New England B.S. Thread

Yeah I believe it. These drone pretty good when compared to the KO2s, but that's not a fair comparison haha.

 

Do you have to deal with the Hot Work Site Permit?

 

Oh yes. And the requirements for hot work vary by city/town. It's not terrible to deal with, we had our own hot work program that was fairly restrictive anyways so conforming to whatever local process wasn't a big deal.

 

Not the permit, but we have to have our guys certified which is new to us. I'm a friggin' drywaller and they are making us comply now because we sometimes cut studs and track with abrasive blades. I challenge you to light something on fire with the sparks created from galvanized light gauge steel studs.

How about silica? Anyone in the biz dealing with the new silica regs last year? Jezuz, that was a nightmare for us. We had to have a testing company come on 3 random jobs and test for silica, it cost us a foolish amount of money to test and write a new safety plan for it, and the test came back something like 0.0005 % silica exposure or something. That was 35 grand well spent

 

I haven't heard about the silica crap. I'll have to look it up.

Everything I work with now comes with the Known to cause cancer in California label now. I have also noticed that all the Tire manufactures are putting it on their sites too.

 

Out with the old '05 steering wheel, in with the new(ish) '19 wheel! Thanks again @Boghog1 for the great deal on the steering wheel!

 

Don't think I've seen a 16+ steering wheel without any buttons on it before, wow. Looks great!

 

Funny you put it that way, we actually had a fire in one of our buildings from that! The drywall sub set up his cutting station so the sparks were shooting towards a spray foamed wall. That stuff doesn't really 'burn' but it smolders and creates a really, really thick black smoke. It was not a fun day on the job...

As far as silica, I bet there was something in your company's safety manual stating how they test for silica and, now that the standard has changed, they needed to prove they're still in compliance (and/or rewrite the safety manual). That $35k to stay ahead of OSHA's standards could be very well spent. The new standard is a real challenge for a lot of contractors.

The new silica standards are absolutely nuts! OSHA changed their silica limits and it's created some real challenges with proving that you're actually meeting them.

 

Ok pump staging

 

We have to pull hot work permits on everything.

 

That looks much better! Did the air bag just plug right in?

 

I used parts for a 2012 base Tacoma, since I don't have any audio controls on my original steering wheel. And thanks!

Thankfully, yes, the connectors on the airbag are the same. I was a bit worried when i bought the air bag the connection would be different, but that is not the case!

 

Meow!

 

Rookie numbers! 10-15psi for wheeling, 15psi minimum aired down for tread lightly requirement. I will be making a trip, truck has some wild plans to go on this year. Something about 5.29s, lockers, and possibly 16" shocks?

 

I aired down to 15 for LBL. I don't trust my wheels to hold a bead below that yet. 25 was the drive home haha

I can't wait to see what you're doing to the truck!

 

So you can get some more ideas for your truck ?

 

Haha, oh that's too funny! Yeah I was exaggerating, you can't be a total idiot, but it sounds like that guy was. At least prop a sheet of plywood in front of the spray foam!

 

What's worse is, that company was the one who applied the spray foam also

 

It has some big plans. I'd post pics of the recent project on a buddy's 1st gen T4R I've been helping with but he wants it kept quiet til everything is done

 

Damn I feel attacked. We all know that Drew and I have the same goals in mind for everything.

SAS'ed Exo-caged rigs on 35+ tires with taller gears and no practical purpose on the road...

I don't know if @tacobell007 wants to flatbed convert his, but I wouldn't be surprised. I may go to longer shocks, but I'll stick to the cheap ones with how people wheel down here. The whole rebuild deal would get expensive quick haha. I'd rather replace some billies than rebuild some Icons. Should be cheaper.