WEBVTT 00:00:16.540 --> 00:00:19.420 Welcome to Botches Off -Road. Join us as we talk 00:00:19.420 --> 00:00:21.660 about everything from gear reviews to trail stories, 00:00:21.820 --> 00:00:24.079 tent camping to rock landing, and all things 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:27.280 to do with the outdoors. Today is a good ol' 00:00:27.339 --> 00:00:31.230 weekend recap. A good ol' wrap. So I guess we 00:00:31.230 --> 00:00:36.210 can start with Gavin. We all had kind of eventful 00:00:36.210 --> 00:00:39.049 weekends, but not actually eventful weekends. 00:00:39.710 --> 00:00:45.429 Yeah. Yeah. So this is my weekend working, so 00:00:45.429 --> 00:00:48.630 anything that happened in the weekend following 00:00:48.630 --> 00:00:51.630 up to this kind of counts for me. So with that 00:00:51.630 --> 00:00:55.210 being said, the one thing that I think we did 00:00:55.210 --> 00:01:01.299 do this weekend is... We, after work, I want 00:01:01.299 --> 00:01:04.640 to say it was Sunday, we went out on a couple 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:09.780 of the trails around here on Prairie. I guess 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:12.659 we were just kind of bored and the kid was crying. 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:14.260 So we were like, yeah, that always puts him to 00:01:14.260 --> 00:01:17.180 sleep. And I was being kind of nosy. They got 00:01:17.180 --> 00:01:20.799 a controlled burn over there. And so. Oh, really? 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.519 Oh, yeah. That whole Prairie area was smoking. 00:01:24.980 --> 00:01:30.239 Jesus. So we went out there and. And it kind 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:33.620 of started right where the power lines are, the 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:36.560 crossroad there in Prairie, where the cemetery 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:40.319 is. Yep. If you were to take a left down that 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:44.560 power line, that whole left side, they did an 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.599 underbrush burn. So it was just all that whole 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:52.459 left side is black. And it was just like a nice 00:01:52.459 --> 00:01:55.159 line of smoke everywhere. It was kind of cool 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:56.980 driving through it. You could see little flames. 00:01:58.650 --> 00:02:03.469 in the ground. They had watchers in that same 00:02:03.469 --> 00:02:07.769 area, camped out over there, so you could see 00:02:07.769 --> 00:02:11.050 a couple fires here and there in the woods. So 00:02:11.050 --> 00:02:12.750 it was kind of cool just driving up and down, 00:02:12.789 --> 00:02:16.469 seeing what was burning shit. I don't know how 00:02:16.469 --> 00:02:20.270 much they plan on doing out of that, but then 00:02:20.270 --> 00:02:23.810 they burned that whole right side, if you're 00:02:23.810 --> 00:02:27.509 going down, opposed to the actual prairie itself. 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:32.759 So they did that whole right side, killed all 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:36.500 my little cactuses over there. Bastards. Yeah. 00:02:36.699 --> 00:02:39.520 They'll be back, but they'll be back and better 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:42.740 than ever. But it was cool to see, you know, 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.960 all the smoke. It was like driving through like 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:52.360 a wildfire almost. I bet people don't even understand 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.280 Michigan has cactuses and they taste delicious. 00:02:56.370 --> 00:02:59.770 Yeah. I have not eaten them, but I've definitely 00:02:59.770 --> 00:03:05.310 saw them and did not take any home because that's 00:03:05.310 --> 00:03:10.469 illegal. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. It's illegal. 00:03:10.530 --> 00:03:14.909 I never did that. Is it really? Yeah. They're 00:03:14.909 --> 00:03:18.710 protected. I didn't think the cactus were protected 00:03:18.710 --> 00:03:20.689 because some people get rid of them out of their 00:03:20.689 --> 00:03:24.949 yards and stuff. Yeah. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah, 00:03:24.990 --> 00:03:27.189 I thought they were protected when we looked 00:03:27.189 --> 00:03:31.210 them up because I was like, I wonder if we can 00:03:31.210 --> 00:03:33.610 eat these. Oh, Jesus. The prickly pear is totally 00:03:33.610 --> 00:03:37.909 protected. It's an endangered species. Do I know 00:03:37.909 --> 00:03:42.389 that? I never knew that. Mark's like, oops. This 00:03:42.389 --> 00:03:47.949 species is protected in its sole western upper 00:03:47.949 --> 00:03:51.270 peninsula locality. Oh. So it's not protected 00:03:51.270 --> 00:03:54.120 here. Okay, I didn't read that far. So, yeah, 00:03:54.180 --> 00:03:57.360 I picked some, and we were going to eat it. I 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.080 was going to eat it, and then you know what I 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:02.460 ended up doing is where it sat, it poked through 00:04:02.460 --> 00:04:04.659 our grocery bag and into the cloth seats and 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:06.659 everything, and that was just a bitch. So I ended 00:04:06.659 --> 00:04:10.080 up just throwing them out. Oh, my God. I was 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.539 like, this isn't even worth it. But I didn't 00:04:12.539 --> 00:04:14.520 at that point when I was going down in Prairie. 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:16.060 This was probably a couple years ago. I was like, 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:17.779 I didn't even know they had cactuses in Michigan 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:22.100 until then. I'd never seen them. Our buddy John, 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:25.420 his entire farm is just coated in them. Yeah. 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:29.800 They do taste good, though. Yeah, prickly pears, 00:04:29.819 --> 00:04:33.019 they're fantastic. So, yeah, other than that, 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:39.240 my last weekend I had off, I did make the purchase 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:42.839 on the Gerber Complete system. Just got that 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:48.300 in, and that is sick. got everything it's got 00:04:48.300 --> 00:04:52.139 a nice big pot got a nice big pan they're heavy 00:04:52.139 --> 00:04:54.819 too they're like they're like kitchen pans almost 00:04:54.819 --> 00:04:57.819 like a lot of your camp pans that you use right 00:04:57.819 --> 00:05:02.199 they feel light thin no these are these are heavy 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:04.420 i gotta i'll bring them over so you guys could 00:05:04.420 --> 00:05:09.379 see them hell yeah and uh i also in that same 00:05:09.379 --> 00:05:14.410 order i ordered some food grade tubing to extend 00:05:14.410 --> 00:05:19.990 the reach of my water from my Dometic. That way 00:05:19.990 --> 00:05:24.870 I could move it up to my table area on the back 00:05:24.870 --> 00:05:29.269 of my door and do that stuff there. So that was 00:05:29.269 --> 00:05:34.029 pretty nice. And then I found out I had a bunch 00:05:34.029 --> 00:05:38.189 of rewards on REI that weekend. So we plan to 00:05:38.189 --> 00:05:45.259 go today. And we went to REI and bought nine 00:05:45.259 --> 00:05:50.639 dehydrated meals and a little rain jacket for 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:54.860 our boy. And I think it totaled out to be like 00:05:54.860 --> 00:06:01.600 $145, but we had like $88 in rewards. And we 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:07.240 had a 15, I think it was a... Yeah, $15 off, 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:10.259 $100 spent, and then you get 10 % for buying 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:13.740 eight or more dehydrated meals at a time. So 00:06:13.740 --> 00:06:16.959 we left the store only paying like $35 for everything. 00:06:17.819 --> 00:06:21.019 That ain't bad. Yeah, that was really cool. We 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:23.319 got a lot of really good dehydrated meals. Sienna 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:26.839 got her creme brulee dessert that she likes, 00:06:26.939 --> 00:06:29.879 dehydrated meal. It's like a little dessert. 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:36.939 Creme brulee is really good. She got some dehydrated 00:06:36.939 --> 00:06:41.519 cookie bites that she, in air quotations, said, 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.180 oh, we got to get those for the kid, which we 00:06:44.180 --> 00:06:47.399 all know better. She was getting them for herself. 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:49.720 I would have had them gone on the way home, I 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:52.920 ain't going to lie. Yeah, what I'm going to do 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:57.040 is if I do come down Friday for you guys' camp 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.360 out, I'm going to cook two or three of them. 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:02.300 We can all try them, and we'll do a review on 00:07:02.300 --> 00:07:06.310 them. Hell yeah. And Gavin just walked us into 00:07:06.310 --> 00:07:13.850 our wrap -up. Yep. So as has somehow became a 00:07:13.850 --> 00:07:19.009 standard for us, we had a camping work weekend 00:07:19.009 --> 00:07:22.449 yet again. Yeah. What is that, two or three weekends 00:07:22.449 --> 00:07:25.000 in a row? Three weekends in a row. I find it 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:29.240 funny when we originally talked about this and 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.199 I was like, we won't camp for months and we're 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.759 going to go camping. We have done almost every 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:39.180 weekend leading up to third gen weekend. We've 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:44.180 gotten a lot done though. Yes, we have. So, yeah. 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.279 Originally we were going to do it like once a 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:49.879 month except for months that we were going to 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:55.550 be camping. We're on weekend three with our fourth 00:07:55.550 --> 00:07:59.790 coming this weekend. Yeah. So that's a whole 00:07:59.790 --> 00:08:02.790 month of camping out every weekend in the yard. 00:08:02.970 --> 00:08:08.970 Yes. Hell yeah. Yeah. Yeah, maybe I'll just bring 00:08:08.970 --> 00:08:13.329 my roof rack Friday or something. We can throw 00:08:13.329 --> 00:08:19.420 that up too. Yeah. Yeah, I don't. I don't even 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:23.420 think my 4Runner moved Thursday through Tuesday. 00:08:23.819 --> 00:08:30.860 No, not really. It just sat there. Yeah, I didn't 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:32.840 go anywhere. I didn't do nothing. I didn't even 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:36.580 work on it. Oh, that's a lie. I got my new tablet 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:40.639 mount, and I had to try three different balls. 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.820 I had to order three different balls before I 00:08:43.820 --> 00:08:47.690 found the right one. But I have the right one, 00:08:47.789 --> 00:08:50.210 and my tablet is so much more solid than it's 00:08:50.210 --> 00:08:51.870 ever been. It's good to hear because I was going 00:08:51.870 --> 00:08:57.470 to ask how that went down. Yeah, the mount's 00:08:57.470 --> 00:09:00.490 really cool. It's a metal bracket mount with 00:09:00.490 --> 00:09:03.450 rubber stoppers on either end, and it's not like 00:09:03.450 --> 00:09:05.289 a quick -release one. You have to, like, screw 00:09:05.289 --> 00:09:08.049 the tab, like the, you know, the bracket screws 00:09:08.049 --> 00:09:12.370 tensions from the top, and it holds that tablet 00:09:12.370 --> 00:09:14.090 nice and solid. I mean, it ain't going nowhere. 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:17.539 Yeah, I kind of wish I came across that bracket 00:09:17.539 --> 00:09:19.860 before I bought the one I got because I would 00:09:19.860 --> 00:09:25.039 have done that one instead. That is a very cute 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:28.840 rain jacket. Yeah, isn't it? I love him with 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:31.320 his little rain boots. Gavin just sent a picture 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.980 of his son in his new rain jacket and rain boots, 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:41.279 and he's adorable. He is. That's how he tells 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:43.980 you he wants to go anywhere. He'll go into the 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:47.740 kitchen. grab his rain boots, put them on, you 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:51.419 know, the wrong way. Right, right. And he's buck 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:53.259 -ass naked every other way, but he's got his 00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:54.960 rain boots on. That's how you know he's like, 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:57.340 I want to go out and do something. That's funny. 00:09:57.399 --> 00:10:00.720 All right, buddy. I just had to send that because 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:02.480 Sienna was out there with him earlier today. 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:07.139 Oh, man, he's cute as hell. And I got baby birds 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:09.580 on Saturday, so my whole weekend was pretty much 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:13.330 shot. Yes, it was. Clocking. When I clocked out 00:10:13.330 --> 00:10:16.629 today, that was the end of that pay cycle, and 00:10:16.629 --> 00:10:21.450 I had 73 hours on my clock out sheet. For this 00:10:21.450 --> 00:10:27.830 week? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Are you hourly or salary? 00:10:28.429 --> 00:10:33.649 Hourly. Ooh, that's good. I was worried you were 00:10:33.649 --> 00:10:37.169 salary. I'm hourly without overpay because agriculture 00:10:37.169 --> 00:10:40.570 doesn't pay overtime. Oh, that sucks. Yeah. Yeah, 00:10:40.570 --> 00:10:46.190 so. That's called extortion. I mean, you know. 00:10:46.789 --> 00:10:50.789 I have a free house. Yeah. You can't explain 00:10:50.789 --> 00:10:54.149 too much. I guess that helps. That helps a lot. 00:10:54.549 --> 00:11:00.730 Mm -hmm. But, yeah, so I did that, and I got 00:11:00.730 --> 00:11:02.750 birds all settled, and they're doing well. I've 00:11:02.750 --> 00:11:04.990 only lost 10 of them out of the entire, or all 00:11:04.990 --> 00:11:08.129 9 ,000 that got delivered. So that's, like, that's 00:11:08.129 --> 00:11:12.879 phenomenal, by the way. It is. Usually I lose 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:15.700 a bunch the first week because they do not settle 00:11:15.700 --> 00:11:24.139 nice. Then we got started on Mark's little... 00:11:24.139 --> 00:11:27.960 We started getting ready for Mark's bumper and 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:33.860 skid plate. Yeah. If you've seen the reel on 00:11:33.860 --> 00:11:36.100 our Instagram, that's what that's all about is 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:40.250 Mark's new bumper and skid plate. Yeah. Maybe 00:11:40.250 --> 00:11:43.129 it'll finish loading this week. Don't worry. 00:11:43.509 --> 00:11:47.389 Yes, it'll finish loading this week. I was kind 00:11:47.389 --> 00:11:49.590 of bummed that both of them technically didn't 00:11:49.590 --> 00:11:52.110 show up Saturday. I'm like, all right, I guess 00:11:52.110 --> 00:11:55.389 we'll hold it another week. Yeah, I bet that 00:11:55.389 --> 00:11:58.190 sucks. You're just like, you know they're coming. 00:11:58.509 --> 00:12:03.309 I'm such an impatient shopper. I won't order 00:12:03.309 --> 00:12:05.389 anything if I know it's going to be more than 00:12:05.389 --> 00:12:08.490 a week. I'll literally go and find something 00:12:08.490 --> 00:12:11.429 else. Mark, how long did you wait on your bumper? 00:12:11.549 --> 00:12:14.870 Like two months? Two months. Oh, God. I knew 00:12:14.870 --> 00:12:17.549 it was a lead time. Yeah, I had a lead time. 00:12:17.850 --> 00:12:19.549 Originally, I thought it was going to show up 00:12:19.549 --> 00:12:22.210 in May, like maybe just before Leatherwood, so 00:12:22.210 --> 00:12:26.549 I was quite happy to see it came early. Yeah, 00:12:26.570 --> 00:12:28.990 when they said that there was like a two -week 00:12:28.990 --> 00:12:32.929 lead on the Prinsu rack, I was like, I don't 00:12:32.929 --> 00:12:35.779 know. I don't know, man, because I don't want 00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:38.500 to wait that long. I get so obsessed with what 00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:41.240 I buy. Like, I want it. Like, all I could do 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:44.240 is think about it when I buy it, so I can't stand 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:46.139 it when I have to wait, like, a while to get 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:49.259 it. Do you remember when I bought that turbo 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:53.220 housing for the Power Stroke, Mark? Yeah. And 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:56.039 it had a six -and -a -half -week lead time on 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:59.860 it? Oh, jeez. Oh, my God. We, like, had most 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:02.419 of the truck put together, engine in the truck, 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:06.240 and then the turbo showed up. And then I built 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:10.960 it on my kitchen counter. Yeah. Also, lead time 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:15.980 finally came in. I got my cam tabs. Yeah. Oh, 00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:19.120 I forgot. That's it. That's the other thing. 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.399 Yeah, that was the other thing. Oh, man. Sorry, 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:24.120 guys. I dropped the drill bit. That's what you 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.399 heard. Yeah, I'm really excited about your cam 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:32.029 tabs. I am, too. It was static when they finally 00:13:32.029 --> 00:13:33.830 shipped it. I'm like, all right, it's been almost 00:13:33.830 --> 00:13:36.509 a month since the incident, but at least it shipped. 00:13:37.990 --> 00:13:42.309 Oh, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. The truck feels 00:13:42.309 --> 00:13:46.049 so much better. It doesn't wander as much. Yeah, 00:13:46.330 --> 00:13:49.269 it's so much better. Yeah, I was just about to 00:13:49.269 --> 00:13:51.850 ask maybe for the viewers that don't know what 00:13:51.850 --> 00:13:57.350 are cam tabs used for? The cambering? The cam 00:13:57.350 --> 00:14:04.159 poles. Yeah, the cam bolts that change the alignment 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:10.240 of where the tire tilts and rotates on the front 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:15.440 control arms. And why is that important? Like, 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:19.549 why does that even matter? So if you use a standard, 00:14:19.750 --> 00:14:24.230 the actual Toyota cam bolt, it's rounded, and 00:14:24.230 --> 00:14:26.669 if you hit a bump hard enough, there's a chance 00:14:26.669 --> 00:14:28.870 that that's going to turn, and that'll throw 00:14:28.870 --> 00:14:31.850 your alignment off and then eat up your tires. 00:14:31.889 --> 00:14:35.490 It makes it not fun to drive. Oh, 100%. You remember 00:14:35.490 --> 00:14:38.950 when we were out wheeling that one night, Gavin, 00:14:39.129 --> 00:14:42.490 and I hit a rut, and then I was complaining about 00:14:42.490 --> 00:14:44.049 my alignment being off, but I couldn't figure 00:14:44.049 --> 00:14:46.169 out what was wrong with it? Oh, yeah, I remember. 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:50.500 That was my cam bolt. Yeah, I just figured it 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:52.480 might be, for some of the other guys, it might 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:54.940 be good to hear about it. Maybe it'll point them 00:14:54.940 --> 00:14:57.679 towards, if they have that same issue, that maybe 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:59.220 it'll help point them towards that too. I think 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:01.460 it's mostly for independent front suspension. 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:05.379 Only for independent. I don't think solid axle 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:09.200 has to deal with it. Nope. No, solid axle does 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:16.009 not have that problem. They use a... drag link 00:15:16.009 --> 00:15:19.210 well they're not all drag links most of them 00:15:19.210 --> 00:15:22.149 use some kind of drag link to adjust camber or 00:15:22.149 --> 00:15:28.049 adjust caster so even like uh i don't know like 00:15:28.049 --> 00:15:31.830 a for instance like a 2021 jeep gladiator mojave 00:15:31.830 --> 00:15:36.110 that would have you said more like a drag link 00:15:36.110 --> 00:15:38.090 and because that's not independent that's all 00:15:38.090 --> 00:15:41.429 solid axle right yeah all solid axles they wouldn't 00:15:41.429 --> 00:15:43.570 have a camber bolt they'd have something else 00:15:44.409 --> 00:15:48.570 But the majority of your vehicles all have cam 00:15:48.570 --> 00:15:51.230 bolts for the most part. It's just the ones that 00:15:51.230 --> 00:15:55.570 have solid axles that don't. Yep. So, I mean, 00:15:55.590 --> 00:16:00.210 it's a good upgrade. It's not crazy expensive. 00:16:00.269 --> 00:16:04.669 It's what, like $100 for the 200 total with the 00:16:04.669 --> 00:16:07.929 reinforcement plate and the cam bolts? I'd like 00:16:07.929 --> 00:16:11.169 to say yes. Individually, it went for a cost 00:16:11.169 --> 00:16:17.710 of like $70. Yeah. So about 140 roughly. So it's 00:16:17.710 --> 00:16:21.909 not a crazy expensive upgrade. No. You lose your, 00:16:22.029 --> 00:16:25.450 you know, you can't just take it to an alignment 00:16:25.450 --> 00:16:28.649 shop and have them align it anymore. Yeah. Because 00:16:28.649 --> 00:16:32.610 you lose your minute adjustability. So you kind 00:16:32.610 --> 00:16:34.610 of have to know what you're looking for. Marks, 00:16:34.610 --> 00:16:37.049 we just turned both bolts out all the way. Yeah. 00:16:37.190 --> 00:16:42.259 To give them as much clearance as possible. I 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:45.200 feel a lot firmer on the ground than how we had 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:50.399 it set last time. For sure. The only thing that 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.460 you need adjusted at a tire shop, and I'll still 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:55.240 deal with mine even though it's not too bad, 00:16:55.259 --> 00:17:00.179 would be the tow. Yeah. That way you're not eating 00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:06.819 up tires or walking around the road. Yeah. And 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:10.019 you could really, with the... The camber bolts, 00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:12.460 you could really set them and then weld them 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:16.119 in place so they can never move again. In theory, 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:20.460 yeah. But I'd be scared to do that because it 00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:22.279 would make putting lower control arms really 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:25.240 hard. Yes, that would be the only issue with 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:31.119 that. Did you guys do anything with the trailer 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:36.799 this last weekend? I looked at it. Yeah. He was 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:40.079 exaggerating a lot of projects that was barely 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:45.700 started over the weekend. I took the cut. Oh, 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:49.000 we did. We worked on the diff. Oh, yeah, yeah, 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:53.339 yeah. I forgot about the diff. Yep. So I wanted 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:55.839 to cut down the inner axles to make it so that 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:58.039 it just had the wheel bearings on the outside. 00:17:58.579 --> 00:18:01.559 But it's a GM axle, so it's got retaining clips 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:04.779 that are inside the third member. So what we 00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:07.460 ended up doing was dropping the diff cover off, 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.299 resealing it, and drilling a fill hole because 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:13.480 someone had welded the old fill hole closed. 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:18.039 Yeah. That way the diff doesn't just blow up 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:19.680 and lock up the tires while we're pulling it 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.180 because that would be a very not fun day. Yeah, 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:29.619 not a fun day at all. But yeah, so we got that 00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:35.119 done. I have all the stuff. It all came in today, 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:37.079 and I'm kind of bummed we're recording instead 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:39.740 of me working on it. But I have all the stuff 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:43.200 to be able to plug it into my truck and run the 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:48.019 lights and stuff. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. Like 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:51.720 the harness and all that. Yeah. And then our 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:56.839 hitch came on Monday? Tuesday. Was regularly 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:58.940 slated for Monday, at least one of the parts 00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:01.950 of it, but they both came in Tuesday. So our 00:19:01.950 --> 00:19:05.750 hitch came on Tuesday, and the hitch was about 00:19:05.750 --> 00:19:09.809 an inch, half an inch wider than the adjustable 00:19:09.809 --> 00:19:14.250 receiver that we had bought. So I ground half 00:19:14.250 --> 00:19:16.990 an inch of material off either side of the hitch 00:19:16.990 --> 00:19:24.170 to make it fit. Yep. Damn. But it's working, 00:19:24.170 --> 00:19:26.170 right? And I will tell you, buying a shocker 00:19:26.170 --> 00:19:28.349 pintle hitch with a shocker lunette ring is the 00:19:28.349 --> 00:19:31.710 best thing you can do. Because... The pintle 00:19:31.710 --> 00:19:34.029 hitch fits perfectly in the hole for the lunette 00:19:34.029 --> 00:19:35.890 ring, so it doesn't have the banging and the 00:19:35.890 --> 00:19:39.210 rocking that a normal pintle hitch does. Yeah. 00:19:40.710 --> 00:19:49.269 It's beautiful. But we got anything else, guys? 00:19:49.369 --> 00:19:54.250 I guess we should throw in some reminders. April 00:19:54.250 --> 00:19:58.710 25, 26, and 27 is third gen weekend in Everett, 00:19:58.710 --> 00:20:02.460 Michigan. We're meeting at Wesco at 4, and then 00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:06.279 we'll be going out to the campsite. We plan on 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:08.400 doing, like, a potluck -style meal on Saturday 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:10.420 night, so bring something to share for that. 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:14.859 Yeah, I hope we get lots of people out there. 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.700 For anyone that shows up late, we'll be on Channel 00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:23.220 18, so if you go out to the Ever Wilderness area 00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:25.619 there, you'll be able to get a hold of us through 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:32.029 Channel 18. Yeah. Or... My Meshtastic note is 00:20:32.029 --> 00:20:34.509 Alex Mobile. You can always message me on Meshtastic. 00:20:34.829 --> 00:20:44.769 Yeah. Anyone got anything else? Anything we want 00:20:44.769 --> 00:20:47.509 to plug? Yeah. Were you going to talk about weekend 00:20:47.509 --> 00:20:50.230 plans coming up too or no? We haven't even done 00:20:50.230 --> 00:20:52.470 that. Well, we did a little bit. A little bit. 00:20:52.470 --> 00:20:55.779 Yeah, we're having another. Camping work weekend. 00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:58.799 Mark will be finishing his bumper project. Yeah, 00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:03.480 I'm sorry for that one. And I am going to clean 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:08.720 my car, and that'll be all I do. Yeah. We thought 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:11.619 about going down. There's an Easter event at 00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:16.079 the farm. I think that's in what, Grand Rapids 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:17.420 area? Something like that? I don't remember. 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:21.839 Yeah, kind of. Belding? Yeah, you're right. We 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:25.809 thought about doing that, but... We also didn't 00:21:25.809 --> 00:21:29.269 want to be monkeying around out there. We wanted 00:21:29.269 --> 00:21:32.089 to do something else and kind of relax, and Sienna's 00:21:32.089 --> 00:21:36.470 got to work Saturday, so we're going to come 00:21:36.470 --> 00:21:39.190 and hang out Friday for a little bit and then 00:21:39.190 --> 00:21:43.390 go back home that night probably so she can get 00:21:43.390 --> 00:21:48.589 ready for work. And then, yeah, when she gets 00:21:48.589 --> 00:21:53.240 out Saturday, maybe we'll stop back. And you're 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:55.579 doing, you say you're doing Saturday night, Alex? 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:59.900 Yeah, I plan. I'm camping Saturday night. Yeah, 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:03.519 we might do that. Sound like we need to get crazy 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:08.500 fancy or anything for Easter, so. No. That'll 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:12.400 be nice. Yeah, I'm not. I mean, I'd probably 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:14.619 go to church Sunday morning for Easter, but that'll 00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:17.980 be about the max of my Easter plans. I think 00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:21.109 I just got Easter dinner at home. sunday what's 00:22:21.109 --> 00:22:23.990 about it yeah they do a little easter egg hunt 00:22:23.990 --> 00:22:26.809 in the front yard uh with all the kids and stuff 00:22:26.809 --> 00:22:30.509 so last year jasper wasn't able to really do 00:22:30.509 --> 00:22:33.029 anything because he was too young this year he 00:22:33.029 --> 00:22:35.930 can actually run around and pick eggs up so that's 00:22:35.930 --> 00:22:38.569 gonna be a lot of fun watch him be able to run 00:22:38.569 --> 00:22:40.430 around to the kids and because he's the youngest 00:22:40.430 --> 00:22:43.390 he gets first he gets to get out there first 00:22:43.390 --> 00:22:46.609 right right they they stagger the kids youngest 00:22:46.609 --> 00:22:50.450 oldest And I think they usually have a pinata 00:22:50.450 --> 00:22:55.250 too. I mean, they are. Kind of have to. Yeah. 00:22:55.789 --> 00:22:59.109 They always have the pinata. I don't think he's 00:22:59.109 --> 00:23:03.650 going to participate in that. Every time I cough, 00:23:03.789 --> 00:23:05.849 I get scared that it's not going to unmute and 00:23:05.849 --> 00:23:09.910 then I won't be able to talk anymore. Or the 00:23:09.910 --> 00:23:12.589 server's just like shut down randomly. Oh, my 00:23:12.589 --> 00:23:16.150 God, dude. That server outage sucked. I spent 00:23:16.150 --> 00:23:20.450 like three hours on that today. Yeah. I've never 00:23:20.450 --> 00:23:27.210 had this problem before. Yeah. On top of the 00:23:27.210 --> 00:23:30.049 server being down, my service has been pretty 00:23:30.049 --> 00:23:34.130 much off. Yeah. My AT &T service for my phone, 00:23:34.410 --> 00:23:36.690 Sienna's will put her phone right next to mine, 00:23:36.789 --> 00:23:39.930 and for some reason she'll have full bars 5G. 00:23:40.430 --> 00:23:42.589 and I will have the little fucking circle with 00:23:42.589 --> 00:23:45.490 a line through it with no service. Sounds like 00:23:45.490 --> 00:23:51.170 you need a SIM card. Well, I don't know. So I've 00:23:51.170 --> 00:23:53.509 been researching stuff, and I'm just going to 00:23:53.509 --> 00:23:55.329 have to get in contact with AT &T because I've 00:23:55.329 --> 00:23:57.750 done everything they've said, and nothing's really 00:23:57.750 --> 00:24:01.829 changed it. Yeah, I've had issues similar to 00:24:01.829 --> 00:24:04.529 that back when I was on Verizon, and I guess 00:24:04.529 --> 00:24:08.160 when Kalen was on AT &T too. and usually it's 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:10.339 just the SIM card went bad and they swapped the 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:12.700 SIM card, and then boom, you're good to go. Yeah, 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:14.720 so I might have to do that. I'm going to have 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:17.180 to stop at the AT &T store this weekend or something 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:23.299 because Alex gave me a call earlier today to 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:27.160 get on a site or to see if that could work, and 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:30.859 I couldn't even do it. I had to go and find some 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:36.019 Wi -Fi nearby. It sucked. A reminder for all 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:41.380 service admins, make sure you check your domains 00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:43.180 and make sure that none of them need renewed 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:45.579 because I totally forgot to renew ours this year. 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:51.079 Oh, that's why I had no kidding. Yeah. Yeah, 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:55.500 there wasn't anything wrong with the actual server. 00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:58.779 Yeah, everything was working fine. I just didn't 00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:03.039 pay for it. Yeah. My email was down, too, so 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:07.859 I missed an email from Derek. Yeah, not great. 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:13.039 Whoops. We're all back. Good to go now. And I 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:16.279 think that's a wrap on rap. I don't think I got 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:21.880 anything else to share. Yeah. So, cool. We will 00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:24.099 catch you guys later. Later.