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Your probably right, but they didn't teach cell phone recording in first responder or firefighter classes. Lol

 

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Took the family out to eat tonight and a guy went down outside. Rolled him over to find no pulse. Started cpr and by the time they loaded him in the ambulance he was starting to talk. Best feeling ever!

 

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I didn't use the breaks I was angry as all hell and stomped on it im surprised it did that to be honest

 

Hit dunes with a friend today 76 ford with a 12v cummins very clean setup we were on test hill in this pic

 

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I didn't use the breaks I was angry as all hell and stomped on it im surprised it did that to be honest

 

Hit dunes with a friend today 76 ford with a 12v cummins very clean setup we were on test hill in this pic

 

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Didn't know Cummins was making 12 volt motors? I thought Power Wheels was the only one? Learn something new every day.

 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

Spent a lot of time at the dunes back in the 70's. Back when that '76 was a new one!

 

Seen any new 14's out there putting around? Not sure if my factory tires would even get me on the dunes?

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Yea there's a few 14s that been out there and yea factory tires will do fine out there less aggressive tread the better

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Hauled the quads to a friends house to ride yesterday

 

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Gonna skeet shoot out his back yard now. Good weekend!!

 

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Yea there's a few 14s that been out there and yea factory tires will do fine out there less aggressive tread the better

Not so worried about the tread, more about if I could let enough air out for a good footprint? These new tires are a lot different construction than the tires were 35+ years ago.

 

We could go down to 8 psi, not sure about these new tires? I have 265 65 18's, so they should do better than the 20's and 22's?

 

Just been out if the loop for too long, but I have an old Silver Lake flag out in the barn. LOL

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I changed the brake light switch in the 2011 F150 and had to get the boat running again. Going to have to do heavy transom repair.

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Thanks for the info. Back in the day, it was mostly 15" rims. Some 16" and 16.5".

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Got off early and took her fishing. Went to a creek and lake but didn't catch anything. Went to my buddies pond right up the street and caught 3 smallmouth and 3 largemouth. Haven't caught a fish out of that pond in a couple years. Two of the largemouth were nice size. Scratched the paint up running through tall grass. Not too worried about it

 

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