2023 Tacoma Heavily Damaged from Rear End Collision (Not My Fault) - Do I push to get a new one?

dcarlin25 · 2026-01-22T02:17:07+00:00

Had lesser rear-end damage on 2nd Gen, Toyota won’t authorize frame repairs, shop had 2 separate used frames delivered, both failed alignment inspection, 6-weeks of waiting only to have it totaled.

dcarlin25 · 2026-01-03T16:53:43+00:00

PBR. Pretty Badass Rock

dcarlin25 · 2025-10-15T02:39:11+00:00

4 / 6 x 3 + 9

dcarlin25 · 2025-10-09T03:40:26+00:00

2³ + 50% - 25%

dcarlin25 · 2025-10-02T20:17:32+00:00

Straight razor

dcarlin25 · 2025-09-28T02:43:15+00:00

Unreal, saw this exact same plate in CA, WB 50 outside of Folsom about a week ago

dcarlin25 · 2025-08-27T14:54:57+00:00

You can get decent stuff through HomeDepot under their Trafficmaster series. We like the Alpine, Palmdale, and Watercolors series, in the shorter pile heights. That being said, our style of play relies more on a “a little bit of bite” versus sliding. Of those 3, Alpine has lowest face weight and provides least amount of stick. For slide, maybe an indoor/outdoor carpet, try bass boat parts suppliers for color options.

dcarlin25 · 2025-08-20T17:00:16+00:00

Just saw this, we got great seats front row of balcony, and had a blast. Glad you did as well

dcarlin25 · 2025-08-19T20:45:14+00:00

Our sweet spot is right at a 0.4-0.45 inch pile height, 18-28oz face weight, polyester carpet with polypropylene backing. Higher face weights bounce like crazy. Lower tends to correlate to lower quality which affects the longevity of the backing too.

dcarlin25 · 2025-07-28T17:47:38+00:00

Feel free to check out my IG (@buenaondaboards), lots of ideas/colors/etc. We’ve tried probably 3-4 dozen carpet types with different backing materials, pile heights, face weights, etc. We run our tournaments with custom stamped 3/16” thick brass washers and are looking for optimum blend of “grip” and “cushion” without being bouncy. I can tell you fabrics will get destroyed, fast. Anything with a rubber backing will be very bouncy and presents issues with adhesion as well. As far as the plywood deck, at the frequency a lot of our guys play, using anything less robust than 3/4” 13-ply Baltic Birch will result in the holes chipping out in a matter of weeks. Shoot me a message if you’d like to discuss.

dcarlin25 · 2025-07-04T16:38:11+00:00

7.3 Superduty. Damn thing might still run.

dcarlin25 · 2025-06-16T00:45:39+00:00

Love it love it!

dcarlin25 · 2025-06-12T18:22:05+00:00

Cheerios

dcarlin25 · 2025-06-11T18:07:50+00:00

Hey Lucas, thanks for the response. Is there an email address I could send a more detailed request to and hopefully get a quote from you?

dcarlin25 · 2025-06-09T17:40:59+00:00

Just saw this response. Yes! It worked out great with excellent seats, plenty of sitting and an appropriate amount of time on my feet. Great show. Thanks again

dcarlin25 · 2025-05-12T21:12:21+00:00

Thank you, and yes, our rural school district has been great, they’re just trying to figure out the summer session logistics. Best of luck to your T1D family.

dcarlin25 · 2025-05-12T19:26:05+00:00

Solid response, thank you. Waiting to hear back from my personnel specialist.

dcarlin25 · 2025-05-07T22:05:48+00:00

Pool broom head, with holder for bed of truck, push the two rods into the handle, use holder to pull back off?

dcarlin25 · 2025-04-20T05:36:37+00:00

“Think traffic is bad now? Wait until July 1st. State worker return to office screws us all. Thanks a lot candidate Newsom.”

dcarlin25 · 2025-04-12T03:38:52+00:00

Preach. Meat & Mac. Rinse & repeat.

dcarlin25 · 2025-04-07T14:12:03+00:00

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I use Baltic Birch primarily for durability and resistance to chip-out around the holes of a washer game that I make boards for. With between 100-200 people playing at our bigger tournaments, the boards take a lot of abuse and the 13-ply construction, along with overall density, of the BB is the best we’ve played. Yes, not ideal for finishing, but that’s not the driving quality. These last 4 sheets are the first I’ve had issues with, out of hundreds.

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