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For now though I'm working at Morgan Stanley at 1 NY Plaza with day-time hours but 10hrs a day.
We'll see how it goes.
-mike
It's cold though, brr. The air is crisp and the fall folliage is unbeatable, but I think I prefer it south of the Mason-Dixon line.
I often work 9-10 hours anyway.
~Colin
To keep the good news coming:
Our little girl got accepted to all 5 math PhD programs she has applied to. Wooo-hooo. Now she needs to pick one - making the first important decision in her life!
Bob
She has gotten that standard package in all 5 schools, plus Berkeley and NYU threw in some additional money, and Berkeley won't require her to teach for first 2 years.
Come for a visit to Fairbanks in January. I will take you on a snowshoeing trip. :P
Congratulations to you and Jennie on Evan's arrival...does he drive yet? We used to bathe Michael in the sink also; now he doesn't fit, so we built a bigger sink!
Sleep will return evntually. The items you need to start saving for are: car, guitar, separate refrigerator, beer money, not necessarily in that order.
Thanks for adding another crew member.
Serge
-mike
Welcome to my world as someone calling for help! It takes 2 -3 phone calls, followed by 2 forms, then waiting a week before I can get any proper tech help. If I call the tech guys directly (as we've gotten to be friends) they get in trouble for doing the work without any paperwork! And all this as a result of making things go more smoothly by out sourcing to IBM. Or so goes the Merrill way of thinking :confuse:
Mark
One side note: I wish my friend had video taped my attempts to park the trailer in the street, then my attempt to back it into my driveway
Mark
Bob
Don't be embarrassed, Mark! Backing a trailer takes practice. My Dad has a friend who is so bad at it that when he has to back one, he just hops out and lets one of the other guys do it (only uses trailers during group activities).
I switched to minivans and just toss all that junk inside now. :shades:
Let's see, check the mirrors, hand centered at the bottom of the wheel, move the hand in the direction you want the trailer to go ... stop, pull forward, try again. Rinse and repeat, lol.
Don't forget to video how it works.
ATF Cooler: I'll check out which one to get, it's fairly easy to install I'd suggest it on any automatic, towing or not. Check out Summit Racing for ATF Cooler, I'll see if I can find a link for you. Now that I have "normal" hours we can install it one weekend if you want.
If you need to borrow the Armada, just let me know, you are more than welcome to borrow it.
Trailer backing: The longer the trailer the easier it is to backup. Jetski trailers are especially difficult. I am lucky I have a real easy time backing them up (maybe cause I've been towing boats for 15 years
-mike
Jet-ski trailers ARE the worst! Those and two-unit ATV/snow machine trailers. Light, short wheelbase... very tricky! Those are the only trailers I prefer not to back in "tight" spaces (like putting in garage, etc). I usually move them by hand, but then a 500# trailer is incredibly easy to move by hand, so why not save the fuel?!
-mike
If the Armada can't handle it comfortably, I'll have to trade it in for a Diesel 2500 series.
-mike
Unless you were grossly exceeding the towing capacity of the vehicle and felt the transmission's torque converter slip excessively, I would suspect the odor was the AWD system, not the transmission.
Craig
Fortunately for me, I run IT things in my dept, as the only IT guy for 180 or so folks. So I made the executive decision - no paperwork! I use e-mail trails instead. :shades:
I swear though, while you need well rounded IT skills, what really matters is the patience and human aspects. I learned more in Organizational Behavior classes than I did in Calculus, Simulation, and Relational Databases put together.
Seriously, I just take two spaces when I park, and try to leave tons of room.
My driveway isn't that long but I've still had to back out Bob's trailer 3-4 times before I got it right. It's on a decline and has a gradual turn, too. Almost took out my mail box once. :surprise:
We were out near Vegas as I recall, like 6:30 in the morning, driving towards our next stop on the trip. Dad was catching some nap time in the rear seat, leaving 14 year old me to navigate for Mom. We came to a "Y" in the road. I told Mom to take the right branch, but she didn't think that was correct and wanted to look at the map, so she sort of pulls straight ahead right between branches of the road. She looks at the map, sees I was RIGHT...LOL...then realizes she's too far forward to simply turn left or right. She puts it in reverse and tries to back up a bit by simply looking in the rearview mirror. The Coleman tent trailer immediately jackknifes, a front corner of it caves in a fender, and the trailer tongue takes on the shape of an almost straight banana :surprise:
THAT woke Dad up...heh
-mike
Practice is key. I'll have fun with the almost 40' trailer, not necessarily looking forward to it.
-mike
Funny thing was my dad asked him to park it, and shouldn't have. He had no experience or training, so of course things didn't end up well.
Even more funny, he was cursing phrases like "that's impossible" and "how did you even manage to do that".
It's not hard, believe me!
I say I've towed a trailer with a car, he says, "You're driving"
A VERY interesting experience. Actually easier to back up that big trailer because of the length. It couldn't jackknife as fast.
Bob
Same here! I learned to back trailers as a young pup, using a small front end loader that had this really annoying, double-swivel trailer ball on it. Once one understands the physics of it, practice is the only thing needed.
The most challenging bit is getting down the depth perception so to be able to get that trailer with in 12" or less of an obstacle without saying, "Oops! Let me try that again...." The best part of backing, though, is the looks of horror on people's faces as they watch. :P
I found these coolers link title from the place I had gotten the hitch on my old OB. Not sure how they compare to Summitt, but I'll go with your advice since you know a lot more on the subject than I do.
Craig-
I was doing a lot of twisting and turning with the trailer, not heavy towing. I had to park it on the street in Brooklyn so that we could load the furniture in it. Then I was doing all the backing and straightening to get it in my driveway. Since then, I haven't smelled anything so I'm sure it wasn't anything major.
Mike - one last thing. How about offering Paisan style parking/towing lessons:-).
Mark
Looks good! Go for it.
Trailer lessons: let me know and I'll give paisan parking/trailering training!
-mike
Is that overkill seeing how it's a Class III cooler, while I only have a Class II hitch on my car? Or that doesn't matter?
Mark
-mike
I just noticed it by accident today ... :surprise:
They should add a little "x" so you can manually turn it off.
Jim
Jim
Jim
The Armada towed the Cig Boat without a problem at 65mph on the NJTP and the GSP today about 25 miles or so. Very impressed felt lighter than the 22ft boat from last year in terms of sway.
-Mike
Jim
Bob
The GM 502 marine engines are quite sweet! Very smooth and they run on 87 octane
I did notice that the fuel injected motors are much much better than the previous 454 carburated model I had on my 22ft. I also think that at about 3000 rpms which is about 1/2 way to redline these will sip the fuel since they are FI and aren't always dumping a large amount of fuel in.
-mike