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[lowrider]

Looks good, take a good flashlight to look inside. Might be so rusted you would never be able to use it.
But that would be great . My buddy has on on his farm in Alberta. Discount on fuel too.
Caper

I've been using poly coated 55 gal drums for years and they don't rust and are easy to move around since I welded chains on them and I can pick them up with the tractor, I use a 110 volt wall mounted pump with 20' of hose and a gas station type nozzle with a flow stop. I've used those tanks before that gravity feed and they work fine except when you overfill the tractor tank cause I went to check the oil. There should be a water drain in the bottom to get rid of whatever settles in the bottom. Don't see one on that tank.

What's that vehicle sitting there?

 

[Admin]

 

[lowrider]

Shooting rivets at her house.
Haha
Caper

These are "bucked" rivets, not "shootable".

 

[lowrider]

Did you ever shoot Tanaright . Probably not the spelling. You can buy a lb for a few dollars and it just mixes with another powder. You can hit it with a hammer, drive over it, there’s no fire , just a big explosion. You have to hit it with a high power rifle to make it explode. It gives a Big Bang. It would probably break up some ice. Or a tree. 😊 But you have to be able to hit it. Haha
Caper

Great fun!! You can make it pretty easy...wrong time of the year due to fire danger...best with snow on the ground.

 

[Smitty335]

74 for the high here today. 🤣

 

[Caper]

Great fun!! You can make it pretty easy...wrong time of the year due to fire danger...best with snow on the ground.

We shot one , one year with no snow and long dry grass. The guy said it won’t catch fire. I was nervous as hell with all the tall dry grass around. Huge explosion, no fire. But what a bang,
Caper

 

[lowrider]

Forest Service has closed the area of the attack as a precaution
A man was attacked by a grizzly bear early Friday, July 9, in the Kilgore area near Island Park in Eastern Idaho after encountering a female with a cub. The man was injured in the attack, but able to return to the cabin he was staying in and call 911. His injuries were not life threatening, and he was treated at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg.
The man was running on a trail near Stamp Meadows Road on Forest Service land around 6:30 a.m. when he encountered the female grizzly bear with a cub, and the female charged him. He laid down in an effort to protect himself, and the grizzly struck him several times before running off. The area has been closed as a precaution.
Idaho Fish and Game and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate the incident.

His name is Lucky now.

 

[Caper]

Forest Service has closed the area of the attack as a precaution
A man was attacked by a grizzly bear early Friday, July 9, in the Kilgore area near Island Park in Eastern Idaho after encountering a female with a cub. The man was injured in the attack, but able to return to the cabin he was staying in and call 911. His injuries were not life threatening, and he was treated at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg.
The man was running on a trail near Stamp Meadows Road on Forest Service land around 6:30 a.m. when he encountered the female grizzly bear with a cub, and the female charged him. He laid down in an effort to protect himself, and the grizzly struck him several times before running off. The area has been closed as a precaution.
Idaho Fish and Game and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate the incident.

His name is Lucky now.

I thought you were saying, like my friend Ed, there’s no Grizzlies in Idaho. He said Alberta.
That’s why I carry two bullets with me. Not for deer, unless he’s huge, but for Grizz. Ed said, oh you can’t shoot a Grizzly, haha. I said you can watch me shoot it, if it just so much looks at me sideways, Bang.
I never get Buck Fever, but who knows about Grizzlies Fever. Haha
Me or him, sorry him.
We have a 600 lb , in May, black bear around my camp. Haven’t seen him except for camera. He’s a big boy. Same thing with him, he leaves me alone, I’ll leave him alone.
😊
Caper

 

[Montecresto]

Its been sunny and hot all morning while doing chores, but just when I’m ready for pool time…prompt downpour. Typical in the South.

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You have a very nice, neat and tidy home and yard Mudder….😎

 

[Montecresto]

Forest Service has closed the area of the attack as a precaution
A man was attacked by a grizzly bear early Friday, July 9, in the Kilgore area near Island Park in Eastern Idaho after encountering a female with a cub. The man was injured in the attack, but able to return to the cabin he was staying in and call 911. His injuries were not life threatening, and he was treated at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg.
The man was running on a trail near Stamp Meadows Road on Forest Service land around 6:30 a.m. when he encountered the female grizzly bear with a cub, and the female charged him. He laid down in an effort to protect himself, and the grizzly struck him several times before running off. The area has been closed as a precaution.
Idaho Fish and Game and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate the incident.

His name is Lucky now.

Lucky and smart! All Yellowstone rangers are trained to not give chase, but drop and play dead as the best chance to survive an encounter with a grizzly…..

 

[Caper]

Lucky and smart! All Yellowstone rangers are trained to not give chase, but drop and play dead as the best chance to survive an encounter with a grizzly…..

Or just shoot them.
Next thing you will be seeing one in NM. Yeah I know
No Grizzlies in NM. Same as Idaho and Cardston. 😊
Caper

 

[Montecresto]

I've been using poly coated 55 gal drums for years and they don't rust and are easy to move around since I welded chains on them and I can pick them up with the tractor, I use a 110 volt wall mounted pump with 20' of hose and a gas station type nozzle with a flow stop. I've used those tanks before that gravity feed and they work fine except when you overfill the tractor tank cause I went to check the oil. There should be a water drain in the bottom to get rid of whatever settles in the bottom. Don't see one on that tank.

What's that vehicle sitting there?

Yes, the drain is at the front, very bottom and at an angle. I’ll pull the valve. filter and housing, and hose and toss it all. That will drain what remains in the tank, if anything. Then I’ll flush it and install new valve, filter and housing, and hose/dispenser. Then I’ll call the distributor and order 500 gallons of low sulfur diesel….

That’s a 50’s jeep wagon setting adjacent….

 

[Montecresto]

Or just shoot them.
Next thing you will be seeing one in NM. Yeah I know
No Grizzlies in NM. Same as Idaho and Cardston. 😊
Caper

NONE in New Mexico. I did tell you that the ranger for the senator Church wilderness in Idaho told us that occasionally a grizzly from Yellowstone (not too distant) gets out of the preserve and they trap it and return it to the park. But it’s unusual….

 

[Caper]

Lucky and smart! All Yellowstone rangers are trained to not give chase, but drop and play dead as the best chance to survive an encounter with a grizzly…..

I watched a show years ago, The Nature of Things, I think. They followed an old Inuit guy, and he said he could kill a polar bear with a sharp stick. So they went with him. They came on a giant Bear. The bear came right at them. The little old fellow walked towards the bear, and when it was close, the old guy stood up as tall as he could and lifted his arms over his head and yelled. The giant bear stopped, stood up too and growled loudly. Then the old guy took the sharp stick and stabbed it in the chest. The bear went back on it’s four legs, the old guy lifted his arms again. The bear stood back up on two legs, and the old guy nailed him again. After about the fourth time, the bear was dead on the ice.
I will never forget that.
Crazy.
So if you are ever way up north, bring a sharp stick. Alder preferably.
Who was that crazy American that lived with Kodiak Grizzlies. No weapons, and thought he understood them. Until one came into his campsite and killed and ate him and his girlfriend.
He should have had a stick.
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[Caper]

Yes, the drain is at the front, very bottom and at an angle. I’ll pull the valve. filter and housing, and hose and toss it all. That will drain what remains in the tank, if anything. Then I’ll flush it and install new valve, filter and housing, and hose/dispenser. Then I’ll call the distributor and order 500 gallons of low sulfur diesel….

That’s a 50’s jeep wagon setting adjacent….

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Wow, really good shape for the age. No rust holes. That wouldn’t look like that up here. Too much salt.
Caper

 

[Caper]

NONE in New Mexico. I did tell you that the ranger for the senator Church wilderness in Idaho told us that occasionally a grizzly from Yellowstone (not too distant) gets out of the preserve and they trap it and return it to the park. But it’s unusual….

They can travel 40 miles a day.
😊
Caper

 

[Montecresto]

Wow, really good shape for the age. No rust holes. That wouldn’t look like that up here. Too much salt.
Caper

It’s not that old. He inherited the property from his mom 2 years ago, but he said it’s been 7 years since it was filled…..

 

[Montecresto]

They can travel 40 miles a day.
😊
Caper

And……

 

[Wallace]

It’s not that old. He inherited the the property from his mom 2 years ago, but he said it’s been 7 years since it was filled…..

Might want to put a water separator in line before filter.

 

[Smitty335]

Started out at 51* this morning. It will reach 76 for the high. We’ll have rain likely again this afternoon. I’ve never seen it so green here…😎

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Wow! That's great, any wild flowers out in the meadow!?

 

[lowrider]

NONE in New Mexico. I did tell you that the ranger for the senator Church wilderness in Idaho told us that occasionally a grizzly from Yellowstone (not too distant) gets out of the preserve and they trap it and return it to the park. But it’s unusual….

I think he was pulling your leg. Lots of griz in MT, ID and BC and AB and Frank Church. One of my former neighbors did 2 week horse pack trips into Frank Church and they frequently had issues with them.

Above my former house was a dozen or more and Fish and Game moved three 2 year old cubs to upper BC a couple years ago. Not sure they old the Canadians. Never heard how they did up there. I used to ride up the mountain up Pack River drainage a lot, saw them and often ran into trails closed due to griz activity. I hunted Fall black bear some in the same area and always saw griz tracks but not the bears. Wolves seem to get along with them pretty well. I'm sure there are others who know the Boundry Co area better than I but I think they have some up that way too. I don't think the bears are required to observe the closed border.