Kansas and Nebraska, worst places to drive through ever during the Jimmmuh Cahhta communist years. Flat, straight and 55mph speed limit with speed traps set up where they'd have 50 cars pulled over at a time giving them tickets.
Yeah, they also have tornados too. When I got to McConnell AFB, Wichita, Ks. in Jan. '70, I couldn't help but notice a new looking 50-60 ft tall, powered hanger door. All the other doors had "patina". Why that? I ask. Well, a few years ago, a tornado came through and took off with the original. Me????? Why wouldn't you just put it back on? We NEVER found it! Where the hell is a 60x60 foot, 5 plus ton, steel door going to go, that you can't find it? There were no rivers or lakes nearby. To Oz? My first winter, a California guy went from the barracks, out to his car in the parking lot, during a snow storm (blizzard) He never came back. They found him 3 days later, deceased from a Darwin event. Yeah, it gets cold.
Eastern Kansas has a few trees. go west and well, was stationed at FT. Leavenworth in the eastern part of the state. they have trees. they not great trees per say. after spending a few years there, people tend to look at you funny when you say you spent some time in Leavenworth. my two kids where born there. they get a bit of shit about that. but really it was a nice place. safe too. there where 4 prisons there when I was there, the fed one, the military one, 2 state prisons. one for the ladies. and 2 companies of MP plus guards. off post was the local police, the sheriff and then state police. you could stop at 7-11, leave your car running as it was damn cold outside. get a coffee, bullshit with the sale kid and still your car be outside. the inmates did all of the post cleanup work. 20 guys and ONE MP to watch them. but when you entered the post, there was a small sign. this place is guarded by deadly force. which means, they can shoot you and maybe tell you why afterwards I used to say there was nothing between us and the north pole but 125 barbed wire fences ! now if you went west, then it got flat as anything. dave in pa.
Spent some time in headquarters company of the Big Red One, Fort Riley, Kansas... Pulled guard duty on coldest night recorded in 1970. Was minus 37 with wind chill at 65 below. Reason? To protect a warehouse full of mothballed WWII rifles so the Black Panthers couldn't break in and cart them off! And wouldn't you know it...not one damn Black Panther showed up all night. Guess they were smarter than they gave them credit for! By the way, a fair weather forecast was "cloudy with possible tornados". Bubbarust
there is or used to be a hemp field at FT. Riley . yup. looked like a massive pot farm. they tried everything to get rid of it. burned it a few times and anything else they could come up with. the story was the field was a left over from the civil war or something to make sure they always had hemp for rope. they also told everyone that you get a massive headache if you smoked it. dave in pa.
About the tire treads: I’ve often wondered if there were projects that could recycle the tire treads we see along the highway; what would be the best tool for cutting steel-belted treads? (RickeyG)
Angle grinder. The Kevlar and steel bits inside the rubber are hard to cut. The rubber will try to gum up the cutoff wheel, but if you keep it sprayed with soapy water it will help a lot. It will also keep the smoke down to a manageable level.
A "double insulated" angle grinder is a good idea if you use soapy water, since the soap makes the water a fair conductor of electricity.
Around here they strip the rubber off the steel belts and grind it up. Play grounds, horse rinks, mulch, just to name a few. They piled a bunch up in the end of an unused chicken house and had a shooting range that was 150 yards.
#5 - not a bad idea. I might try that in my own truck. The cupholders aren't able to accommodate the 'Big A$$' cups I use for water.
#9 - I had to use some wire from a length of barbed wire fence to close my boot when the shoelace broke. It worked fine, but it took a bit of time to put them off - take off at beginnings - ends of the day.
ha. Fort Leavenworth. nice place really- no. if you where married that is. base housing was some of the nicest I ever saw. now the post CSM was a bit of a asshole. I swear he used a ruler to measure you front yard to see if the grass was "too high". dive 5 minutes away and you see a sign saying returning to natural grass lands- wild. like EVERY Monday he drive around and check out the yards. then you got a call to "cut your grass" from him. like he had NOTHING better to do ? I was working X-ray as the base hospital and for 3 months, I was the only tech. YUP. on call 24/7 for 4 months. God I hated that place ! I took to sleeping in the fucking clinic as if I left to home, they beep my ass back for some bullshit. some asshole officer wanted to write my ass up for falling asleep at the desk until he was told how the army was fucking me over bigtime. he said sorry- great. after that shit show, I never carried a beeper again. I find another job before I went thru that nightmare again. and get this, to "make rank" you needed 999 points at that time. so, guess what I tell the kids when they ask me about the army, dave in pa.
"it CANT be done." . . . . . ingenuity in the workplace . . . . . . "good enough for govt work!" or (my all time favorite) "let me tell you how we do it up north!"
#2 my father said that when he was a child , in rural south carolina , when the REA coma through in the early 50s running electricity to the rural farms, the farm owners had to clear the right of way and provide the poles, so they cleared the small trees and cut the limbs off the big trees and used the still standing trees as poles, and the REA strung the power and phone lines on them.
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The tires on the truck bed is a pretty good idea for a hard use truck
ReplyDeleteBackwoods Okie
Yeah, that was impressive. Super durable, and well-crafted, too.
DeleteI like the tire tread as a bed liner but I would be concerned with rust from water trapped underneath.
DeleteSo in other words, it would be like every other bed liner, lolz?
Delete#4 - Actually doesn’t seem like a bad idea at all.
ReplyDeleteUntil your bed rusts out because of all the moisture trapped under the mat.
DeleteI'll bet it's tough to slide something across a material made for friction.
DeleteEasy to remove when not in use.
DeleteA great collection of "if it works it must be ok"! I have to wonder about 6 & 8...
ReplyDelete#2, I swear I saw that back in Kansas years ago ! strange place that.
ReplyDeletenever wanted to go back there. cold as anything in winter too. dave in pa.
Bullshit. There's no trees in Kansas. I've been there once to take a look at a hill they claimed to have, didn't see any trees.
DeleteKansas and Nebraska, worst places to drive through ever during the Jimmmuh Cahhta communist years. Flat, straight and 55mph speed limit with speed traps set up where they'd have 50 cars pulled over at a time giving them tickets.
DeleteLike. in Kansas you can stand on the hood of your car and see for 3 months.
DeleteYeah, they also have tornados too. When I got to McConnell AFB, Wichita, Ks. in Jan. '70, I couldn't help but notice a new looking 50-60 ft tall, powered hanger door. All the other doors had "patina". Why that? I ask. Well, a few years ago, a tornado came through and took off with the original. Me????? Why wouldn't you just put it back on? We NEVER found it! Where the hell is a 60x60 foot, 5 plus ton, steel door going to go, that you can't find it? There were no rivers or lakes nearby. To Oz?
DeleteMy first winter, a California guy went from the barracks, out to his car in the parking lot, during a snow storm (blizzard) He never came back. They found him 3 days later, deceased from a Darwin event. Yeah, it gets cold.
I thought I saw a tree in Kansas, Turns out it was in Missouri, as I was leaving, hypnotized from driving in Kansas.
DeleteAnon@10:02
DeleteI grew up there. The county sheriff's are just as big of assholes now as they were then.
-lg
Kansas called, they don't want you back...
DeleteTheir terms are accepted.
Delete-lg
I've heard the trees in Missouri lean slightly west, because Kansas sucks. Or maybe
Deletethey lean east, because Illinois sucks.
You can sit on your porch and watch your dog run away from home for a week.
DeleteIn Kansas if you stand on a tuna fish can you can see the ocean.
DeleteEastern Kansas has a few trees. go west and well, was stationed at FT. Leavenworth
Deletein the eastern part of the state. they have trees. they not great trees per say.
after spending a few years there, people tend to look at you funny when you say you spent some time in Leavenworth. my two kids where born there. they get a bit of shit about that. but really it was a nice place. safe too. there where 4 prisons there when I was there, the fed one, the military one, 2 state prisons. one for the ladies.
and 2 companies of MP plus guards. off post was the local police, the sheriff and then state police. you could stop at 7-11, leave your car running as it was damn cold outside. get a coffee, bullshit with the sale kid and still your car be outside.
the inmates did all of the post cleanup work. 20 guys and ONE MP to watch them.
but when you entered the post, there was a small sign. this place is guarded by deadly force. which means, they can shoot you and maybe tell you why afterwards
I used to say there was nothing between us and the north pole but 125 barbed wire fences ! now if you went west, then it got flat as anything. dave in pa.
Spent some time in headquarters company of the Big Red One, Fort Riley, Kansas...
DeletePulled guard duty on coldest night recorded in 1970. Was minus 37 with wind chill at
65 below. Reason? To protect a warehouse full of mothballed WWII rifles so the Black
Panthers couldn't break in and cart them off! And wouldn't you know it...not one damn
Black Panther showed up all night. Guess they were smarter than they gave them credit for! By the way, a fair weather forecast was "cloudy with possible tornados".
Bubbarust
there is or used to be a hemp field at FT. Riley . yup. looked like a massive pot farm.
Deletethey tried everything to get rid of it. burned it a few times and anything else they could come up with. the story was the field was a left over from the civil war or something
to make sure they always had hemp for rope. they also told everyone that you get a massive headache if you smoked it. dave in pa.
#6: I wonder if it's got the DOT certified safety seal.
ReplyDelete#10: There's better use for that gear than purifying water.
#10-Not purifying, heating
DeleteWell you gotta do what you gotta do
ReplyDeleteJD
#10 Tell me you make moonshine without telling me you make moonshine.
ReplyDeleteAbout the tire treads: I’ve often wondered if there were projects that could recycle the tire treads we see along the highway; what would be the best tool for cutting steel-belted treads? (RickeyG)
ReplyDeleteRight angle grinder with cutting disk.
DeleteAngle grinder. The Kevlar and steel bits inside the rubber are hard to cut. The rubber will try to gum up the cutoff wheel, but if you keep it sprayed with soapy water it will help a lot. It will also keep the smoke down to a manageable level.
DeleteA "double insulated" angle grinder is a good idea if you use soapy water, since the soap makes the water a fair conductor of electricity.
Watch a YouTube video about those little guys that make sandals out of tire treads. It doesn't look all that hard.
DeleteAround here they strip the rubber off the steel belts and grind it up. Play grounds, horse rinks, mulch, just to name a few. They piled a bunch up in the end of an unused chicken house and had a shooting range that was 150 yards.
Delete#5 - not a bad idea. I might try that in my own truck. The cupholders aren't able to accommodate the 'Big A$$' cups I use for water.
ReplyDelete#9 - I had to use some wire from a length of barbed wire fence to close my boot when the shoelace broke. It worked fine, but it took a bit of time to put them off - take off at beginnings - ends of the day.
#8 - I used a Home Depot 12 pack of rubber bungee cords to hold a lower control arm in for 6 months.
ReplyDeleteYoutube has a channel called 'Just Rolled In' just for you. Check it out sometime.
DeleteStarker here,
DeleteGreat chanel! Also Mechanical Nightmare. 6 months?!! 6 hours maybe.
ha. Fort Leavenworth. nice place really- no. if you where married that is. base housing was some of the nicest I ever saw. now the post CSM was a bit of a asshole. I swear he used a ruler to measure you front yard to see if the grass was "too high". dive 5 minutes away and you see a sign saying returning to natural grass lands- wild. like EVERY Monday he drive around and check out the yards. then you got a call to "cut your grass" from him.
ReplyDeletelike he had NOTHING better to do ? I was working X-ray as the base hospital and for 3 months, I was the only tech. YUP. on call 24/7 for 4 months. God I hated that place !
I took to sleeping in the fucking clinic as if I left to home, they beep my ass back for some bullshit. some asshole officer wanted to write my ass up for falling asleep at the desk
until he was told how the army was fucking me over bigtime. he said sorry- great.
after that shit show, I never carried a beeper again. I find another job before I went thru
that nightmare again. and get this, to "make rank" you needed 999 points at that time.
so, guess what I tell the kids when they ask me about the army, dave in pa.
Talk about African engineering...
ReplyDelete"it CANT be done." . . . . . ingenuity in the workplace . . . . . . "good enough for govt work!"
ReplyDeleteor (my all time favorite)
"let me tell you how we do it up north!"
#2
ReplyDeletemy father said that when he was a child , in rural south carolina , when the REA coma through in the early 50s running electricity to the rural farms, the farm owners had to clear the right of way and provide the poles, so they cleared the small trees and cut the limbs off the big trees and used the still standing trees as poles, and the REA strung the power and phone lines on them.