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41. Re: [Shop-talk] trailer advice needed (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:04:57 -0400 (EDT); If it comes down to one or t'other, for price or whatever reason, I'd go with the un-braked dual axle. Brakes are great, but really unnecessary for the rig you're talking about. I've towed my 2200 po; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00141.html (10,122 bytes)
42. Re: [Shop-talk] trailer advice needed (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:27:18 -0400 (EDT); I don't own a car hauler, so I have to borrow... but my F150 does have a Prodigy in it, and a 9200 pound rating, so I can borrow _almost_ anything. This will not deter the determined borrower ;) Eric; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00148.html (9,929 bytes)
43. Re: [Shop-talk] trailer advice needed (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:48:50 -0400 (EDT); Good question... my tire trailer is, umm, a little different from most ( http://planet-torque.com/garage/trailer.html ). It, obviously, uses car tires and car wheel bearings. They have never been tou; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00227.html (9,091 bytes)
44. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:46:34 -0400 (EDT); Chicago also has peregrine falcons, but unlike other cities mentioned, we still use our river as a toilet. In fact, there's a drain immediately underneath the dock where I board the Water Taxi everyd; /html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00488.html (8,805 bytes)
45. Re: [Shop-talk] Rebuild a hand drill? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:53:48 -0500 (EST); Related question follows... I have a DeWalt 18v cordless drill, much more recent than what Mark has, probably about 5 years old. It died on me Sunday, and I ran out and replaced it with another becau; /html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00102.html (8,459 bytes)
46. Re: [Shop-talk] Clearance Lights (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:34:52 -0500 (EST); To tell people that you $pent for the F250 and not the cheaper F150. ;) -- David Hillman ^- cheapskate F150 owner _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.t; /html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00135.html (7,231 bytes)
47. Re: [Shop-talk] Clearance Lights (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:45:39 -0500 (EST); I can relate, I just bought my '07 F150 FX4 earlier this year, also lightly-used and a lot cheaper than a new one. It's pretty fancy ( leather, console shifter, power slider and everything else ) but; /html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00152.html (8,150 bytes)
48. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set- missing sizes? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:14:02 -0500 (EST); Until recently, I've had nothing but Toyotas and Subarus for the past six years or so. You shouldn't need anything but a 10,12,14,17,19 and 30/32 (axle nuts) to work on just about any Toyota. The Sub; /html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00182.html (7,364 bytes)
49. [Shop-talk] ABS ( was Re: Craftsman impact set and Suburban issues ) (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:00:04 -0500 (EST); You might be surprised, there are some really crappy systems out there. Subaru has an ice-mode issue that was so bad, even up through at least the '03 model year, that they were forced ( by accidents; /html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00214.html (8,103 bytes)
50. Re: [Shop-talk] ABS ( was Re: Craftsman impact set and Suburban (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:17:58 -0500 (EST); I hear that from people often, but IMO that's ABS allowing you to make a mistake. If you (general) are max-braking that far into a corner, I'm passing you on the way out, 'cause I've been off the bra; /html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00219.html (7,946 bytes)
51. Re: [Shop-talk] ABS ( was Re: Craftsman impact set and Suburban (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:18:31 -0500 (EST); But it's still slower, for a reason you touched on in your first sentence. Ideally, we want to be at max acceleration all the time. Obviously, we occasionally have to slow down, but when we do, we wa; /html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00226.html (9,143 bytes)
52. [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:08:21 -0500 (EST); I'm sort-of shopping for my wife's next car, and have recently learned that two of the would-be candidates feature this insane method of wheel attachment called the 'lug bolt'. Now, I had a Alfa year; /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00271.html (8,106 bytes)
53. Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:34:43 -0500 (EST); It's just a bad design. And it's a bad design that someone went through the trouble of coming up with, to replace a better design. For example, let's say that someone came out with a new design for a; /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00286.html (9,585 bytes)
54. Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:44:34 -0500 (EST); Do you? Even on something like my F150, the best selling vehicle in the country at around 1M units annually, $0.002 adds up to a whopping $2,000 annual savings. That's not enough to pay for someone t; /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00287.html (9,429 bytes)
55. Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:16:39 -0500 (EST); Okay, now we're getting somewhere. I don't buy the "it's cheaper" argument for the same reason... look at the users. However, I also don't understand how a lug bolt with a 60* seat does anything diff; /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00294.html (9,506 bytes)
56. Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:23:25 -0500 (EST); Another of the many problems with bolts. If the threads on the bolt are damaged, the ones in the hub probably are too. OTOH, replacing a stud is a 2 minute job on any car well-enough designed to have; /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00295.html (9,575 bytes)
57. Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:50:14 -0500 (EST); How easy/cheap is it to pull and replace the hub (with damaged threads) on those cars? How much easier would it be to provide easy access to the hub flange, versus making it easy to replace the hub?; /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00308.html (8,833 bytes)
58. Re: [Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:55:33 -0500 (EST); This is a pet peeve of mine, and it's ironic you mention it in a thread about signal boosting. Many, if not most, of the people on this list appear to have significant chunks of property. If your wir; /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00187.html (8,651 bytes)
59. Re: [Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:50:52 -0500 (EST); That's kind-of what I was getting at. The original claim was "nobody" should run WEP. It's good enough for some people due to geography, and if nothing else, it gets you above the low-hanging "totall; /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00192.html (9,200 bytes)
60. Re: [Shop-talk] Home remodeling when you suck at interior design? (score: 1): Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:43:22 -0500 (EST); One of the 20k sites I'm responsible for happens to be... http://interiordesignschools.org You may be able to find one listed there, if you are so inclined. -- David Hillman _________________________; /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00257.html (7,462 bytes)

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