That's 300 gallons PER TRIP, 3 (or was it 4?) full trips.
The video isn't that bad, actually, we just didn't tape the majority of the
process. The bit Dakota did get came out decent I thought, considering it
was 10:30 PM and all we had was truck lights.
jbleazard@Sympatico.ca wrote:
> Jon estimated about 300 gal, based on knowing the flow rate of the pump
> and how long it took to fill.
>
> The really interesting thing was that the corners of the tarp kept sliping
> down
> and letting the water out. So we figured that it worked better if we had
> one
> person at each corner walking along with the truck holding the tarp up.
> They
> looked like pallbearers :-). The whole thing got considerably easier when
> I decided to try it in 4wd low range.
>
> I wish we would have been able to get some better video of the whole
> process,
> but it was getting dark by the time we got it down to a science. I could
> really feel the rear of the truck jump up once all the water was dumped
> out of the back.
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Jason Bleazard jbleazard@sympatico.ca Toronto, Ontario
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
> hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
>
>
> In article <9ledfk$4j2$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, maldbnsf@home.com ("Don
> Mallett") wrote:
>> Nice set of pix, Wish I was there. So how much water did you fill the
>> back of the Daks with? Thats must hav been a slow ride to get it there
>> with out it all spilling over! Nice job!
>>
>> *----------------------------------------------------------------------*
>> Don Mallett
>> Y2k QC SLT+
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>
>
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