Yeah, true enough. A big mouth or non-truth will get you no where..... I'm from the school that if you've wronged, get caught, then own up to it and pay the piper. However, calmly expressing a sound rationale for your actions ought to be perfectly acceptable.
I understand that any driver can be stopped for ?? at any time. I was just wondering IF you thot your ride was, or has become a magnet for checks and pull-overs because of certain mods.
When I rode a bike in my 20's........I got pulled over way more often than while driving a non-descript car. Not for an offence committed, but for license and reg checks.
Interesting. And yes, any traffic stop / inspection has the propensity to go in whichever direction the peace officer so chooses........
Just yesterday, I spoke to a guy that has a 20" bar on his full size truck bumper. No, it didn't have an opaque cover on it. That piqued my interest......so, I asked him; "Say.....I noticed that you have a light bar on the front of your truck, wondering......has it been a cop-magnet? and do you get hassled for having it during a road block check? " He said that he had never been hassled by the police for having it, and had never been pulled over on account of the light bar not being covered. He said that if you have it wired into high beams only, and don't turn it on while on the hwy, it's not a problem. Then he said......"and I used to be a cop for 35 years".
Physically, what makes your's different [ acceptable / legal for road use ] from mine?? JUST the print on the lens? To oncoming traffic, properly adjusted, wired into the high beam circuit, I'm betting that they look very, very similar.
Larry,
Thanks for the info.
I called Wilkinson and they don't carry DOM, but would bring in a flat-deck load if I bought it all. No, I don't need to re-mortgage my house, lol.
I called Scott at Metal Super Markets and got a "rough quote" for 300 LF of 1.75" x .120" wall, based on 20ft lengths. $157.00 per 20 ft length after tax. So.......roughly $785 for each of us.
The same for .095" wall, 20 ft lengths......$126 per length, so, $630 for each of us.
Again, this is just a rough quote. The final price would be determined by the MS sales person making a call and getting the actual quote from head office, where ever that is.
Some specs;
*COST IS NOT CORRECT FOR OUR PURPOSES*.
Diameter (in) Thickness (in) ID (in) Cross Sect. Area (in^2) Tensile Strength (lbs) Cost ($/ft) Weight (lb/ft)
1.75 0.095 1.56 0.49 34,575 $5.36 1.596 lb
1.75 0.125 1.50 0.64 44,668 $5.54 2.169 lb
Considering my samurai doesn't weigh much, the .095 wall would likely work OK for me.
Yeah, true enough. A big mouth or non-truth will get you no where..... I'm from the school that if you've wronged, get caught, then own up to it and pay the piper. However, calmly expressing a sound rationale for your actions ought to be perfectly acceptable.
I understand that any driver can be stopped for ?? at any time. I was just wondering IF you thot your ride was, or has become a magnet for checks and pull-overs because of certain mods.
When I rode a bike in my 20's........I got pulled over way more often than while driving a non-descript car. Not for an offence committed, but for license and reg checks.
Interesting. And yes, any traffic stop / inspection has the propensity to go in whichever direction the peace officer so chooses........
Just yesterday, I spoke to a guy that has a 20" bar on his full size truck bumper. No, it didn't have an opaque cover on it. That piqued my interest......so, I asked him; "Say.....I noticed that you have a light bar on the front of your truck, wondering......has it been a cop-magnet? and do you get hassled for having it during a road block check? " He said that he had never been hassled by the police for having it, and had never been pulled over on account of the light bar not being covered. He said that if you have it wired into high beams only, and don't turn it on while on the hwy, it's not a problem. Then he said......"and I used to be a cop for 35 years".
Well, doesn't that just confuse things.......
marsofearth, you have this light bar; https://nightriderleds.com/products/automotive-equipment/nightdriver-d12/
And I have this one; https://www.speeddemonlights.com/products/light-bars/dual-row/new-6-dual...
Physically, what makes your's different [ acceptable / legal for road use ] from mine?? JUST the print on the lens? To oncoming traffic, properly adjusted, wired into the high beam circuit, I'm betting that they look very, very similar.
Larry,
Thanks for the info.
I called Wilkinson and they don't carry DOM, but would bring in a flat-deck load if I bought it all. No, I don't need to re-mortgage my house, lol.
I called Scott at Metal Super Markets and got a "rough quote" for 300 LF of 1.75" x .120" wall, based on 20ft lengths. $157.00 per 20 ft length after tax. So.......roughly $785 for each of us.
The same for .095" wall, 20 ft lengths......$126 per length, so, $630 for each of us.
Again, this is just a rough quote. The final price would be determined by the MS sales person making a call and getting the actual quote from head office, where ever that is.
Some specs;
*COST IS NOT CORRECT FOR OUR PURPOSES*.
Diameter (in) Thickness (in) ID (in) Cross Sect. Area (in^2) Tensile Strength (lbs) Cost ($/ft) Weight (lb/ft)
1.75 0.095 1.56 0.49 34,575 $5.36 1.596 lb
1.75 0.125 1.50 0.64 44,668 $5.54 2.169 lb
Considering my samurai doesn't weigh much, the .095 wall would likely work OK for me.
Anyone else interested?
Yep.......dies ain't cheap!