too many irons in the fire[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
 
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Now, If I was to say anything about borrowing anything from work, I would end up in jail or the very least, losing my job[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Why is it good for you guys, but if it was me, doing the same thing, you would want me to pay[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]and I don't mean with money. Double standards
 
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Now, If I was to say anything about borrowing anything from work, I would end up in jail or the very least, losing my job[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Why is it good for you guys, but if it was me, doing the same thing, you would want me to pay[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]and I don't mean with money. Double standards
well, cuz our jobs don't give us access to taking home 40lbs of seized contraband, or a few handguns, or any of the other real interesting stuff. hey wait a sec MD, we wouldn't whine if ya took home a criminal and made him paint your house, or if ya put him thru a couple of hours of the home torture chamber.

in my case, i'd only be taking items from myself. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img] that's no fun or challenge.
 
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Now, If I was to say anything about borrowing anything from work, I would end up in jail or the very least, losing my job[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Why is it good for you guys, but if it was me, doing the same thing, you would want me to pay[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]and I don't mean with money. Double standards
It's called a "Fringe Benefit."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] j/k. However, when they don't give out raises for 3-years, you have to start nailing things down...people tend to think that the company "owe's them."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Hell, I'm not saying that I haven't "borrowed" a thing or two, but I'm just happy that I still have a job in manufacturing. It seems like everything is going to China or Canada.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
 
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It's called a "Fringe Benefit."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] j/k. However, when they don't give out raises for 3-years, you have to start nailing things down...people tend to think that the company "owe's them."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Hell, I'm not saying that I haven't "borrowed" a thing or two, but I'm just happy that I still have a job in manufacturing. It seems like everything is going to China or Canada.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!hahaahahahaha!!! ROFLMFAO!! Economics 101 bud, you NEVER EVER go to socialist countries for labor. we are ultra-unionized and pay WAY, WAY too much for unskilled labor. if it weren't for our plethora of natural resources that we hang onto until uncle Sam tells us it's time to give them up at whatever price and terms the Uncle deems appropriate, we'd be 3rd world. as it is, we're a puppet waiting to be told what to do. Or would that make us a woman????? you're our daddy and we're your biatch. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

went for a 5-6 hour ride today. the '02 Honda 250 ran like CRAP!! and those @#%&*# Honda engineers make it impossible to adjust the fuel mixture screw. you totally burn your hands IF you try to get anywhere near that screw. one side is covered by exhaust pipe, the other by the head and some tubes. either way you get burned and scraped.(it's UNDER the carb, not on the side like the idle screw). it just kept stalling, then needed to be choked all the time. not getting the fuel i guess, but i just totally cleaned carb, just don't have mixture quite right.now i got it 2-1/2 turns out which seems like a lot, but may not be enough judging by how crappy it 's running.

so you'd be trying to feather a technical spot, or at times, hitting it hard to get the momentum to get you thru an off-camber ugly spot that 2wd wouldn't normally get thru, and it'd die. it was dangerous and scary. naturally, i had to use this thing all day and 9 y/o got to ride the 4x4 Kodiak 450. got some great pics that I'll post later. think i may need to adjust the valves too. man, my Honda manual can't arrive soon enough. lotsa fun, but soooo frustrating having to winch the Honda thru all the good spots, or lift and push. i'll zonk well 2nite.
 
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Originally posted by: confusedbuyer

well, cuz our jobs don't give us access to taking home 40lbs of seized contraband, or a few handguns, or any of the other real interesting stuff. hey wait a sec MD, we wouldn't whine if ya took home a criminal and made him paint your house, or if ya put him thru a couple of hours of the home torture chamber.

in my case, i'd only be taking items from myself. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img] that's no fun or challenge.

I think I'll pass[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] For awhile, when we could take bad guys guns away and still use them[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I had a sweet, Walther PPK .380 that I used for a back-up[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] It was taken off of a ****** in a bar, during a fight. Had to turn it in, when we went to Glocks.
 
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It's called a "Fringe Benefit."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] j/k. However, when they don't give out raises for 3-years, you have to start nailing things down...people tend to think that the company "owe's them."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Hell, I'm not saying that I haven't "borrowed" a thing or two, but I'm just happy that I still have a job in manufacturing. It seems like everything is going to China or Canada.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

We get no fringe benefits[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] If they shipped my job to Canada, that wouldn't be a bad thing[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] A lot of hunting[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] riding[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] and I could be a Mountie[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Do they get to carry a gun Confused[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]or is it in the trunk of their car[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]and, do they ride horses everywhere they go[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
 
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It's called a "Fringe Benefit."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] j/k. However, when they don't give out raises for 3-years, you have to start nailing things down...people tend to think that the company "owe's them."[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Hell, I'm not saying that I haven't "borrowed" a thing or two, but I'm just happy that I still have a job in manufacturing. It seems like everything is going to China or Canada.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!hahaahahahaha!!! ROFLMFAO!! Economics 101 bud, you NEVER EVER go to socialist countries for labor. we are ultra-unionized and pay WAY, WAY too much for unskilled labor. if it weren't for our plethora of natural resources that we hang onto until uncle Sam tells us it's time to give them up at whatever price and terms the Uncle deems appropriate, we'd be 3rd world. as it is, we're a puppet waiting to be told what to do. Or would that make us a woman????? you're our daddy and we're your biatch. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

went for a 5-6 hour ride today. the '02 Honda 250 ran like CRAP!! and those @#%&*# Honda engineers make it impossible to adjust the fuel mixture screw. you totally burn your hands IF you try to get anywhere near that screw. one side is covered by exhaust pipe, the other by the head and some tubes. either way you get burned and scraped.(it's UNDER the carb, not on the side like the idle screw). it just kept stalling, then needed to be choked all the time. not getting the fuel i guess, but i just totally cleaned carb, just don't have mixture quite right.now i got it 2-1/2 turns out which seems like a lot, but may not be enough judging by how crappy it 's running.

so you'd be trying to feather a technical spot, or at times, hitting it hard to get the momentum to get you thru an off-camber ugly spot that 2wd wouldn't normally get thru, and it'd die. it was dangerous and scary. naturally, i had to use this thing all day and 9 y/o got to ride the 4x4 Kodiak 450. got some great pics that I'll post later. think i may need to adjust the valves too. man, my Honda manual can't arrive soon enough. lotsa fun, but soooo frustrating having to winch the Honda thru all the good spots, or lift and push. i'll zonk well 2nite.

LOL, Glad you know who YOUR DADDY is[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

That suxs on the Honda[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] I take it, that engine sits cockeyed in the frame, all twisted and such[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img] When we roade up by Yosemite, I avoided anything technical[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]because of the same reasons. Power was not being delivered just right, when I needed it. But, somedays, that's all part of playing[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
 


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