Alabama thread!

Finished except weather strip.

 

Posted this somewhere else, but I finally made some new liners. Reg ass sheet metal, seam sealer, rubber coated. Tired of the plastic fender pieces rattling, and couldn’t figure out what to use to stop it, so I used spray foam. Sounds ghetto, but once it was sanded and coated it was perfect. Would be look better smoothed out with seam sealer, but who cares. No gap, stiff, and had the added bonus of expanding and pushing my flares out just a hair more so they cover the tire better.

Note to self- take the tires off because rattle cans don’t do well sideways/upside down haha. Just glad to not have giant mud voids any longer.

 

Other Driver

https://youtu.be/w3aCvHU2bT8
https://youtu.be/c7xItGdeCn4

 

Ha, the wife saw the box those bumper caps shipped in and thought it was an anniversary gift for her.

She watched me for about 30 seconds on the Ring yesterday morning but couldn’t figure out what I was up to.

She stared at the back of my truck for about a minute before we left for dinner tonight and didn’t notice that I had taken the chrome badges off or put those black caps on.

Observational skills, she lacks them.

 

You took the chrome ones off? I think they are designed to just fit right over the factory ones.

 

Nah, I just took the badges off, but I did put those caps over the chrome bumper. No more V6 on the tailgate, SR5 on the cab, or Tacoma on the front row doors.

The only chrome left are the lug nuts and the chrome bezel ring around the grill.

 

https://youtu.be/5jqiChpiGmA

 

Morning. I dunno about y'all but it drizzled off and on all weekend at our house. Kinda dreary all weekend long.

From AlabamaWX

MILD NOVEMBER WEATHER: Most of Alabama will stay dry today; with a mix of sun and clouds we project a high between 75 and 78 degrees for most communities this afternoon. The average high for Birmingham on November 9 is 68.

Moisture levels will increase over the next 48 hours, and we will bring in a chance of showers tomorrow afternoon. Showers will remain possible tomorrow night and Wednesday ahead of a cold front. A few isolated thunderstorms are possible as well, but no severe storms are expected. Rain amounts will be generally in the 1/2 inch range before drier air returns Wednesday night. Highs hold in the mid to upper 70s tomorrow and Wednesday.

Then, Thursday and Friday will feature a good supply of sunshine both days with lower humidity levels and cooler nights. While highs will remain in the 70s, morning lows will drop into the upper 40s and low 50s by Friday.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: There is great uncertainty in the forecast for the weekend as model diverge significantly with Tropical Storm Eta. For now we will leave the weekend generally dry, with just an outside risk of a shower Sunday. But, understand the forecast could change dramatically in the days ahead. Highs will hold in the 70s.

NEXT WEEK: With the model struggles it will be hard to be specific with the weather situation next week, but the pattern favors some potential for highs to drop into the 60s by mid-week, with lows in the 40s. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.



TROPICAL STORM ETA: Eta is in the Southeast Gulf of Mexico this morning with sustained winds of 65 mph. It could become a minimal hurricane tomorrow and Wednesday, before weakening again later in the week. Steering currents collapse, and the system will meander around the southern or eastern Gulf of Mexico for most of the week.



We need to point out there is major model divergence on the future of ETA. The American global model (the GFS) ultimately pushes it to the west, and the north, while the European model (ECMWF) moves the system toward North Florida, north of Tampa, late in the week. The NHC track could change significantly as we get better clarity in coming days. It is still really too early to know what, if any, impact Eta will have on Alabama and the Central Gulf Coast. If there is a direct impact, it will involve rain, and most likely not wind.

Elsewhere in the tropics, Showers and thunderstorms associated with a non-tropical low pressure system located several hundred miles southwest of the
Azores continue to get gradually better organized. Further development is expected, and a tropical or subtropical storm will likely form during the next few days while the system moves eastward or east-northeastward over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. This one is no threat to the U.S.

And, A tropical wave is forecast to move over the central Caribbean Sea, where an area of low pressure could form in a couple of days. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form late this week or over the weekend while the system moves slowly westward. Too early to know if this will impact the Gulf of Mexico or the U.S.

ON THIS DATE IN 1926: An estimated F3 to F4 tornado tore through La Plata, Maryland, killing 14 individuals at a small school. This storm caused 17 deaths and injured 65 others.

 

Morning Bama!

 

Wish it was Saturday!

 

What's Saturday?

 

The weekend

 

Anyone interested?

 

Looks like a really nice kit

 

I just realized I don't need a dual battery on the truck now that I have the camp trailer. I'm just gonna run a single 100w Renogy solar panel and be done.

 

I didn't get a dual battery, but I got a slick solar generator a few months back. Good for running the fridge and everything off when i'm stopped

 

I ran my fridge, camp lights and bed lights and charged my cell phone on my agm battery this weekend and didnt even drain my battery to 80%

 

Link?

I ran my fridge the entire time out in Moab without an issue. I just figured a 100w solar panel would be helpful ........and it's expo

 

Man time change really blows. Go to work it's dark, get off work it's dark.