Re: I miss posting pic\'s here
$20 a year is CHEAP!! I can't begin to add up the money I have saved by getting answers from you guys versus paying a mechanic (that I wouldn't necessarily trust anyway). How much is a subscription to 4WOR or 4 Wheeling? Probably $12-15 a year? How much more info and more fine tuned and useful do we get here versus those mags we fork out the bucks for?
I think you let anonymous users havea two week, full privilege trial. I GUARANTEE they will get hooked. I did after only a few days. They will realize the value and pony up the money. If they don't, then they are cheap and probably wouldn't benefit us too much anyway.
Pics would be nice, but maybe that should be something that could be configureable for each user (whether to display them or not). I have ample bandwidth here at work, but pics would really impact this site's performance when I dial in at home.
And in comparison of costs, name one part other than a u-joint that any of us could by for our trucks for less than $20 or $30!
One last thing is this won't make you rich and it won't give you more time with your family. I agree with getting some others to help you out. There are plenty of us around that are in the computer business that would be willing to offer a helping hand. Just ask, Steve. We ask you when we need help on our trucks. You ask us when you need help with this site. I don't think anyone with disagree that family should come first. Even before our 4 bys. While we may not always adhere to that, I think we would all agree.
As with the others, just my .02
brian
85 GMC Jimmy, 305 w/TH700-NP208, 4" lift, 35X12.5 BFG MTs, 15x10 Hellcats, Smittybuilt tube nerf bars and bumbers
I know you've got family and I often wonder how you find time for us and for them as well. Understand that while we appreciate the time you spend on us most of us want you to take whatever time/money is needed/wanted for your family. I mistakenly understood there to be some advertising by 4x4 retailers taking place. This was based on some previous forum posts by others. Sorry for that confusion. As nice as readers rides is I think you could probably bag it to save the forums. Thats just my opinion but others may well concur. If the forums are where the money is going then it may well be time for a few changes. I'd be willing to sacrifice every other forum for the main one. The second one that I'd like to see saved would be the parts for sale. I'm sure others will disagree with me but if its time to cut back then those would be the cuts I'd be happiest with. As far as time, I wish I had a way to give you some. I can code vb but I don't think that's going to help you out here, although if you need someone to review the code I'm more than happy to spend some time to help the site out. As well you may find other members willing to help out with whatever you need. I can't begin to imagine what running a site like this takes from you timewise but know that if it is help you need by all means let me know what I can do. Point me at code, send me to find advertising, whatever it may be I'm happy to help out. 
