The post whore thread.

[Irving]

Oh, it just seemed shitty. Kind of dichotomous because people were doing burnouts in their yard and riding loud as hell dirt bikes around the neighborhood; which seems like awesome freedom, but it also seemed like a bunch of shitty neighbors. Also probably didn't help that it was hot as hell and I was tired and dehydrated.

[Irving]

Clouds!







Wind picked this water tank out of the back of the truck and dropped it onto the ground.

[Irving]

Have you ever seen an entire train in profile at once? I had the opportunity to get that view the other day, and it was pretty striking. I wish I had pulled over and had a great camera to get the shot. I'm not talking about a short train, I mean something like this below, but straight, where you can see the entirety of the train. If you ever get the chance, it's kind of striking. This image is the closest I can even find on line. I feel like there are some famous paintings of the scene I'm describing, but I can't find them. Anyway, I just came over a small hill and everything else was flat and this train was off in the distance. Very cool.

[iego]

Very pretty shot, Irving.

I've seen long trains next to the highways here in Colorado. But that is a pretty shot, obv.

-John

[Irving]

Best I can tell (from what I can remember) is that it would have been heading East on Hwy 94 looking down onto the Union Pacific railroad track that goes from Denver to Salina and the tracks cross the highway around Aroya. I figure I was about 2-5 miles away.

[Irving]

Very pretty shot, Irving.

I've seen long trains next to the highways here in Colorado. But that is a pretty shot, obv.

-John

Thanks, I just stole that from the internet trying to find a picture, or even a painting, showing what I'm describing. It's just striking to see ALL of something at least a mile long, all at once, traveling across the horizon in front of you.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Ran into a couple of problems today. The wheel studs in the rear diff axles are the right bolt pattern, but the diameter is bigger....needed to find the right replacement stud knurl that had the 1/2 -20 thread. I think I've got suitable replacement studs now, find out tomorrow.

The other thing was the brake line stuff just wasn't working out for more than one reason. Using the old right side steel and flex section, and buying a new F series feed block line, and fabbing a short steel section plus the flex for the left side should all come together and be okay. The front diff never made it today, hopefully tomorrow...or it wont be til next week. That would suck but there's always finishing up some wiring that I put off cause it sucks to do...ha.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I think those big trains are pretty cool.

More than once I was the first guy at the gate at Bromley and Barr Lake....watching a 100 car coal train going by at 70 mph. That kind of mass at speeds like that is impressive.

[Irving]

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[Irving]

Oh, hey OBC. Hope you get the threads worked out.