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Check this out. Pay By Plate - Illinois Tollway I set up a pay by plate account a while back when I went to the @stevasaurus pad in Elgin. It works well but you don't know for sure when you're getting your picture taken. I used it again when I took a tractor to Oak Creek, WI last summer. I relied on the phone to find the route with the least tolls. It will save you some and with auto-pay you won't get late charges. Their notifications work well and it was easy to keep tabs on it.

First time to the BS I dropped coins in the proverbial basket. Tolls with no basket I had the attendant sticking his head out the window and count axles and really took it in the shorts. 2nd tie we borrowed @PeacemakerJack Ipass and the cost/hassle went away. Another toll road score we just ran the damn thing figured pay on line. Well they didn't post my plate and what i owed until AFTER the due date and took it in the shorts with a overdue charge. I took it up with the Ipass Nazis goons to no avail. After that I got my own which was rather painless. It's free but you give them plastic numbers and a amount to charge to it when tolls rack up and its paid automatically. Works pretty good and like Dan said good for the countries of IN, OH, PA and others. $369 to go both ways to the BS for us so we still take it without being kissed. Trick is to know the best routes with low tolls even if it takes a tad longer. Chi town yer on yer own or like Sylvia says one of the many reasons to stay the hell out. We gotta pay 30 just to go have breakfast with @stevasaurus.

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I'd rather go to Wally World...

@76c12091520h Our own vendor.

When I think of Springers I think of short legged somewhat zealous, energetic & high strung bird dogs but some are fairly relaxed. Especially in their older years. Yours Don gives the impression of a larger mellow house springer. I'll have to do some reading on bench springers. I had a female Chesapeake once that got tangled up with the neighbor's springer. Result was a smaller single female chessispring?? Had the oily coat of a chessie and the body of a springer. Turned out to be a great dog. I eventually gave it to a OTR trucker that fell in love with it and was a great cab companion.

came across a couple oldies today -- inlcuding an old horse - I have little knowledge of the early era models - What is this Tractor? - - Also found this belly grader under a 416 horse - is grader OEM ? Hopefully, I will get a better view in the future of both the oldie model tractor as well as the grader blade -- but in the mean time, any preliminary info would be appreciated ? Also, hoping to establish their approximate value ? thanks, Bill

Found one reference in a illustrated parts list. 6-32 thread by 3/8" long

Nice thing about the I Pass little blue box is you can put it in any vehicle. Couple months ago Dan with down to fib land on a score and just took mine down with him. Still had to pay about 4o in tolls but the tractor was FREE! Now they did away with the little blue box I been told and it's some kind of sticker on the wind shield.

Very much appreciated. I'll talk to Trina about a list of wants/needs etc.

@WHX?? My dog is an English Springer Spaniel, there are basically two kinds. There’s bench bred, which is what my dog Lucy is and field bred. Field bred is obviously bred for field work. However I had a bench bred Springer named Wallace that was literally outstanding in the field.

I am a mutt, like most of us!

It was a short 5 hr shift at work today that about halfway through, we had a freak rainstorm that was snapping trees off and moving anything that wasn’t bolted down. Then, I mowed the fire station lawn, and my lawn as well. The new lock tited mule drive knob worked like a charm with no issues. Now just relaxing and browsing the internet. The next two days I have off and I have a bathroom that needs to have tile that needs to be finished up being taken out. At least it is supposed to get cooler.

There is no charge for the Illinois I-Pass. Cuts your bill in half. Also works as an EZ Pass in other states. https://agency.illinoistollway.com/about-ipass

U got burnt but being the nice guy I am I will come and haul it and equipment off for ya if you will split fuel bill with me.

i think I have one if you need it. It came out of, if I remember right another 312 I got from @ebinmaine in the parts haul I got last year. I’ve got the hour meter for the C-141 project’s engine and everything else has a working one or never had one so I don’t need it.

We picked up an ezpass in Ohio one time, actually two of them. For the 75 cents per month they cost in rentals, it’s worth having for the few times per year we hit tolls east or west of Michigan. The savings are close to 50% of the advertised rate as well, so it’s money saved to rent them indefinitely.

What are your "ideal" property characteristics? I keep fairly close tabs on the real estate market---not because we're looking, but just because it's an interest of mine. If I hear of something that might fit the bill, I'd be happy to pass it on to you. Feel free to PM me.

I tidied some of my rubber edges up, and @Lil’ Pullstart helped me snap some lines for the e-track.

Neat idea. Do this right now. That 500 lbs you're familiar with is gonna get much heavier very quickly with the added length. More importantly - dynamic motion loads. A rolling and broken down machine being pulled will add very different load moments to the crane and pulling tractor. The crane I built years ago is a little too heavy duty... But works great. It definitely puts a considerable strain on the tractor.