Broke my collar bone into 5 pieces and 3 ribs last weekend in a dirt bike crash. Putting a real damper on building my kitchen addition and garage.

That sucks for sure. Pray you heal up quickly so you can get back to projects.

 

Pussy on the hoof.
she struts around like she owns the place.

 

There is something in the tall grass he is listening for.
He would sit still, listening. Then rush over a couple feet, cock his head to one side and listen some more.

 

Great pictures - cell phone or game camera?

 

I woke up the other morning to a coyote sleeping on the brick pavers next to the front steps. He hung around the backyard all day. By the time I got home I got one glimpse of him and he ran off into the woods.

 

Great pictures - cell phone or game camera?

Cell phone, through dirty windows.
there was a fox living under my shed. She had four kits.
they were pretty shy, but cute and entertaining when they were out playing.

 

nice to have all that wild life around. we live in the woods near betsie river and enjoy whatever wanders in the yard. Saw mama bear and 2 cubs a few weeks ago. unfortunately could not get a picture in time. Been a few years since we've seen a bobcat. Saw a gray fox this week.

 

Took longer for this thing to drain than it did to swap the valvebody lol.

Truck shifts normal now, not all that slide/lurch/slip crap it had before

 

Pics are out of sequence for some reason. Lol

Great pics of the wildlife!

Haven’t posted in a while. Re the campground talk, it is really hard to find good campsites in MI and I don’t have any good suggestions. National Forest sites are great but since you can’t make reservations, it’s a crap shoot.
We made the investment 15 years ago in 10 acres of woods outside of Harrison. It’s been a blessing to be able to go whenever we want and rustic camp. We cut wood, burn wood, shoot guns and play horseshoes.

A year ago we added Lake MI shoreline in the UP to our getaway locations.

 

Took longer for this thing to drain than it did to swap the valvebody lol.

Truck shifts normal now, not all that slide/lurch/slip crap it had before

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What did you go with?

 

What did you go with?

Revmaxx, via Marketplace.

Dude just sat on it for three years, then burned up his trans and gave the truck back to the bank lol.

For some reason that made me think it would be way harder to install, but nope, he's just lazy.

 

What specifically was it doing that you didn't like? Been a while since I drove a stock 68RFE but I'd heard the shifts are pretty sluggish. My truck came with a beefed up trans, it has a lower stall billet triple disc converter and shifts very aggressively. Damn thing won't slip or build heat even when I feel like it should have! It's much more aggressive than my old 48RE that had a billet single disc and a shift kit. Not the best for comfort, but I love it for longevity. I hope they went as far as putting billet shafts throughout, but I don't know. The converter is also undamped so gets pretty noisy at lower speeds, but damn does it grip when it needs to!

 

What specifically was it doing that you didn't like? Been a while since I drove a stock 68RFE but I'd heard the shifts are pretty sluggish. My truck came with a beefed up trans, it has a lower stall billet triple disc converter and shifts very aggressively. Damn thing won't slip or build heat even when I feel like it should have! It's much more aggressive than my old 48RE that had a billet single disc and a shift kit. Not the best for comfort, but I love it for longevity. I hope they went as far as putting billet shafts throughout, but I don't know. The converter is also undamped so gets pretty noisy at lower speeds, but damn does it grip when it needs to!

It does a weird slide/bump thing into gear, supposedly to try to save the trans.

Aftermarket tuning will sometimes lock the converter during shifts to mask it, but I'm never a fan of that as a solution to a hydraulic circuit problem.

So, now, it just shifts like normal, click, click, click not ------ click----------////////////click

I drove four trucks before I bought this one and they all did it, so I at least knew this one wasn't failing, just weird lol.

 

That sucks for sure. Pray you heal up quickly so you can get back to projects.

Thanks! Still have tractor work to do moving dirt, which isn't the easiest one handed, but it's better than not being able to work on anything. I've had my wife out helping me the last few days. Last night she finished hand digging the final location of the barn septic tank so hopefully I'll get that placed this week and can get the drainfield plumbing installed this weekend. I have to remove a bunch of dirt where the garage is going, and I'm going to use it to cover the drain field.

 

Thanks! Still have tractor work to do moving dirt, which isn't the easiest one handed, but it's better than not being able to work on anything. I've had my wife out helping me the last few days. Last night she finished hand digging the final location of the barn septic tank so hopefully I'll get that placed this week and can get the drainfield plumbing installed this weekend. I have to remove a bunch of dirt where the garage is going, and I'm going to use it to cover the drain field.

Glad you’re still able to get at things. She’s a great wife if she will hand dig for ya. She’s a keeper😎👍

 

Tire Rack is blowing out 37" Firestones, just ordered a set

https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100...el=Destination+M%2FT2&partnum=725QR7DMT2OS&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes

 

Glad you’re still able to get at things. She’s a great wife if she will hand dig for ya. She’s a keeper😎👍

She's also going to learn how to run a chainsaw so I can get the last tree removed from where I'm doing all of the work lol

 

She's also going to learn how to run a chainsaw so I can get the last tree removed from where I'm doing all of the work lol

I bet she cooks great food as well.

 

Tire Rack is blowing out 37" Firestones, just ordered a set

https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100...el=Destination+M%2FT2&partnum=725QR7DMT2OS&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes

How did you find this? I'm having difficulty resisting.

 

How did you find this? I'm having difficulty resisting.

Gladiator group on FB.

I bought a set for no reason lol, put em in the barn, maybe put em on the Jeep in the summer.