The Hijack Zone - Zombies Welcome

[vegasphotoman]

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whoa NINJA thats one bad looking storm, thats a crazy cool cloud on the left, kinda tornadic looking but no spin, interesting!

SPRINT!

Ever thought about INTERNATIONAL trucks? broncs can get real pricey for the old ones, check CL for international , scout, travelall, the 4x4 pickups are way bad a%% too, I like the fullsize 1987-1990s Broncos and the 70s/80s fullsize chevy blazers too....gas guzzlers for sure..... all of em!

hers a cool scout....rollcage added

another IH

heres a Bronco good year, not too pricey for these

heres a bad arse k5 blazer in black

 

[DaNinja]

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whoa NINJA thats one bad looking storm, nutty cloud from on the left, kinda tornadic looking but no spin, interesting!

I went from lumberjack with my mighty chainsaw to, running for the bathtub with patio mattress in hand, in about 15 seconds.

 

[DaNinja]

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congrats FBPirate!

wow thats some nutso hail EZ and Marlboro! Bummer on the plant loss! since Im a FIXIT kind of guy, mebbe some green or clear fiberglass wavy roofing sheets from HD and some 2x4 framing to make a cheapie cover for the small gardens?

ok some dude and his passengers took a big hit this past weekend at Lake Mead in the Narrows, story has it that it happened during daytime 230pm and one woman lost a limb, 4 others seriously injured..........they put this approx 27 ft Hallet and put it up a cliff! some people are asking questions about what happened on CL and posting pics in response etc.... ...check out these pics

heres the postings from CL Las Vegas on the subject.....

Hallet Boat Crashed up on the rocks on the narrows at Lake Mead Sun (The Narrows Lake Mead)

The accident investigator in me is trying to even imagine how that even happens.
High speed, drunk/distracted, bow makes it up the first rock, and it's moonshot and momentum from there?

 

[FBPirate95]

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HOLY CRAP at that accident!

 

[DaNinja]

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congrats FBPirate!

wow thats some nutso hail EZ and Marlboro! Bummer on the plant loss! since Im a FIXIT kind of guy, mebbe some green or clear fiberglass wavy roofing sheets from HD and some 2x4 framing to make a cheapie cover for the small gardens?

ok some dude and his passengers took a big hit this past weekend at Lake Mead in the Narrows, story has it that it happened during daytime 230pm and one woman lost a limb, 4 others seriously injured..........they put this approx 27 ft Hallet and put it up a cliff! some people are asking questions about what happened on CL and posting pics in response etc.... ...check out these pics

heres the postings from CL Las Vegas on the subject.....

Hallet Boat Crashed up on the rocks on the narrows at Lake Mead Sun (The Narrows Lake Mead)

It looks like a thread has caught up with your post. Your pics would be helpful.

I would, but I'm too lazy right now.

 

[marlboro180]

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HOLY CRAP at that accident!

I will second that! Wonder what happened myself- Like maybe the driver lost consciousness? And rammed the rock face?

And speaking of faces , did you see in the video by DaNinja, starting right around 0:24, in the main cloud , kinda low, it looked like there was a menacing face in there. And no, I have not been drinking. BTW- Really nice place you got there Ninja!

Good luck on the boat, splash that baby!

Vegas- love the International Scout photo, though that K5 Makes me miss my 78 FJ40 ( no real connection there, just memories)



As for covering the garden prior to the hailstorm, it swung in so fast there was NO warning, sunny , hot, then just a wall cloud and sudden rain and then hail.: I was actually just outside building a portable chicken coop when it rolled in...Glad I was not out on the lake when it hit....my buddy was though, and he got home wet, a little scared and with a new respect of our big pond (Lake Michigan) and how quickly she can turn on you.

Veggie garden is a little big for a roof, IMO, it is about 32 feet by 32 feet. Most plants around the edges of the house under the soffits fared ok...

 

[vegasphotoman]

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Hey marlboro..
yeah figured some of you boys were working on mini farms....geez don't need to go to vons and smiths for food with a garden that big! well guess it's a risk eh

Yeah theres a couple cool 4x4s out there....oh yeah!

no good storms in Vegas lately....hoping for some cool lightning soon so I can post some pics....

 

[ezmobee]

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Hope you work something out on the paint job!

Met with the body shop last night. The truck is getting completely stripped and repainted and all body imperfections repaired. The best part is, since the insurance company overpaid me for the repairs to the Jeep, this work on the truck will cost me little to nothing.

It's going to get the same color blue metallic with silver under the moldings. I'm friggin' stoked. This picture is from about 4 years ago when I got it. Although it looks good here, the current paint job is actually in pretty sad shape. It has zero rust and a Jasper 350 motor I had put in about 15k miles ago. 100k miles on the whole truck. Looking forward to keeping it a LONG time. Since this picture was taken I swapped the wheels for some newer alloys. However, I think after the painting, I'm going to look for an even newer set. I also want a tonneau.

 

[vegasphotoman]

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Hey Jeremy, your truck will look solid with some new paint, and a tonneau would look sweet on there....the fiberglass jobs run $1200 here in Vegas (new) Ive seen used ones on CL for $200....little bit of patch work on the chipped corners and paint to match and you would be in business. (the new ones only come in a couple colors anyways) do not buy Bak-Flip brand tonneau....they fall apart within a year!

 

[vegasphotoman]

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UPDATE on the Hallet crash in the narrows at Lake Mead

text from CL this am....after reading this Im thinking the Hallet overreacted, and probably should have slowed up when the seadoo came up closer....I know my boat hits the powerbrakes practically when I chop the power... who knows for sure....it is SUPER NARROW at the north end of the narrows....and the seadooers in vegas occasionally have been knows to do real STUPID and thoughtless things....

RE:Hallet Boat Crashed up on the rocks on the narrows at Lake Mead Sun (The Narrows Lake Mead)

Date: 2010-07-13, 6:53PM PDT
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"Brand new 29 hallett, i know the owner of the boat, & his fiance very well, also another 2 of my very good friends (another couple), were on the boat along with 3 other people i don't know (7 total).... everyone is going to be ok, bruised up a bit and very sore, a couple of the passengers were air lifted as a precaution but no major injuries from what i've been told.

An idiot on a sea doo cut in front of them in the narrowest part of the narrows and then did a 180 right in front of them. The driver was forced to make an evasive turn in one direction to miss the sea-doo, then an evasive turn back the other direction to stop from running up onto the rocks. It was at this point the boat spun out and ejected all 7 passengers. Since there is no kill switch and no self returning throttle on the boat (like most other boats that size) the boat then took back off and ran itself up the rocks.

Another friend of mine was up in front of them when it happened in his eliminator, he just happened to look over his shoulder when it all went down, he hauled ***** to the opposite side of the narrows from where all the passengers were in the water (thinking everyone was still on the boat up rocks) and was yelling into the boat if anyone was ok, he then turned around and noticed everyone back on the other side a couple hundred yards away i'd guess, he went over there and started throwing life jackets and shi%* in the water, and doing a head count, everyone was there (no one drowning or under water)

BTW the a$%^ole on the Sea-Doo fled the scene."

 

[FBPirate95]

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UPDATE on the Hallet crash in the narrows at Lake Mead



BTW the a$%^ole on the Sea-Doo fled the scene."

He should be water boarded, keel hauled and forbidden to ever to even look at another body of water.

 

[vegasphotoman]

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HIJACK

ok here's a stupid human trick....my sister and her genius husband...."THE BOT" as we call him....bought a NEW boat in 2002 for $43,000 they paid cash....it was either a SeaRay or a Bayliner...bow front....21 footer. anyways, so they store it indoors at a place near the lake for $150 a month....ok..they used it in 2002, 2003 and 2004, then my sister got pregnant....they stopped using the boat, so 5 more years of storage at $150 a month...for a total of 8 years (they still own it...it is probably needing tires, impeller, oil and fluid changeout, deep cleaning, trailer bearings or maint etc etc etc, new boat cover on top of the other costs, ), thats 96 months x $150, about $14,000 in storage fees, plus the original $43k cost = $56,000 spent on boating for the 3 years they used it, they would go out 5-7 times per season, = approx 18 trips to the lake in the boat for $56k, thats close to $3000 PER USAGE or TIME OUT TO THE LAKE ....... WHAT A WASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we used to go out with them, but there were all these rules.....and it was at like 5am to go out there, (traffic on a weekend and the water is smoother in the am was the BOTS excuse) and we were pulling out of the water at noon or 1pm and heading back to the city....mind you its 115 degrees out at the lake at 1pm....we had to wipe his boat down with vinegar and water etc etc....instead of riding in the boat up the ramp to the wipe down area, we would have to hoof it....

at lake mead the ramps can be mega long because of lake water level drops etc....so it was a 300 yard walk up a hill, in 115 degree heat with sun blistering your back....needless to say we stopped going out with them after a season or 2...oh and there was no fishing stuff allowed on his boat....one time my wife cut her foot in the boat ....on something sharp...anyways...he was all worried about getting her foot out of the boat so she wouldnt bleed on it...not worried about her foot at all.

I think I would take a used 30ft eliminator for 25k or a deckboat etc etc...over buying new....either way....

 

[BWR1953]

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HIJACK!

Did a little pre-season scouting yesterday with a buddy of mine at our local wildlife management area. Had a nice time and saw some neat stuff. And some scary stuff too!

Spotted this doe off the side of the road and managed to get a pic of her... just as she spotted the IR sensor on the camera, turned her head away, then boogied on out!

Then, as we were walking thru the woods, my buddy bumped into this scary monster! Ugh!

A little later we visited the local sinkhole on the WMA... my first time there and boy, was I ever impressed! Over three hundred feet deep, but less than 100 yards across.

There were a couple of cave divers there and one of them had just surfaced and then came over to the ramp area while we were standing there. As he got close he removed his face mask and said hello... then apologized that he couldn't speak english very well. He was Japanese, so I reached back into my limited knowledge of that language and fired off a perfunctory "first meeting" greeting. He was shocked and complimented me, then we chatted a little (in english) about his adventure in the cave. Pretty neat.

Shortly after leaving the sinkhole area, we were cruising along slowly in an area with trees shrouding over the roadway. I spotted a mockingbird chasing what I thought was a hawk, so grabbed my camera and handed it to my buddy, who got a picture of this big owl! Way cool.

We went to another area where we saw sign of deer (both doe & buck) and hogs and BEAR prints. Yeahhh... that was fun! LOL

Had a great time for sure. Heck, there were even some nice wildflowers.

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hey BWR how goes it?

Those are some real nice pics you posted, not to sound silly but just what was that scary monster, Some kind of spider? Being from new your I'm kinda sheltered with monsters like that :redface:

HIJACK

OK I am looking at salt water poles for my 8yo boy and 5yo daughter, anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to spend that much, $50-100 each at most. I am worried they won't be able to handle a 7 foot pole. Liam maybe but Caity no. Any thoughts?????

PS Caity (5yo, well almost) was on the boat with me yesterday, (I let her start it up ) She tells me she wants to have her 5th birthday party on the boat.. THAT'S MY GIRL lol It should prove to be intresting cause the Sea Gem is the one ready and my wife refuses to step foot on that one

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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WOW I have been gone from here so long, I can't believe how much I have missed!

Hey DaNinja, yup welcome to the lounge, pull up a chair & grab a drink

Hey FB Congradulations on the promotion

Hey marlboro, Yep that sure was a face in the clouds. I have been drinking though LOL

Vegas tell BOT to give you the boat to save some money and you'll make sure its properly cared for LOL
P.S What does BOT stand for Big Old tu@#$???? LOL JK

 

[83vert]

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I just picked this up last night. I traded a old car trailer for it but I think he got the last laugh this time. Way more rust and rot than I had hoped for. Winter project 82 Jeep CJ7

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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I just picked this up last night. I traded a old car trailer for it but I think he got the last laugh this time. Way more rust and rot than I had hoped for. Winter project 82 Jeep CJ7

Hey Vert, You got a good deal, rust and all. CJ7's go for big bucks. I have some real good vendors if you need parts. I am getting ready to put a new frame under my Wrangler in the next month or so. If you need any help with welding and such give a shout

 

[BWR1953]

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Hey BWR how goes it?

Those are some real nice pics you posted, not to sound silly but just what was that scary monster, Some kind of spider? Being from new your I'm kinda sheltered with monsters like that :redface:

HIJACK

OK I am looking at salt water poles for my 8yo boy and 5yo daughter, anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to spend that much, $50-100 each at most. I am worried they won't be able to handle a 7 foot pole. Liam maybe but Caity no. Any thoughts?????

PS Caity (5yo, well almost) was on the boat with me yesterday, (I let her start it up ) She tells me she wants to have her 5th birthday party on the boat.. THAT'S MY GIRL lol It should prove to be intresting cause the Sea Gem is the one ready and my wife refuses to step foot on that one

Yo HVAC! Things are going very well, thanks!

That spider is commonly called a Banana Spider aka Golden Silk Spider. Huge things. Me no likey spiders! Here's a better shot of a different one that I saw on that same trip.

As for kid-friendly fishing rods... hard to beat an Ugly Stik! They're unbreakable!

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Yo HVAC! Things are going very well, thanks!

That spider is commonly called a Banana Spider aka Golden Silk Spider. Huge things. Me no likey spiders! Here's a better shot of a different one that I saw on that same trip.

As for kid-friendly fishing rods... hard to beat an Ugly Stik! They're unbreakable!

Hey BWR, that is one wild looking spider. in the 1st pick it really looked distended or something, kinda freaky lol .

I was thinking about an ugly stick for them I looked on Dicks Sporting Goods site and was thinking about this combo for $55 you can't beat it. what do you think?

 

[ezmobee]

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Love the CJ. I have always wanted one. A friend of mine from high school completely redid one (a rare Golden Hawk edition) with fiberglass body and a 350. It was awesome. Someday I may very well buy an already redone one.