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Done something really stupid?
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ski3pin
, Apr 29 2013 01:49 AM
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#191
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Posted 26 September 2021 - 11:09 PM
Took an inaugural run with my new Tacoma Off Road to Canyonlands NPS. Took the Schaefer Trail and Potash Road. I had filled up with fresh water at the Ranger Station. At the bottom of the switchbacks I got out to take a picture. You’ll see in the attached picture my keys hanging from the freshwater door. Luckily they stayed in the lock all the way down. Using a FoB rather than a key to start the truck has its disadvantages! Potash Road was harder than I expected with some shelfs and drop offs.
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#192
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Posted 26 September 2021 - 11:43 PM
You lucked out there.
But the key is a tight fit in the water door.
The "fob" isn't always a good idea.
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Posted 27 September 2021 - 01:06 AM
Great story Sledawg with a happy ending! 
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Posted 27 January 2022 - 07:29 PM
I picked up a new one yesterday. I learned not to wear a fleece hoody when using a hole saw on a steel drum. Tiny metal fragments are not easy to pull out of fleece. Now looking for a much stronger shop magnet.
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#195
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Posted 27 January 2022 - 09:19 PM
Cow Magnet. about the size of a hotdog used by farmers to get metal out of their cows! In one end out the other (not utter).
At you local feed store!
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#196
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Posted 27 January 2022 - 09:42 PM
Another approach could be to place several super magnets (available at Harbor Freight and hardware stores) in a plastic bag so that they could be found and recovered later and run the bag and the fleece garment through the washing machine.
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#197
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Posted 27 January 2022 - 09:45 PM
Or If you are bored go to the airport and go through the metal detector.... I bet you'd find them all!
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Posted 27 January 2022 - 11:29 PM
I have rumen magnets, but it needs something even stronger.
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Posted 27 January 2022 - 11:49 PM
may seem crazy but I found wire dog brush really gets fine burrs out
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#200
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Posted 21 October 2023 - 08:29 PM
Oops, I did it again. Last trip out was with some friends who were first time out with their FWC. I shared with them advice especially about maintaining a routine in closing up the camper.
I wowed them a few minutes later when the front end of my roof popped up in the wind on the road.
I just wanted to show them what not to do!🤪
I wowed them a few minutes later when the front end of my roof popped up in the wind on the road.
I just wanted to show them what not to do!🤪
Edited by Sledawg, 21 October 2023 - 11:10 PM.
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