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Drew and I came up with a good idea while on a project a couple years back - swap the hats back, or opt out for sections of "conspicuity" (reflective) tape - like you see on commercial trailers. The stuff ain't cheap - an 18" piece would be a fair trade for a hat. And, because the red...

It's the megaphones that do it, and the magic bullets. Well, that, and following the teachings of Eddy Henneman, the mad prophet of headers. http://www.headersbyed.com/index.htm If you believe that car magazines are perfect - that they NEVER make mistakes, that they contain information ONLY written ...

Am back to work on trial basis, 8-) making custom motorcycle parts for Acme, old school springers and hardtails 8-) ,just up the road from Weirs Beach :roll: (Wile E Coyote not yet sighted....) Also in build, new technology headers for a customer who's just gotta have another 40 ft/lb torque in the ...

Ramp truck is easy - there are always a couple well traveled "Hodges bed" ramp trucks on RacingJunk.com http://s3.racingjunk.com/ui/8/86/25720868-319-1971-Chevy-C30-Hodges-Ramp-truck.jpg http://s3.racingjunk.com/ui/1/78/25889781-493-1981-CHEVY-C30-CAR-HAULER-RAMP-TOW-TRUCK.jpg http://www.h...

Basically, if you drop about 3" off tire diameter, you can accomplish the same thing as the rear gear change. You will probably be OK with your new truck - the 76oo GVW tells me that it has rugged enough tires. A couple things to watch - keep your rear overhang (centerline of axle to hitch ball...

Sadly, there is no good way to make tool steel without expensive alloys - like chrome, molybdenum, nickel, and cobalt. And the whole world market in metals is pretty crazy these days, and some of the players ain't nice. This is Harbor Freight's current delux set. http://www.harborfreight.com/media/c...

The science of threading is a lot like art, but its progress is relentless. So as with many such things, the forms and dimensions were "Unified" as "National" specifications, or to "Society of Automotive Engineers" spec. , especially in the retooling of the country befo...

I got slowed up / maybe cut off towing into the Sugarhouse entrance of the Burke Campground. That poor truck.....It was the cheapspec Chevy 6 banger with a 3-speed.And I'd seen my first Pro tractor pull the week before - :twisted: . :o :x Last try ;Jacknife the trailer to get a gradual start on the ...

I learned about trailering from 2 main sources - John Force and Don Jackson. From John Force, I learned the principle that guides much of my life - Nobdy should try learnin' it the way I learnt it! And from Don, and my old friend Lee Emery, "The only way I ever got to be an expert on anything w...

OK, LONG past time for an update. A simple thing or 3 that saves many pains in the posterior - pilot drills, transfer punches, automatic punch. http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm?cm_re=tpnv-_-home-_-home updated link http://www1.mscdirect.com/ProductImages/0135000-11.jpg Page 50 This is a "ri...