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Introducing the kids to "Taco Man". Ta-co, Ta-co Man....John's got to be a Taco Man.

Guess what we're having for dinner?
 
rodney eppes said:
Dropped by Matt Kenseth's "compound" today, as he's extending his shop. He's not as fancy with his living quarters, as some of the other Nascar drivers are. More about privacy & comfort. At a former employer, I helped with the grading work, & meet Matt once. Never seen the whole house, shop, or anything, though. The house faces the street, but he built it for the rear view. Probably can't see in the picture, but the rear view is like the mountains or foothills! Sits just outside Davidson, on the Rim, of the ancient Volcano, centered about the Charlotte Motor Speedway. [If you didn't know] Contractor there said Matt is fixing to develop a 100 acre adjourning property.
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I built the wall that divides the shop and man house, too tall for wood. Plus he has a trophy room in the basement that was round we put a ceiling in there too. His second house (man house) on the property is bigger and nicer than my house 10x over. Its the one on the right b4 you get to the main house

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VortecJeep said:
This morning a truck GPS guided him into our street for some reason. He was trying to get to the industrial park that is thru the woods from our neighborhood. Our culdesac was not big enough for him to turn around a 53’ trailer, and he took out our mailbox and got stuck in the mud in our front yard. I think I counted 7 different times the recovery truck had to hook up to him to get him out. Then he had to back up 1/2 mile thru two 90 degree turns to get out of the neighborhood.


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...and you could just about bet if the driver would not have gotten stuck you would have been stuck with the repairs.
 
No fries said:
Its the one on the right b4 you get to the main house
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The red house, wood panel I think? I wonder why that house was there! He's got a shop [I think] around behind the red house, where the current work is ongoing. I never got out of my truck, so didn't see much. I Do remember we laid out the graded area for his shop, but don't remember the red house.
 
awheelterd said:
Over the road drivers don't have the nickname "steering wheel holders" for nothing. A US foods or Sysco driver could have made that turn in a cul-de-sac half that size.
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Agree! Not sure how or where he started turning around, but looks like he was trying to jack into the gravel driveway. Seems like he could have hugged the left side of the cul de sac, & made the U turn with the tractor, while letting the trailer simply spin around on it's axis. GPS, will fool you! I go to places where it's telling me I should be in the woods! Usually, it's a house built Behind the front house, or back in the woods, several hundred feet from the driveway.
 
How bout a {?} 10 ton dump truck, rear single axle, with Super-singles! {Tires} I Don't care for the Singles, & Hard to see any savings using them. I Do know, if one goes flat, or blows, your Done, until the Tire guys shows up. With the standard duals, 1 goes flat, or blows, at least you can limp it to a safe pull off place. Or, Carefully make it in!
 

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rodney eppes said:
Agree! Not sure how or where he started turning around, but looks like he was trying to jack into the gravel driveway. Seems like he could have hugged the left side of the cul de sac, & made the U turn with the tractor, while letting the trailer simply spin around on it's axis. GPS, will fool you! I go to places where it's telling me I should be in the woods! Usually, it's a house built Behind the front house, or back in the woods, several hundred feet from the driveway.
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That’s exactly what he was trying to do, back it into the gravel drive across from us.
The recovery driver told me he sees this all the time with newer drivers. He said driving schools don’t teach them how to backup to a dock any more (I don’t know if that is true, that is just what he said), so he was worried about this guy backing all the way out of the neighborhood.
 
rodney eppes said:
The red house, wood panel I think? I wonder why that house was there! He's got a shop [I think] around behind the red house, where the current work is ongoing. I never got out of my truck, so didn't see much. I Do remember we laid out the graded area for his shop, but don't remember the red house.
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Yeah I think it was red, been about 6-7 years. Just outside of Cornelius, kind of in a curve on the road, drive back a few hundred yards, shop/house is split level on right, then main house is a few more 100yards directly in front maybe a pond to the left. There was a maybe 30 by 60 or 70 foot shop. 8m sure he probably built more since then.

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Day 1 of my 13 days of Christmas (vacation):
Finally got new batteries in the electric SXS and man it ripz now. Wasn't cheap, but was worth it.
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Wifes parents came down for outside Covid Christmas. Father in law hand built some boats for the kiddos for Christmas. Figured we should try em out before they get broken in half or something :D
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We floated em down the flowing part of the creek too, but no pics because I was chasing them with a stick so they wouldn't get away.
 
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Day 2 of my 13 days of Christmas (vacation):
Did a little landscaping around the back patio. Got a pallet of these pavers for free. Should make it easier to cut grass, eliminate some weedeating, and reduce dirt splash from the rain.
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King Toot thinks i just built him a little sidewalk.
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Then helped the folks deliver a Christmas present to mom's boss from his daughters. I hope one day my boys love me this much :lol:
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It took up every inch of bed, but by golly it fit.

After that we grabbed some Chick-fil-A and took the kids to watch boats. Plenty of room on the bed to eat lunch.
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Wrapped the day up with a little rig building and some shenanigans.
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VortecJeep said:
This morning a truck GPS guided him into our street for some reason. He was trying to get to the industrial park that is thru the woods from our neighborhood. Our culdesac was not big enough for him to turn around a 53’ trailer, and he took out our mailbox and got stuck in the mud in our front yard. I think I counted 7 different times the recovery truck had to hook up to him to get him out. Then he had to back up 1/2 mile thru two 90 degree turns to get out of the neighborhood.


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The GPS seemed to be in the Christmas Spirit, over the river and through the woods!
 
VortecJeep said:
This morning a truck GPS guided him into our street for some reason. He was trying to get to the industrial park that is thru the woods from our neighborhood. Our culdesac was not big enough for him to turn around a 53’ trailer, and he took out our mailbox and got stuck in the mud in our front yard. I think I counted 7 different times the recovery truck had to hook up to him to get him out. Then he had to back up 1/2 mile thru two 90 degree turns to get out of the neighborhood.


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I'm surprised a Knight Industries Two Thousand didn't show up.
 
Birds got in the shop again, so plugged in the laser disco light. They'll move out now....

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What's so special about our tree being lit this afternoon?

Renee is in the middle of cooking a fancy Christmas eve dinner. And the power went out. Auto-start Generac FTW!

I got points.

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...and there is a single 30-06 casing hanging in there -- you know..."Cartridge in a bare tree"

Didn't feel like decorating it and having to put it all away again for just the two of us. Nobody else will see it, except the mail man and UPS guy thru the window.
 
jyaks said:
Id put some fishing line on it so they can stand in one spot and the boats can fight the "white waters"
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Nothing about this was planned or well thought out :D
We hopped in the SXS for a ride and they wanted to take their new boats. Then I was like heck, we oughta go throw em in the creek, haha.
 
jcramsey said:
Optical illusion or are the front tires that much bigger than the rears?

Also, I’m digging that truck. :huggy:
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Thanks, I'm warming up to it too. Definitely the same size tires front and rear. The black fender flares, shadows, and more clearance are playing with the illusion. Here's another shot of it just sitting there looking like the tires are the same size.
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