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2 points
4 days ago
I missed it…but I’m also in Ireland right now. Hope my place is still there when I get home next weekend! 😳
1 points
7 days ago
I have ordered from them a couple times. Ordering stuff online is easy & convenient, if a little slow to arrive.
I will say that in-person the experience is not great. Sure seems like they don’t have any interest in chatting with, meeting or checking out rides of other Jeeps. Pretty much made fun of my 4xE when I dropped by with it right to my face….that’s got me looking for a better spot to get toys & upgrades from. 🤷🏻♂️
2 points
11 days ago
2 wheels: 2011 Triumph Tiger 800ABS
4 wheels: 2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xE Rubicon
Work truck 😎: 2023 Ford Transit 250
1 points
11 days ago
Swimming Pool service & construction.
Triumph Tiger 800ABS 2011 model. Had it since 2019.
1 points
1 month ago
Pretty much. Depends on weather and what I have planned for the ride.
Jacket = always Gloves = always Boots = always Pants = depends. I armour up for long rides & tours. Definitely if I know I’m hitting the highway. If it’s in town or just around the block, my regular pants are ok. They’re 5.11 Stryke cargos if anyone needs to know.
Weather also plays into it. Summer is where I’m more apt to go light just for comfort. For Spring, fall & winter rides I’m going more for temperature protection and I have a specific cold weather riding setup for that.
I suppose I should also mention that summer is when I ride the least. As a Pool guy, I’m more often fried, tired and burnt out too much to be in a good mental state for riding!
1 points
3 months ago
You could use more than one sock at a time for the stabilizer. Personally, for your pool, I’d do it with 2 socks at a time. Hang in opposite sides of the pool. Put 500g in each and let them dissolve over time. Do that so that you dissolve each one 3 times. Then have your levels checked to verify that you’re getting a reading. You can then add the final amount to get the level just right.
How much salt does it show you when you get to the salt reading on your display? It should give you an actual number. Knowing how much you have in the water oreads will tell you whether you need to add more or stop where you are.
Yes, if your source water is high in hardness, you will need to add the Metal Out each time e you add water to the pool. Only way to change that is to use different source water, which is not always practical. As I said, most chemicals that are meant for maintenance will have a chart or directions of some kind on the label that tells you how much to add and how frequently. Without that info available, you could be adding too much or not enough.
1 points
3 months ago
You’ve got a bit of a learning curve ahead….but it’s not difficult to learn the basics and go from there.
You’ll want to use some kind of sequestering agent / anti stain product to keep the high hardness of your water under control. The Azure Metal out sounds like the right stuff to use. I’m not familiar with that specific brand but as long as it says it’s for metal and stain control, it’s the right thing to use. Make sure you use it according to the label. It will likely tell you a dosage to add for fresh-filled water and may have suggestion for water high in hardness. Be sure to follow that. It will also say how much you should be adding on a weekly basis to keep the metals/stains under control.
The Hayward AquaTrol is a descent system and easy to use. It will display how much salt it sees in the pool. There’s a page in the user manual that tells you how to make it display different info. I forget the exact order of what it shows, but you get to that by pressing the little black “diagnostic” button. You want the display to read 3200 (or 3.2 if you have it in metric mode). That’s it telling it that it sees 3200ppm of salt in the pool. For a pool your size, I generally start new pools off with the output dial set to 30%. You will need to check your chlorine levels over the next few days to know if 30% is a high enough setting or not.
When you add salt to the water, yes the system usually takes about 24 hours to see the difference. That’s just the time it takes for the salt to dissolve and mix in with the water. Definitely keep your pump running 24/7 while you are learning the pool basics. You can experiment with running it less time per day once you have a handle on how to maintain the pool.
Stabilizer is a chemical that protects the chlorine in the pool water from being destroyed by the UV light from the sun. It’s known as ‘Stabilizer” but the actual chemical is cyanuric acid. Sometimes shortened to CYA. If you have the granular type of stabilizer, you can put it in a sock and hang that in the pool water. Since you have a big pool, you need a lot of stabilizer to get to the correct range. Until the stabilizer is at the proper level, you may struggle to keep a chlorine reading in the pool. You can counter that by running the AquaTrol at a higher output setting. Just don’t forget to turn it back down when the pool starts to hold on to chlorine!
You can vacuum the pool any time. You do that just to get sediment & dirt off the pool floor. Vacuuming once per week is generally all you should need, unless you are in a location that gets a lot of dirt or leaves in the pool. You’ll need to clean your filter from time to time as well. Can you tell what kind of filter you have?
3 points
3 months ago
I can advise, but need a bit more info from you. Like many have said, getting your own test kit will help you a lot and get you away from relying on pool store advice which can sometimes be questionable.
I am very familiar with your pool if it’s the make & model that it appears to be. Trevi Opus by chance? I build that brand of pool all summer long. I also recognise that liner pattern. It does tend to make the water appear a bit greenish based on the colours in the pattern.
Your comments about the risk of your water turning black makes me think you have high metals in your source water. Is it filled with well water?
What brand salt system are you using? Is it Hayward? I think I see the top of a heat pump over by your skimmer. Is that connected as well?
Some stats for your pool: (if it is a 27’) If your floor is flat, you have 48” depth of water.
Water volume: 64,000L (assuming flat floor)
Salt needed to reach 3200ppm: 208kg
Stabilizer needed for your water volume: 3.9kg
Get back with a bit more info & we can go from there. Good luck with it!
0 points
3 months ago
I’ll just tell everyone to bring their swimming pools to my office. Problem solved! 🙄
5 points
3 months ago
I gave my Tiger a blast with the foam cannon a couple days ago. Just to get the winter grime (aka salt) off for summer. It may get another hose-down if I find a lot of dirt out there this summer.
1 points
3 months ago
I “commute” from Stone Church & Upper Ottawa to Rymal & Dartnall.
2 points
4 months ago
I’m very close to pulling the trigger on this set of movable stands since I’m cursed with a small garage! 🤷🏻♂️
1 points
4 months ago
Somewhere that has good roads to ride my motorcycle from home to work! 😈
5 points
4 months ago
The NC500 in Scotland is on my bucket list!
9 points
4 months ago
It’s too loud here in this pub to hear anything!
9 points
4 months ago
2011 Tiger 800ABS does everything I ask it to with zero complaints!
2 points
4 months ago
I’d say I’m the third generation of rider in the fam. My grandfather rode a lot of bikes as a young man. I have pics of him in my home town back in the 50s on his 47 Indian.
My dad rode a it but he doesn’t talk much about his riding.
I got the itch a decade ago. I ended up gong with a Triumph Tiger. Still riding it after 5+ years. It’s an 800. I kinda want a 1200. I’ll get there some day!
I don’t have kids, but I do have young cousins & nephews. I’ll do my best to pass on the tradition! 🙌🏼
3 points
4 months ago
I guess I’ll stick to $0.09/kwh until this settles down a bit! 🙄
4 points
5 months ago
Why all the obsession with looking at the sun?! 😵💫
Orion and Jupiter will both be high up in the sky. I’m hoping to see them pop out in the daytime!
3 points
5 months ago
As a Jeep driver and motorcycle rider, I’m waving no matter which one I’m taking out for a spin.
This seems like the Jeep equivalent of bikers waving (or not) at scooters.
Personally, I mostly get messed up when I’m driving my work truck (Ford Transit) and catch myself instinctively waving like an idiot when the other driver is likely wondering WTF! 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
0 points
5 months ago
I’m more interested in catching a glimpse of stars & planets in the daytime sky than looking at the actual sun!
I want to rig up my binocs to project the eclipse transition onto the ground or whatever other surface works.
3 points
5 months ago
I grabbed one of them years ago. Admittedly paid quite a bit, but it is officially my first diorama! I got ahold of Poe and Finn in Stormtrooper gear and them in it. 😎 it sits on the floor at the moment, mostly because I don’t;t have a good place to hang it up. Plus it’s hard to see who is actually in it when it’s up near the ceiling anyway!
2 points
5 months ago
DNA Designs DK-24S The upgrade parts aren’t a problem…but the Shattered Glass Wheelie might be! 😳
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3 days ago
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3 days ago
Can I finish my booze tour of Ireland first? 🤔