Florida B.S. Thread

undertow aka rip current?

 

check the plus on the trailer to make sure the wires all match

 

Those are two different things. They are often confused, and I think some people on here are talking about rip current. I'm talking about the out-flowing water under the wave surface (the force you feel when standing in the water on your feet/lower legs pushing offshore). I got swallowed up in a wave after trying to dive into it so I wasn't tossed around like a rag doll and it didn't go as planned. The force of the wave was pushing me inshore, and the undertow was trying to push me out which essentially had me doing flips underwater to the point where I didn't know which direction up was.

 

ah ok, been down here all my life and never heard a term for that

 

I'm a fourth generation Floridian, and had to look up the definitions. I've always used "undertow", basically like Allenfab uses it, the returning water that can sometimes suck/knock you off of your feet and pull you out a bit. Rip ride/current it's more a strong surface pull perpendicular to the beach as well, but narrow, fast and strong. Some definitions use the terms interchangeably. in any case, both are to be watched out for, and both are to be worked with as opposed to against. Go with the water, maintain orientation, don't panic, and swim at an angle out of the main pull of the water, even if you have to swim out further than it would appear if you tried to swim straight back to shore, or even at a right angle to the pull/current.

 

Yeah, Im talking rip current

 

That may be a separate issue, but I dont get voltage at the connector on the bumper when brakes/turn signals are activated.

 

Im finally going to get a high lift. Anyone know if a 60" will fit completely in a short bed mounted on the rail?

 

It will

 

Any angling needed, or it just fits level on a rail mount?

 

Not sure how it happened but I separated a tire last night on the way home from brooksville and of course I didn't have my hi-lift with me so I had to limp it home 45minutes away

 

It'll fit just fine along the rail.

 

Thornbirds man. They are notorious for that

 

damn

 

I say throw a set of tsl sx 35s on it

 

Wow that sucks! Glad you got home.

 

Get some boggers.

 

I'm wondering if it's because I smacked the shit out of a curb at about 50 yesterday trying to keep from being side swiped

that's to much right now and they are 36's for the sx

 

Saw this 4runner the other morning on boggers, looked like 44's. It was SAS & everything, nice rig from what I could tell.