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John H. September 1st 07 01:19 PM

A Sweet Ride
 
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:06:08 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:03:16 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Ah yes, his 'foibles' are kind of cute, aren't they? Hell, it's just Harry
being Harry.


I just reread my post looking for any mention of *cute*.

Can't find it.


That was my adjective. It seems to be the opinion of a few folks
hereabouts. I'm glad to see you caught his 'drill instructor' comments. I
agree, his knowledge of DI's probably came from the movies.
--
***** Hope your day is better than decent! *****

John H

N.L. Eckert September 3rd 07 02:44 PM

A Sweet Ride
 
HK wrote:
Actually, the only thing that takes any time and causes any aggravation
is aligning my vehicle with the trailer so I can hitch the two up. If
I'm going out with someone, that's no problem, and takes less than a
minute. If I am hooking up by myself, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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I posted (with pix) how I solved this little aggavating problem. You
must have missed it. I rigged a 4 inch. wide angle mirror on top of
the winch post so that I could see it from the truck. Then just
watched in the mirror as I backed up to the trailer hitch. When the
hitch ball disappears under the trailer hitch, it is usally lined up
perfectly. Sometimes it takes a little adjusting, but after a few
practice runs, I got to where I hit it 90% of the time.

Happy boating, Norm


Wayne.B September 4th 07 01:20 AM

A Sweet Ride
 
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:44:52 -0400, (N.L. Eckert)
wrote:

I posted (with pix) how I solved this little aggavating problem. You
must have missed it. I rigged a 4 inch. wide angle mirror on top of
the winch post so that I could see it from the truck. Then just
watched in the mirror as I backed up to the trailer hitch. When the
hitch ball disappears under the trailer hitch, it is usally lined up
perfectly. Sometimes it takes a little adjusting, but after a few
practice runs, I got to where I hit it 90% of the time.


Interesting idea, thanks.

Short Wave Sportfishing September 4th 07 01:41 AM

A Sweet Ride
 
On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:20:05 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:44:52 -0400, (N.L. Eckert)
wrote:

I posted (with pix) how I solved this little aggavating problem. You
must have missed it. I rigged a 4 inch. wide angle mirror on top of
the winch post so that I could see it from the truck. Then just
watched in the mirror as I backed up to the trailer hitch. When the
hitch ball disappears under the trailer hitch, it is usally lined up
perfectly. Sometimes it takes a little adjusting, but after a few
practice runs, I got to where I hit it 90% of the time.


Interesting idea, thanks.


Pah - I have a video camera with three views - L/R side and Top.

Mirrors - how Luddite. :)

[email protected] September 4th 07 02:09 AM

A Sweet Ride
 
On Sep 3, 8:41 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:20:05 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:44:52 -0400, (N.L. Eckert)
wrote:


I posted (with pix) how I solved this little aggavating problem. You
must have missed it. I rigged a 4 inch. wide angle mirror on top of
the winch post so that I could see it from the truck. Then just
watched in the mirror as I backed up to the trailer hitch. When the
hitch ball disappears under the trailer hitch, it is usally lined up
perfectly. Sometimes it takes a little adjusting, but after a few
practice runs, I got to where I hit it 90% of the time.


Interesting idea, thanks.


Pah - I have a video camera with three views - L/R side and Top.


And that's just looking down the side of his infrared, x-ray, anti-
matter powered sun glasses...

Mirrors - how Luddite. :)


Dammit Tom, keep this up and I am going to have to learn to use a
frekin' dictionary;)



N.L. Eckert September 4th 07 12:19 PM

A Sweet Ride
 
Short wave fishiing wrote:
I posted (with pix) how I solved this little aggavating problem. * You
must have missed it. * I rigged a 4 inch. wide angle mirror on top of
the winch post so that I could see it from the truck. * Then just
watched in the mirror as I backed up to the trailer hitch. When the
hitch ball disappears under the trailer hitch, * it is usally lined up
perfectly. Sometimes it takes a little adjusting, but after a few
practice runs, I got to where I hit it 90% of the time.
Interesting idea, thanks.
Pah - I have a video camera with three views - L/R side and Top.
Mirrors - how Luddite. :)
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Video camera??? Whats that??



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