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Randy: I had the Coupon thing in my system also and used the add & remove program in the Control Panel. (I assume you are using Windows). That took care of the problem for me. Jim

Rick: I don't know anything about your light, but I bought a Cree light for $28 and it is a great unit. It is very similiar to yours. See Ebay...........Item number: 200901983017. It works great and is multifunctional. Hi-Med-Lo-Strobe Flash-SOS. Comes with a spare battery and charger. 1000 LUMENS makes this the brightest light I have and it sure is bright. I am going to order another one to keep in my bike. Jim

Congrats, Tom. Now all we need is some warm weather to ride in. Had almost two inches of the white stuff here in Rochester today. I'm with Big Tom...........I HATE SNOW! And getting d$mn tired of it. Jim

Rob: I have a set of blockoff plates from Skydoc 17, that I can send you. The only problem is they are still on the bike and I won't take them off for a week or so. I am going to put the original valves back on. They came off my 89 VR. Jim

Is that about the same time you went to work for Moog?????????? Just askin'. Huh Huh????? Jim

Steve: I bought one of these lifts the last time they had them for $269 and I tried to use the 20% coupon, but I was told no because that was the discounted price and it says no other coupons accepted. That was at my local store in Rochester. BTW, they work great. I use it for working on everything. I just finished refurbishing an old Grossman's trailer and mounted a cartop carrier on it, similar to the one you bought in Chicago. The lift worked well to bring the trailer up to a level where I could work on it without having to bend over all the time. It was worth it to pay the $269. Jim

I had Rick do my seat last year and I don't know how I ever rode BTBBM. (Before The Butt Butler Mod). He does a great job! Jim

Pioneer Motorsport in Arcade, NY gives a 15% discount to VR.org members, Just Google their name for their website. Great people to work with. Jim

Mike: I mounted an eye hook below the clamp, on the front and rear, and ran a strap over the top and tighten it down to hold the cover on. See pics for the eye hooks. I don't have a pic of the strap over the cover, because it is being painted. Jim

Ben: I retired from an OTR carrier that also had local drivers and they always required the OTR guys to take 10 hours off before they could work local. The company required the local drivers to keep hand written notes on the arrival time and departure time at all their pickups and deliveries, so that they did not exceed their 11 hour driving or 14 hour on duty time. If they exceeded the 100 mile radius then they would have to make out a log book for that day and show all stops. The company used a standardized form that showed all the times and mileages for each stop as well as the name of the customer. I worked for a company in Rochester, so if you have any questions, I can call someone and get some answers for you. Call me if I can help, my number is in my profile. Hope this helps. Jim

Forget the Miracle Gro.............with your green thumb, you would have a jungle in your house in a month! Jim

Armando: I am about an hour west of I-81 in Rochester, NY and can help you with your trailer. I am finishing up mine now (see pics). I have a lift and a garage full of tools to assemble the trailer, as well as modify the springs and the hose tubing pieces. Also can grease the bearings. There is a HF store about 10 minutes away to pick up the trailer. We have a spare guest bedroom, so we can even put you up for the night. I would be more than happy to help. When are you planning to take the trip up here? Jim

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That post was from 2008, maybe we can get him to start another order???

Carl: I would like to come over, especially the M & E you are hosting, but I am too busy to make the trip. My schedule doesn't free up until April. Being retired is not what I thought it would be like. I am busier now than when I was working full time. I probably won't see you until MD day in Oberlin. I already have my hotel reservations made at the Oberlin Inn. Jim

Thanks, Carl. I guess I will try this on my 89. I was going to send the pieces to you but since you have told me how to do it, I guess I will keep the pieces and do them myself. They are not that bad, just the clear coat is starting to come off and I wanted to clean them and then polish them. Thanks for a great explanation. Jim

Mike: Thanks for the note on the Tech Section. I didn't think to look there. But, after reading about all those grit numbers, my mind went numb! And my hands hurt already. I think I will just strip the clear coat and then just try Mother's polish and see if I can skip all those grit numbers. I never could figure out what all those numbers mean anyways! Jim (Or send them to Carl!!!) I wonder if he works for peanuts?

Or, at least I think I do. I have just completed putting a Sears cartop unit on an old (1999) Grossman's Lumber trailer that I got for free from a guy moving to FL. It measured 40" x 49" and he told me he used it once and then parked it in his garage. It only has 150 miles on it. It was built in Taiwan by the Long Chih Industrial Co, for Grossman's. It is exactly the same as the HF trailer, even to the square slots punched in the frame. The frame is all bolted together, same as the HF. I think the Chinese copied it for HF. I took it apart and cut the frame width down to 34" to match the carrier. The carrier (which was also free) was from a friend of mine who used it for going to FL for the winter months. Anyway, I am in the process of updating to LED lights and repacking the wheel bearings. Also need to replace the tires because the date on them is 4599. 45th week of 1999. They look in perfect shape because of being stored indoors all these years, but I won't pull it with tires that old. So far, I have about $35 in lights and about $10 in rattle can paint, so it has been a cheap project so far. As soon as the weather warms up, I am going to paint it black. The first long ride with the trailer will be to the International in Galena, IL. I will take a few short trips before to check out how it pulls. May take it to the MD at Don's to check on fuel mileage. Does anyone know when the first 40" x 49" trailer was put on the market from HF? Jim

Hey Carl: How did you polish all that aluminum? I have to do that to my 89 VR because the clear coat is coming off. Can I send the pieces up to you and have you polish them for me? Oh, and don't forget to add new clear coat after they are nice and shiny!!!!! Jim

Don: I have a Deka AGM battery and have never used a charger on it yet. 3 years old and it sets all winter without a problem. The battery sits in an unheated garage all winter. I bought an Odyssey battery charger for it and have never used it. Voltage only drops about .2 volt over the winter and the starter cranks right over in the Spring, every time, without a problem. Spend your money on some safety chrome instead of on a charger. Jim

Unless you are a very experienced rider, I wouldn't go up 95 and travel thru Washington, DC & Baltimore, & Philly & Newark, & New York unless you have traveled that route before and are familiar with the traffic. The traffic is terrible and is a virtual parking lot during rush hours. I-95 is a very heavily traveled and congested route. I would avoid it unless you have a valid reason for going that way. I would suggest you take 95 to I-26 just north of Columbia SC and then take I-77 to I-81 and follow 81 all the way to NY and cross over the border at Kingston and then QEW to Montreal. It is about 50 to 60 miles longer, but will save you a lot of hours sitting in traffic during rush hours in the cities. Of course, if you want the excitement of close encounters with crazy cagers, go around the Beltway in Baltimore or DC at the beginning of rush hour when they still can drive at 75 MPH, before the rush begins and it becomes a parking lot! Everyone should experience it once in their lifetime. I drove a truck to those cities on a daily basis for 6 years and the best time to drive there is between 9 PM and 5 AM. Outside of those hours, the traffic is so heavy that you can't make any time on the road. That's my Jim

EEEUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I just became a vegan.

I'm not usually on the Forum until midnight and everyone is gone by then.

I would talk to my supervisor and tell him that you want to cut back or eliminate the roof work and only do ground level work (or whatever you want to negotiate for). See what he says, then let him know you have another offer that doesn't involve the high work and see if he is willing to compromise with you. If he doesn't then move on. In my old profession (design engineer) I wouldn't change jobs unless they offered me substantially more than i was making (6K to 10K) plus I always negotiated more vacation time, bonuses, or benefits than was offered to a "newbie". I changed jobs four times (as an engineer) and always got what I wanted. I'm retired now, so I don't know what the market is like now. The company that made the offer must feel you are qualified, otherwise they wouldn't have made the offer. So if the pay and benefits are acceptable, go for it. Use the power of the Internet to check out the financial stability and reputation of the company you are considering. If it is a publicly traded company, there is a lot of info available. Good luck to you. Jim