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I would say its more the upfront costs and the fixes that kill you then the maintenance. Yes oil changes are more expensive but thats not huge. I buy a new F150 eco boost max tow every two years. I put 99500 miles on them and then trade. The last one I got was $35200 off the lot. A comparable diesel woulda been just shy of $50,000. Thats almost $15,000 difference. If I trade every two years thats $7500 a year. I got ostracized on here for saying I spend $2000 a year on out of state tag applications as being a rich guy, I would say that anyone who owns a diesel spends far far more then that just to listen to it hum. Dont get me wrong there are people out there who truly need them, but I would say 99% if diesel owners dont. I pull probably 10,000 miles a year with mine. I farm part time so its anythkng from combine headers to seed wagons (15,000#) to my camper, but in my opinion I still dont pull enough to justify an extra $7500/yr in cost. If you break something on a diesel its gonna be $5-10k for literally anything in them. I see these guys talking about this motor or that and the say 6.4L is great you just have to do this delete and that bulletproofing. If Im gonna spend $50k for a pickup I better not have to take it to some aftermarket dude with a flat brim hat to spend another $10k to make it work. Thats my 2 cents on diesel!!! As my uncle (a lifetime mechanic) used to say. The three Ts of diesel: Trucks Tractors and Trains! (Dont get me started on pickup vs truck, we are referring to pickups here. Trucks have more then two axles. you need 5 gasser oil changes by the time you need 1 diesel oil change. diesels especially 4x4 hold their value better than any gas truck. f150 has the worst resale value. I change the oil every 5K on my diesel, 15qts. That is the factory recommendation, sure you can go longer but to do so you should add a bypass filter and do a UOA to see whats happening to the viscoscity, copper buildup etc.

If you decide on a Ford stay away from the 6.0 and 6.4's. You can do a DEF delete kit for the 6.7 and I can put you in touch with Chris Rollins in Mesa who has a shop and can talk to him about trucks and he can do an inspection on one for you before you decide to buy it. He specializes in Fords but works on Chevys and Dodges in his shop too. There is a guy who runs a transporter buisenss and Chris does his maintence. The guy has over 700K on his 6.7 Chris is pretty well known and he just had a guy ship his truck from Hawaii for him to do a bunch of work on it. Business is called Rowdy Racks. Shares the building with Caswells.

I'll fire up the walk-in cooler to keep the beer cold Shelvin. Actually, I'm not going to be here for the open house. I'll be moving a lot of my things to Tonto Basin. Peg will assist with our realtor. TJ Maybe I missed it but I thought you were going farther north to Show Low.

Big fan of Talley Light Weight Rings on Tikkas.

Why 10#'s? That's a heavy rifle for hunting.

DId they find this guy?

F'n sign me up for some of that.

That's what I would call a negative attitude! LOL

From what I have seen all the conventional dehydrators are 155dgF that have a fixed setting. The ones with adjustable dials are 84-155dgF.

Someone get out the Ban Hammer. LOL

Here it is. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5825/

Bought some nice looking ribs at El Super today.

I thought they would be bigger. Jim Tweeto is still flying out of there and is on the TV reality show Flying Wild Alaska.

My BIL who was a novice hunter raised cats and his Vet had a practice in Gilbert who was also a novice but had a brother living in Anchorage. His brother bugged him for years to come up and he finally decided to go, take his son and invited my BIL who invited two friends. Just before it was time to put in for the draw one of the guys wife had a problem with him going so I was asked if I wanted to go. That took about a NY second for me to say yes. My wife never said no ever to any of my hunting trips. Well about 5 months later we were in Unalakleet where the Vets brother knew a well known guide who let us stay in his cabin about 5 or more miles up the river and use his boats to fish. He just asked we refil them with gas when we were done. We spent a few days catching Silvers from the main river and a couple of tributaries for Grayling and Dolly Varden. After that we went back to town to fly north for Caribou but the wind kept the pilot grounded and we headed out late the next day. Jim Tweeto flew everybody up a small plane while I stayed back in town. A few hours later he came back and the two of us flew up in the old cargo plane with quads and all the gear. We landed with just enough light to see on an old abandon military gravel runway. We spend the next couple of days hunting and we all tagged out. It was a hunt of a lifetime and my total costs from the time I left Mesa until I returned was $1,600. I watched one guy shoot a nice bear and then helped skin it out. I had just dressed and quartered a caribou for one of the other hunters and hung it in an old shed on the base and walked over to the runway to talk to the young hunter when we looked over to see a Musk Ox walk passed us at 20 yards without a care in the world.

Where did you go? I hunted east of Nome in the 90's but I have heard it is tougher now and herds have declined.

This is why I get a tracking number if I ship it to my house and stay home until it shows up, or have it delivered to my office. You need to watch out for your ownself when it comes to things of value. Simple thing like stating " Adult Signature Required" on shipping is one of many options in lieu of doorstep delivery. Be responsible on shipping important things instead of expecting the shipper to absorb the cost as though it was their problem.

Research the dates.

I am looking at the B&C Alaskan Ti at about 28-30 oz or the AG Composites CAT 700 at 26 oz. Anyone have any experience with either of these? TIA, Happy Memorial Day.

My first car was a 63 Buick Special 9 passenger station wagon my dad gave me when I was in HS after he got a 65 Catalina convertible. I should start my own optics company since nobody makes what I think is a good hunting optic as they are all way too heavy. Anything over 16-18oz is impractible.

I am "That Guy" that cruises over the posted speed limit. I just drive what I think is reasonable for the time and place. I tend to camp away from people, when possible. Camping close to a road where that can be a issue just comes with the territory. Be it right or wrong. Glad to see everyone had a safe weekend.

I am paying almost $175 more for this stock than I paid for the rifle 25 years ago. LOL

Thanks Amanda, I submitted an email.

Thanks for all the help, looks like I'm in for the EH-3. Lance did you have to do any prep work or are they drop in and ready to go?

There was a website selling them for about 50 cents on a dollar but you needed to buy bulk. This was a good five years ago or more. Might have been IQ Metals.

Found it on their FB Page.