Maybe but I could swear my boss had a Z71 and it wasn't 4 wheel drive.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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After looking I think your right? But Off-Road suspension without 4x4 seems to me to be a oxymoron.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good afternoon all,
Made it to Wilmington finally. Long day trips. Nice to be with family. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
KRM Thanks RT! The Z71 on the sides = 4x4 off road package with skid plates and locking rear diff. Same as the Silverado had. Never needed any of it. But it is there.
Thanks RT!
The Z71 on the sides = 4x4 off road package with skid plates and locking rear diff.
Same as the Silverado had. Never needed any of it. But it is there.
I use to think that also but it is not true. Z71 is just a off road package not necessarily 4 wheel drive. I know it kinda contradict itself but it's just beefier springs & shocks and usually off road tires. Heres a quote from a web site I asked the question and this is what they stated " since around 07-08ish, GM decided to offer 2wd trucks with the "Z71 suspension package". They sit up a little higher (and probably ride) like a 4x4 Z71 but still lack the 4x4 ability. Then there's the "true" Z71s that have the 4x4 capability."
Morning/afternoon all!
Partly cloudy and maybe some more rain this afternoon. 88
Cleaned up the boat this morning and oiled the sheaves on the boat lift. So far so good. Did a high lift with the new cables to check the wrap on the winding pipe.
Kev - nice ride!
Resting up from the past week. Exhausted. Got up early to see my son and his buddy off for their 13 hr drive.
Regards, Roy
Kevin 2 wheel drive or 4 wheel drive? Hard to tell from the pictures. Nice looking truck.
Hey all. Not much going on here. Hope you all have a good weekend
Good morning,
67 heading to only 81 today then back into the oven for all of next week.
We plan on yard work today to.
Jim, I guess your right we did fall off track looking for the chainsaw head for the weed wacker. Now I can't afford one.
I got shutterfly to work. Here it is. I like the blacked out bowtie.
Mornin' boys. Partly sunny and 67 along the front range of the Alleghanies. Shot 100's at my annual LEOSA qualification, even though it was pouring rain and I was covered in mud from the burm. Wifey finally got her Weber Spirit, now I need to put it together. Youngest Princess spending 3 weeks with Oldest Princess, so we are getting our first taste of "empty nest".
Good Evening from wet 70°F Southern Ohio,
It was nice today but raining like crazy now. The oldest girl is at Cheer leading camp and the other two are at the other grandparents tonight. Bride grilled steaks and they were great. We had a busy day. Started off with bride's mom falling and praise be God she was only bruised and nothing was broken. She's 87 and still living on her own but my bride is her first go to of the 7 kids in her family.
Gabriel and I cut down some scrub trees and we hauled them off. Then it was digging to restore where a flower bed was let go wild. Bride wants to put in a herb garden. It is in a good spot right off the kitchen door and fresh herbsreally make a big difference.
Kev – Nice looking truck. Got a little distracted at the hardware store?
Chief – A nice crawl space is a big plus.
Banks – Praise God all is working out with BIL
Good Night and may God bless
Jim
V8Vega 106 and feels every bit of it, humid too, same tomorrow. 122 in Palm Springs.
106 and feels every bit of it, humid too, same tomorrow. 122 in Palm Springs.
Aloha. Humid! THis was the first 4th where we begged off watching the fireworks. With all the rain, the skeeters are vicious. Chief, I beg the doc is right - RMSF is tough to get rid of and supposedly can come back. Hope this time is the charm and you can rest. Enjoy the beach with the kids and grands, Banks
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Hey Bob where's my CTT?
Still waiting.
Rain overnight, 88 and sun for today.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Morning up. 87/64. Going to be a humid scorcher. Workers here and gone and here and ?????? Not sure what's up for them today.Me, cooking sliced side meat and then squash/zucchini/onions. Also, not Catholic but today is Friday and fish day. Guess I will have to go up the street to restaurant.
Roy, French drain on outside and inside. Required. Drains into a plastic well. Sump pump in sell to pump outside and down hill. See the stone. Covers French drain. Outside wall just like it before backfilling. Entrance is a enclosed steps in one side. Also, lights with switch and electrical outlet under floor. Floor is covered with insulation and vapor barrier [thick plastic]. All in the code now. Workers jsut came back. In the "crawl space" leveling out all the soil. Suppose to be on rest but who has the time. On tick meds again. They now think that I never actually got rid of RMSF.Have a good one.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next week is Beach week with all the Kids and Grandkids.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good evening all,
Case in point today. Just about everything went wrong on the first leg of the trip. Started late. Missed a turn off. Got stuck in traffic. Ate a lousy meal for supper. Ugh. Have to remember this is for wife. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all!
Well the holiday week is coming to a close. Daughter and her friend fly home tomorrow. Son and his buddy will drive back Saturday. Had a fun week on the water and with friends, even though rain on and off each day slowed things down.
Banks - that's good news about your BIL.
Chief - how will you get into the crawl space. Dirt floor in the crawl space? Looks like you will need a sump pump. My MIL had a crawl space like that and noticed it was really muggy in the house. Opened a floor access and it was Okeefenoki swamp in there. ended up adding a sump pump as could never find the source of the water (rain water).
cheapclassics Good evening all, Leaving tomorrow for North Carolina. Was hoping to see the Chief, but time may be too short for that and I did not want to plan something that I could not guarantee would happen. Mike C. from Indiana
Leaving tomorrow for North Carolina. Was hoping to see the Chief, but time may be too short for that and I did not want to plan something that I could not guarantee would happen.
If we don't catch you at the border. Call if you can.
Redneck swimming pool taking shape. Now waiting for lumber and framing crew.
Hope all have a good one.
Hello there,
waiting my turn for my preop testing.
Turns out BIL'S issues were a bad reaction to medicine that was treating phlebitis and cellulitis.
Some of you will remember the 1956 NMRA booklet I gave to Bob Keller at York. I was surprised to read about it in the FROM THE EDITOR of the August issue of MRR. Neal did his piece on the fanciful names people gave their "Pike" in that era. I was a bit disappointed he didn't mention that it was addressed to A.C. Kalmbach.
Due to the weather guessers being wrong son's nice 2nd cutting alfalfa is still laying in the field and is now junk.
Almost my turn. Best move on.
Prayers for those in need
Mowed the yard today. Big mower crapped out on me again and had to use small mower. 2+ hours. Ugh. Did some other errands. Had a game tonight and tied 1-1. Makeup games are next week. Leaving tomorrow for North Carolina. Was hoping to see the Chief, but time may be too short for that and I did not want to plan something that I could not guarantee would happen. Weather incredibly muggy here. I hope everyone has a good day.
Sun and 80s today.
We sat on the front porch last night and just watched everybody else send their money into the sky. No one real close so it was a perfet spot for watching.
Mornin' boys. Cloudy and 71 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. I need a haircut, and hopefully my "stylist" didn't take off this week...
Wifey, youngest princess and I watched the fireworks from the former Fort Cumberland (present day Masonic Temple and Emmanual Episcopal). Nice evening and polite crowd. Even got us in for a private tour of the Mason's lodge, built in 1911. While watching the show, kept reflecting on George Washington, who started and ended his military career on the spot where we were seated.
Happy Independence Day! Took life easy today. Wife and I did a jigsaw puzzle (300 pieces). We watched Rogue One and some fireworks on TV. I went thru some more financial papers. Slowly get that to a manageable mess. Watched the Indy 11 play to a draw. Tomorrow will mow yard and have a game if weather permits. Arkady, thank you for sharing those memories. Those are good ones. I hope everyone has a good day.
Well here it is a little past nine in Virginia and there's so many fireworks going off in the neighborhood it sounds like the damn Yankees are laying siege to Richmond again!
Hey, wait a minute, I'M a damn Yankee! Maybe I've assimilated much better than I thought I did!
Happy Independence Day everyone!
Happy Independence Day!
Have been busy with the family and friends. Cookouts and fireworks. All good.
Arkady - I have similar memories of family reunions in Akron. All good and thanks!
Prayers for those in need!
Thanks for sharing your memories arkady. It reminds me of all day picnics that my family had when I was child. We went to the forest preserves around Chicago for our picnics. Lots of good memories.
Happy 4th of July to everyone!
Enjoying the World's Greatest Nation and happy to be so blessed.
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arkady - Right there with ya.
Happy Birthday USA.
I was going to mow the lawn today, but the grass is too soggy from last night's rain. The heat and humidity today are ghastly, so I guess I'll just stay in and do some work on my Marx trains. Pretty tame stuff, compared to the Fourth of Julys I spent with my family in the early Fifties.
When I was a kid, the Fourth always meant that my aunt, uncle and cousin would come to visit. We'd be up late the night before, preparing food for the next day's cookout, then rising early to load the cars with folding chairs, charcoal grill, beach blankets and -- of course -- food. An impartial observer would have thought we were getting ready for an expedition to parts unknown, based on the provisions we were carrying.
Then we'd be off bright and early for the Whipple's Dam State Park, where we'd grab a prime picnic table (under the trees for shade, but still close to the water). It wasn't easy, for the park was enormously popular, and it was standing room only, even on normal weekends. But the Fourth was the very pinnacle of all summer celebrations, and eager pilgrims flocked to it from all over the state, in frenzied throngs.
Once we were unpacked, The Old Folks (they were in their thirties at the time, and unimaginably elderly) would sit around talking endlessly about boring grownup things, while us kids would head at once for the beach. The lake water (fed by a mountain stream) was always frigidly cold even on the hottest days, and we eased ourselves into it with gritted teeth, then emerged minutes later, shivering and goosebumped, ready to dry off for a hike around the lake. This ordeal would be repeated several times as the day wore on. It was summertime, and by God, no matter how unpleasant it might be, we had to go swimming!
By mid-afternoon, it was time for Dad to light the charcoal grill, an elaborate process that required an expert's touch with artistic applications of lighter fluid and many wooden matches. Once the ritual blaze was reliably begun, foil-wrapped corn and potatoes would slowly roast to perfection, followed hours later by hamburger patties that sizzled and flared on the grate as they dripped grease into the glowing coals.
As darkness fell, we'd roast marshmallows on sticks carefully gathered from the forest floor. And finally, as the park began to close for the day, Dad would extinguish the fire with cups of lake water and dump the cold coals in the nearest metal wastecan. By the beams of flickering flashlights, we'd carefully pack up and head out through the gathering dark, always the last to leave, just ahead of the ever-vigilant park rangers.
At home, the perishable foods would be taken out and stuffed in the refrigerator, but everything else would wait for the next day's light. While the grownups showered gratefully, us kids would hurry out onto the night-shrouded sidewalk to light sparklers and snakes, ensuring the continuation of American Independence for another year.
That night, we slept the sleep of righteous exhaustion, knowing as we did that Summertime would last forever.
And Somewhere, I believe, it still does.
Have a safe 4th.
Michigan allows home fireworks w/local restriction's but only one city arround here tries to enforce their rules.
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