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The Monster Hunter Files by Larry Correia and Bryan Thomas Schmidt. Decent escapist action/adventure/sci fi fiction. Ive read it before several years ago, but its been long ago I dont remember the details, so is fun to read again. Short stories by other authors doing take-offs of the main...

This seems to have morphed somewhat from jump starting a 12 v vehicle with 24 v batteries to general power setups. I finally bought a 1000a noco jump pack. Slightly smaller than a VHS tape, plenty to make several jumps on dead vehicles, and charges off the lighter plug or house current...

I keep seeing Alaska mentioned, and Im not positive, but the idea seems to be you can go build a cabin anywhere you want out in the "wilderness". I intended to move there 35 years ago, went up 3 times, stayed several months, had friends that lived there, the homesteading was long gone when I...

The only experience I have with NOCO stuff is a 1000 amp jump pack I bought this summer. Its worked fine the handful of times I used it. I needed a jump a couple times trying to figure out a friends truck problems, two different people had the small jump packs, I took that as a clue.... ot...

Can you explain in more detail what you mean by "get a domocile"? Do you mean an ID or mailing address to establish residence based on property ownership?

Reading your posts about Arizona is one of the things I like about the forum. I didnt know there was a new section about politics, but was wondering why there was so much political horsesh!t showing up in the daily digests recently and why those discussions werent shut down. If this is the new...

My first thought reading your comment about the noise was it sounds like the secondary, or 4 barrel on carburetors. I dont know what the fuel injected version would be on a Ford of your era. Making the sound when it started sort of ruins that idea though, unless it was stuck open. I-80 across...

Theres special RV toilet paper that starts breaking down faster, its all I ever used in my RV and didnt have any trouble with it clogging up or dumping. I also ONLY had the toilet going into the black tank, so had to add water before dumping to get it to flow well. I preferred that to letting...

Trail Mater, Matts Offroad Recovery and Fab Rats all have interesting content, one of the things I like about them is seeing all the different places they go, it has added places to my list. They also have interesting projects they build, and just seeing the problem solving on the fly is good...

The slider on the ones Ive used was to manually apply the trailer brakes, such as when it starts to sway, or on steep downhills where you may want more trailer braking than normal. There may be a small wheel on the side to adjust the brake force to desired level, thats what all the ones Ive had...

Ive never been particularly impressed with the 4 way lug wrenches, they never seemed like they had all that much go to me. A 1/2" drive breaker bar and correct socket work better. A cheater pipe can help but the breaker bar can usually get it. I go find them relatively cheaply at pawn shops with...

I forgot to mention, in my area, pre-existing outhouses are grandfathered in, new construction allows them, but they have to be on a tank or vault, basically a septic tank with no baffle. I had the top cast with a hole for a 5 gal bucket to use as a riser, a 3 or 4" vent, and offset it so the...

All of the costs associated with developing land have gone up, it may depend on where as to how much. The septics I had done when i was building were in the $3500 to 5k range, I know they are more now here but dont know how much. Regs changes since the last time I did one. My contractor...

States vary on how they do real estate transactions, but using a realtor because of title insurance I dont believe is needed. The states Ive done transactions in, anyone can walk into the title company and have the title work done. realtors can be beneficial, they also will often deal on their...

I may have posted this before, if so, apologies for a repeat. Great story.