What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (23 Viewers)

[Bear Lake Cruiser]

There was a time I wanted to live in the desert but now I'm stuck in the southeastern US. I'm not ready to give up the biological work I do with the freshwater turtles, salamanders, snakes, and a few other things. It's been a long time since I've seen a wild black tail and gorgeous describes many of the rattlesnakes if you approach them with curiosity and caution. The coloration and patterns of the scales is often unique from one individual to the next.

Arizona offers much for the herpetologist and Birding communities. Have you ever seen an Arizona Black Rattlesnake? We encounter them at higher altitudes, typically 4500 to 9000 feet, great looking snake for sure. Keep up the good work, many folks have no idea how many of these creatures are affected by human activities. You are very much correct about the variations in individuals. when I catch them i photograph prior to release to comapre with the next time I catch them....as quite often happens right around our house outside of the city of Tucson. My rattlers keep the pack rat population down and hence out of the nest building business under the hood of my cruisers.

 

[The Machinist]

Pulled out my cracked and leaky radiator today. This was the easiest job I've had to do on my cruiser in recent memory. That said, two of the brackets were missing...

DSC_0373 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr

There should have been a bracket on here on both sides. I guess whoever had this thing apart last didn't think they were needed...

DSC_0371 by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr

 

[mcguirejohnson]

Started building my traction bar. Using nothing less that 1/4" thick metal!

 

[Bear Lake Cruiser]

Went Arizona Land Cruising and found this. April is the month for Mexican Beaded Lizards (Gila Monster) but they are out early this year

 

[Godwin]

Went Arizona Land Cruising and found this. April is the month for Mexican Beaded Lizards (Gila Monster) but they are out early this yearView attachment 1049769 View attachment 1049770

Very nice. I'd really like to see a wild one. Looks like (s)he's lost some weight over the winter.

 

[Bear Lake Cruiser]

Very nice. I'd really like to see a wild one. Looks like (s)he's lost some weight over the winter.

It's ready to load up on gambels quail eggs.

 

[Godwin]

It's ready to load up on gambels quail eggs.

That's about all the Heloderma can catch .

 

[Bear Lake Cruiser]

That's about all the Heloderma can catch .

That's for sure and if the egg is rolling it may outrun the lizard! For the few guys that liked that picture it may be of interest that this reptile stores it's energy mainly in it's tail as it feeds and lives off that storage during the long dormant season. And Godwin is most correct, this one needs to fatten up!

 

[Godwin]

We have two adult Gila monsters in the live collection at Auburn that came in as confiscations. These guys are fat and lazy and accustomed to being hand-held. The Mexican beaded lizards that were part of this same confiscation have a demeanor that's nearly opposite of that of the Gilas and are quite defensive.

 

[Bear Lake Cruiser]

@Godwin
too much tequila perhaps?

We had a sonoran king snake in the garage a year or two ago. The house is a bit low for their preferred elevation and we are right on the border of their range so it was an unexpected joy to find this one

 

[OGBeno]

We have two adult Gila monsters in the live collection at Auburn that came in as confiscations. These guys are fat and lazy and accustomed to being hand-held. The Mexican beaded lizards that were part of this same confiscation have a demeanor that's nearly opposite of that of the Gilas and are quite defensive.

Wow. That sounds like the way I end up with the different women I interact with.

 

[Godwin]

Wow. That sounds like the way I end up with the different women I interact with.

Just a wild guess but I bet a few have also been venomous .

 

[OGBeno]

Just a wild guess but I bet a few have also been venomous .

Touche. Indeed they have Jim...Indeed they have.

 

[Bear Lake Cruiser]

Better keep the snake bite kits handy....Oh wait a minute, that's what all the bottles lined up on the table on Onurs build thread are for

 

[GreyGoat]

Unfortunately no fun adventures this week... Just a new bed on the rack and a lot of stares! So I guess this answers the question: "Can you fit a king size mattress on top of a Cruiser?"

 

[Big Cruiser Guy]

Nothing.
I did no things with my Cruiser this weekend.
It's at Art's shop, getting some electrical gremlins chased down and a few other issues.

Might go to Cruise Moab though.

 

[Bama4door]

I ordered a 12 pack of 9w LED's on Amazon and used 2 to put underneath the driver and passenger side dash to shed some light on the floorboards. I also installed new 6.5" Polk db Series speakers into the front doors, which sound much better than 25yr old OEM units.



I used the other 10 to mount as rock lights. I've looked into the Vision X kit, but didn't want to spend the coin for something I'm not sure I'll ever use that much. I got the 12pack of LED's and hook mounts for ~$23. I went to walmart and found some cheap S hooks for $1.97 for a pack of 4. Beats the $50 wanted for some rock light mounts that are out there.






Also, I installed Crawlorado's 3M Hood Blackout this afternoon. My stock hood was fading and just didn't look good in general. I also think it will help the glare from my light bar as well. I think it turned out pretty well....don't pay attention to the dents and dings in the hood

 

[Pacer]

^^^ nice post.

 

[studawg]

I drove it for the first time, basically...

 

[studawg]