So what did you do with your truck today?

[chillman88]

45 minutes? I used to drive 73 miles to work daily.... around here we measure distances in hours not miles

Yep. We do the same here too.

I'm not going to lie and say I'm not slightly spoiled in that regard. Work is 25ish minutes away.

 

[Nero]

Depending on the day, I could be spoiled. 16 miles one way. Some days it's a 25 minute drive. Other days it's an hour drive. Stupid tri metropolitan area.

 

[The_Josh_Bear]

I have a philosophy to live close to work so that you maximize your non-work time. And if you don't, change jobs or housing.

It works well for me, 20 mins to work, 20 mins back. Rarely any traffic. I LOVE IT.
And the more kiddos we have, the more important maximizing time is. Currently at 4 little ones, 9,6,3, and 6 months.

I'm in fairly population-dense western WA so that's a factor. In other areas maybe 40 mins is a great commute time, I dunno. I do know that it's common for people north of Seattle to commute into Seattle daily over an HOUR each way. That's bonkers to me.

 

[Nero]

If I didn't know better, I would say your romping grounds are probably Vancouver.
Mine is Portland lol
I totally can get behind that mentality. I don't get how someone could drive literal hours back and forth to work. Especially if they have a family.

 

[The_Josh_Bear]

I'm in North Bend, work in Issaquah. Very little traffic because Issaquah is the last medium-sized city on the way east via I90.
There's a lot more nature out here and less buildings.
Actually this picture is out my bedroom window, looking up the to a popular hike called Rattlesnake Ledge. On the ledge I can actually say, "I can see my house from here!"

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Because Western WA is where I've always lived, it always cracks me up when @IDIBRONCO posts about cutting down a tree for wood, and the only tree in the picture is the one in his bed/trailer. Just a side thought I often have. I grew up in the Evergreen state!

 

[Jesus Freak]

I have a philosophy to live close to work so that you maximize your non-work time. And if you don't, change jobs or housing.

It works well for me, 20 mins to work, 20 mins back. Rarely any traffic. I LOVE IT.
And the more kiddos we have, the more important maximizing time is. Currently at 4 little ones, 9,6,3, and 6 months.

I'm in fairly population-dense western WA so that's a factor. In other areas maybe 40 mins is a great commute time, I dunno. I do know that it's common for people north of Seattle to commute into Seattle daily over an HOUR each way. That's bonkers to me.

I'm with you. 12 miles to work, but then I drive 200-300miles on my route. I've got a bunch of kids myself and a small farm, being at home is really important.

 

[Rdnck84_03]

Hell my current daily commute is 7 miles 1 way. 5 miles of gravel, 1 mile of county blacktop, 1 mile of city streets. On a really busy morning I may see 3 vehicles moving.

James

 

[IDIBRONCO]

it always cracks me up when @IDIBRONCO posts about cutting down a tree for wood, and the only tree in the picture is the one in his bed/trailer.

Hey, if it's dead, it's dead. It doesn't matter if it's one of millions or the only one in a square mile.

 

[KansasIDI]

Workin on my 1990 7.3. It’ll crank and start, but won’t stay running. I have a vacuum/pressure gauge plumbed into the Schrader valve on the fuel filter head. When it starts, there is about four psi, but after running, it will get down to about 10 inches of vacuum and die. Do I have a pinched fuel line I just replaced all of them from the tank and all the way up.

 

[Rdnck84_03]

Workin on my 1990 7.3. It’ll crank and start, but won’t stay running. I have a vacuum/pressure gauge plumbed into the Schrader valve on the fuel filter head. When it starts, there is about four psi, but after running, it will get down to about 10 inches of vacuum and die. Do I have a pinched fuel line I just replaced all of them from the tank and all the way up.

Is it possible the shower head is mostly plugged up? I don't remember what all you have done to it.

James

 

[Nero]

Workin on my 1990 7.3. It’ll crank and start, but won’t stay running. I have a vacuum/pressure gauge plumbed into the Schrader valve on the fuel filter head. When it starts, there is about four psi, but after running, it will get down to about 10 inches of vacuum and die. Do I have a pinched fuel line I just replaced all of them from the tank and all the way up.

Definitely sounds like a pinched line.

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Is it possible the shower head is mostly plugged up?

I was thinking this or else the FSV is mostly plugged. The 10" of vacuum says that there's a pretty serious restriction some where before the engine.

 

[chillman88]

Do I have a pinched fuel line I just replaced all of them from the tank and all the way up.

When mine did that it was a failed tank switching valve. Failed between tanks and was partially blocking fuel flow.

 

[chillman88]

I was thinking this or else the FSV is mostly plugged. The 10" of vacuum says that there's a pretty serious restriction some where before the engine.

Beat me to it

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Beat me to it

Just lucky I guess.