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[Grizzlymi]

Anyone else deal with Sciatica pain? I've had some issues since 2009, off and on. Always bearable, mostly just lower back pain. Had issues all last week, I felt my lower back pop when playing with my dogs(no gutter minds here), and the next 5 days after just had typical lower back pain. Went to bed Friday and woke up with pain in my hip and leg. Couldn't sleep the pain was so bad, never goes away. Day time it gets a little better, but taking it easy. Sat and Sun night same thing. Can't get rid of the pain unless I move around. Maybe 9 hours sleep the last 3 nights. I'm a walking zombie today. I have a appointment with a chiropractor at 11:00am tomorrow. I'm in so much pain and needed to rant.

 

[Kartorbust]

So I'm tempted to do a very stupid thing and no idea if it would work. But tempted to buy an M35A2 Deuce and a Half and use it on weekends to move wood to the county burn pile and maybe to help people move stuff around.

Should help fund my other projects a bit, since my automotive job doesn't reliably pay well.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Anyone else deal with Sciatica pain? I've had some issues since 2009, off and on. Always bearable, mostly just lower back pain. Had issues all last week, I felt my lower back pop when playing with my dogs(no gutter minds here), and the next 5 days after just had typical lower back pain. Went to bed Friday and woke up with pain in my hip and leg. Couldn't sleep the pain was so bad, never goes away. Day time it gets a little better, but taking it easy. Sat and Sun night same thing. Can't get rid of the pain unless I move around. Maybe 9 hours sleep the last 3 nights. I'm a walking zombie today. I have a appointment with a chiropractor at 11:00am tomorrow. I'm in so much pain and needed to rant.

Light sciatica.
I get restless leg syndrome. Thats sucks. Can't get comfortable. Burning feeling when being still too long. Gotta wiggle and move to ease it.

Chiropractor helps tremendously.
Some yoga poses and stretching helps alot too.

 

[Denny]

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See, never funny only scary. Don’t let the potus see that last video. He’ll declare it the official national version.

 

[Denny]

So I'm tempted to do a very stupid thing and no idea if it would work. But tempted to buy an M35A2 Deuce and a Half and use it on weekends to move wood to the county burn pile and maybe to help people move stuff around.

Should help fund my other projects a bit, since my automotive job doesn't reliably pay well.

As some one who used to own a M35-A2 with winch and the good C turbo. (The whistler.) Don’t do it especially if you are over 200 lbs. you won’t fit. Drive one first, don’t just take it around the block. Parts are getting rare and expensive.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

So after seeing Functional Artist's DIYGK.com sticker, im wondering if there is any way to aquire them anymore?

 

[Kartorbust]

As some one who used to own a M35-A2 with winch and the good C turbo. (The whistler.) Don’t do it especially if you are over 200 lbs. you won’t fit. Drive one first, don’t just take it around the block. Parts are getting rare and expensive.

I'm 170-ish. With a goal of dropping back to 150. I would probably get one that was rebuilt but not sure. Definitely don't want the A3 version because while the 3116 Cat is somewhat decent, rather have the spicer 5 speed manual.

But yeah tires are not cheap and trying to make sure the old multi-fuel is working well, probably isn't the cheapest.

 

[OneTimeUser]

Many years ago when I was a young man I worked at Western Auto (remember them?) as the small engine repair guy. Lawnmowers, tillers, weed eaters, go karts, mini bikes, log splitters and the like.

Some where around 15 percent of the "non working" engines were simply out of gas. Duh? Fifty cents worth of gas and good to go.

The management's policy was to give a full service charge anyway. This was 1970 or so and the charge was probably around $25.

I protested, but management had their way--maybe that's one of the reasons they are out of business now.

 

[Kartorbust]

These days the biggest killer of small gas engines, is people not running ethanol free gas, or at least running Sta-Bil with the gas to help prevent carb tarnishing. And some don't run the tank and carb empty once the season is done.