NW WA Meet / BS Thread

I have no experience with soft vests but I took a look at these. You get your level IIIa+ and can attach all the pouches you want.
https://safelifedefense.com/product/tactical-enhanced-multi-threat-vest-level-iiia/

I have a couple carriers with level IV(heavy) and level III+(much lighter) plates. My next carrier might be a Spiritus.
Chest rig isn't a bad idea. Light and fast.

I'm just a John Wick LARPer though.

 

Buy ADS

 

Too easy crye precision jpc

 

I heard about that. must have been on a job I was on maybe or I knew someone that knew him. Crazy sad!!

 

I have BP-51s on my Tacoma and yes the fronts have been warrantied twice. Once for seized lower bearings and soon after both of them started leaking at the shafts. I'll never buy or recommend them again.

What type of off-roading do you do? I ask because I have a GX as well and opted for a less advanced setup using Dobinsons springs and twin tube shocks. I've only taken it on two sections of the wabdr and it performed well for that type of off-roading. I don't think I will spend my money on such expensive setups anymore. If anything I may upgrade to the Dobinsons IMS shocks that feature larger diameter shocks with the fronts being threaded for height adjustment. They also have the MRR (remote reservior) and MRA (remote reservoir + adjustable dampening) if you fancy those.

 

My buddy just got the MRA so ill wait for him to install them and then see if I like them. Its still my daily, so I might go back to foam cells. I didnt mind them.

 

I found out who ever wired my house, labeled the main breaker panel incorrectly. By quite a bit. While replacing a bad outlet that I assumed was off based upon it's location and the label on the breaker I switched off, my beard stood on end for a second and I may have pee'd myself.


After that I went and bought one of the Klein tester kits and went through the whole house breaker by breaker and found a handful that weren't of the run one would associate them to based on the labels in the panel. I've corrected the labeling to include the randoms...

I've worked on 3 phase 480 when we had our old crushing plant, completely tearing conveyors down moving location and rewiring but thankfully I've been lucky enough and probably mostly through training like LOTO to still be alive. A few of the conveyors rotated in reverse rather than forward, but a quick switch of the leg wires fixed that. That's definitely no joke compared to residential 110.

 

440V aint no joke, nor is 220V.

We allegedly used to use a megger (hand held resistance tester, hand cranked for 500v and push button circuit) on the rickey recruits (E-1s),
I would hold both leads and my bud would crank it but not press the button.
Recruit would do it but button might have accidentally got pressed; opps.
Nobody peed themselves... at least that they would admit to...

 

He was out in ellensburg but grew up in the edmonds area.

 

Must've been the same guy that did the panel in my house. It seems like whoever labeled it was sent out there with a sheet of labels and just stuck them on there in the order they pulled them off the sheet. Went to do some work on my furnace and after the one labeled for it didn't shut it off I found the refrigerator breaker did the trick. One of these days I just need to say good bye to my clocks for a bit and just go around the house flipping breakers and relabel everything because nothing matches other than the couple I have already fixed.

Doing aircraft electrical makes for some fun experiences with getting zapped and lots of stories where things could've easily been way worse than they were. 115VAC feels real funny at 400hz compared to 60hz too. When I worked on the 787 we had some HVDC systems that ran large motors using +/-270VDC for a potential of 540VDC.

 

Do you know of anything similar that comes in black?

Also where can i go to test fit one?

 

Same here but if the economy tanks, people might get desperate. I want to have the best chances possible. It really makes me want a canopy camper or Khaya from Alucab. If got bad enough i could leave for 2-3 weeks and let stuff settle down

 

i thought about a rtt for myself too. trouble is this problem wont go away in weeks. then if it evovolves like influenza it could be an annual thing.

 

ive lived outta my RTT, it works for shorter periods of time, I’d like something a bit more wall tent like

 

You're looking for a plate carrier. Everyone makes them. People have even been wearing them in the CrossFit games, 5.11 brand. Same shit but they load them with weight plates instead of ballistic plates.

Doubt you'll find many places to try them on now but after this passes there's tactical tailor outside of jblm

https://www.tacticaltailor.com/fightlightplatecarrier.aspx

I haven't tried that specific carrier but as I said earlier TT was making nylon gear for dudes in the gwot while most other companies werent yet around. They've kind of failed to innovate since then but they can make a plate carrier with molle just fine. first spear strandhogg is my go to with soft armor and plates in the cummerbund but it's $$$

 

i really get it. im curious about the reason for bed bar height for this hobby. i have a saddle jobox but would want the lowest, high quality mounting system.

 

I have a bed rack that a friend made me that makes a rtt sit lower than the cab. Bought to put it up for sale

 

i build my bed racks so my tent sits just below my snorkel (highest point). Ideally I’d like it higher for easier access to the bed but I’d rather not pop a hole in my tent cover or tent itself

 

im ,ok im not in the market yet but thats what id be interested in.

 

Rattlesnake lake is like like a packed spring break beach. We don't want yous up here lol