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Back when I had time for such things I studied and researched the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. Borax Smith named many things like stops on the railroad mines and whatever after employees, family, and associates. Razor, Baker, and Ryan are but a few examples of this habit of his. That being said I've never heard of a Dumont family member, employee or associate. So it maybe that Dumont was Dumont before the railroad ever reached there. Perhaps I can be a bit more informative as to the earliest reference to Dumont I'm aware of. Dumont was a site, likely little more than a railroad construction camp and likely doomed to stay that way because of a lack of water. The water in Sperry Wash wasn't even considered fit for steam engines and the closest water is at Tecopa. So 1906 or earlier is likely a good time. Eli

I took the wife to look at toy haulers today and she actually really liked a 18' Attitude. What do you think of Attitudes and Johnny Walker as a dealer? If you were looking for an Attitude were would you go? I've bought my last few vehicles out of state because many Las Vegas dealers think they are something special and I should pay extra for it. I didn't think they were worth the thousands it would have cost me. Eli

That explains it....nothing works right when you are that low on j.d. Eli

If you are not feeling any love with a 16 footer I made the right decision not to try and do it with a 21 but what the heck does that darn thing weigh and how fast were you going? Eli

They say mining claims the town sits on were never patented. Reid was trying at one point to sort it out with the BLM but knowing the BLM the town will be bull-dosed before that happens. Of course they say the title to my property in Goldfield is clouded too but they were lazy to do the research. They argue that the Trustee for the township of Goldfield didn't have the right to sell lots on top of mining claims. Many old mining towns were built that way. I don't care if the trustee had the right or not. The owner of a patented claim has right to sell and define the surface rights and that's all you are likely to get in a mining area anyway. As long as that deed and all those that follow it are in my hot little hands the those lazy a..holes can go pound cloudy sand. I'm told the patents were never issued for Gold Point but only a few hours researching at the BLM office in Tonopah will tell truly tell the tale and most of the so called local experts are simply too lazy to do so. Eli

Rented a cabin for a week in Swains Creek last year. Now I can't get the wife off the computer because she's always looking at cabins up there for sale. Gonna have a fight on my hands when I want to spend money for a toy hauler. Could be she's right....I love it up there. Eli

Was there for the first last weekend. Also wish I had paddles for the RZR. Eli

Anybody know what shape Canes Bed Road is in? I feel the need to escape the heat this weekend. Eli

Well spent the evening learning more... If a Thor 217TB is too much....a Thor 18TB isn't enough. Can't get a 100" RZR in a 85" cargo area:( The pop out front bed was kind of different. I like the idea of going to bed without unloading. Although I don't think that's gonna happen in less than 23'. So what do you guys like for a half ton and a RZR that isn't gonna break my wallet. Eli

Thanks Pete now I'm learning something... Eli

Already got the air bags and a great brake controller. I'm very happy with both. Pete....in a previous life 80,000 pounds gross meant 80,000 pounds. The load could be sloshing around, swinging around, not there at all in high cross winds, wide, high or even well over 80,000 pounds and I had to learn to deal with it. Didn't always mean I liked it very much. You could pull 80,000 with a 318 Detroit and hate it. A 350 Cummings and like it. Or 3406 Cat and love it. The 1693 Cat I had you drove by the temps because it would pull until it melted. Got in the habit and still pull hills that way. If the tranny, engine, or rear end start going up too much I drop a gear. If they get too high I stop and cool things off. The key is not waiting to do something till you are in trouble. I don't go down hills faster than I went up them. I don't want my brakes overheated when I need them the most. I think people that ride their brakes all the way down the hill belong well in front of me anyway. It's not a matter of being legal I will be going the scale. The questions are not because I doubt the truck. It's a matter of will I hate it, like it, or love it? A million accident free miles happened because I was extremely careful and a bit lucky. I wasn't pulling a toy hauler at the time. So I'm asking those that have. I listened to a lot of drivers when I first got started.....some of them were full of crap.....some of them weren't. Eli

My half ton Titan is rated to tow 9,400 pounds but.... I'm looking at 2000 21' Thor Wanderer. It's loaded with options which are not helium filled so I'm not sure I trust the empty weight on the builders plate. Newer toy haulers seem to be lighter at least if you believe the advertising. I don't know that I want to run the Titan at max tow rating. I don't mind going uphill and downhill slow but don't like to see the temps get too high. Upgrading the truck isn't gonna happen. I owe I owe..... So am I gonna be happy pulling this thing? Are the newer ones really that much lighter given the same 21' length? Should I be looking at nothing above a 18'? What do you think of the Thor Wanderer in general? Eli

I ride Amaragosa a lot. I've never seen or heard anything about a ghost fence. I'm very sorry for Mike's wife and family loss. That being said I was my side in the RZR Monday before I knew what hit me. The only way I'm going know if I can climb a steep and difficult rutted hill is to try it and I've climbed worst. This time it bit back. If I'd been on a bike or quad I've no doubt I've have gotten hurt. Both I and RZR got anyway with minor damage so I was lucky. Sometimes you are not. I didn't know Mike but I doubt he ran out of skill although we all have at some point. I doubt it was a ghost fence. We should not even go there. Unfortunately stuff happens and we aren't always lucky. It wasn't Mike's idea to stay in bed with the covers over his head. Neither is it ours. God bless him and look over his family. Eli

I forgot the most important thing if you have dust in the stock airbox, tube and thottlebody. Take pictures you'll need them. Eli

I run a BTI Semi Sealed on my 08. It's $$$ and the UTM is cheaper. No cutting required with the BTI which is also sold by Dragonfire with their name on it. I don't like the idea of the vented model and don't need the waterproof one. Dragonfire is supposed to have a mount that connects the can to the engine and not the frame. Although I never had a problem (I did change the hose clamp) and your S likely has a lip and bellows to help prevent the tube (hose) from coming off the thottle body it happened alot on the 08's as the engine flexed in the frame. It's also easy to go back to stock..PM me if you don't know why you would do that. Both use a Donalson paper filter inside the can. So cleaning is easy just tap it on something hard a few times and blow it out when you have a compressor. Regardless of which filter you use CLEAN IT EVERY NIGHT. Check the tube and the thottle body for dust when you clean the filter. You are not going to be different if you wait till you get home, IT WILL be top end time. Do something soon as RZR's suck dust.... the new filter, the lip and the bellows just seem to be Polaris band-aids to me. Eli

The closest the T&T got to Pahrump is Shoshone. You may not get south from Shoshone to Tecopa I think they closed the lake/meadows. You aren't getting to China Ranch via the T&T south from Tecopa on a ATV except through an ACEC. Not advised since 1974. Unless they cleaned out the salt cedar you may not be able to walk it. The ACEC border is Tecopa Trail Head on the north by the old mill site. The southern border is three miles north of Sperry but now they turn you up Western Talc Road before you get there. Best thing to do is trailer to Western Talc and follow Sperry Wash. If you could find a place to park you might be able to drop somewhere around the Pass and take the Tecopa RR from the Gunsight to the Noonday. From there to Western Talc and down Sperry Wash. The mines themselves are private property. So unless the BLM got permission from the owner....... Eli

Unfortunately not funny....even if you could fund the bridge you'd need to fund the tree-hugger studies that would cost several times that. The only good news is that the tree-huggers have moved their efforts north........but I think only for a while. Eli

Bananas which make a mess or banana chips that don't make as much of one and toilet paper rolls. Hey you asked...... Eli

I don't know about unfriendly....however our Afican Gray calls me Eli when he wants something, Eha when he is slightly unhappy with me and my wife's ex's first name when he is really p'd off at me. Last time we took him to the vet the vet looks at his chart for his name and said "How is Nikki today?" Bird looks at him and said "nervous." Towels are good......welders' gloves work too. Better on the Blue and Gold. Eli

Just one question Mr. Boss...... Who the hell is gonna buy the stuff you make if the middle class working men and women can't afford it? Henry Ford when asked why he paid his workers so much money answered Who would buy my cars if I didn't. Guess you are pretty glad those workers brought your stuff on credit when they couldn't afford it otherwise. The government can't bail out somebody who's sales is down 40% like the automakers. BTW Mr President....conventions are good for business and Las Vegas is cheap compared to some other locations. Eli

Work changed from Verizon to AT&T a while back. Best thing that ever happened I don't have coverage anywhere compared to Verizon. Some voicemails take longer than the postal service. The best thing is AT&T has very limited coverage at Dumont compared to Verizon. In fact I can see Las Vegas on the way home and still not be able to make a cell call. My personal wireless card (Verizon) has also coverage in a lot of places including Dumont where I can't make an AT&T cell call. I love AT&T Eli

Isn't a dealer that deserved it more. Absolutely the rest need to go. Eli

What crowd???? That's why I'm at Amaragosa. Eli

I kept mine in Shoshone in the lot north of the RV Park for dirt cheap. That's been a several years ago but I bet they could use the business. Don't know how secure it is but I never had a problem. It was within sight of the managers. Eli

Comparing a RZR to a Rhino is like comparing a sports car to a SUV. Stock RZR is faster vers stock Rhino, narrower so there's more trails you can ride, rhino's have more room but if you don't have kids....... Eli