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I’ve been making alcohol for almost ten years now. It started with a simple whiskey recipe and then turned into a challenge of how cheap I could fabricate a still. Things escalated from there. Liquor is fun but you also only get about 20% of keepable product from what you start with. Beer is SO much more relaxing to brew and you get a bigger yield. It’s never a bad day when you can sit in the barn for a day with family and get through three batches of different beer recipes.

Racked my porter to the secondary today. Added five pounds of blackberries too. Trying to come up with a catchy name now. “Blackberry bloodbath porter”? Might add a splash of vanilla before bottling too.

Been going about a million miles per hour and so many projects but my own lately. Yesterday was time to pump the brakes. Not sure if this will turn out to be a blackberry porter, a blueberry porter, or some combination of the two perhaps with a splash of vanilla. I’ve got a week to figure it out before adding whatever at the secondary.

Good looking gang. Have fun out there, boys.

^Has a blue Olympic edition.

*waiting patiently to move to Epic threads*

^Started the CC cookbook thread which I thoroughly enjoy.

DANG!!!

Not quite as sweet as I was hoping, but also not all to surprising with how the drive home went.

I used a rattle can.

I used aircraft stripper years ago and it worked out great! The old clear lifted right off, I then gave them a good rinse with water, and they were finished up with fresh clear.

Found some remnants today while I was moving my truck home. Rest in peace, Ape.

Today started out with a continuation of house sitting for my relatives. Typically when we watch the ranch I’ll go out and start the Eliminator. I did this… and then I moved it out… … got fresh gas… rinsed off some dust… … and then I didn’t have a good enough reason to put it back. IMG_2002.MOV My wife was out there with me and she popped the question, “Why can’t we bring it home?” I had no response. Things went great!… for the most part. The drive into town felt like sitting down with an old friend. No excessive heat. No weird smells. Just a nice drive. Then there’s the last bit of the drive up to my place from the Springs that the transmission started shifting in and out of overdrive. No big deal there… it’s a winding pass uphill. Towards the top I noticed a puff of white so I pulled over. Transmission fluid everywhere. I can’t say I’m surprised though. “WHAT?! That mystery used trans I threw in it in 2006 finally blew the front seal?!” Right?… there shouldn’t be any news there especially after sitting for five years. My exhaust agrees with that diagnosis. Something else that my past self should’ve reminded me about was that pesky rear axle seal that was seeping back in 2016. “I’ll fix it when I get out to Colorado” I no doubt thought. Well… … it still leaks! A LOT!!! So, unfortunately, I’ve got some work to do before I can really start to enjoy driving it again, but at least it’s nowhere near as out of sight and out of mind. I’m now forced to move it each time I go out to the shop to work. Welcome home, buddy.

It IS home!!!

New tenant moved in today.

YELLOW!!!

On to trim and electrical.

Right? The RAM 1500 four door truck have something like a 5’7” bed. That’s considered “full size”?!

I want to say these are older PRP suspension seats: This was in my old ‘86. The seats came used out of an early Scout that also need a narrower seat to fit right. Custom mounts, obviously. I’m 6’ tall and these fit perfectly in a very comfortable position.

I can dig it.

Very cool! I moved this over to the project section. Can’t wait to see more!

I did this a long time ago with my 8.25 but the other way around from what you want to do. Kinda tough to see but here’s some ancient pictures from when I put the axle under my Eliminator: See, I did the opposite of what you’re doing because of the 3” (90% sure they’re 3”, anyhow) axle tubes. I offset my perches because I didn’t want to lose any height when you figure the axle tube difference between the Dana 35 and the 8.25. On the top side, I added another block to be my bump stop spacer but it’s also another perch if I ever wanted to go spring over axle. You’ll be just fine making up your own spring perches. Why bother with a hole saw though? Mine are 1/4” thick that I clamped together and just cut a 3” hole with a torch. Hole saws are noisy and slow.