Well, my weekend started on Thursday when I got "let go." October of last year I started what I thought was my new career a great job becoming a 911 dispatcher. Well, I have been in "on floor" training since last December and last Thursday was the end. I was substandard in two catagories and my training time was up, no if/ands/or buts. Sucked big time!! Life's been kinda turned on it's ear, thought I had i figured out, but now back to square one.:(:(

Friday, just kinda took it easy all day didn't do much.

Saturday: Went over to the parent's house and met their new dog. It's an almost 2 year old German Sheppard. He's not all filled out yet and already tops 95 pounds. Just a big sweetheart and mellow as can be. He does have one big bark and lets you know it when you come in the house. It's great to see, my parents have been looking for a sheppard since March, and they finally found the right dog for them. The afternoon was spent at the IHSTO Spring Fling BBQ and IHC-6's place. As usuall good times were had by all. I got to take his new Jag for a spin. It's a 180 from my Scout I can tell you that. First time in a Jag, hope it won't be my last.

Sunday: Spent the majority of the day cleaning up my mess in Dad's garage. Up until Thursday I had planned to rebuild the 392 for my pickup so parts were kinda strewn about. Dad's trying to get my Mom's 80 sanded out and ready for paint and since the engine rebuild in on the back burner I needed to get it picked up. The Grandparents came over to meet the new dog and Grandpa came and helped Dad in the garage. It was actually pretty special to have my Dad, his Dad and me out in the garage just BS'ing and passing the time.

All things considered not a bad weekend, just a shitty start to it.

Drove the big dump truck all day on overtime for Saturday.

Took the Scout for a drive for a few hours with the stereo cranked up of course. Then went to mom's to do my laundry.
I gotta get my own washer and dryer soon :(

I went and picked up these boulders...........................these things are huge.................almost bigger than my 44" swampers

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/slydog72007/05-19-07_1154.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/slydog72007/05-19-07_1153.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/slydog72007/05-19-07_1156.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/slydog72007/05-19-07_1211.jpg

:flipoff2:

Nice to see you come back. Looks like the Scout has gone through a few changes.


My weekend consisted of trailer maintenance the first part of Saturday, and moving my junk from one bedroom to another took the rest of the weekend.

SAT - Did some more testing with the 39.5 boggers on, before I went back to my 40 MTR's. :cool:

SUN- cleaned the garage, got my tools and wheeling stuff together. Getn ready for upcoming Fordyce run on Memorial weekend.:grinpimp:

Not bad flex for leaf springs:flipoff2: 4 link would be bitchin.. but I'm not changing it anytime soon.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/scout254/P5180062.jpg

Didn't wheel. Spent the weekend doing maintenance getting ready for WEROCK next weekend.:D

Went to the Con and wheeled, did some trail maintenance.

DieselSmoke...sorry to hear 'bout the dispatch job, or lack there of :( Hang in there.

Fixed some minor stuff on the scout and started to pack for memorial weekend :smokin:

DieselSmoke...sorry to hear 'bout the dispatch job, or lack there of :( Hang in there.


I have a funny feeling he's gonna be on the business end of TracTracTor Offroad:flipoff2: literally:smokin:

Finished the low rider and the dude took it straight to a cruze in:shaking:
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/binderbound/DSCF0019.jpg
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http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/binderbound/DSCF0023.jpg

I had some time so I whipped this up for the didge. I'll post the painted 'finished' pics tomorrow.
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/binderbound/DSCF0033.jpg
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First weekend in a long time that I didn't have to go anywhere or do anything. Damn it was nice! Just went up to the lake and hung out with friends.

Sorry to hear about your predicament Diesel.

Finished my 2wd T-19 Wide to 4wd T-19 Wide conversion - parts swap-o-rama. I figure with chasing parts and screwing stuff up I have close to 25 hours into it!! Geez I suck! Glad I wasn't paying for this.

I test drove it last night -- Sweet! All the gears worked - shifted fine -
goes s....l....o....w.... Finally!

Diesel Smoke ---- Look into surveying for your next career. You can have my job!

No Scout progress again... I think I can officially say that not only has my Scout been moved to the back burner(again) but the pilot light isn't even lit.

Nothing Scout related this weekend but did get some stuff done to the wife's dd cherokee. Water pump, new radiator hoses/heater hoses, thermostat, flushed the system, changed the oil, and rotated the tires. Also troubleshot and fixed a wireing problem under the dash.

Monday after work I did do a bit of work on the Scout. Put the first coat of POR15 on the floorboard crossmembers before the new floor goes down. Also started removing the rear wheelwell and planning out its replacement.

No Scout progress again... I think I can officially say that not only has my Scout been moved to the back burner(again) but the pilot light isn't even lit.

I got a bitchin' torch to fire that pilot light back up. :flipoff2:

No Scout progress for me. Leveled a pad for my neighbor's 18' pool and hauled in sand to make the pad. 1st load was a ton, the CTD didn't even know it was in the bed. That only covered about 1/3 of the pad site so, when I went back for the second load I had the loader operator put 2 tons on. At first he was hesitant, but he did it anyway. I still had about 2" of spring travel left before the overloads engaged. :D

Anyway, after moving 6000+ lbs of sand with a scoop shovel, I was pretty much done with any heavy activity for the weekend and just fucked off for the rest of it.

I got a bitchin' torch to fire that pilot light back up. :flipoff2:

Bring it on over. :D

Once I get around to selling the 47 tons of extra Scout parts I have laying around on ebay I should have the fundage to fire up the front burner.

Well, my weekend started on Thursday when I got "let go." October of last year I started what I thought was my new career a great job becoming a 911 dispatcher. Well, I have been in "on floor" training since last December and last Thursday was the end. I was substandard in two catagories and my training time was up, no if/ands/or buts. Sucked big time!! Life's been kinda turned on it's ear, thought I had i figured out, but now back to square one.:(:(

Friday, just kinda took it easy all day didn't do much.

Saturday: Went over to the parent's house and met their new dog. It's an almost 2 year old German Sheppard. He's not all filled out yet and already tops 95 pounds. Just a big sweetheart and mellow as can be. He does have one big bark and lets you know it when you come in the house. It's great to see, my parents have been looking for a sheppard since March, and they finally found the right dog for them. The afternoon was spent at the IHSTO Spring Fling BBQ and IHC-6's place. As usuall good times were had by all. I got to take his new Jag for a spin. It's a 180 from my Scout I can tell you that. First time in a Jag, hope it won't be my last.

Sunday: Spent the majority of the day cleaning up my mess in Dad's garage. Up until Thursday I had planned to rebuild the 392 for my pickup so parts were kinda strewn about. Dad's trying to get my Mom's 80 sanded out and ready for paint and since the engine rebuild in on the back burner I needed to get it picked up. The Grandparents came over to meet the new dog and Grandpa came and helped Dad in the garage. It was actually pretty special to have my Dad, his Dad and me out in the garage just BS'ing and passing the time.

All things considered not a bad weekend, just a shitty start to it.

Here you go. :) Another job.
http://www.pimasheriff.org/empTele.htm

Here you go. :) Another job.
http://www.pimasheriff.org/empTele.htm

:laughing: Thanks for the heads up. There is an angency a little south of here who has expressed interest and will be hiring in a few months. I think I am going to go for it. Now I just need to figure how I am going to live for the next few months, and through the hire process which takes another couple of months. Sounds like it's time to see if any of the local autoparts places are hiring and get my clown suit out of storage.

Wow Carl...that sucks...:(

Hope that you get it all figured out ok....

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Friday night...me and the girlfriend did some drinking....

Saturday before the Randy's Calendar shoot we went to a Crawfish Boil...ohh my...at least I can say I finally ate some...

Ran Old Chinaman's Gulch. It's a fun trail :smokin:

http://www.backcountry4x4.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/2007Chinaman/Chinaman200724.JPG

Can anyone guess where I should clearance my front fender?

-Gary

Ran Old Chinaman's Gulch. It's a fun trail :smokin:

http://www.backcountry4x4.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/2007Chinaman/Chinaman200724.JPG
If it was so fun, why are you smilin' so BIG! :D ~ HEY BRANDON ~ that's what your cage will look like if you ever finish it! ;) :p

Spent all day Saturday and much of the day Sunday roto-tilling, trenching and laying a sprinkler system in my Lil B's yard. I love feeling sore.

Ran Old Chinaman's Gulch. It's a fun trail :smokin:

http://www.backcountry4x4.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/2007Chinaman/Chinaman200724.JPG

Can anyone guess where I should clearance my front fender?

-Gary

I really like that trail. Did you do Carnage too since it is right there? I left some paint on the left Gate keeper rock at the entrance to carnage. :D

By the way...............Been there, done that. :flipoff2:
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I got a bitchin' torch to fire that pilot light back up. :flipoff2:

Hell, I even got off my ass and started my build this weekend to help get ya fired up 'fubar.

Rear waggy D44 5.13 R&P installed. Not a lot of progress, but it is a start. Now to just dig out my build thread and get it updated too.

Completed the Mopar dizzy upgrade for the EFI and met a couple of Portlanders...

If it was so fun, why are you smilin' so BIG! :D ~ HEY BRANDON ~ that's what your cage will look like if you ever finish it! ;) :p



I was smiling before and after that pic...right there I was leaning out listening to the spotter. :flipoff2: Here's proof:

http://www.backcountry4x4.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/2007Chinaman/Chinaman200722.JPG

Look at them open diffs spin! LMAO


I really like that trail. Did you do Carnage too since it is right there? I left some paint on the left Gate keeper rock at the entrance to carnage. :D

By the way...............Been there, done that. :flipoff2:


Nah, we didn't do Carnage. Once I finish building the rig I'll give 'er a try.

-Gary

Open diffs?!?! Common man, I thought you were cool. ;)

EDIT: Did you add some bars to the top of the cage? Take some pics man!

Open diffs?!?! Common man, I thought you were cool. ;)

EDIT: Did you add some bars to the top of the cage? Take some pics man!

I'm getting there...I haven't done anything to this truck since I swapped in the wide ratio last August. I've since built two other trucks...gotta love ADD.

I added some more bars to the top. Clicky here for pics. (http://www.binderbulletin.org/forums/showpost.php?p=331336&postcount=129)

-Gary

Gary, your spotter's got some damn good spotting shoes:flipoff2:

Gary, your spotter's got some damn good spotting shoes:flipoff2:


We like to rough it out here in Colorado :D

We like to rough it out here in Colorado :D

Or formal attire for Boulder peeps! :flipoff2:

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here is what i got in the mid of last week... and what do you know it showed up to my house re-packeged by fedex, and i opened it and the shims were bent:shaking::shaking: this is the second time i ordered a locker from PORC and came back broken... i did contact them and they went ahead and contacted ARB and had them send me out some new shims... i hope thats the only thing broken:(:(

Finally got my lights for the Dodge pre-runner bar.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/135/bumperfinish3aj2.jpg
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Finally got my lights for the Dodge pre-runner bar.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/135/bumperfinish3aj2.jpg
http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/4962/bumperfinish2qo3.jpg

So, when we going to start pre-running with it???:flipoff2::laughing::flipoff2:

So, when we going to start pre-running with it???:flipoff2::laughing::flipoff2:

I volunteer to chase ---- in my Dodge --- on the highway ---- :flipoff2:

If it was so fun, why are you smilin' so BIG! :D ~ HEY BRANDON ~ that's what your cage will look like if you ever finish it! ;) :p

:D

I.. looked at my rig as I walked past it to get to the garage fridge to get a beer. Worked on others peoples projects :shaking:

I volunteer to chase ---- in my Dodge --- on the highway ---- :flipoff2:
Shit, you got the prime candidate. 2wd, kinda beat, 12 valve. Since I sell Radflo now, let's bolt on some 14" triple bypasses and go racing!

Actually Carl, I'm gonna start developing a 2" leveling/coil over conversion for new dodges, using some sweet radflo's 2.5" w/remote resis. So, we might be pre-running before too long. Pre-running what, I don't know but it will be cool! :evil:

i got the 14 bolt in the back of the 800. i just need some YJ springs and i can put the d44 in. im only 16 i cant afford no d60:flipoff2:

Finally got my lights for the Dodge pre-runner bar.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/135/bumperfinish3aj2.jpg

Holy lights batman ~ I'm really sorry for saying, but the bumper looks to bolt-on for me. Cool work and all, but its not my style.

EDIT: I just came down to the computer this morning and re-read that. It sounds like I was being an :eek: ~ Even though its not my style, let me clarify ~I always dig your tube work ~ you take the time to do it right. I wasn't slammin' your work.
:D
I.. looked at my rig as I walked past it to get to the garage fridge to get a beer. Worked on others peoples projects :shaking:
I hear ya.