What did you buy this week?

[LouNY]

Ordering and gathering materials to upgrade my salted sand storage. A 16 wide x 10 high x 30 long Shelterlogic cover. Then today getting a few more mafia blocks for the walls.
Good load on the pickup hauling 3 full blocks and a half block, about 12,600 pounds of concrete block per load.

Tongue weight was just a bit low on this load, tires did some scrabbling coming up the driveway.

 

[Texasmark]

I bought a 55" tv, brand name, reliable mfgr. great price. After screwing with it for 3 days it went back to the store for a full refund. Clerk asked me why return it.......I said because it kept referring to a this and that (directions on how to operate it) on your smart phone......I have a flip phone and I am not about to buy and attempt to learn how to operate a smart phone just so that I can figure out how to operate their TV.

 

[lman]

What did you buy this week?

Not a chuck roast! It was $27. For a chuck roast. Yikes.

We had chicken instead.

$5.99/lb at Kroger if you clip the coupon. I saw a chuck roast at another store last week that was over $10.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Won't arrive until next week. But they made a limited number of these.

Savinelli U44 Unica

 

[MossRoad]

$5.99/lb at Kroger if you clip the coupon. I saw a chuck roast at another store last week that was over $10.

Nice! Our Kroger closed a few months ago due to shop lifting.

Still one on the south side. Might have to make a trip.

 

[Tinhack]

I bought two slabs of Baby Back ribs for $3.79/Lb. the other day. Man, was that good and meaty after a slow bake. I'm looking forward to leftovers tonight.

 

[not2old]

On Chevy's and GMC I believe the one ton rear axle is bigger and probably throw an extra leaf on the spring packs,? I do know in my recent truck shopping there was an option package for 3/4' tons that gave it a bigger transmission cooler heavier frame and a few other things, salesman I was working with said to just get a one ton, especially if your not a hot shot driver. forgot what the package was called exactly though. Nor do I know What exactly made it still considered to be sold as a 3/4'ton. Maybe bed capacity? Idk I do know a 8' steel dumper dog box will add over 600 lbs to an 8' bed.empty Plus what approx up 2 yards of gravel might add If I didn't have air helper springs I problaby wouldn't consider converting my 3/4:ton into a small functional occasional use dump truck. However looking forward to using it like a one ton dump truck. I suppose if I break something due to using it occasionally as a small dump truck I'll regret my decision but learn an expensive lesson. Quoted per
ta googler search enhances the truck's towing capacity and performance by adding components like a heavier-duty rear axle, upgraded suspension, and a 3500HD frame

Here in B.C. the provincilal tax on a new 3/4 ton is 10% while it's 7% on a one ton. Not a lot of 3/4 tons around. One is considered a luxury and the other a commercial vehicle.

 

[masseyrider]

I bought two slabs of Baby Back ribs for $3.79/Lb. the other day. Man, was that good and meaty after a slow bake. I'm looking forward to leftovers tonight.

Beef is pricey here to but pork is more than reasonable except bacon.
I got a couple loins on sale for $2.29/lb.
Funny how years ago it was the other way around and loins and hams were the pricey cuts.
I cut off the ends to square them up and then cut them back like rouladen.
Stuffed them and rolled them up.
It was great with mushroom/onion gravy.
I also grind up loins and make burgers. Tender and juicey and 1/3 the price of ground beef.

 

[dnw64]

Beef is pricey here to but pork is more than reasonable except bacon.
I got a couple loins on sale for $2.29/lb.
Funny how years ago it was the other way around and loins and hams were the pricey cuts.
I cut off the ends to square them up and then cut them back like rouladen.
Stuffed them and rolled them up.
It was great with mushroom/onion gravy.
I also grind up loins and make burgers. Tender and juicey and 1/3 the price of ground beef.

We have some friends that have started raising pigs. Just got some chops, a roast, some scrapple and a couple feet from them a few weeks ago. Cooked up a couple chops in the crockpot, in some leftover juice from a brisket we had cooked the week before. Wowza! I have NEVER had chops so tender and tasty! Glad we've got 4 more...

Now I need to get my wife to get after those pig's feet. I've never had them before, but she grew up with them and says they are really good!

 

[jjeff]

So wife and I Bought a new 1/2 ton GMC sle still way to many options I wanted or will use and figuring out some of the infotainment stuff is frustrating for me, however it's a crew cab kids and wife really like it. In fact my wife has uses the truck more than me so far lol Rides better and is far more economically efficient than my 3/4 ton with the 6.6. the Duramax 3.0 is really a nice engine surprised at the power, acceleration, and smoothness of it coupled to a 10 speed automatic. Granted I can't tow 20k with it probably shouldn't anyway with anything I own however With the money saved buying this instead of a one ton I'm putting the money into my 3/4 ton, with more functional options, upgrading it with a cp3 fuel pump conversion, beefing up the front end with aftermarket components and new wiring harnesses for the plow I got for it. I'm also addressing the rocker panels that just started to rust. I said in a different thread long ago jokingly I'd drive that 3/4 ton into the ground. Guess what, I am and appreciate the simplicity of it including the manual 4wd floor shifter to name a few functional non tech laden options both OEM and aftermarket. I guess my point is it's nearly impossible to find a basic crewcab work truck that isn't white with a few functional options I wanted and a Duramax anymore I looked, so I improvised built up my current 3/4 ton to last instead. When all is said and done I ended up putting way less than 1/4 the cost of a new 3/4 or one ton with a 6.6 Duramax in it and I've maintained it well. Minus a few rather inexpensive sensors that never left me stranded, both def and speed, it's only broke down once stranding me in almost 10 yrs (idler pulley failed throwing the belt over 500 miles from home, I think I even started a thread long ago on that ordeal. Any questions on either truck feel free to ask. If this needs to go in a different thread feel free to move it.