What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[StrkAliteN]

Today? Drove it about 40 miles. Ended up putting $94 worth of corn in it. I feel R@p3d. The state and that station are disgusting. The price of corn has not gone up, and the little bit of gasoline in that mixture would not increase the price to $4 a gallon...
F that station

Are you referring to 'Flex Fuel' ?

I have only used gasoling in the 15yrs I have owned my '07 Yukon.
Although I see its 'FLEX FUEL' badge on the rear tailgate, I have never gone that route.
Now I know why if it is more expensive than gas

Price here in Snohomish county WA ( 1 hour north of hippytown Seattle ) is around $3.89ish at Costco where I fuel up ( higher at other places )

I would not even know where to go to buy Flex corn fuel

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Damn, how much was the other octanes at that station?

Are you referring to 'Flex Fuel' ?

I have only used gasoling in the 15yrs I have owned my '07 Yukon.
Although I see its 'FLEX FUEL' badge on the rear tailgate, I have never gone that route.
Now I know why if it is more expensive than gas

Price here in Snohomish county WA ( 1 hour north of hippytown Seattle ) is around $3.89ish at Costco where I fuel up ( higher at other places )

I would not even know where to go to buy Flex corn fuel

Yeah, flex fuel. You can use an app like GasBuddy to find it usually. It was 2.19 here for a looonnnggg time until the pipeline got shut down. To went up 10-20cents for a few months, then the price gouging started...

 

[alpha_omega]

Just ordered my Husky Weather beater liners from Amazon.

Was just $44 for the front set ( driver and passenger ) Much cheaper via Amazon than buying from Husky direct. Plus Amazon knocked another $20 off the $60 price

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Nice! Definitely order a set of those eagle claws that @Rocket Man mentioned. I didn’t need them for my WeatherTech but I bought a set a while back just in case. I ended up using them on my wife’s Lincoln and they are pretty slick.
The one time I let someone else drive the Denali the RH side of the mat was used as a footrest, but with a little persuasion from my heat gun and some double sided tape to hold it temporarily it went back to shape. Other than that I haven’t had any complaints with my WeatherTechs like others have mentioned. Maybe they changed the process and are using cheaper materials now.

 

[wjburken]

This idea that Ethanol should be cheaper than gas is a false narrative, in my opinion, that has been created with heavy government subsidies due to wanting to encourage people to use it for the potential environmental benefits of burning ethanol. Corn is now right around $5.45/bushel and you get about 2.8 gallons of ethanol from a bushel of corn so that comes to about $1.95 in just the cost of the corn per gallon of ethanol. That would put a 42 gallon barrel of ethanol worth of corn (15 bushels) right at $81.75/barrel compared to $75.41/barrel of crude. Now, I know, there is a lot more that goes into it than just the cost of crude and corn, but it is a significant portion.

Now, don't get me wrong, I do believe that ethanol has it's place in today's world and that there are benefits to using it. I see some of them everyday with many of my farming friends getting better prices for the corn they grow.

 

[alpha_omega]

I seem to remember awhile back someone had replaced the heater/ac hoses with spring clamps and now I can't find the link for the spring clamps? I have the tool, need spring g clamps and no auto parts store has em.
Also, has anyone used silicone hoses, like vibrant?

That was me. I can get you the GM p/n’s that I used.

Edit: “CLAMP RAD OTL” P/N:
GM# 11570393 & GM# 11570391
*0393 is the larger clamp*

Silicone are nice, but expect to pay a pretty penny for them.

I vaguely remember that convo. IIRC, it was explaining how the factory style (the constant tension clamps) was superior. I agree with the reasoning and prefer the cleaner factory appearance over the worm-drive style.

The springs loosen up over time and don’t have the holding force due to their design.

Let sleeping dogs lie dammit!!! LOL

The dog is back to sleep.

 

[alpha_omega]

They are called arbor-vitae or something like that. They are a shrub I think ( not a tree ) I live in PNW and they easily grow here ( the Evergreen state - hahaha )
I planted ( and yes DUG all the holes 10yrs ago and planted the row along the driveway. They were around 5' tall then and now 10 years later are around 12 feet tall.

Zero maintenance - they provide instant privacy and look nicer than a fence.

Deers love to nibble on them also. that is why at around the 3-4-5 foot mark they appear shaped funny.

pretty cheap around here. I bought them at around $30ea and planted myself

Thank you! The term "arborvitae" appears to be the key search word for what I want.

I don't get deer in my yard and low- or no maintenance is my goal. I'm just looking for something that looks like what you have to fill in some plain areas in front of the house and can be kept at ~10' or so to stay under the eaves.

I really wish I had thought about planting something like this as a fence. I built 10 years ago, so they'd be tall and solid by now. Even before today's lumber prices, they would've been much cheaper than a wooden fence.

If you want them to stay under 10’ you might consider another option, otherwise just keep an eye on them. Also, if you plan to use them for a “privacy fence”, only do so if you live somewhere with low winds. When I lived in NC, my neighbor across the street put in 15-20 of them. A couple years later they were 15ish feet tall and fell right over during one of the hurricanes. Not from soft soil, they snapped at the trunk.
Just a couple things to keep in mind.

 

[StrkAliteN]

If you want them to stay under 10’ you might consider another option, otherwise just keep an eye on them. Also, if you plan to use them for a “privacy fence”, only do so if you live somewhere with low winds. When I lived in NC, my neighbor across the street put in 15-20 of them. A couple years later they were 15ish feet tall and fell right over during one of the hurricanes. Not from soft soil, they snapped at the trunk.
Just a couple things to keep in mind.

You can also 'top' them off with a hedge cutting tool so they both stay under a certain height as well as have a more manicured look ( with an even top to them all )

If you do top them off it really spurs the bushes to filling out broad ways so the privacy fence aspect is much accelerated.

I personally have never topped any of mine and I am shocked they would snap in high winds as many I have seen probably are 15-20-25 feet high and winds routinely come in off the ocean storms here up to 30-40-50mph and I have never seen a single arborvitae snapped. Not to say it couldn't happen in a different climate where they do not get the rainfall Seattle does.

 

[alpha_omega]

I have only seen it one other time besides NC, and that was due to high winds and snow/ice load that weighted them down.
If you top them off, you could start training them for shaping like Edward Scissorhands did.

 

[George B]

Snow and ice will damage them but @iamdub doesn't need to worry about that.

I would recommend choosing one main trunk when they are young. Mine are about 20' tall now but trimmed up because the deer devoured the lower 5'. if they are left as multiple trunks snow will split them but it isn't nothing some rope can't fix.
Plant them about 2'-2.5' apart and feed them yearly.

 

[Sparksalot]

The Cold Case core is twice as thick as the OEM core. And to get the fans to mount flush, you have to trim some of it to mount to the new core because of the way it's designed to snuggly fit tight in-between the tanks
I've had a 160° thermostat with both radiators. With the OEM radiator, it would still reach 200-210°+ with normal driving, with the cold case, I regularly see 175-190°.

I was in a hurry so I didn't paint mine because I didn't have paint on me at the time and it was also less than 60° ambient.
I don't like being able to see the shiny tanks through the grill, but it's not the end of the world.

Do you recall how much coolant you ended up needing for the replacement? I know what the total capacity is, but also don't expect to need that much either.