NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Damn, I much prefer the spacing between the hood on his brackets. The caliraised one's I have sit super low... Had to sheer off part of the bolt to stop it from making contact w/ the hood

 

Thanks!

Story of my life hahaha

 

Well done! I, too, am double daughtered but add 14 years to your oldest...
We did the mouth mod of braces last week for the youngest, then the oldest on tuesday.

 

I have the Uniden 510XL and it is just ok.
Careful of the location of your antenna if you mount it by the drivers side ditch light, it will hit the windshield.
Get the fire ring instead of the coaxial cable, easier to install.

I am looking at this one:

$186 PRESIDENT MCKINLEY USA SSB 12/24V CB Radio

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0A8GO...olid=3696BAML9CHQP&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

Wait till u get to the pay for university mod!
Your taco mods will seem cheap in comparison.

 

Man your preaching to the choir. Finished 1 university mod but some how still paying for it?? Then still in the middle of a 2nd university mod.

 

fire ring was what I meant to mention but couldn't remember the name.

In other news I heard "FCC is about to ban the sale of radios that include FRS frequencies (462.5625 – 462.7250 MHz) and any other licensed band in a singe device."

So I'm stocking up on some Baofeng's. 5 packs on Amazon right now.

 

Saving since the first was one was in oven still.

 

Damn, I was debating picking up an 8 watt version, guess I will have to pull the trigger

 

It all depends on what you want to do. I do probably "more difficult" trails that require some armor to make it through even with my short bed. It's not so much that a long bed couldn't physically go through, but you might need to do like a 20-point turn through some tight sections that a shorter and narrower truck could make it through with less hassle.

I'm only 5'8 so sleeping in the bed isn't a problem and if I'm camping with my family we just use a big pop-up ground tent. My truck is my daily too, so a quad cab short bed just made sense to me.

 

I wish I had an ACLB.

 

I would keep it if your not wanting a hard core offroad truck. Just spent four five days wondering around the Gifford Pinchot and Wenatchee National Forest and was wishing I had a long box at times. We ended up on some pretty washed out roads that would rival some of the easier trails I've been on, but not anything that a long box couldn't make. You just might need to make a few more points on a turn than a short box. I would put your money into armor and a locker. I did need the sliders and a locker once on one of the roads that was washed out.

 

Where do you take it? I dont want to be inconvenienced.

 

The best configuration

 

I'm almost positive we're doing son/daughter mod #2 now.......

Next I'm going to need the vasectomy mod

 

Long beds on tight trails are fine as long as you're willing to use your sliders for their intended purpose. Also, I recommend having kickouts so you can pivot on stuff.

 

@PugetSoundTaco ordered the dual maps today. They are in stock just so you know.

 

Says they’re sold out. God damnit. I was mowing the lawn.

 

Change of plans for me, so I won’t make it this Saturday. But they do testing in Renton every third Saturday, just show up with $15 cash/check.

Details here:
http://www.mikeandkey.org/vesessions.php#ve_mikeandkey

 

HAM RADIO TW STUDY GROUP!! @Nimitz