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LS1FJ40 said:
FYI, in case anyone didn't know...chicks dig the Chinese dorkel. Waked out of work to a woman taking pics of her Gen 3 Sport Edition 4Runner next to my 93. She ran over when she saw me getting in and had to ask a bunch of questions...:hillbilly:
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Good to know I was just getting ready to buy. What one did you get?
 
LS1FJ40 said:
FYI, in case anyone didn't know...chicks dig the Chinese dorkel. Waked out of work to a woman taking pics of her Gen 3 Sport Edition 4Runner next to my 93. She ran over when she saw me getting in and had to ask a bunch of questions...:hillbilly:
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LandCruiserPhil said:
Good to know I was just getting ready to buy. What one did you get?
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musthave said:
I think they like the safari snorkel better. Size matters
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LandCruiserPhil said:
You guys are killing me...
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Does it actually have to be hooked up?

Asking for a friend.
 
Yea, asking for a friend. Ask that Aloha chick.
 
I've heard that they help in the event of a rollover!, Particularly the Chinese ones!
 
I tried to get my quarter panel mounts finished. Not quite :(

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LandCruiserPhil said:
Good to know I was just getting ready to buy. What one did you get?
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Chinese flea bay one. Had it laying around for a couple of years. I have the OEM 70 Series bird's nest to go on it but have to figure out how to get it to fit. I think @98 SNAKE EATER figured out a way but haven't taken the time to figure it out...
 
surfpig said:
Does it actually have to be hooked up?

Asking for a friend.
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There was a 60 series for sale locally that the guy had installed a snorke on and not hooked it up. I mean, I admittedly, installed mine basically because I think it looks cool but I at least took the extra 15 minutes to connect it to the air box.
 
jcardona1 said:
If you guys are looking for roll up tool bags, check out Atlas 46. I'm confident these are the best money can buy. Still on my wish list. The guys I wheel with all have these bags and it's amazing how many tools you can fit in one.

Atlas 46 - Products Made in the USA

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Thanks for the tip. Pulled in a couple of their bags tonight. Looks well built. Going to try out a couple for storage on the rear seat belt bolt and one tool bag.
 
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Sam said locked Land Cruiser should of never came with running boards, take them off.

Before :doh:

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IH8 black rims anyone look to trade some stock for powder coated black?
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Moved the parts runner up front lets see if it can handle it.

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artech said:
I don't want to say this the wrong way and I really hope folks don't take this the wrong way, but before you just grab some gas and water and hop in the rig and head for Texas, read this first: Lone Star MVPA - ('05 Hurricane Katrina Experience) All of it. Carefully. Then read it again.

Then take a couple minutes and think. First, realize completely and fully just how bad this could have gone for this guy. I absolutely respect and admire his integrity, initiative, forethought, and backbone, but his work was almost ended several times and he was incredibly lucky not to have lost everything. A ton of folks piled into Louisiana after Katrina to try and help out and ended up much worse off than he did. Then also think; Do I have enough stuff(fuel/parts/food/water/medical) to operate completely independent of any kind of support for the amount of time I am going to be there? The logistics and supply system there is going to be shot to hell, there will be very little fuel, food, potable water, medical supplies, or truck parts there for several weeks at least.

Then realize that not having a military vehicle and uniform means you will probably be turned back at most road blocks, or at least redirected multiple times and your offers of help possibly even lost in the logistical nightmare shuffle which accompanies any large scale disaster. The last thing anyone wants to do is make this bad situation any worse than it already is by adding to the problem. (And it's gonna get worse before it gets better, that's just how these things go. At least that's how the big ones go; something this big is going to take many, many months before things get back to some kind of normal for the people there.)

I'm not going to mention weapons or munitions here, that's a subject for another forum. But is is Texas after all, and they got plenty of guns there already. (So a few more probably wouldn't change anything. But do be aware that people packing guns do make the Feds nervous.)

If anyone is still bound and determined that they are going to go in there and to hell with me and my advice, OK at least I tried, but please-please-please go online before you go and take some short online disaster response classes and bring the certificates with you, it will go a long way and won't take more than a few hours. Hopefully it will help you be part of the solution and not just part of the problem. Here's some links:

Emergency Management Institute - Independent Study (IS) | Search Results Course List

https://www.nvoad.org/how-to-help/

3 keys to rescuing, evacuating and managing Hurricane Harvey victims

Some of my friends and EMA coworkers are already loading up to deploy down there and many more are going through the team support packages and getting things ready(er) to go. Probably the teams will be going in rotations, that's how they did Katrina. Many teams all over the US have already deployed and many more are on standby to rotate in as the teams get used up, so things are happening, some help is already on the ground operating and more help is on the way.

Now if somebody could just get the damn rain to stop...
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Yup. It is why I am still in Dallas and not in Houston. Great advice in your post. I will follow it and others should also.

I have people that work for my company that live in neighborhoods in Houston that are flooded. Many of our Oil and Gas customers also live in Houston and some of their homes are flooded out. We are waiting to go down there until they let us know it is OK to come down. We are anticipating we'll be down there next week. There are still plenty of ways to be killed in a flooded area and we are not anxious to become a statistic. We will take enough of everything we need to get down there and back, including food, water and fuel but a place to stay is still an issue. We aren't going until we get that problem solved. We also have the advantage of living 4 hours away. We can come home, rest-up, re-stock and head back down.

The magnitude of this problem will likely neccessitate many trips to Houston to help people we know. This will be a long recovery for those folks. I lived in Houston during Allison and my neighborhood was flooded badly so this isn't my first rodeo. I also know the Houston area extremely well having lived there for some time.

It is true that many people carry firearms in Texas but you would never know it. Even though it has been legal to open carry here for over a year, I have never seen a gun in the open. People are very responsible about their right to carry and they aren't looking for trouble.

By the way, did you see the video on the weather channel of the guy driving out onto a surface street he thought was only covered with shallow water. It was so deep his truck floated and he had to be rescued. This is one of the many ways people get into trouble in flooded areas.
 
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