Finding the Right Size Dirt Bike for Your Kid(s)
Here is the deal, you have decided it is time for your kid to get on a dirt bike. Maybe you have ridden since you were a kid, and want to get the whole family riding, so you can go out and have fun together. Or maybe, like me, you made a switch from UTV’s and ATV’s to two wheels […]
Alli Learning to Drive Manual
Since she learned to drive at 10, we figured she ought to know how to drive a manual transmission at 11. She also wanted to learn how to do burn outs and drift. Sounds fun, let’s try that. Disclaimer – large area without any other cars, people or animals to run into.
Make a killing restoring an old muscle car – If you kid yourself about the costs.
It seems like a terrific idea. Buy an old car that needs fixed up, that way it won’t cost as much. You could spend money on it over time, and when it is done, it will be worth a fortune. We’ve seen Barrett Jackson, everything is worth a fortune. Maybe you will be lucky and it will be even more […]
Tree house update – the kids really don’t play in it, but the squirrels love it!
After thousands of dollars and lots of hours building the big multilevel tree house, the kids don’t really play in it. They play on the monkey bars underneath it, and the rings that they can hang from, and sometimes swing. The squirrels and wasps like it a lot though. Sometimes the neighbor kids use it. I would have been better […]
Parting with our dear old fire truck :( and a recap of ownership. – You should get one!
Let me say first – I definitely, sincerely, recommend that you buy yourself a fire truck. If you can find a good, solid, diesel, automatic transmission fire truck with less than 100k miles for less than $5k and preferably from a fire department, that way you know maintenance was done regularly – buy it, have fun, sell it before it […]
Stuck horn on the way to school!
So, I didn’t roll up the passenger window on the fire truck last night when it stormed. When I was driving the kids to school this morning the horn started honking, and didn’t stop. I figured one of their book bags got on top of the horn switch on the passenger side (they are foot switches on the floor) and […]
Fire truck pumps water – I win all of the water gun fights!
A few things have been learned since buying the fire truck: It is as cool as I had imagined. Parts that are specifically for fire trucks can be ridiculously expensive. (Siren brake $179.00) It gets pretty bad gas mileage. My neighbors are very patient. (It is parked at my work most of the time.) It confuses people at the school […]
You can buy a fire truck on Craigslist!
After waiting for over a month, I received an email from the Kinloch Fire Department with the news that the title was proceeding, and although it would be another few weeks before they had it, I could go ahead and buy the truck. Sweet! We headed over there on our way to the lake and exchanged cash for the title. Kari […]
Wait, you can buy a fire truck on Craigslist? GTFO!
I have a problem of looking at Craigslist too often. I look at cars, trucks, boats, atvs, casual encounters, you know, normal stuff. I just do it way too much. Whatever. I was looking at Craigslist for a cheap diesel truck, because clearly that is what will make my life complete, when I come across an ad for a 1985 Seagrave Fire […]
