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    Trailer Load musings

    Yes. My tandems are all leaf. The only torsions I own are singles and that is the only application where I felt the cost is kind of worth it and you get a benefit. Tandems tow so much better to begin with that I wouldn't bother.
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    Trailer Load musings

    They're quieter, articulate independently and tow nicer. That being said I can replace a spring pack with my normal trip pack out. Torsion I'm SOL. I have both and don't have a preference either way.
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    Trailer Load musings

    The pressure is a balance of ride and fuel economy. For a vehicles pay load, the factory specified pressure will give you the weight carrying the car needs at the set pressure. For the trailer you only get the maximum carrying capacity of the tire at max pressure. (Which is true for all tires)...
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    Trailer Load musings

    I have a 2800lb trailer. The original tires were rated for like 1500lbs. Those stayed on there for 12 years... when I got the boat the tires were immediately swapped out to ones that supported 1760lbs in the same size just for the safety margin. The next go around they have 2100lb rated tires in...
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    Trailer Load musings

    My fun tongue weight story is that I had my cousin load a trailer for me (mistake 1). Nothing crazy, tandem axle skid steer around 7000lbs total. Pintle hitch the whole 9. He loads it and lets me know its ready to go. Now mind you we were strapped at the time. Down a couple trucks and needed to...
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    cooking

    Yeah I hate to admit it (the engineer in me cringes) but there is a certain level of feel to baking too. It is 90% of the time an exact science and the other 10% feel.... Certain things you need to be pretty spot on for... Croquembouche for example or creampuffs... but my crumb cakes, layer...
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    cooking

    I have a gas unit too but shes old. I do use a steel but I've found running it for a few hours helps then switching it to broil when tossing in the pies really helps. Otherwise it typically burns the bottom before the top fully browns how I like. My steel is a 3/8 unit. I've also thought about...
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    cooking

    I still haven't quite landed the baguettes perfect. They usually need a short second bake though I think it may be my oven at this point because I've really had to work at pizzas being right as well. I can nail a bread loaf in a Dutch oven though. Which also points to the oven itself being the...
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    Trailer Load musings

    Axles welded in place? That's typically the only other option. My bow stop is movable but I can't move the boat any further forward as it's at the end of the support on the transom roller. But I can move my axle back about a foot. Surprisingly the swap from the 3.0l to the 4.3 hardly changed...
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    cooking

    My formal schooling is rooted in chemistry so it kind of just comes to me odd as it sounds. There is a British fella on the face tube that goes through making pretty advanced baked goods in detail and they're simple and straightforward recipes. If you just duplicate what he does it comes out...
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    cooking

    Made some baguettes.
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    Seafoam vs. Marine Pro Seafoam

    The label is the only difference. Well and price. There might be a slight change in the formula but I wouldn't pay for it. Use good fuel and it's not necessary.
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    2 Stroke Oil Thread

    My sump temps run at radiator temps... in the winter it is actually hard to get the oil warm enough! 150F is about it unless you idle and have little air flow. The marvels of modern technology.
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    Trailer Load musings

    I haven't scaled mine since the rebuild but I can still pickup and move the tongue, it's just quite heavy. With my weight it should be in the 2-300 lb range and thats about right. Could always check it with a bathroom scale. You shouldn't max that out and thats how I used to do mine. Not 100%...
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    225BR hull construction vs. engine size... any differences?

    So just watching that video a few things jumped out at me... 1. Fully encapsulated stringers that clearly weren't fully encapsulated. 2. Hardware just slapped in with no bedding. 3. The liner is a great idea... but it still appears there are a lot of places water could eventually get behind it...
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    2 Stroke Oil Thread

    Dad said back in the day guys used to do that. So 80s/90s. They didn't blow up more or less than anything else did at the time but typically people who manage their equipment properly didn't have issues to begin with....
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    That program took a lot of good beaters off the road. My c3500 qualified for that... and oddly enough has outlasted nearly every vehicle that was bought to replace it in the fleet... is what it is at this point.
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    Source for bearing buddies rubber plug

    Mechanics stethoscope is one of the best tools someone can add to the tool box.
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    thinking of a Delco EST ignition system conversion but have a few concerns....

    I wouldn't say reliable is the correct term. It is a lower maintenance item if anything. Points are damn reliable but require service. That being said the points in the 55 were cleaned and set with a matchbook by dad years before I was born.... I haven't touched them. Thing runs and drives...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    When I fitted (is that even a word?) Mine in I took a measurement at all 4 corners for height and set up the table saw angle to cut it. Not perfect but enough that a little PB fixed. Mine were much smaller though and I had a jig to use for the reference as I just made the old ones the year before.
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