So what did you do with your truck today?

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It may not sound like much, but considering that I almost cut off my left thumb Wednesday morning, I feel like this was a HUGE accomplishment. This morning was the first time that I could use little enough bandaging that I could get a glove on my left had so that's what started this. First, even though the truck had nothing to do with it, I unloaded the firewood that I had cut last weekend. Then I went back into the house for a couple of hours. About 3:00, I started loading up a lot of things that needed to go to my garage instead of being in my house. I drove to the garage (15 miles west on where I live and in another town) to unload it all. I needed some fuel so I drove up north of there where diesel was $.55 per gallon cheaper than the closes town with gas stations had been. As I was pulling up, I almost stopped in the road, got out, and danced a jig for joy. The price was MUCH cheaper than it had been last weekend. The third gas station, two blocks west had it for the same price as these two do. After I got home, I stopped by the Post Office and had a nice surprise waiting there for me from Classic Diesel Design.
 

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GOOD LORD YOUR FUEL PRICES ARE NUTS!!!! Did they miss the memo?? Diesel JUST came down under $6.00/gal around her within the last few months. Last week a good price was $5.40.

Sorry to hear about the thumb! I hope you make a full recovery quickly!

So Gator is the next ARP, eh? It's very good to have an alternative. I don't know if I'll ever rebuild one of these beasts but it's good to know there's something else out there during the whole supply chain meltdown.
 

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I did a thing! Finally changed my oil. I'm not telling how long it's been... but the year ended in "0"... :frustrate

We already have snow(stop laughing! It's the PNW over here) which is really early in the season for us. Like we usually don't get any until January and just got over 18". Super fun for me with a turbo 4x4, harder starting for the Super Doody. Now she should spin over like a top! A slow, cold top!

Don't look now but this stuff was so cheap on amazon... I couldn't believe it. Full synthetic 5w-40 for $26.13/gal.
After the oil change I got to add 3 gallons of free fuel to the ol' girl. :Thumbs Up
 
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So Gator is the next ARP, eh? It's very good to have an alternative. I don't know if I'll ever rebuild one of these beasts but it's good to know there's something else out there during the whole supply chain meltdown.

I don't know. I didn't even know the name until I opened up the box. His web site says that they're American made and test to 30,000psi higher than APR studs do. I doubt that I'd even test the strength limits of the ARPs so I probably won't get close to the limits of these either. It's nice to know that there's a cheaper option that ARP though.
 

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GOOD LORD YOUR FUEL PRICES ARE NUTS!!!!
I'm certainly not complaining! In October, when I went down to southern Oklahoma, the cheapest I saw was $4.38 so I made sur to turn around and fill up there. I needed some anyway so it made it that much better. That was down where I went to, right outside a big lake area where things usually cost more. The highest that I saw that trip was around $5.35 and that was north of OKC.
 

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I don't know. I didn't even know the name until I opened up the box. His web site says that they're American made and test to 30,000psi higher than APR studs do. I doubt that I'd even test the strength limits of the ARPs so I probably won't get close to the limits of these either. It's nice to know that there's a cheaper option that ARP though.
I really want to stud my 6.9, it's part of my "doing it right" the first time plan.
 

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I really want to stud my 6.9, it's part of my "doing it right" the first time plan.
Nothing wrong with that. As far as I know, the only option is ARP, but I haven't checked into that lately. The 6.9 set that I have are ARP. I will use them when/if diesel prices come back down far enough that I put a 6.9/turbo in my Red Truck. I put that on hold last spring when the fuel prices kept going up. Edit to add: Wes doesn't list any 6.9 studs on his site. Justin may, but I haven't looked.
 

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