Austin Area TW Chapter (all gens welcome, even T4Rs; heck, just make it a Toyota and we're good)

Icon suspension was installed April 2019. I don't see any fluids leaking from anywhere but I will try and take a closer look a little later and let you know for sure.

Is it a big concern to drive about 40 miles a week with that grinding until April?

 

I don’t think so. It’s really a nuisance, but does not really do a significant amount of damage

 

almost 4 years on the shocks. It’s likely time for a rebuild on them. I don’t know about Icon but pretty sure all my Kings and Fox have said 50k miles max and that’s just with normal conditions. Running them hard it’s like every year tops

 

Icon says 40k for street use. I’ve seen em run longer, but the oil inside is pretty bad by then.

 

Yea for sure it’s going to need changed

I just did a rebuild myself for the first time with my RZR shocks and it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Even changed the valving to fit my ride style.

 

Hope all you Austinites, or Austin close-bys, are OK on power.

 

36+ hours without power here lol

 

Nice. I still tell folks the story of changing out your king springs with that shitty parts store compressor. We almost died that day.

 

constant power bumps at the plant, making the work day ever so interesting.

 

Good on power here, but am dealing with a shit-ton of busted trees. Big oak in my front yard split in half all the way to the ground yet managed to not hit anything valuable. So...I guess I'm chopping up an oak tree this weekend.

 

reclosures are tripping. if it blinks 3 times then goes out. the reclosure opened up and it will require someone to inspect the entire circuit before restoring power, could be simple as a tree branch across the phases, to down wire and poles. even a simple branch phase to phase will require the entire circuit to have eyes put on it to verify no risk to life or property if the line is made hot again.

 

Was good on power here NE Austin...daughter in Taylor lost for a few days and came back on last night. I lost all of my back yard trees (6 large ones) 2 years ago during that freeze. Truck made it O.K. though lol.

 

I cleaned up my busted tree yesterday.

 

This one is going to be a pain. Starting it this afternoon.

 

Damn! Looks like it's going to be a pain. Looks kind of cool also

 

It was a 20' tree that I got as a 5' tree. Much sad. But the heart looks rotten - glad it split now and not 5 years from now when it was a ton heavier.

Going to try to make boards with my chainsaw so I can dry them out in the attic this summer.

 

Dammit Texas, why you so icy

 

Sorry to see all your trees so bad off. Only trees I'm dealing with is new splits to replace what we used up.



I sacrificed my diseased Ashes to the Solar Gods in 19, or neither vehicle would have survived. We did not get it near as bad as Travis and Willco.

 

We lost quite a few trees but we’re lucky we never lost power.

 

Finished the tree clean-up. My chainsaw is quite cross with me, even after I cleaned and oiled it. I think it wants a new chain.



Spoke to the city. They’re starting bull pick-up back up for this, though it may take 2 to 3 weeks to get to some areas. I was originally told to just call 311 to get listed for pick up, but my neighbor just called and they told him that pick up will just happen.