Recent content by Stepmurr

God willing . . .

I welded fine thread grade 8 bolts to scrap metal "arms" because there is no way to get a wrench into the boxed frame Boltz Tightened down & welded the nutz onto the boltz, and ran a bead along the frame to limit movement Painted & reinstalled spring with new bushings & hanger bolt Only...

Last October I was heading out on a quick run with @splitshot and I noticed something odd about my driver's side spring hanger on the FJ40 - it wasn't quite all there :eek: I ordered two replacement spring hangers from SOR & finally got around to replacing the broken one so I can drive it to...

New 230AH LifePO4 battery worked great - used 35% capacity running the Engel fridge & charging cell phone, laptop, & tablet from Thursday through Wednesday on my trip to Texas.

Don't tell Greg Abbott 1829.5 miles, almost 30 hours of driving for 4 minutes sitting in a semi-dark field wondering where the eclipse went. Could've been worse tho - Uvalde could have had clear skies and I stayed home New 230AH LifePO4 battery worked great - used 35% capacity running the...

A few (pathetic) elipse pix Morning in Uvalde - 100% humidity :eek: Sun came out a few hours before the eclipse - then clouded back over :mad: Field at totality - everyone was looking up hoping for a break in the clouds Clouds broke a little during the un-eclipsing for a few minutes at a...

Well, any landing you can walk away from is a good one . . .

The eclipse so far

Got my 230 AH LiTime LiFePO4 Battery installed in the Taco 🌮 just in time for the eclipse trip. I'm using around 10 % per day running the EngeI fridge and recharging the laptop, tablet, & cell phone so i should be OK for this trip without needing any recharge. I made a bracket to hold my...

Day 3 Marfa Lights viewing area to Uvalde 902.4 miles. All day Sunday to rest up.

Day 2 - Mescal to Marfa 493.4 miles, 593.9 total, 291 miles to Uvalde

Day 1 - home to Mescal 100.5 miles, 780 miles left to Uvalde

Apparently live rats will push the dead ones out of the way to get to the attractant. You can also leave the basket off and mount it high enough that they fall free. I think I'm gonna get one . . .

Tested out my birthday presents - MORRFlate 4 tyre hose contraption & a Viair 400P-Automatic compressor. I was highly skeptical about the MORRFlate, but it is my new favorite toy 👍 Using the contraption I aired down all four tyres in 1 minute 45.34 seconds. It takes longer to hook up & then...

I want somebody to buy this New Zealand rat killer 🐀 :skull:🐀 and tell me if it works & is worth $180 https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/goodnature-a24-home-trapping-kit-a24mr-htk