Well, the judge liked the opposing counsel's order better and signed it so the case continued. No one from The View showed up for the pretrial hearing back in January, so our son made another motion to dismiss. Judge denied that too and put us on the calendar for a trial to start Monday. Last Thursd...

I haven't updated this in a while because things have been crazy around here. But we found out that the new HOA simply adopted the old HOA CCRs and didn't change anything. Only the people on the boards changed. The View hired a real estate attorney that we know and filed a civil suit against us in S...

It might be wise to consult a lawyer, instead of continuing to ignore it. Whether you or anyone else agrees with it or not, it seems like they may be planning to take action. As far as the ccr with the closing documents, if that is from the original HOA, which no longer exists, if I understand thin...

I have had to pick up trucks in these HOA Places for reason similar to your situation and it SUCKS. last one the HOA Came buy and told him what color the roof had to be and house a certain color I would have 2 words for them that's the problem with HOA, In your case they do not have a leg to stand ...

Do you have up to date license plates? I would tell them that your commute to work is so long that your chauffeur no longer has time to drive them every day. I spent my life as a high end home builder. I built a lot of houses in developments like yours. Some of the property owners think there s*** ...

PART 2 (Troubling Signs) About 2 years ago, an unsigned, hand-written letter showed up in our mailbox. It had no stamp and no return address. It was poorly written and parts of it were difficult to understand, but the gist of it was: our property looked like a junk yard and we should be ashamed, we ...

Y'all may have seen in the news where Home Owners Associations go after folks that own classic cars and trucks that "don't fit" the neighborhood or whatever. Well, that hits close to home for me, because our HOA has come for my Slick (and my other classics). Here's my story that I'll be up...

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Very nice original-looking truck! Wish it was closer.

Congrats and best wishes!

April, I'm in a similar situation. Not DHS, but another federal agency (I can't mention) that hasn't been funded. We're also working and have been told we'll get paid only one more time unless an agreement is reached. I have a little set aside so we're OK for now, but if the "shutdown" con...

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Not going to lie. This move to this house has crushed my motivation currently. The contractor who had done some work inside the house for me to move in never finished and his crap is still in my garage. I can't quiet get the garage cleaned up yet, which is holding me back from getting my truck off ...

Amen! I bought my truck on eBay nearly 10 years ago. It was in TN nearly 6 hours away. On the way back home, just north of Atlanta, the left front blew and the tire was completely shredded. The truck had no jack or tools, but fortunately, I had brought along my own jack and nearly all of my tools. U...

Dang! Well, I think you handled that pretty well.

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Thanks everyone. He already has the trailer and it's a 2012 Zinger ZT25RB - not a 5th wheel. The specs say it's 6100 lbs dry. The trailer has electric brakes on the rear axle and the truck has a draw-tite controller. I found the Andersen No-Sway at a pretty good price on eBay, so we're gonna try it ...

My oldest son is now the proud owner of a 2000 F-250 SD 7.3 diesel: http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l59/robleyw/CMW_F250.jpeg He plans to tow a 29 ft. long trailer that weighs about 6,000 lbs. This is uncharted territory for us and I've found conflicting information on the internet. Some folks say...

We put a Pertronix ignition in the dist. yesterday and I don't know if it is me or the ignition, I did not drive the truck since it is January in Montana but the throttle response seems a whole lot crisper/snappier. Also at idle the volt meter now reads between 13 and 13.5 and with points it was ba...

Dang man, it's awesome that you figured it out so fast! While reading your first post I was racking my brain trying to come up with some way to help.