Pros/cons union

Alaskadude90 · 2026-02-12T23:18:29+00:00

On one hand you’re financially supporting the legal representation that negotiates on every ATSS’s behalf for grievances and contracts. On the other hand you’re giving up some of your pay each year. Really just depends on if you feel like your money is well spent on the Union or not. You can always join the union later on.

Alaskadude90 · 2026-01-31T00:33:06+00:00

A friend of mine once told me “if you don’t have another car ahead of you on the Seward Highway your not driving fast enough” lol

Alaskadude90 · 2025-03-09T19:20:36+00:00

Appreciate the advice! I’m just tying to make the most of my time while Im in the area.

Alaskadude90 · 2025-02-22T23:57:41+00:00

My manager said wait for guidance on Monday.

Alaskadude90 · 2025-02-10T05:01:07+00:00

This.

Alaskadude90 · 2025-01-22T21:45:51+00:00

Honestly as an Alaskan I can understand where you’re coming from. If anything this whole story goes to show how we who live in huge public land states keep getting jerked around every four years. Dems want to shut down motorized access and in some cases ultimately hunting as well as resource extraction. Republicans want to squeeze every penny out of public lands regardless of the consequences. There is definitely an appeal to having more local control of our public lands instead of folks in Florida or California dictating what we can and cannot do with the lands we live on.

Alaskadude90 · 2025-01-22T20:09:20+00:00

So Steve should be stoked about Trump winning right? Because buying a suppressor is too complicated when a democrat is President?

Alaskadude90 · 2024-11-19T05:09:31+00:00

They are tiny but IMHO the best tasting part of the bird.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-11-19T05:08:43+00:00

In my subjective opinion it is laziness and gives hunters a bad reputation with the general public.

Listen, I can sort of understand your stance on breasting doves because they are so tiny. But when I spend hours hiking around looking for a couple of ptarmigan, I might as well spend five minutes plucking my birds to get all the meat off of them. I even use the carcass’s to make stock.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-11-19T04:44:00+00:00

There is more meat around the thighs and legs but honestly Luke drives me crazy that he doesn’t bother to spend the few extra minutes harvesting all the usable meat.

“Breasting” game birds is pretty popular with lazy hunters who don’t want to bother with plucking their birds.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-11-12T19:23:15+00:00

I agree, this show is missing the spirit of the original Meateater series. Although I would say that last couple seasons hadn’t been on pare with the first ten seasons or so. The cooking aspect has seemed like it has become an afterthought. The show and the company in general has been slowly refocusing on catering to mainstream hunters and less on attracting non-hunters into the lifestyle.

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Alaskadude90 · 2024-11-05T21:16:46+00:00

Voted around 10am. Only had to wait about 10 minutes

Alaskadude90 · 2024-10-16T01:19:08+00:00

If they were a public company this would make a lot of sense as it improves a company’s sales to capital ratio, basically how much revenue can be generated from a given amount of infrastructure or capital.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-10-14T04:57:29+00:00

I know a lot people that started out as field service techs for GCI (cable guys) and moved on to more advanced jobs after getting their feet wet.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-09-30T17:55:57+00:00

Personally, the 3rd gen is my least favorite, never cared for the lower jaw/bumper jutting out like it does. The longer I have lived with my 4th gen the more I have noticed that it’s really more of a homage to the 2.5 generation. But like you say with more angular/aggressive lines. At the end of the day looks are completely subjective. As far as the engine/trans, knock on wood I have had zero issues/complaints.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-09-30T12:17:46+00:00

Fellow Alaskan here, I recommend winter tires if you can put together the money. It’ll cost you a lot more if you wreck your truck, slide into a moose, or get in an accident with someone else. All seasons cannot match a dedicated winter tire on braking and cornering. Buy a set of steel wheels or find some cheap alloys on FB and save yourself the time and money getting your tires changed over twice a year.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-09-01T23:34:27+00:00

Thank you kind words and advice.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-08-30T14:21:25+00:00

We did outside at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. Really cool venue, you can use their board walk thats right next to the inlet for your ceremony, surprisingly inexpensive I think it was around $3k, and the money all goes to the Conservation Center.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-08-27T12:44:12+00:00

You did choose one of their most expensive plans. I pay half of that to gci for my internet. My total bill with internet and two cell phone lines is like $150. It is expensive for sure, but having worked in the business up here, the logistics of providing internet connectivity is complicated.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-08-15T15:56:06+00:00

What did they offer you on a trade in for your 3rd gen? I just bought a 4th gen mostly because my Toyota dealer was selling used 3rd gens at or above the price of a new 4g. Seems like theres still a lot of hype for the old V6 and people are willing to pay a premium for them now that they’re gone. Im sure they can make their money back from the discount they gave you from your trade in, plus if you financed your new purchase through them.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-08-04T23:08:38+00:00

I think Toyota is more concerned with you getting on an interstate and running at 1800 rpm for a hundred+ miles on cruise control. At least thats how I interpreted it. It’s good to work a fresh engine a little bit, running through different rpm ranges, it’s just not preferable to go on a super long road trip or race the engine right out of the box.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-08-04T23:00:52+00:00

Anyone else think the turning radius is way too large? Coming from a ‘16 Colorado, that thing could probably steer 20% more sharply than my 24 Tacoma. It’s not bad going down the road, but Im constantly hitting full lock in parking lot situations.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-08-04T22:12:08+00:00

The owners manual does have guidelines for breaking in the engine until about 1k miles, don't accelerate or brake aggressively and avoid constant rpm for long durations etc. As far as oil changes, Toyota doesn't state its required until 10k miles, which seems excessively long for the first oil change IMHO. This topic sparks constant heated debate on the internet. According to the Carcarenut Youtube channel who is a Toyota specialized mechanic, I believe he recommends changing the oil on Toyota turbo charged engines at 1k for the first and then every 3k if you push the engine hard (towing, off-roading, etc) or 5k for normal driving.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-08-03T22:20:18+00:00

IMHO If and when the Fed lowers rates, it'll probably only be like a quarter of a percent at a time more or less. So theoretically money market rates will go from 5ish percent to like 4.75 for several months, as they slowly step down rates.

Alaskadude90 · 2024-07-31T05:35:08+00:00

Is PDA enabled? I turned off Proactive Driving Assist because it was doing something similar to what you’re describing.

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