10 to 15 a foot, or about 60-80k per mile, but it all depends on many factors specific to each individual trail
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
how much it actually costs to pay an experienced professional to build a mile of mountain bike trail in 2026
Whoa... armored truck heists still happen? Effectively?
classic American made carb brands, were there fewer than I thought, or just not many got contracts to be factory equipment on production cars?
Holley, Carter, Edelbrock, Rochester, Autolite, Stromberg, and Winfield are the ones that I can name by memory
Carter made the 1st 4 barrel, in 1952 for a Buick - and produced Rochesters and Webers
Autolite would place a Ford tag on carburetors purchased from Carter, Holley, and Rochester; so many carburetors with a Motorcraft tag actually were made by other companies
Carters foundry was so contaminated with PCBs it was turned into a EPA Superfund site a year later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Carburetor
The Carb Shop has an online database to share the carbs and information that they had gathered in 5 decades of operation
Autolite, Carter, Detroit, Ensign, Holley, Kingston, Linkert, Marvel, Motorcraft, Rayfield, Rochester, Schebler, Stromberg, Tillotson, Winfield, Zenith
https://www.thecarburetorshop.com/Carbshop_virtual_museum.htm
The Sunderman Carburetor Company offered a replacement carb for Model Ts, which had a trap-door similar to the design of some early mouse-traps. While early advertisements do not show the "Mouse Trap" data plate, at some time the name was given to this carburetor.
Today's trivia that I've never heard of before, and only just learned of:
In the early days of motoring in the USA, one of the most popular cars was the Ford Model T. As were so many T's in comparison to other vehicles, the aftermarket manufacturers concentrated on accessories and "improvements" for the Model T.
In fact, because of the vastness of this market, a new phrase was born: "fits to a T"
Monday, April 20, 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026
most clever news reporting writing I've read in a while
Travelers on an East Tennessee interstate were forced to brake for workers — and drones, perhaps even a queen — when a truck carrying about 1 million bees crashed Friday.
in a scene from Waterworld
Theres something intriguing abuot the Mad Max genre of post apocalyptic vehicles
hand painted Mini pick up, inspired by the 303 squadron, the most successful fighter squadron, consisting of 95% Polish pilots, in the Battle of Britain (thank you Shas!)
Shas corrected my post, with some accurate facts (thank you Shas!)
the non polish members of the 303 were flight commander John Kent, a Canadian from Winnipeg serving in the RAF, and Josef František a bit eccentric Czech pilot that entered Polish service after the III Reich annexed Czechoslovakia and he fought with the 303rd to his end in a crash near Cuddington Way. At that time he was number 4 top ace pilot in all allied forces.
Japanese garbage trucks stay clean, here's the video on how
and they are built with an interesting aesthetic curtain to hide the garbage smashing area,
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