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Chirp Programming Baofeng UV-5 hand-held radios for GMRS NOAA and Eddie's special sauce with Linux A while ago I purchased a couple of Baofeng UV-5R +plus (redundant, but that's the model moniker) which came unlocked for programming from the distributor. This is a dual-band (amateur and...

I have an earlier Gen Power Wagon (1976 W100 w/318 LA) that I took off the road and use around the logging camp where the Cat can't go safely to set chokers and pull out the cut timber for loading. It even unstuck a fully loaded 40' diesel motor home once that I couldn't budge with my 03 3/4...

With the JT, I'm still on the original, but one day after getting a ding low on the driver's side, it got hit hard enough the next day to instantly crack on the passenger side. I've been through one replacement on my JKU and it needs replacing again so I'll hold off on the JT for now as the...

Getting the XJ ready to say goodbye. A few years ago, I bought this XJ at an insurance auction because it was cheap and used it as a support vehicle for our logging and farming operation in Oregon. It ran great and never got stuck; although I tried. Over time, we picked up several Dodge 4x4s to...

Absolutely, but the new owner had to put it on a lift, spray the underside, drive it to the dock, drain the gas and remove the battery before they would put it on the ship. I had to go through the same drill when I sold a 56 Plymouth Savoy to a dealer in New Zealand who then had to convert it...

That rig is top shelf for sure

Likewise. After I bought my JKUX new in 2008, the JKS front sway bar disconnects were one of the first of many modifications. My experience was OK, except it rains a lot at times in the PNW and I hate crawling around in the slop and mud, so as soon as I could afford it, they were replaced with...

About the time the first Gladiators became available in late 2019, I thought it would be nice to order a 2020 Sport S model with the HD towing package. My wife and I test drove a Rubicon model at a local Jeep dealership and she decided that's what we needed, but it didn't have the Max Tow...

Senior AIX System Administrator at the Oregon State Data Center. Started working with what would become Unix at AT&T in 1968. By the way, Linus Torvalds lives in my area and we used to have twin AMG SLKs. Of course, I was doing Unix a year before he was born :)

I'm not sure where in the PNW you are located, but if your are near PDX or the Willamette valley, check out: I didn't read the rules I plan on attending the Jolly Jeepers RallyJuly 18-20, 2025. This is their major annual trail run in the Tillamook State Forest (TSF) and you don't have to be a...

I work remotely from home 4 days a week and one at the office.

@matt -- Nice shot crossing the St. John's bridge. Years ago, I worked with a guy who crashed and burned a gasoline tanker on that span and lived to tell the story; although he was terribly disfigured from the accident. By the way, nice looking JL. Maybe we'll met up some time at TSF or one...

I found this duck tucked into my driver's door window seal during the New Year's Run this year. I think @wayoflife may have been responsible. Anyway, this fowl has found a place on my Gladiator's tailgate. Go Beavers!

This is every Oregon State alumna's wet dream... Go Ducks! (U of O ducks that is)

Installed the BulletPoint RubiGrid and Grab Bar Mounts for a couple of cell phones, my iPad and RadTel RT-495 programmable GMRS handheld radio. The packaging was almost as well thought out as the product. It was an easy install and I'm very satisfied. Still have to install the A pillar mounts...

These were taken on the day I delivered my MJ to the new owner in Seattle before he had it shipped to Hawaii using my 2003 Dodge 2500 Diesel.

I used the @wayoflife antenna/accessory bed mounts on mine with a Midland antenna. Since I had one on both sides, I checked for ground continuity across the bed between the brackets. I got a good signal on the meter and after checking the resistance at ~3 Ohms, decided to go with a grounded...

Woke up to a surprise snowfall at our timber farm in the Central Oregon Coast Range this morning. It's coming down hard, wet and heavy, so maybe I'll get a chance to check out the Nitto Terra Grappler G3s both on road and off today. t

Thanks for the advice and to @bobfriesenhahn for the pointer to the @wayoflife video on adjusting the steer stop bolts on JT and JLs. I had 5 315/R70/17 Nitto Terra Grappler G3s installed this past Friday by Discount Tire in Albany, OR and there is a little sway bar rubbing at full lock on both...

I agree and that is why I didn't go there right away. That being said, I've had spacers on my JKU with 37s since 2009 and only had to replace service parts at normal intervals. I did replace the front axle with a DynaTrac 44 and re-geared to 5.13, but the spacers never caused any problems I'm...