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Facebook, COVID, colder winter months, technology and personal issues, have all had effects. But we’re still here! I’ve been wheeling off and on for 40+ years (maybe 50+??). The players, rigs, and others factors come and go.

It goes without saying - COVID has regularly disrupted the coffee night schedule as well as regularly scheduled runs. But as they say, just watch the posts!

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Good to know! Thanks! Thanks!

I won’t comment on the now-deleted last coffee post. No harm done though!

Haven’t been in the garage to work on the Scout. So I satisfied my Scout cravings with mini-Scouts. Saw this full sized beast while touring out Stewiacke way. Mini-Scout underway: More explanation in a moment….

My priority at the time of purchase was getting any new gennie, in the middle of an outage. We already had a high quality / high amperage long cord. $$ years ago I may look into a proper NSPC / gennie integration this summer when NSPC isn’t so busy. Neighbour has one. SLICK

It’s Chinese, hard to get anything else, BUT the Chinese build to spec. You want cheap stuff to sell in a thrift store (no brand names mentioned), they will manufacture it. You want hi-quality stuff, they will manufacture that also. It’s prominently labelled as Mastercraft (Cdn. Tire), but has Champion labelling in all the nooks and crannies. And a big Made in China sticker on the box.

Ours was off for 30 hrs. Old gennie wouldn’t start (it’s old and was heavily used), so we went out and purchased a new one at about hour 20. Turns out while the power was still off we still had cable, so we powered the cable (Fibre Op) box and TV and binged unseen ‘Wentworth’ episodes.

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Lol, I need to put a Cummins like that in the ‘Burb…

I love the looks of those ol’ Ramchargers! Especially the curved rear side windows! ( I know, I probably said this at the beginning of this thread, lol.)

My Xmas prezzie from my honey! I ‘loves’ it! I know, I know, I need to rotate it 180 degrees, the centre is just sitting in place.

No, lol. And I hadn’t thought of that .. I hope to ‘house’ the Scout in there, eliminating the hour-long round trip to where it’s currently at. And my bro needs his garage for a while. It is his garage, after all!

That is military style. Just like the 6x6 I’ll bet…. Harder to work on, but can you imagine what depth of water it will go through?!!!

And a new idea…. I’ve got some more thoughts, pics, and ideas to post another day.

Oh, I have an iPhone, if that’s good enough. You can reply via Messenger, etc. if desired.

@Powerram Hi Matt: You can put me on your speed dial. I’m retired, and not scared of going out at the wee hours of the night nor am I scared of getting dirty. I was in Search and Rescue and have some off-road ‘Cred’ as you well know. . I’ve discussed it with my honey and she is fine with me heading out w/o her. (She may stage a stuck to get me out of her hair, lol.)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and Festivities to others.

I’ll discuss it with my honey.

NOS key fob acquired… Jumpin’ Scout antique-bronzed fob from back in the late ‘70s. NOS score from BC. The Tasmanian Devil fob I've had since new for my ‘83 ‘Yota HiLux pickup. My brother still has the matching floor mats, in use in his 2008 Dodge Cummins, with 472k km’s on it. Stuff was built to last!

I think you can do both. (Especially if you simply use a narrower box and just drop it to the floor.) BackRack brand racks state all options when purchasing a rack. $$$ to purchase all three pieces though!

And spraying the inside of the tailgate with bedliner. It has been so long since I had bought the first can I had forgotten where the can was and bought more, of course. Sprayed at the end of the day so it would stink and dry before the next project day.

Worked some more on the Scout. Installing new front flex lines, rotors, calipers , and EBC SUV pads. As noted previously it was not a locally sourced parts / one day job. RF not complete yet.

Been picking away at a few things. Installed a (used) toolbox on the Ranger. I’ve yet to move a tote bag of stuff from the rear seat floor into it. The box needs a bit more cleaning and removing some ‘flashing’ from old bolt / screw holes. I hope to get a proper profile pic.