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If you want to be much safer drill and bolt a few places around the structure, ie tongue triangle, axle assembly. That will give a bit more security incase the welds aren't as good as they look or are starting to rust. Otherwise looks solid enough for race cars for sure. I'd still be interested to know what model trackhoe was hauled on it. Other than the very tiny 4' wide ones there isn't much that doesn't weight in at least twice the weight of a corolla. You don't get a very big one in the 6,000-15,000 lb range. Oh and it looks much safer than a lot of trailers I've seen cars on.

You could also ask the old guy what model bobcat/trackhoe's he hauled and look up their weights. That would give you at least what it has done.

even smaller trackhoes and bobcats easily equal and exceed the weight of a car. To begin with try to see if there are any numbers or names on the axles. They could be standard 3,500 lb trailer axles or another common axle is old mobile home axles, especially since its a home built trailer. Post some photos of things like axles, the deck underside, any frame rails and cross members and maybe some of us can help out. My old 7,000lb car hauler had 4" C channel for a frame under a diamond plate steel deck.

I've had that happen to me as well, while my offroad truck was down for upgrades. I can't remember what I did about it. If I can remember to ask, maybe my wife will remember. It wasn't a big deal though.

If you look like a local, yeah they are friendly. Otherwise they can be clanish. Its a vehicle that you don't own unless you enjoy the troubles of ownership. You do a pretrip which includes everything from lighting to brakes and tires every time out. And you bring necessary gear along. They were designed to run in convoys with support personnel and tow trucks. LOL

Obviously its registered in the LLC/trust name. I suppose insurance is paid by the LLC as well. The added paper work makes it a little annoying. Just checked SC fees. Looks like $180 annually, thats about half of Ohio fee.

If I felt I needed to have water. I'd go with the tablets for sure and many of them since they are light, small and effective. I haven't been into this sort of thing for many years so I don't know if there are better technologies today. We carried them on 50milers. My military truck carries what it needs to be prepared, but thats more due to age and cost of getting help when it breaks. In winter I keep a blanket and a very warm winter coveralls in my work car in case I find myself walking off the highway. Walking in office cloths and just a coat would have been brutal this year.

I did the whole boy scout thing and was a good one, but I don't see the need in being overly prepared in Ohio. I've done a broken down vehicle and hiked 10miles to get help and it wasn't that big of a deal. I was even with a large, slow guy who wore cowboy boots. He was in a bit of pain from the walk. It did take at least 8 hrs though on township roads just for reference. People did pass us, but there was no way anyone was stopping because the guy I was with looked like a cowboy serial killer (staw cowboy hat and all LOL.) We were even in Southern Ohio so most people would have normally been friendly.

This is something I'm going to look into for my military truck. SC doesn't allow historic plates on vehicles weighting over 9,000lbs so I'd have to pay for 24,000lb commercial plates which are several hundred per year. A trust from Ohio sounds good, but I wonder how it really works when you get right down to it. I know in Ohio the plates would be good for 50yrs, but who is it insured through, what happens when you get pulled over or involved in an accident, does anyone actually care or know what the trust is actually being used to avoid? If I can find answers to these questions it will make the decision pretty easy. SC has much simpler trailer laws. You get a plate thats good forever for $25.

That is a good one.

Thats good info. We came up with a starting point together. I know what he'd take for it and what he paid a few years ago. I'll pass on the info. I know these things can be very hard to price and you can't begin to price restoration cost because at some point you just have to do it for love. Got a suggested asking price? From what I can tell it needs painted, and everything cleaned up. Harder part of the restoration would be finding some of those odd things that need replacing, otherwise its a solid car and I'd be rock'n the hell out of it driving to events looking for those parts. He didn't have current tags, and it had been in his garage up near Mansfield for awhile so he didn't want to take a chance on a breakdown between there and Columbus so I hauled it for him. I don't know of any reason it couldn't be driven.

I'd get a 3,000-4000lb winch and use a snatch block. It takes twice as long, but doubles the power so 6,000-8000lb at half speed. I had one of the Harbor Freight 9,000lb ball hitch winches on my trailer and it worked great for years, but was slow. I'm sure it was 9,000 pounds using the snatch block and first wrap of the drum, but still it got the job done for $100. I even pulled a couple of car bodies onto the trailer so no wheels to roll.

I can't imagine what he's calling "noise". Your camera should be able to take a photo up to ISO 1600-3200 with extremely low noise. Thats assuming the photo is properly exposed to begin with. Canon's tend to shoot about 1/2 to 1 1/3 stop under exposed so set your compensation until your just blowing some highlights and back down. Tim pretty much covered the technicals behind a sharp image. I'll add that focus point can be hard to master, especially on a Canon. Have you customized your buttons to allow for shutter/exposure to be controlled by the "shutter" button" and the focus to be controlled and locked by the "asterisk" rear button? A large number of canon shooters do this. Especially useful in moving scenes such as people moving at weddings, sports/cars, etc. Another benefit is that it allows you to focus once while on a tripod and then don't touch that button and focus should remain the same or you could turn the focus on the lens to fine tune it and the shutter button won't cause it to focus again while grabbing exposure data and taking the photo. Switching between crop and full frame bodies during a shoot, I see the difference in focusing techniques. Each has its own sweet spot that you have to learn and I've found that takes thousands of photos with each camera. Hopefully canon has made this easier with the newer technologies. if your using Nikon, your SOL. they focus like magic:-)

Works correctly with avg installed. Thanks guys.

Running JAVA 7. Odd that is works unless I install a virus scanner and then only my scottrade app stops working. I was hoping for some uber tech geek tip like "unblock xxx port". Works on my laptop just fine and the only known difference is Adaware is version 10.5.

Adaware 10.5 worked fine, v11 started blocking, I've tried bit defender and something else so far with no luck. If I uninstall virus programs I can use the java app. None of them effect browsing just java. Bitdefender wouldn't allow java updates either so it got uninstalled.

I'll give Avast a try, I've tried several others and so far they all block JAVA. Anyone know what exactly is being blocked and how to unblock it? Looks like its not an uncommon problem, but so far I haven't found a good fix.

Ok, I really screwed myself. I upgraded my Adaware 10.5 to 11 a few weeks ago and the new version doesn't have adjustable settings. It now blocks my scottrade JAVA app from connecting so I had to uninstall the virus software to be able to run the app. I can't find version 10 anywhere to download it. Anyone know of a fix or some other virus software I can use that will get me going and safe?

Gold stocks should also do better. Hard to do worse than last year though:-) Broad market has been having a real tough go above 16,250 and moving sideways. GSAT has continued to make me nice gains as another long stock of mine. I've traded it since .25 and have been holding it since $1. They are about to get some good press after an FCC ruling in July and just put out some great numbers in their 2013 year end report. Should also have great first quarter numbers and in April Amazon will begin shipping a WIFI product of theirs that will allow all WIFI capable devices to utilize GSAT's satellite network. For the non tech geeks, that means you can play candy crush in the Congo LOL.

Hocking Hills is nice. Loudonville is also good. I've not done the rivers in "central OH" but those areas are pretty close. I've Kayaked many rivers around the east coast as well. After I move to Charlotte its something I'll probably do some more of since I'll be in easy driving distance to some good white water.

Thought I'd share an interesting stock with you guys. MRIB Marani Brands Inc, is a penny stock I've been watching and bought into a few weeks ago. They sell vodka, wine, etc and went through bad times during the recession. Now under a new CEO and top notch VP of distribution they've relaunched their products in the US this year and have been gaining alcohol licensing and distribution contracts. It recently went through a huge upwards move and is resetting now. More news to come, personally I own 105,000 shares and may add more. I've done a lot of research and don't see any downside and consider this a stock with the potential for $0.10-1.00 this year. Its one of my only long positions as I don't typically hold long term. They have been in the US have won awards, but picked the wrong time to expand it 2007-2009. This is exactly the type of situation I look for with companies.

Ohio has specific calibers for deer hunting, you can find the info here under deer hunting equipment http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/hunting-trapping-and-shooting-sports/hunting-trapping-regulations/deer-hunting-regulations Not sure if this got approved, but here's some rifle cartridges you might be able to use. http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/odnr-division-wildlife-announces-pistol-caliber-rifles-deer-hunting In summery, bows, muzzle loaders, and shotguns and some larger pistols.

If no one here ends up interested. Where should I tell him to list it? I'm guessing something like this needs national attention to find a good buyer.

Sounds like a place I'm looking into setting up once I get settled down in South Carolina. I haven't looked to see whats already in place. As for up here in Columbus, Alum Creek storage isn't a bad price.

I comfirmed its a 350, I work with the owner, he doesn't know a whole lot about it himself. He bought it a few years ago and just hasn't gotten around to restoring it, got married recently, and is moving on with life.