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Free State Wyoming (FSW) Promotional => Making the Case for Moving Toward Freedom (and Wyoming!) => Topic started by: MANUMIT on May 28, 2010, 06:08:08 AM
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Small herd of antelope as I was starting the truck this morning...yesterday's drive had thirty-five antelope, twenty mule deer and one moose though I'd much rather NOT see any of them on the road... :o
(http://s3.postimage.org/OLvUJ.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=PqOLvUJ)
The antelope are starting to fawn...I'll try and get a shot of those adorable young'uns!
MANUMIT
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Here's a few more from today's commute...
These Sandhill Cranes (I believe) had just crossed the road....
(http://s4.postimage.org/AGwBS.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVAGwBS)
(http://s4.postimage.org/AGz60.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVAGz60)
Cattle hanging out on BLM...check out that blue sky ;D
(http://s4.postimage.org/AGBB9.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVAGBB9)
MANUMIT
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Great pics, Manumit. Got bumper? :D
There *is* a reason for those super heavy duty front bumpers observed on trucks out west... They are starting to show up more and more in my neck of the woods... Just a 150#doe can do incredible damage (many thousands) to a stock bumpered truck if you've got much of a head of steam up. Not sure anything will 'deflect' a moose or elk. :o
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These "ranch" bumpers ARE standard fare AND HIGHLY recommended...given the volume of wildlife and the fact that most roads divide the daily food/sleep to water travel lanes, it is not IF you'll hit something, but WHEN!
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa276/20032wdsilverado/photo4.jpg)
MANUMIT
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:)
Those are the ones! Looks like a Ranch Hand. Spotting hitch and all. You're right, if you live in a wildlife populated area, it's just a matter of time. Spending ~$1000 on a bumper like this (new) is cheap insurance considering the damage potential and the possibility of being stranded well away from help. At $250 for that bumper, it's a no brainer! If that bumper fit my old truck (sadly it doesn't), I'd be calling you to go get it and sending you $$!
They can be a pain when working in the engine compartment, but it's liveable.
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If I still had my suburban, I'd snatch that up, lot's of guys run ranchhands here in Mo.
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At $250 for that bumper, it's a no brainer! If that bumper fit my old truck (sadly it doesn't), I'd be calling you to go get it and sending you $$!
Might be a bit much for my Hyundai?
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:D Ummmm, yeah. Might cause it to tip over front first! Ha, ha. What a picture. ;D
Maybe the only way that a ranch bumper would work with a Hyundai is with photoshop... ;)
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Photoshop? Good idea, then I wouldn't have to take the plow blade off.
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All...the photo was just poached by me following a "ranch-bumper" ixquick picture search. SORRY...but given the "free-range" wildstock demand pressure, supply is readily available out here. I'll check some used parts spots and get ya'll a current going rate.
MANUMIT
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Thanks, Manumit. Mucho appreciated. Reputable places to call would be the ticket. Used fits this cowpokes budget. ;)
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This looks great! I live in the Fort Worth-Dallas metroplex. The traffic from hell, and the morons who drive here, is one of the major reasons I want out of here.
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Moving pastures....
(http://s3.postimage.org/gM1yr.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=PqgM1yr)
MANUMIT
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This big guy never used his turn signal...and didn't even have a valid plate :-\
(http://s2.postimage.org/gBuDJ.jpg) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=TsgBuDJ)
MANUMIT
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Betcha he didn't use his flashers when going so slow, either. ;D