Hiluxforever
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I have ao many different colors of dirt on the floor of my garage stall.
GX460 & GXOR B.S. thread
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Just learned I got a promotion at work...would like to order myself a rear bumper to celebrate...should probably wait and see if that promotion actually comes with a meaningful raise but I'm an entitled millennial and I want a sick rear bumper for my Lexus
You could probably find measurable quantities of gold in the dirt beside my driveway.
Hiluxforever
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LOL yea, I was stationed at Beale in the gold country. A few different NCOs had some luck with panning
Acrad
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$2,326.70/oz as of close today 
I'm right down the street from Gold Country. I've mentioned to my wife a few times about getting a metal detector so we can go treasure hunting while on the trail. Now I'm torn between a new roof rack and a nice metal detector. I'll see if I can get both. Father's Day is right around the corner!
Hiluxforever
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Never hurts to dream big
Couldn’t help myself when getting new tires for the lawn tractor. 23x10.5x12
Couldn’t help myself when getting new tires for the lawn tractor. 23x10.5x12
I just took my 9 year old Genesis to the dump today, although it wasn't a copper top. Had some new parts under warranty, firebox and burners, but the cabinet was rotted and the base totally gone. Got tired of fighting with it and waiting on a Napoleon 500 with infrared sear and rear burner with rotiserie to be delivered any day now. But I will keep my Weber 18" 22" and 26" Kettles as well as the 18" smokey mountain.
Now about those front tires....
Acrad
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@ Cold Iron
For half a sec I thought this Genesis
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@ Cold Iron
For half a sec I thought this Genesis
Didn't think it would take you much more than half a second to figure it out
It is a Weber thing and once you get the bug can spot a Weber a quarter mile away LOL. Unfortunately the gassers aren't what they once were 
Then again not much is anymore.
Acrad
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Sad to see Weber go down the hill like that … 
I have a 2005 Weber Genesis that is still in really great shape. It has been outside since new under factory cover (once replaced) and no other failures that I recall since new.
I think it was like $800 or so in 2005.. inflation adjusted probably $1200-$1300 today
Basically this one…best BBQ I have ever had
I only go out of my way to save a buck for the “long term”..short term almost always more expensive …sometimes substantially
I have a 2005 Weber Genesis that is still in really great shape. It has been outside since new under factory cover (once replaced) and no other failures that I recall since new.
I think it was like $800 or so in 2005.. inflation adjusted probably $1200-$1300 today
Basically this one…best BBQ I have ever had
I only go out of my way to save a buck for the “long term”..short term almost always more expensive …sometimes substantially
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Sad to see Weber go down the hill like that …
I have a 2005 Weber Genesis that is still in really great shape. It has been outside since new under factor cover (once replaced) and no other failures that I recall since new.
I think it was like $800 or so in 2005.. inflation adjusted probably $1200-$1300 today
Basically this one…best BBQ I have ever had
I only go out of my way to save a buck for the “long term”..short term almost always more expensive …sometimes substantially
That was the last of the great ones! Mine wasn't much more than yours a few years after you got yours but it is when they started to decline, and warranty keeps getting shorter and more limited on them.
Wish my sons would adapt the same philosophy as you, and I. When my oldest got married I offered to buy him a Weber but he said it was too much money, even though it was my money LOL. He bought a big box store grill and a couple of years later when they moved I took the Taco over to help them move. And took the Sawzall along knowing full well that his was going to the dump. I was not wrong
The Napoleon I just ordered is made in Canada with a Lifetime warranty. Will see although at my age Lifetime doesn't mean what it once did. You nailed it on inflation adjusted cost and it does help me feel better about spending $1,350 all in for a grill delivered.
Didn’t realize what a gem of a grill I’ve been neglecting in the background there. My buddy gave it to me years ago when he moved.
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So most of us running 33"+ tires are boxed into E load range, which is overkill.
D load is an option on some tires but not all.
Is C "underkill" (definitely made that word up) for a 460 that sees rocky off-road duty?
D load is an option on some tires but not all.
Is C "underkill" (definitely made that word up) for a 460 that sees rocky off-road duty?
Hiluxforever
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This is part of why I like the super light E load range Bridgestone Firestone carcass
For a long time (20 years or so) I rarely had a flat in fairly extensive off roading, often with C-rated tires. In the last 3 years, though, I have trashed a tire each year, including a C and two Es. So I haven't noticed any correlation between rating and longevity/durability.
Just get the tread and size you want, and HAVE A GOOD SPARE!
I've used the "SL" version on both sets of my tires and had no issues. The load rating on my SL 265/70/17 Pirellis was ~2300 lbs, which I think is like a C-load. I had those things smeared across rocks and obstacles to the point of looking flat or like they would get pulled off the rim, but everything was fine (shoutout to wheels with knurled bead seats).
My new SL 285/70/17 Mickey Thompsons have a load rating of like 2900 lbs and again no issues with sidewalls so far. The LT Baja Bosses do have more ridiculous biters on the sidewall tread but I'm pretty sure the load rating between the SL 33s and D-rated LT 33s is the same for these. I didn't pay attention to max inflation numbers since I don't tow anything.
I think the prevailing idea that you simply must have E rated LT tires to go off road was true years ago before tire companies were really paying attention to sidewall design and so at least with LT tires you knew they had to have enough layers/strength to meet the load rating.
How are you liking the MT Baja Boss tires overall? I'm very strongly considering them. I just don't want the 54#/tire with the new Wildpeak AT4W, and the MT is 49#. Other tires like a Toyo Open Country RT Trail have crappy reviews for noise, snow, and rain. Looks like the MT is really it for a sub-50# SL-rated 285 that has good snow/noise/rain reviews.