What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Really amazing day here today +8c
So I was motivated to complete a small project for jack pad adapters
I made 4 pucks for the silver low profile Esco jackstands and another 4 for the red Torin Big Red stands
I have to complete the pads for the Esco low profile Jack tomorrow
Bought a huge bucket of pucks from a local buy and sell site for $20 bucks (hockey pucks are cheap and plentiful in Canada)
I have 8 adapters for the Crossfire and my wife’s MINI.
And 8 more pinch weld style for the Veloster
All for a total of $40 for everything.
I still have 30 pucks left
So I was motivated to complete a small project for jack pad adapters
I made 4 pucks for the silver low profile Esco jackstands and another 4 for the red Torin Big Red stands
I have to complete the pads for the Esco low profile Jack tomorrow
Bought a huge bucket of pucks from a local buy and sell site for $20 bucks (hockey pucks are cheap and plentiful in Canada)
I have 8 adapters for the Crossfire and my wife’s MINI.
And 8 more pinch weld style for the Veloster
All for a total of $40 for everything.
I still have 30 pucks left
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
This winter I've seen you write about the cold & others comment that it's cold where you are. So I thought, wow, he must live WAY HIGH UP in the California (state abbreviation... CA) mountains!
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Really amazing day here today +8c
So I was motivated to complete a small project for jack pad adapters
I made 4 pucks for the silver low profile Esco jackstands and another 4 for the red Torin Big Red stands
I have to complete the pads for the Esco low profile Jack tomorrow
Bought a huge bucket of pucks from a local buy and sell site for $20 bucks (hockey pucks are cheap and plentiful in Canada)
I have 8 adapters for the Crossfire and my wife’s MINI.
And 8 more pinch weld style for the Veloster
All for a total of $40 for everything.
I still have 30 pucks left
So I was motivated to complete a small project for jack pad adapters
I made 4 pucks for the silver low profile Esco jackstands and another 4 for the red Torin Big Red stands
I have to complete the pads for the Esco low profile Jack tomorrow
Bought a huge bucket of pucks from a local buy and sell site for $20 bucks (hockey pucks are cheap and plentiful in Canada)
I have 8 adapters for the Crossfire and my wife’s MINI.
And 8 more pinch weld style for the Veloster
All for a total of $40 for everything.
I still have 30 pucks left
Last edited by bluecoupe; 01-23-2022 at 08:03 AM.
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
I've got an assortment of jack pads for the Crossfire that I bought off eBay a few years back. Since I've got several versions of floor jacks, I needed some jack pads that would fit a variety of floor jack lifts. I've found that the metal versions I bought seem to work the best compared to the hard rubber or plastic versions I purchased..
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
CA for Canada,
I know that it can be confusing and that was done with purpose.
Awhile back I had received a several disturbing emails that caused me to pause with respect to contact details and personal information. I removed everything I could and it was easier to list CA (also accepted for Canada. (Canadian internet domains are .ca) Although I post here, that’s about as out there as I get with Social media.
no Facebook, twitter, instagram …..
I’m sure there can be a lot of cold days up high in Northern California. We get our share of them here too. Anyone that’s worked in the cold knows it’s tough to get motivated when it’s easier to hold down the anti gravity sofa and watch a movie.
now you know, CA
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
I understand being outside when it's below freezing, but I can open up an HVAC vent in my garage until it gets hotter than I can stand. That makes deep Winter (which we've just entered) the best time for me to work on the car.
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Whats funny is when friends and relatives from up north visit Alabama and think it wont be cold. The temps dont usually get that bad here but the humidity will be 95% a good bit of the time. Try freezing temps with 95% humidity. It hurts.
The relatives (Minnesota) are always wearing short sleeve shirts while shoveling snow and 0 degrees or such. They come down here and look like they are geared up for the artic and its only 40 degrees here. Apparently they have the cold but lack the humidity issues. Our snow is hard as a rock and theirs is powdery from what they say.
The relatives (Minnesota) are always wearing short sleeve shirts while shoveling snow and 0 degrees or such. They come down here and look like they are geared up for the artic and its only 40 degrees here. Apparently they have the cold but lack the humidity issues. Our snow is hard as a rock and theirs is powdery from what they say.
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Whats funny is when friends and relatives from up north visit Alabama and think it wont be cold. The temps dont usually get that bad here but the humidity will be 95% a good bit of the time. Try freezing temps with 95% humidity. It hurts.
The relatives (Minnesota) are always wearing short sleeve shirts while shoveling snow and 0 degrees or such. They come down here and look like they are geared up for the artic and its only 40 degrees here. Apparently they have the cold but lack the humidity issues. Our snow is hard as a rock and theirs is powdery from what they say.
The relatives (Minnesota) are always wearing short sleeve shirts while shoveling snow and 0 degrees or such. They come down here and look like they are geared up for the artic and its only 40 degrees here. Apparently they have the cold but lack the humidity issues. Our snow is hard as a rock and theirs is powdery from what they say.
I previously (2003-2007) worked in Atlanta for 4 years and when I moved back to Florida (in December!) I was like, "I lived in this swamp?" It took me 3 weeks to re-acclimate to the constantly high humidity!
Last edited by WD40; 01-24-2022 at 07:29 PM.
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
You might be a little farther South than me. I live in Jefferson County, but just barely. In 2014 I saw how far out from Birmingham the bus lines ran and tacked an extra 5 miles onto that as my starting-point to find a house! Being a native Floridian this seems like low-humidity to me! But everything is relative! Being a Florida 'product' I became acclimated to mowing the lawn on a 100F too-humid-for-sweet-to-evaporate Summer day!
I previously (2003-2007) worked in Atlanta for 4 years and when I moved back to Florida (in December!) I was like, "I lived in this swamp?" It took me 3 weeks to re-acclimate to the constantly high humidity!
I previously (2003-2007) worked in Atlanta for 4 years and when I moved back to Florida (in December!) I was like, "I lived in this swamp?" It took me 3 weeks to re-acclimate to the constantly high humidity!
did you know it NEVER rains in Florida,, it is liquid sunshine
Last edited by amx1397; 01-24-2022 at 07:20 PM. Reason: change wet to liquid sunshine
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
just took the crossfire out for a short 150 mile drive this morning. oh Floridian, so glad we have choices in life and my first choice is not to live up north where it gets too cold,, in fact if it gets below 80 i am looking to move south. today is in the 40's in Melbourne beach, so we went to palm beach where it was 60.
did you know it NEVER rains in Florida,, it is wet sunshine
did you know it NEVER rains in Florida,, it is wet sunshine
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
You might be a little farther South than me. I live in Jefferson County, but just barely. In 2014 I saw how far out from Birmingham the bus lines ran and tacked an extra 5 miles onto that as my starting-point to find a house! Being a native Floridian this seems like low-humidity to me! But everything is relative! Being a Florida 'product' I became acclimated to mowing the lawn on a 100F too-humid-for-sweet-to-evaporate Summer day!
I previously (2003-2007) worked in Atlanta for 4 years and when I moved back to Florida (in December!) I was like, "I lived in this swamp?" It took me 3 weeks to re-acclimate to the constantly high humidity!
I previously (2003-2007) worked in Atlanta for 4 years and when I moved back to Florida (in December!) I was like, "I lived in this swamp?" It took me 3 weeks to re-acclimate to the constantly high humidity!
Florida people dont seem to mind the temps the only problem they have here is getting lost on mt cheaha. Seems like ever tourist the rescue squad is sent to find is from florida so the going joke here is they must not have hills in florida
Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Up on cheaha mountain area here. Lowest temps weve had so far is -2.
Florida people dont seem to mind the temps the only problem they have here is getting lost on mt cheaha. Seems like ever tourist the rescue squad is sent to find is from florida so the going joke here is they must not have hills in florida
Florida people dont seem to mind the temps the only problem they have here is getting lost on mt cheaha. Seems like ever tourist the rescue squad is sent to find is from florida so the going joke here is they must not have hills in florida
There are a couple of places where it's not 100% flat in Florida. The most dramatic is Lake Wales Ridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wales_Ridge) because there is no elevation at all around it so you can fully appreciate all of its 300ft!! If you type Lake Wales Ridge into Google Maps and turn on the topography feature it's starkly evident. It's right in the center of the state and is around 150 miles in total length. People who live in that area speak of "The Highlands" but to people living on the coasts that term is basically unknown.
Last edited by WD40; 01-24-2022 at 09:18 PM.
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Thats one of the things I used to give george (my stepdad) grief about. He was like "Im going to drive the dragon". Im like "why not just drive 5 miles up the road in front of your house and get the same thing?"
We dont have many "straight" roads around here. Harley Davidson sends their riders here to test motorcycles on the roads up to cheaha. Not to mention groups coming here all the time to enjoy the twisty roads up there.
We dont have many "straight" roads around here. Harley Davidson sends their riders here to test motorcycles on the roads up to cheaha. Not to mention groups coming here all the time to enjoy the twisty roads up there.
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Re: What did you do to your Crossfire today?
Up on cheaha mountain area here. Lowest temps weve had so far is -2.
Florida people dont seem to mind the temps the only problem they have here is getting lost on mt cheaha. Seems like ever tourist the rescue squad is sent to find is from florida so the going joke here is they must not have hills in florida
Florida people dont seem to mind the temps the only problem they have here is getting lost on mt cheaha. Seems like ever tourist the rescue squad is sent to find is from florida so the going joke here is they must not have hills in florida
Last edited by amx1397; 01-24-2022 at 07:38 PM.