Agreed. However I'm struggling to find a store that doesn't sell stuff from China. When you find one let me know.
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Every major company buys into this garbage until we push back. We need to keep pushing back on these major corporations. We need to continue to expose them and pull our support for them when they do this nonsense. If they're smart enough to backtrack and apologize then we need to support them and show the other companies that we are willing to give a second chance. TSC was smart enough t
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To Thinkin,
The LLSS is great and I love it, I've made no secret about that... but that's not what I'm talking about right now. No I don't want the LSS to be the LLSS. The LLSS is it's own awesome thing. I want to stay on topic and stick to the LSS. But yeah, the LLSS has got some awesome things going for it.
That said, I disagree with your first two sentences.
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First, I've spent tens of thousands of dollars on this site over the past 27 years (that's not an exaggeration by the way, and that doesn't include the camera equipment that I purchased specifically for this site which is also tens of thousands of dollars... and yes one of those purchases was more than a stock hood and fenders and no, it doesn't include my time either which co
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As I said, the distances for the rest of the class were all at 214' or less. I didn't talk to anyone who thought it was a good show for that class. At least 2 of those tractors should have been in the sand. Maybe you liked it... to each his own, but it was a bad show for the class overall. It's not just about order of finish (I'm fine with the order) it's about the ov
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Perfect response. Thanks for being the first to be 100% predictable.
Thanks for the perfect segway into Part 2 of this series... Agruing from Authority...
May I ask... What does your website look like? Yeah, I didn't think you had one. Does that mean you shouldn't have an opinion about how I run my website and what I should or shouldn't write about? That seems quite hypoc
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Are you sometimes getting a “Not Found” or a 404 error when trying to access the website? No? WELL READ THIS ANYWAYS BECAUSE YOU WILL. Bookmark this post. Print it. Take a screenshot. Get it tattooed on your left butt cheek. I don't care how you save it, just save it somewhere so you know what to do when it happens to you. This includes anyone named Dick Morgan.
Your web browser
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Did you actually read it? Becasue that was my point. If you're going to have the same engine and same chassis at least try to fake some variety with a different hood. (Isn't that most of motorsports now day... faking variety? Isn't almost every CaseIH is just a DT466 under the hood even though that's and IH and not a CaseIH?)
I'll also say there are plenty of non-Bl
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I’m going to pick on a few classes here over the next few week and maybe the motorsport in general so stay tuned...
I'll start with a class that’s near and dear to my heart… LSS. I've loved this class since I was a wee little lad and I'm an old guy now and I'm knocking at the door of being a half century old and I still love this class. So let's get this underway.
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Patches I wasn't calling out your comments. I completely agree about Shramek and his proposal. I know restrictor plates were proposed in more than one organization in the past and (honestly) I didn't think it made any sense back then either. I understand the idea/hope of not needing aftermarket blocks but restrictor plates were proposed well after pandoras box was already opened on a
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So far in this entire thread the best reason given was by patches... the diesel guys don't want to hook with the alky guys. That's the best reason given so far. One other reason is the NTPA likes having the option to book both classes. They don't really care how many tractors are in the class, they just want something to sell to promotors.
It's been proven over and over
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Trump was not fiscally conservative by any standards during his first three years. He's never been fiscally conservative in either his presidency or his personal life. A HUGE portion of our inflation is directly because of his excessive spending. Yes, COVID didn't help, but he still made those terrible decisions during COVID and he outsourced the last year of his Presidency to Faucci
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Advertising doesn't cost money. Advertising makes money. For every dollar spent advertising they better bring in more than a dollar or there's no ROI and there's no reason to advertise. Advertising and paying athletes for endorsements makes money for products.
Our inflation is directly tied to our money printing. We have a spending problem and we are trying to print our way o
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QuoteTG
Just a hmm thought…
First off, I’m not a fan of most elected people in our government. It seems like the middle of the road politicians that we want and need get drowned out by the far left AND right. Secondly, I’m sure there will be people that will call me names and such on my thoughts…
You say “Socialism is coming to the farming industry…..” . If you really stop and think about i
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A smart lawyer would go after the lack of wheel tethers well before he'd argue about the chassis. Since there's no spec on a component chassis there's no evidence they are safer. Since wheels have come off of mods and component tractors it shows there's still an issue with loose wheels and nothing has been done to address that issue.
The fact that tethers are already in u
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QuoteJaKe566
Pro stock cube limit at 640
Not trying to be offensive but lowering it to 640 would do nothing. It would be like changing the tires to 24.0". You'd have to lower it significantly to see any real difference.
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First question I'd ask... Is there an SFI (or other engineered) spec for a component chassis that can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a component chassis is safer? I've personally seen a component tractors lose wheels. The truth is, there's no spec, they can be homemade and there is no safety standard that has to be meet other than saying it must pass tech which isn't e
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QuoteLex560R
They had to start on it long before September to get 4000 hours in it.
I guess that would depend on how many people were working on it and how many cnc machine were running.
Most local garages around me charge $149 an hour for labor to work on your car. I'd say $200 an hour for labor for a custom one-off piece like that would be pretty darn reasonable. That right there put
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I heard the sound is much better in most parts of the arena which is great news. Where I sit down in the media area it's still pretty bad.... It's better than the past few years but it's still not clear. I was talking with Dan Mayer about it this morning and down across from us in the announcers area it's still not clear there either. So I'm assuming it might just be a p
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It not about being loud... It's about about sound clarity. Ever since they removed all the acoustic ceiling tiles the reverberation of the sound waves has caused the sound clarity to suffer severely. There are probably some areas where the sound is okay but there are other areas of the arena where the sound clarity is terrible. That's the main complaint.
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I've always been a tractor guy, but I'd trade a session of Pros for a second session of Mods or a session of Minis.
As for the Pros that aren't here... They probably didn't apply because I think there's only a handful of Pros that get rejected (if any).
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I completely agree. The livestream is simply what's been shown on the jumbotron for a few decades now. The only difference is they stream the exact same feed to the internet. The added cost of that is minimal. As for everyone having their hand in the jar... sure... it's a state run event everyone has to get a cut.
The truth is the market for the livestream is very, very small and
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I absolutely love this motorsport. I'm excited to see the pull in-person in a couple of days. I don't take for granted that I have one of the best seats in the house and I get to sit with some of the best people, people I look forward to talking with and hanging out with. I look forward to this pull every year. I'm in the upper tier of loyal fans of the sport.
Also, I'
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I'm surprise the Green Monster of Art Arfons hasn't been mentioned.
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On your phone or PC?
I'm using Microsoft Edge on my PC to post this message.... you need to remove the "s" from https in the website address (it should be http). As a side note: I'm only using Edge to test this site... I use Brave as a browser and you should too.
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I'm surprised there aren't more comments on this. This is one of those things that people always say when they are against a limit on something that they already spent money for.
Good limits save money. Bad limits (rules) cost money. Overall I'd say limits save money though.
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First, I'm not saying or imply that the 4.1 class should go away. If you reread my response to Craig Ladwig I agreed with him about his comment regarding the 4.1 class being at the top of the food chain for non-component classes. I think that's a great spot to be in for the 4.1 class. That should be the goal of the class... top of the food chain for the fans that still want to watch
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QuotePuller.
Jake, As a dedicated 4.1 puller I don't really care for the way you seem to be putting down the 4.1 class.
Where did I put down the class?
Where did I say anything negative about the class?
Where did I disparage the class?
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Craig,
I totally agree with your premise IF the 4.1 class stays Ag chassis. My question is more if the guys clamoring for components get their way... then what niche does the class fill?
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No, that doesn't tell me what roll they have moving forward... that's just a number. It's great that they have good numbers, but that doesn't tell everything about their future. I remember when Super farm was by far the biggest class... 4.1 took away part of that Super farm niche. I think 5.0 will do the same to the 4.1 class.
Are 4.1s filling a horsepower gap? For exampl
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