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Recent content by Tinstar

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    Hawker Batteries

    Hawkers for sure Plus there's a Hawker Dealer 45 minutes away from me.
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    M101A1 lug pattern conversion

    Last thread post was 8 years ago. Any link, if posted, would almost certainly be dead. Suggest you start your own thread and/or post any adapter needs in the Parts Wanted forum.
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    Name that trailer?

    Well I still don't know what it is but now I want one. Mobile hunting shack!!! Thanks for the pics.
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    Name that trailer?

    Any inside pics? More detailed outside pics? I’ve seen these before come up for sale. They were too big and too far away to capture my attention. Did you look back at past sales to see if any of these were sold?
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    What did you do to your trailer today.

    Mounted a 250 gallon IBC tote on my Raytheon prototype Fire Finder Trailer. Also mounted a pressure washer to make a poor man’s fire fighting machine. Actually it’s for wetting the embers and not fighting the flames directly. Not enough water or volume for that. It’s been a deadly wildfire...
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    Exactly Don’t forget about our hail storms. Several storms last year with softball sized hail. Yes ………softball Going completely through the roof and ceiling and landing inside homes. That’s exactly why we have a metal roof. I spent the morning on the tractor getting rid of the downed...
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    Well generator is back in position. This Friday and Saturday are again two days of extreme fire threat with winds again in the 50-60 range and low humidity. When this threat is over then I have tornado season to deal with. Perfect
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    This is what I have. Bought it on govplanet three years ago. It was brand new and never used. Military paid $2979 for it. I got it for $150 It’s Diesel and I have ran it for about 30 minutes, using water so as not to ruin pump, then put it in storage. I keep meaning to get fittings and...
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    I watched a few stories on the LA fires where the preparation of a few home owners saved their homes. They all had pools, water pumps rigged with fire hose and generators. They pumped from the pools and ran them dry but saved their homes. Generators saved the food and kept the lights on...
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    I will admit that the MEP-002A is VERY loud. But when trailer is strategically placed behind shed, makes the world of difference. Forgot to mention I also removed, cleaned and sealed the engine oil drain valve. It had been slightly leaking ever since I’ve owned it.
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    I did rig up a spray trailer using a IBC tote and pressure washer. Will use this for the embers since it wouldn’t work for heavy flames. I was going to use my M149A2 but I haven’t gotten around to mounting the pump. I did move my all my other generators out of harms way.
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    Discretion is the better part of valor I will fight fires to a point because I’ve personally seen raging forest and grass fires both in New Mexico and Oklahoma. When and hopefully IF the fire wall hits here with 50+ mph winds, we will be be somewhere else. Not worth dying or getting scarred...
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    Well it might be needed again sooner than than later. Fires are still ongoing and another fire missed us by 1/2 mile yesterday, Monday, 17th Only the Super Scooper Fire Attack Aircraft, two were used, snuffed down the eastern line advance. They were banking hard right directly over my ranch...
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    MEP-002A Saved the Day

    Oil and filter changed. Fuel filters changed Fuel screens and strainers checked. They looked great. Air filter checked. Entire generator given a hard visual inspection. (1 panel bulb gave out) Fuel tank topped off with 2cycle oil and seafoam added. Two scepter fuel cans topped off with...
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