Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

Holy smokes! We're going Wednesday, hopefully the crowd is a little thinner!

 

it was not bad at 11am but 2pm it was packed. The rides area and the row of bars got a little bit busy. $7 for a ice cold beer and $10-12 for a mixed drink. I had several of each

 

Looking to pick up some GMRS hand held radios as it looks like peeps are migrating that way. I did a keyword search in both this and the WisCOMMsin threads and didn't see anything for handhelds.
I was considering these unless someone has a better recommendation:
https://midlandusa.com/product/gxt1030vp4-two-way-gmrs-radio/

For as much as I intend to use them I think handheld is a better option for me vs something permanently installed in the truck.

 

Damn
I just bought a midland Cb handheld

 

Raining like crazy in Madison

 

I have a pair of Midland GTX 1000 that I’ve had all summer, they seem to work as advertised and are well regarded. In fact, we used 4 of them on the last pipeline outing. I was using both that and my CB, the Midlands worked better.

 

No worries! my CB isn't going anywhere. I'm just using some of the spoils of my overtime to plan ahead.

Good to know. My biggest complaint about the CB is just the extraneous traffic. Especially folks running hot amps to blast all over everyone else. Seems I'm always fiddling with the squelch.

 

Although a more expensive option I picked up one of these grms handhelds.
https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-kg-905g.html

 

Depends what you are doing but the handhelds work pretty well. For longer trips you’ll want to be sure to have a way to recharge or batteries on standby.

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$165 mxt275 micromobile® GMRS radio – 15 watts two-way radio with integrated control microphone – overland caravanning tractors – detachable external magnetic mount antenna - 8 repeater channels

mxt275 is easy enough to temporarily install or move between vehicles. Still nice to have a handheld or two for spotting though

 

Hey @Thatbassguy, I found a new tool for you that might put the Silky Saw to shame. Scotty for the win - https://youtu.be/WeNXCiZM-u8?t=397

 

Fancy! It's pretty short, though. I still love the Silky Saw. No batteries necessary!

 

^this

No batteries, gas, oil

plus the silky is still super fast

 

ha. I was joking. I have a silky saw too. Been using them for years.

 

I thought you might be! I remember you and I racing to show off our Silky saws last year when we came across a down tree blocking the trail.

I wonder how many of the people who were there went and ordered one when they got home.

 

I had one sitting in my Amazon cart since after the last outing just didn't commit as of yet.

 

Driveway Beer Friday
is approaching.

I’ve got some Miller Lites just sitting there.

This Friday at 1pm or so if you are in the neighborhood

 

Bookiebob here come the first wave of wind and rain

 

I have my basement fridge low.
My beer and Apple pie Moonshine is 34° so if the power goes out I’ll be ok till I decide to hookup the generator.

 

At least you have your priorities correct

 

Protect the shine at all costs!