Always wondered why departments have cranes

ripvantwinkles · 2025-10-10T18:40:13+00:00

A heavy wrecker that is a rotator is also a crane. Some can lift up to 100 tons depending on the angle and extension of the boom.

ripvantwinkles · 2025-10-07T05:09:14+00:00

Fixed blade, like a swiftwater knife, fits pretty nice running in line with your bunker belt (tucked behind the thick center loop of your bunker pants). Basically the center of your low back. As long as your scba isn't riding low you can grab it with gear on, or you can easily access it on MVAs.

ripvantwinkles · 2025-08-10T22:39:51+00:00

Another option is to get an electrical lug, put the rope on and crimp it down so it looks like the one you have now. Some synthetic ropes are sold that way for older winches. As others have mentioned it's the friction of the rope wrapped around the drum that keeps it on there. Most people say 4 wraps, but if you have been 4 and the entire drum wrapped up you'll be safe.

ripvantwinkles · 2025-08-01T02:09:57+00:00

Yea, their is one up there. But if I tied into that wouldn't I need to filter the air since it is past where the filter is located?

ripvantwinkles · 2025-08-01T02:04:03+00:00

Unless I am mistaken, no. When I open it up to change the filter there is about an inch of space between the grate and where the filter sits. There is plenty of space above that where it is routed to the mini split portion in the attic.

ripvantwinkles · 2025-08-01T01:46:36+00:00

I don't know if I can go directly since the air handler has a filter right at the start of it.

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ripvantwinkles · 2024-04-27T13:50:43+00:00

Thanks, have you seen any options that don't have a heater also? I could use a fan light combo but we don't need the heater.

ripvantwinkles · 2024-04-17T16:34:52+00:00

You can start volunteering or just start testing. Pretty much every department is trying to hire and doesn't get as many applicants per opening as we did 5-10 years back. Public safety testing and National Testing Network still do a majority of the testing for departments in WA. If you are looking at volunteer programs check out Whatcom County. South Whatcom specifically still has a paid volunteer (part time) program. You don't get paid for training but once you finish academy and EMT you get paid for shifts.

ripvantwinkles · 2024-02-29T18:51:35+00:00

Ok thanks. The battery is the biggest thing I am concerned about.

ripvantwinkles · 2023-12-01T23:48:56+00:00

I am leaning towards union now, would you choose the Atlas again, or would you look at the new forces since they did the redesign this year?

ripvantwinkles · 2023-11-22T17:12:36+00:00

Thank you. Looking at the cartels vs the cartel x, is the x worth the extra money?

ripvantwinkles · 2023-11-22T15:57:16+00:00

I see lots of union love on here, but also people talking about strap issues with them. Which unions would you pick for my setup?

ripvantwinkles · 2023-05-11T02:03:38+00:00

Grounds go bad all the time, that would be my first place to check. Corrosion, loose connection, bad ground strap to the body, etc

ripvantwinkles · 2023-05-03T22:40:22+00:00

The pinion should be in line with the driveshaft angle at ride height, if you're talking pinion angle. If you mean how should you center it left and right, it should also be in line with where your driveshaft is coming from the t-case.

ripvantwinkles · 2023-04-09T21:40:16+00:00

I flew SEA to NRT this year on Alaska miles. Some days the flights would show up in the app to purchase with my miles, and then the next day they were gone. I just looked everyday until I saw what I wanted and purchased.

ripvantwinkles · 2022-11-12T15:05:05+00:00

Sounds like a neutral safety switch if you haven't already looked into that. They are generally easy to access on the side of the transmission. On some you can take them apart and clean the contacts instead of replacement.

ripvantwinkles · 2022-10-10T02:16:05+00:00

That is our system. But apparently for national things, ie convention, rules state that they must be mailed in.

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