If I ever go through the Quincy tour a third time, I'll try to get some more pictures of the hoist machinery so you can see more of what it looks like. Or, better yet, come up and see it for yourself. 
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Adventures with Big Blue
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I like the latter part of your statement.If I ever go through the Quincy tour a third time, I'll try to get some more pictures of the hoist machinery so you can see more of what it looks like. Or, better yet, come up and see it for yourself.
January 2nd already came and left...when'll it be? Overlanding trip?
You're a great photographer don't stop chasing that. I wish I could take pictures like that.
I'm not a great photographer, at least not in the skilled technical sense. I'm a guy who stumbles around with a camera he still doesn't understand very well. I point and shoot, I have no idea what the buttons do.
Maybe someday.
But thanks for the props. I do try to frame good shots. A lot of times that makes the difference between a fair shot and a great shot. Like how the Mont Ripley shot could have been better if he had moved over a few degrees. Planning makes the shot perfect, the spontaneous ones don't have that element.
I don't see anything keeping you or anyone else from taking shots at least as good as mine. Get some practice. My original 2012 Duluth shots aren't nearly as nice as what I'm shooting now. A little of that is because my camera is nicer now, but most of the change has been me getting better at thinking through shots instead of randomly hitting the shutter button.
Quit being so damn modest, jeez!
I think there are people who take pictures and people who see pictures.
Just because you don't know how the camera works doesn't mean you are unable to take good photos, you have an eye for it, you take the time to actually take the shot vs mulling over it or the ISO speed etc.. some people take 10000s of shots and never are satisfied with the outcome. What I'm getting at is yea maybe some of this is right place at the right time stuff but it all cannot be that.
Accept the fact that you have a knack and a good eye for this stuff.
Good job! Keep it up and keep it coming!
I think there are people who take pictures and people who see pictures.
Just because you don't know how the camera works doesn't mean you are unable to take good photos, you have an eye for it, you take the time to actually take the shot vs mulling over it or the ISO speed etc.. some people take 10000s of shots and never are satisfied with the outcome. What I'm getting at is yea maybe some of this is right place at the right time stuff but it all cannot be that.
Accept the fact that you have a knack and a good eye for this stuff.
Good job! Keep it up and keep it coming!
Not trying to be modest, just pointing out that I think you could also do good pictures if you practice thinking through shots. There's no reason that good adventure shots hafta be so rare around here...get out and take some. Walk out to that barn of yours and give us a photo tour! What do you do with it, anyways?
Besides, how can it be modesty if I take all the credit for the improvement in photo quality? 
No, most of this is not right place/time stuff. There are a few of those shots (like when I caught the Northern Lights last year), but mostly I'm just looking for shots as I travel around. And after an area becomes routine to me, I stop seeing cool shots after a while. Repeat areas often give me no good shots at all. Not sure why. The places aren't changing, just the way I see them.
I tried the cold-start again with freshly charged batteries. It was slow and grumpy, and it kicked the starter out once (
), but it did start. No block heater, and it was somewhere between 5* and 10*
The clicking sound is the GP relay. I run the plugs when cranking, but periodically shut them off to increase starter speed. In the short term this helps it fire, but I hafta get back on the plugs after a couple seconds or it stops firing entirely. Fickle, fickle, fickle.
It was smoking heavily (not surprised given the cold start) and also raining raw fuel out the tailpipe.
I did a loop around the yard to get it warmed up. Same pasture as last time, but I got very different results. The small, skinny tires on open diffs slid all over the place and the truck is quite gutless. As in, the tires were frozen to the ground, and the truck was paralyzed at WOT. I had to engage low range just to break out of the HorseBarn. Sigh.
In all fairness, it was a very cold start, it didn't get much idle time to warm up, and it was spewing raw fuel visibly out the tail pipe. But I still expected more.
And man, this thing is still a painful ride offroad (bump stops all the way). It just seems ludicrously wrong that I found myself longing for the cushy, luxurious go-fast ride of the CUCV with its high-power 6.2 diesel engine. 
This truck needs new springs and some engine work (injectors at the very least). Not sure if/when that'll happen, but it's not gonna happen soon. For now it's back to winter hibernation.
), but it did start. No block heater, and it was somewhere between 5* and 10*The clicking sound is the GP relay. I run the plugs when cranking, but periodically shut them off to increase starter speed. In the short term this helps it fire, but I hafta get back on the plugs after a couple seconds or it stops firing entirely. Fickle, fickle, fickle.
It was smoking heavily (not surprised given the cold start) and also raining raw fuel out the tailpipe.
I did a loop around the yard to get it warmed up. Same pasture as last time, but I got very different results. The small, skinny tires on open diffs slid all over the place and the truck is quite gutless. As in, the tires were frozen to the ground, and the truck was paralyzed at WOT. I had to engage low range just to break out of the HorseBarn. Sigh.
In all fairness, it was a very cold start, it didn't get much idle time to warm up, and it was spewing raw fuel visibly out the tail pipe. But I still expected more.And man, this thing is still a painful ride offroad (bump stops all the way). It just seems ludicrously wrong that I found myself longing for the cushy, luxurious go-fast ride of the CUCV with its high-power 6.2 diesel engine.
This truck needs new springs and some engine work (injectors at the very least). Not sure if/when that'll happen, but it's not gonna happen soon. For now it's back to winter hibernation.
@GWeakland620, the starting video is for you. This is what it's like starting a tired engine with old no-name plugs (at 4 Ohms, no less!) at 5ish degrees with no block heater. I still haven't seen a film clip of yours, but it should be happier in a similar environment. If not, you should start looking at plugs/compression/fuel filter to figure out why.
And for everyone else, here are pictures from my test-drive around the yard. Lots of smoke, not much power. In many of these shots I think I'm flinging more smoke than snow.
Yes, that's all smoke, no snow flinging here. And that's WOT in high range (hence the smoke), the truck should have been slipping the 225mm skinny tires a lot more than it was.
Yes, that's all smoke, no snow flinging here. And that's WOT in high range (hence the smoke), the truck should have been slipping the 225mm skinny tires a lot more than it was.
Anyway, I remain convinced that this truck's performance has dropped off sharply in the last 2 or 3 years. Ideas rattle around in my head...
6.5 block with 6.2 heads and a Holstet?
This guy is still sitting at the Family Farm. Mechanical 6.5TD/NV4500 combo. Thinking more and more about yanking it for the camping Suburban. The engine isn't in great shape, so there is definitely the potential for a snowball of MAW... 
All over the place hereYou know anyone who has a Holset lying around?
Hmm. In addition to the engine pictured above, I also have 6.5 intake/exhaust manifolds and a GM turbo of unknown type. Just a few pieces short of having a second 6.5 turbo setup. I just need to figure out some fun way to use it.
Twin turbos?Hmm. In addition to the engine pictured above, I also have 6.5 intake/exhaust manifolds and a GM turbo of unknown type. Just a few pieces short of having a second 6.5 turbo setup. I just need to figure out some fun way to use it.
It would sure beat having the crossover exhaust flowing backwards through the passenger-side manifold like the stock setup runs. But methinks that would be pretty serious overkill for an 22:1 CR engine that's only rated for 10psi of boost. Methinks it'd be hard to keep from blowing head gaskets out.
