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[Smitty335]

I would if I had a spare seat. My 9 year old is my navigator and I can’t get him out of seat for anything.

Ride 4 wheelers, we are bringing his Rincon.

 

[Admin]

 

[markie]

I know @markie is going , doesn’t he have a 500?

Yes I do

 

[markie]

I know @markie is going , doesn’t he have a 500?

I'll be there Friday afternoon

 

[Mudder]

Those 2 atvs were awesome with last years P500 ride.

 

[snakeriver]

Sincerely wish I could join. On the wrong side of the country for the ride, and just started building a new home last week. You guys carry the P500 flag.

I am in the same boat...everyone have a great time and be safe.

 

[Bad_bowtie]

View attachment 124968 Those 2 atvs were awesome with last years P500 ride.

My wife was on the Rancher. She'll be riding with me this year or hanging out at camp. She had shoulder surgery about 3 weeks ago so no riding for a while.

 

[Porkchopexpress]

That’s my son on his old Honda. He’ll be riding it again and my buddy will be on another 4wheeler. Maybe we’ll catch up to you guys on the trails Friday and would love a group ride as cool as last year’s was.

 

[markie]

I know a group of us are going to explore the west side satSatur if anyone is interested

 

[markie]

Our leader has life time trail maps so we can't get lost.lol

 

[Smitty335]

Sincerely wish I could join. On the wrong side of the country for the ride, and just started building a new home last week. You guys carry the P500 flag.

Building a home will take at lest 6 months of you life away! HA!

 

[Smitty335]

I would if I had a spare seat. My 9 year old is my navigator and I can’t get him out of seat for anything.

That's great!

 

[Montecresto]

Building a home will take at lest 6 months of you life away! HA!

Yes, but the dividend is ample compensation.....

 

[Smitty335]

Yes, but the dividend is ample compensation.....

I agree, but some compensation's are better than others! HA!

 

[Montecresto]

I agree, but some compensation's are better than others! HA!

Not much better than building your own house.

 

[Smitty335]

Not much better than building your own house.

I agree! I drew our house plans, including the roof line, I had drawn the plans for a house we never got around to building in town, with all kinds of expensive roof lines and a 12 12 pitch roof to match all the other homes. Bought a small piece of property in the country the. Flopped the floor plan, got rid of the 12 12 pitch roof, went to a 6 12 pitch roof, changed the front and back porches and now have a home that looks like it belongs in the country, had several people stop and tell me that. We like it and you can't buy this floor plan any where. This is a Smitty original.

 

[SouthwestORV]

Building a home will take at lest 6 months of you life away! HA!

I feel it slipping already... Just kidding. It's actually been fun so far. My first time. I drew the plans from scratch - getting the plans nailed down took about 2 months. I'm the general, so getting all of my subs and pricing took another two months. Now it's go time! I staked it with my foundation guy last week. Today they poured the stemwall. It's going up fast! The framer is ready to jump on it as soon as the slab is ready. It's a process, but it's exciting too. I'm confident the house part of the project will be fine. What causes me to stay up at night is the landscaping...

 

[Montecresto]

I feel it slipping already... Just kidding. It's actually been fun so far. My first time.

That’s awesome. You’ll be lucky if you get finished without any frustrations or arguments with your contractor or subs, but persevere as it’s worth it.

 

[Smitty335]

That’s awesome. You’ll be lucky if you get finished without any frustrations or arguments with your contractor or subs, but persevere as it’s worth it.

When we give a self home builder a quote and builders, I give them a high price and do the job time and material, that way in the end, I've gone from a 0 to a hero and I don't have to haggle. We have always come in under budget. Takes builders a job or two to figure it out though! I have there butts covered! HA! So I hope you didn't take the cheapest price!

 

[SouthwestORV]

One advantage I do have, I work in admin (estimating, sales, customer relations, collections, and project management) for one of the more successful and reputable contracting companies in this area. My subs all know it, and know that I know how to play the game as well. They also naturally want to treat me well, because they hope we (company I work for) will subcontract them on our future jobs. Timing just worked out well with 2019 being a big year for contractors, so I feel like they're all rolling out the red carpet for me because of who I work for.

 

[SouthwestORV]

View attachment 124968 Those 2 atvs were awesome with last years P500 ride.

This picture is impressive - there are a LOT of tricked out P500's out there. I'm just barely scratching the surface with Rambo.