The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

Gary picked up a small pork shoulder yesterday. $1.99 a pound, couldn't leave it in the store. Looking up Sous Vide recipes to finish it off.

 

[smoke665]

Excited..........just placed the order for the K1 MkII. Won't be able to sleep now like a kid waiting on Christmas. LOL

 

[Fujidave]

Excited..........just placed the order for the K1 MkII. Won't be able to sleep now like a kid waiting on Christmas. LOL

I am just the same, anything to do with camera stuff is great fun to wait for.

 

[SquarePeg]

Garage cleaned out - check
Attic done - check
Basement storage room - check
Feels about 15 years lighter around here.

 

[davidharmier60]

Until the pump runs dry we have water.
It's getting hot and humid out there.
Except for going and coming from work indoors is the place to be!

 

[smoke665]

My suspension upgrade is done, tools put up, scratch it off the list. As always seems to happen the very last bolt refused to come out, the impact wrench rounded off the nut before I realized it. 15 mins with a cut off wheel and I was back on track. It wouldn't have been to long down the road before I lost the axles out from under it. I still can't believe they used plastic bushings in the spring eyes, non-greasable pins, and 3/16" thick hangers. What a joke on a trailer weighing close 16K. New bronze bushings to replace the plastic, pins that have grease zerks, and 1/2" thick hangers.

 

[JonA_CT]

My flight out tonight was delayed well past my connection, so I’m working with the airline to leave first thing tomorrow. Their payment system for my fat ass not to have a center seat is down though, so I’ve been on hold on and off for an hour and ten minutes and counting.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary remembers when flying was fun.

 

[Tony744]

It wouldn't have been to long down the road before I lost the axles out from under it. I still can't believe they used plastic bushings in the spring eyes, non-greasable pins, and 3/16" thick hangers. What a joke on a trailer weighing close 16K. New bronze bushings to replace the plastic, pins that have grease zerks, and 1/2" thick hangers.

I had the same problem with the gooseneck car trailers I used to pull. It amazed me how cheap and flimsy the mounting hardware for the springs were.

 

[smoke665]

It amazed me how cheap and flimsy the mounting hardware for the springs were.

RV trailers don't adhere to the same standards as vehicles. Dumb right. The sad thing is that for less than $200 per unit they could supply axles, brakes, springs, hangers suitable for the load. Had I had the option I would have gladly paid twice that just to have them.

 

[smoke665]

Gary remembers when flying was fun.

All the years I spent crisscrossing the country I don't have a single fond memory of any of it. Loneliest place in the world is sitting in an airport late on a Friday waiting for your connecting flight home, and knowing you'll start all over on Sunday night.

 

[Tony744]

Fifteen years as a long haul trucker and there are days when I miss being out on the road. I don't miss dealing with the traffic in metropolitan areas, D.O.T. regulations, or idiot motorists.

 

[RowdyRay]

My suspension upgrade is done, tools put up, scratch it off the list. As always seems to happen the very last bolt refused to come out, the impact wrench rounded off the nut before I realized it. 15 mins with a cut off wheel and I was back on track. It wouldn't have been to long down the road before I lost the axles out from under it. I still can't believe they used plastic bushings in the spring eyes, non-greasable pins, and 3/16" thick hangers. What a joke on a trailer weighing close 16K. New bronze bushings to replace the plastic, pins that have grease zerks, and 1/2" thick hangers.

I can believe it. Nothing is made the way it used to be....or to last. Manufacturers want you to, A) pay for an upgrade. Or, B) pay to have it repaired when their cheap materials fail. Funny....upgrade parts are available. Why weren't they used in the first place? Could give you many examples in my family alone.

Sad you had to fix it yourself, but it should be safer and tow better. Probably save some gas too. You have to protect your investment. Sucks, but that's how we try to look at it.

 

[davidharmier60]

you betcha they don't make stuff as good as they uesed to. My Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel went through any number of replacement wheel bearing/hub assemblies.
And they were even the upper priced ones sold.

 

[JonA_CT]

Ended up getting everything sorted, and then saw a baseball game in the new ball park here in Hartford. I’d upload some photos but the Flickr gods don’t give you the B.B. code option from their app.

Getting ready to bunk down. Headed to Denver at 5:45 via Detroit.