New tiers..

Just got the new tires put on the jeep.. 30x9.5" Pirelli Scorpion A/T - real good tire, same as I had on the truck. My speedometer is accurate now, imagine that....

I added a safari rack to the jeep yesterday.. I built it from PVC pipe, cost less than $45 to make. there are pics in the photo galleries. Check 'em out if you have the time.

I hate programmers that don't test stuff thoroughly before releasing the new version.. came across a BIG bug in our payroll software.. ugh!

Order my tires for the Jeep yesterday.. 30X9.5 Pirelli Scorpion A/T's. Should have them sometime next week. I'm settling with the insurance co for the truck friday, should be a decent figure, but not as much as i think i should have gotten for it. If I ever get hit again, i'm having it towed to my house, I'm pulling everything off of it that I added, then calling the insurance.

Jeep Buried at Kink

iB::Topic::Jeep Buried at Kink

you gotta see this! ouch!

new site changes

I was running out of room for my photo galleries so i found a service (free.prohosting.com) that allows 50MB of web space for free... there are popups but any popup blocker will take care of these. So now all the photo galleries are moved over there (13MB of photos) and the videos are moved from Kaoskidd's site to mine... Thanks for the loan of web space KK..... I think all the links are OK, but will find out more as time progresses....

Yahoo! News - Space Elevator: High Hopes, Lofty Goals

Yahoo! News - Space Elevator: High Hopes, Lofty Goals

This is a must read! this may be reality before you think!

It's official

the Jersey Devil is toast..... i'm just waiting for them to make me an offer now...

INSURANCE COMPANIES SUCK!!!

i spent 3 hours on the phone this morning dealing with the other guys insurance.. first I'm told that I am responsible for the storage fee on my truck, so i start calling lawyers... then i call back and get someone else and they say "sure, we'll cover the storage fee". Someone needs to be shot! this is rediculous.. the good thing is they are looking at the truck tomorrow and I'll finally find out if they think it is fixable or totalled... ugh!

took the jeep out yesterday to test it without the sway bar connected - never got the chance to unhook... by the time i got somewhere to try it, it was pouring so i went home,...:(

i'm changing the diff fluids today, hopefully that will quiet the rear axle down some.....

what a day.. the second anniversary of the terrorist attack on the US. I can hardly believe that 2 years ago today I watched the twin towers fall. I sat there wondering if we were at war on our home soil. Wondering if the next bomb to go off was the nuclear power plant less than 10 miles from where I live. I thought this was appropriate..... A dad's Poem

I have a headache.. nothing wants to cooperate today. It is just one of those days.. on the bright side, I do have quite a few new changes made on the work web site. At lease that is cooperating with me.

I cant wait till this weekend - I want to take the jeep out and disconnect the sway bars and see just how much that gets me as far as flex goes.. Should be good for an inch or 2. Whatever it gets me has to be better than the stock flex from this thing. the front end is pretty tight.

Last night i had a bit of a scare... the jeep made this horrible grinding/scraping/rattle from the rear.. it sounded like it was coming from the driver side wheel - it was. I pulled the wheel to find an interesting brake configuration. THe jeep has 4 wheel disc brakeds, but the emergency brake is a drum brake inside the rear rotor. from the looks of things, nobody ever checked them because there was "old" rust on them.. not the fresh, i just used the brakes kind of rust.. the pads were totally disintegrated, the drier side must have just fallen apart yesterday and the pieces of the brake shoe was what i was hearing. the passenger side looks like it fell apart a long time ago by the rust on the metal backing (where shoes are supposed to be attached but are missing). ugh! looks like a brake job this weekend. that would explain why i have no emergency brake!

I installed quick disconnects last night on the jeep's front sway bars... Hopefully it will get me some more flex on the trail....

Karayzee day at work today....

man was it nuts.. I've been swamped since i started the day out.. on the plus side, i gave the office website amajor overhaul today...

The jeep runs pretty good on & off-road.. I got a rattle in it last night that felt like i was dragging a branch or something.. can't find any obviously loose parts (except the plastic front bumper - missing the clips that hold the bottom). I'll figure it out yet.

tried a set of 30x9.5x15 tires on the jeep - it was geared to tires that size, the speedometer is corrrect with the larger tires. Took the jeep out for a test run today - pics in the off-road section.

New Truck...

Just bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo... 1995 but in decent condition, so I"m mobile again! yay!

Life sucks... i'm real sore in my neck... I had to call around to find a doctor that will handle auto insurance.. ugh! my family doctor refuses to see me because it is an auto claim. Looks like I may be looking at Jeeps as a replacement unless I can find another Mazda like what I had....

Pics are up

I posted pics of the wreck and the tennessee trip in the albums on the main site under Hobbies - Off-road.

Tennessee trip

Had a good trip to Tennessee - pictures to be posted soon. Unfortunately, the return trip wasn't so good. I got rear-ended and my truck was totaled! that sucks!