New England B.S. Thread

MA insurance doesn't have a yearly limit that I know of. No deductible either. I use Amica for my insurance and they sub out to Safelite. I don't have to use Safelite even though they administer the glass program, but I've had good luck with them.

 

AH - right - forgot to clarify, it's 1 and it's no deductible. MA has to offer no deductible or 100$ for glass coverage. I absolutely clicked that "glass coverage" box.

Yeah - safelite is as good as any. I have to bring mine in, they can't do it on site because of the damn calibrations.

 

I get 2 windshields per year with glass coverage.

 

Hmmm where to go camping this weekend? Considering Friday Saturday night maybe mt tabor, some hikes over there I didn’t do last time and the weather is great if I leave Sunday morningish


Beyond the forest roads, any green trail recs? I’ll be solo

 

Forgot to post yesterday but spotted this sweet 1st gen on the job, frame was pretty clean for a 20 year old truck too

 

Very sad

 

Holy crap. 10 dogs in there and luckily only one died. The cage is gone. Also how do 10 dogs even fit in the bed of a Tacoma?

 

Saw that on FB on the Maine State Police page

 

Dog boxes usually don't leave much extra room for the dog

 

Honestly, that’s likely what saved them. If it was one or two, I’d imagine they’d get thrown around and crash against the sides more and end up worse off for it. Thinking of horse trailers, they work because there’s really no where for the horse to go.

 

They shouldn't. The right size crate is one your dog can stand up, lie down, and turn around in. Anything smaller and it's inhumane. Anything bigger and they don't "crate" right. Add to that being in a vehicle + a collision, being contained definitely saved them.

 

He was asking how 10 dogs fit in a Tacoma, I was just saying that dog boxes don't leave much extra room so you could fit 10 or 12 even in the bed

 

A lot of why I use them is how good their search function is. It's so much easier than weeding through catalog style trees trying to figure out where they'd categorize something.

 

As someone who doesn’t run dogs.. I was in Vermont and saw these guys with the dogs kept pulling over and walking around. Then parked in front of my campsite blocking me from accessing it.
Seemed odd to me, to have eight dogs stare at me and my lone dog when I was gonna ask if I could get to my camp and there wasn’t a person in sight.

is this considered normal to them?

 

Yes, its tuned. I have the Hydra tuner in it. I need to get some custom tunes.

Yesterday I reset the learned values in the PCM and that made a substantial difference.

I also gave myself a heart attack because my fiancee drove the truck in to work so we can inspect it. I pulled it in the shop and there was transmission fluid and coolant leaking fairly heavily. I put it on the lift and found that I forgot to tighten the transmission pan bolts enough

Can't find the source of the coolant leak yet though......

Those are pretty cool! I'll have to take a look in the future.

I still have the fancy armored tail lights to install in the FJ. I haven't gotten around to installing them in the last 5 years... I'm the worst

 

Oh, yeah, I love it

2020 tacoma V6 cabin air filter

Gets me there

That's just inconsiderate in general. Whenever you stop you need to know what you're blocking. If you are blocking a campsite you need to know that. Some people are just inconsiderate and don't care about anyone else in the woods.

 

That was my feeling, knowing people were hunting and just having my lone pup made me uncomfortable tbh. No problem with hunters just my dog doesn’t like being ran up on and stuff in her face so a 8v1 would be disastrous for her.

 

One more week in the car world, then its on to new adventures

 

When we go into the woods my dog has this

$34 ICEFANG GN1 Reflective Tactical Dog Harness Large Sized, MOLLE K9 Dog Vest with 2X Metal Buckles,Adjustable Pet Harness, No Pulling Front Leash Clip (Large (Pack of 1), Brown)

https://www.amazon.com/ICEFANG-Tact...qid=1663254986&sprefix=dog+vest,aps,76&sr=8-7

and a coyote collar

$14 TEEMERRYCA Adjustable Leather Spiked Studded Dog Collars with a Squeak Ball Gift for Small Medium Large Pets Like Cats/Pit Bull/Bulldog/Pugs/Husky, Pink, XL 17.7-20.5"es

https://www.amazon.com/teemerryca-C...63255011&sprefix=coyote+collar,aps,78&sr=8-54

(I can't find the one she has, it's a bit less aggressive than that, but the same idea).

After one run in with a coyote, I'm good with chancing it!

Pro tip: the poles spin, they aren't fixed, but there is a lever you can flip so that it does lock in place, for the moves that need it for some moves.

 

I got introduced to the concept of running hunting dogs when I lived in VA. It's a weird concept to me, they let a herd of them loose, they chase and tree whatever it is they're hunting and then they get gathered up later on. It was not uncommon to see a dog running along the highway with a collar featuring a bit antenna on it (GPS). Those dogs can cover some serious ground when they get moving. Around here, I've only seen bird dogs where a hunter may only have 1 or 2 flushing birds or retrieving.