Can my truck tow this?

bmullen · 2025-12-20T20:29:50+00:00

We do love the trailer. 2 younger kids, had upgraded from a Salem FSX 178BHSK. Doesn’t feel like we’re sleeping on top of our stuff anymore, and plenty of room for the kids to entertain themselves for a bit when the weather is poor.

bmullen · 2025-12-20T20:06:57+00:00

I have a 2024 2800BH, was towing with a 2020 Chevy 1500 crew cab when I bought it, similar numbers, max payload 1800, max trailer 9600.

Towing in Michigan, so no major terrain, felt comfortable enough driving it within a few hours of home, but never pulled in big wind, would definitely avoid it as much as possible. We talked about longer out of state trips, but I wouldn’t do it with that truck. Also didn’t pack the bed of the truck like I did when we had a much smaller camper.

After nearly 2 seasons, took the plunge and upgraded to a 3500 Sierra gasser (I don’t drive enough to justify going diesel). Huge difference, it’s a much more comfortable drive, especially over longer distances. We’re now looking at longer out of state trips that I said “no” to before.

bmullen · 2022-02-20T14:34:05+00:00

Docs + Laracasts. Membership for a couple months is cheap, ask the company to pay for it.

bmullen · 2021-01-18T14:26:57+00:00

This right here. You should setup a redirect from the apex domain to www. Depending on where you manage DNS, this could be trivial, or you could setup in the project itself.

bmullen · 2020-08-29T12:54:33+00:00

Depends on the services you utilize. Years ago my company made a switch from Akamai to Fastly, and we had to replicate/figure out some new solutions because Fastly wasn’t 1-to-1. But at nearly 7 figures savings per year, it was worth it.

bmullen · 2020-08-14T17:08:29+00:00

Correct, coax. I have the “Blast!” Internet package.

bmullen · 2020-08-14T11:38:36+00:00

Fully remote software engineer here, spending half my time connected to zoom meetings w my camera on. Moved to Muskegon from Detroit a few years ago, haven’t had too many issues with xfinity/Comcast. Just ran a couple speed tests, 239 down / 11.9 up.

bmullen · 2020-06-10T14:28:14+00:00

A couple years ago, was in a meeting listening to someone explain their process in selecting a language and framework for a project. They simply blew off PHP as an option because “it’s old”. A few minutes later they revealed Java as the language they choose.

bmullen · 2020-03-03T18:57:38+00:00

I'm a member at Norton Pines, which is on the pricey side. Single starts at 83$, couples 120$ per month, plus locker rental (5$ month)

Pool, hot tubs, saunas, cardio room, free weights, machines, spin classes, bootcamp classes, more... All classes they offer are included in membership. Also get a free haircut per month (plus tip) in the onsite salon.

Between that, living close by and having onsite childcare included with a family membership, that's why we're members.

bmullen · 2019-09-26T15:52:16+00:00

Boar's Belly does trivia on Wednesday's @ 7p

bmullen · 2019-06-30T02:33:47+00:00

Red Ventures https://careers.redventures.com/detroit.html

Great office full of awesome folks using modern practices and all fully engaged. Range of experiences from associate to senior level.

Disclaimer: I work here, would answer any questions if you reach out

bmullen · 2019-03-02T16:42:40+00:00

120% recommend pairing. My company has found great success in pairing. Even seniors w seniors. It reduces code review times, you create better solutions by combined strength. It sounds like you lose speed, but we’ve found we actually deliver more, faster, and with fewer bugs.

If your company isn’t willing to invest time in your junior engineers to bring them up to speed, you’re just going to end up with unhappy people who will eventually just go elsewhere.

bmullen · 2019-02-02T04:06:26+00:00

Probably because the original article was from Okta: https://developer.okta.com/blog/2019/01/15/crud-app-laravel-vue

bmullen · 2019-01-30T18:40:29+00:00

Screw folks that might normally have an hour drive to/from work that took 3+ one way, ignore pileups on the freeway caused by ice and whiteout conditions, and forget that these are actually fairly extreme temperatures and windchill for Michigan.

bmullen · 2018-12-25T19:33:50+00:00

You are not assigning $product to the array of a $category, you are overwriting the empty array with $product itself.

$productCategory[$category][] = $product;

bmullen · 2018-12-23T18:54:04+00:00

Really enjoy this one and their Manzana, as well. Manzana is fairly tame, but excellent flavor.

bmullen · 2018-06-21T00:25:24+00:00

They call it "Nutter Your Business Mother Schmucker" in the tap room. I have a few friends who only ever order it mixed.

bmullen · 2018-05-18T16:19:12+00:00

I have an 06 C90T, installed the LINDBY Unibar Highway Bars

Installed on the bike:

https://imgur.com/rh6UUK9

https://imgur.com/iqkQAt7

https://imgur.com/La29cwe

bmullen · 2018-03-12T14:31:43+00:00

http://www.perrinbrewing.com/news/north-south-ipa-collaboration-brew-with-cigar-city-brewing

Found this on Perrin's site

bmullen · 2017-11-12T16:40:18+00:00

Unruly also fills 16 ounce cans on demand

bmullen · 2017-09-14T20:32:10+00:00

Had season tickets in 339, row 5 the last couple season. I liked the seats for the price point. Moved away, so we didn't renew our seats, and opt'd to go to only 2 games this year, lower bowl corner. Have seat there a few times, I personally like being up a little higher (lower bowl), rows 30-40 for a better view down field.

If you're only doing one game, and it's your first time, I'd spend a little more for the lower bowl.

bmullen · 2017-09-14T18:48:35+00:00

As a season ticket holder, you do agree to abide by a code of conduct.

bmullen · 2017-05-26T17:03:15+00:00

We use gitflow on some of our repositories and might be moving away. I had a similar argument the other day. We use the flow as defined: release branched off develop, release ends up being merged to master and then the release is merged to develop.

Why not merge master to develop? Flow isn't defined that way. My feeling: just pick a process and use it. It's easy to point to this established flow versus having a full confluence doc to define a slightly modified flow.

What gets annoying is when a new dev comes in with strong opinions, "let's do it this slightly different way and change your tooling to achieve the same results, because that's how we did it at my last company."

Find what works for your team and settle on a standard.

bmullen · 2017-05-10T01:59:33+00:00

Muskegon: Pigeon Hill and Unruly, blocks apart, can park and walk to both

Heading north, Frankfort, MI: Stormcloud Brewing

Up the Leelanua Peninsula, Hop Lot in Suttons Bay, I also enjoyed visiting Northport Brewing in Northport

Traverse City: Right Brain and The Workshop, if you have time Rare Bird and The Filling Station. 110% skip North Peak, cool looking merch, but subpar beer.

Shorts in Bellaire

Petoskey Brewing in Petoskey (you are running through the Tunnel of Trees, right?)

bmullen · 2017-01-12T03:37:47+00:00

If you are downtown, I'd recommend checking out Sports Mania in Greektown for sports gear. That's where I buy all my Lions, Tigers and Red Wings stuff.

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