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ECGreen's Trappin'-Huntin'-Fishin'-Class VI Road Wheelin'-Live Free or Die Tryin Build

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by ecgreen, Sep 21, 2015.

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  1. Aug 30, 2016 at 6:02 PM
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    Found it. Nice meeting you yesterday and nice looking truck. :thumbsup: BTW those will buff out
     
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    Yeah, nice meeting you too! That was a fun run. You hung for the moderate run, right? Did you do Mama Bear? I was waaay to tired for that and took Baby Bear...lol
     
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  5. Sep 25, 2016 at 5:24 PM
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    Yes, I did mama bear. I bent my driveshaft going up that ledge
     
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    Oh, that was you! Gotta tell you though, you drive that DCLB like a boss. Not easy to wheel the Tacoma limo, you made it look easy. What time did u guys get home?
     
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    Thanks. We went to McDonald's in Concord 1st but after our slow ride home (couldn't do more than 55) we got home at 11.
     
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    That's a lucky kid there. Wheeling all day and he got to stay up late
     
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    Took a little wheelin' trip with the boy yesterday. He wanted to check out the flex, so he took this pic:

    IMG_20161101_115905184_HDR_zpstqx3lpq8_5d0959b19aa1bf52ff1514b21d34a23da7b5da85.jpg


    After some easy trails, we hit up a pond to throw rocks. This is his man pose:

    IMG_20161101_113925065_zpsu9t3emk8_3c27f9b7c3b59587f0f8a1f60628c92b0672e93e.jpg
     
    ecgreen, Nov 3, 2016
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    :thumbsup:
     
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    Sean upgrade to 17s and sell me those tires cheap
     
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    17s?!?!?!?!?! Can't do it...not enough malls to crawl 'round here!

    I may be upgrading to 33s soon. If so, expect cheap 235s coming your way! I have put a hurting on em though thats for sure...lol Maybe 10,000-15,000 let in em.

    We need to ride again soon! I was thinking of doing an "Up at Dawn" sunday morning run sometime soon.
     
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    2nd dibs on the 235s!
     
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    Yeah man let me know. Sunday mornings work for me. what 33s you looking at?
     
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    Passed my ham radio technicians exam today! One more step towards off-road geek status.
     
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    How was it? I wanna get mine but hose dates you mentioned for the course don't work for me :/ Also are you going with a handheld radio or a mounted one?
     
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  17. Nov 6, 2016 at 7:43 PM
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    Actually, it was quite a bit of work getting ready for it. I bought this book:

    https://www.arrl.org/shop/ARRL-Ham-Radio-License-Manual-3rd-Edition/

    I read through the book, highlighting all of the possible questions. There are 400+ possible questions all listed in the back. After that I started taking practice exams and looking up things I didn't know. I also, re-read the whole book and had a number of sessions where I went through all 400+ questions, keeping track of the ones I still didnt know. I probably put in an average of 2 to 3 hours a day for three weeks. I was probably over-prepared, but I am a professor after all...lol Got a 100 too!

    So, in short, if your disciplined, you don't need to take the course. I just studied and took the exam. It cost 15 bucks and took me 20mins.

    After talking with a bunch of guys, I am definitely getting a mobile and not a handheld. The handhelds just don't have great range for what I want to do.
     
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    Good shit...at least I know some professors have a decent work ethic lol. let me know which you buy I might follow suit. Is the test in Concord?
     
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  19. Nov 8, 2016 at 4:22 AM
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    I am thinking of buying an ICOM 2300h 2 meter radio. The sky's the limit with mobile ham radio really. They have some crazy cool setups.

    For exams, go here and enter a zip code. There are tests all over.

    http://www.arrl.org/exam_sessions/search
     
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    Grassy-Ass
     
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