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Supervibe has been gettin' me paid the last 2 weeks. Right around 4500 miles when I got home last night.



About 6 weeks ago I got detoured through Leavenworth on my way home from a Seattle job because Snoqualmie was closed. Picked up a nail late on a Friday which had me scrambling, but luckily found a little used tire place that plugged it. First and only tire trouble I've had with this car ever. Still wasted 2 hours though. When I got home I decided to throw a plug kit in the trunk because if I have it, I'll never need it. Wrong.

On my way home from Kalispell yesterday the TPMS light came on as I left Lolo, which isn't all that unusual with this car. Stopped for fuel in Grangeville and the LR tire was visibly low. No sweat, only 10 minute delay this time. This time it was a sharp rock.
 
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ssn696

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Don't they make a Rambo knife with a pocket for sutures, a tire patch kit and bag of Habanero Doritos?
 
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SS_Malibu

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When I was a kid I used to carry one of those kits. My friends and I used to buy retreads from a local tire shop for about $10 a tire and they always seemed to have problems. But we were kids and they were cheap.
 
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JD1964

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I like those rope plugs. I carry them. I also carry a tube of rubber cement. It adds extra sealing ability and lubes the plug making the install easier.
 
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DRIVEN

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Well, after 4 months, my last item from Partzilla finally got delivered.

I did a cursory inventory and it looks like I have just about everything. Time to put the puzzle together.


This is just about the most complicated way of going about this.




I started doing fencing last fall and stalled when it got cold. I'm to the point where I need to drop 5 of the 80' cottonwood trees before fencing can proceed. Ugh!


I'm hoping to find the motivation to do some tree work down there tomorrow but the couch is so much warmer. It was 19* when I went down to the shop today and eventually made it all the way up to 26*. I think I could probably drop at least 3 in the field but 2 are definitely leaning the wrong way and I don't want to land them in the powerlines. I'll be getting help.



And one more oddball project I'm working on.
 
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Tomeal

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I got just the thing for them thar trees. Already has the full west coast setup.

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