I say that because my ZJ had a rust hole in the liftgate and it started choking me. Enough said!

 

Yeah I hear ya there. My brown jeep was like that when I got it and I changed the lift gate right away.

 

rural N. IL?
where is that pic taken?
i'm from the burbs of Chicago

 

Mine was taken in upstate New York, as were Dave's, he's a couple hours north of me.

 

http://www.cushingfield.com/

 

What the?? Why a link to a airplane company?

 

It's not. It's just the source of the picture he posted.

 

Oh I didn't get the picture I don't think lol

 

It was the picture of the grader next to a small barn with the airport name on it.

 

I'm the source of the photo that's on the airport website. That's me plowing the drive. When it snows, the wind drifts the snow off the runways and adjacent bean & corn fields onto the compound where the buildings are, The airport was a farm originally, the owner put in a runway and a hangar. Over the years the airport part got out of control and the next thing you know there were hangars & planes everywhere. It is a public use, privately owned, commercial airport. Public welcome. Propeller heads come & go with the weather. IL National Guard & US Army Blackhawks use the runways for night vision practice year round (usually Thursday evenings & nights), sometimes other military rotary wing birds drop by. Lots of planes drop by in the summer. Winter is a little rough, even w/skis. My jeeps get me in & out, 24/7, 365, even if the road is closed. Used to plow w/J-10, but moved on to an old Dodge 1500. When it's bad, I pull out the motor grader, or the skid steer. I hate snow, retirement will take me to the desert, probably Mojave.

 

I spent a month in NM, and I think the desert climate would make me wish I'd never moved! I don't like snow either, but I've dealt with it most of my life already. Of course, we don't get a lot of wind most of the time. I actually miss RI and being on the water. I used to love sailing. We used to do a lot of "frostbiting", that's sailing when it's cold enough for the spray to freeze on the canvas and rain ice on you when you come about!

 

Okay well that was my bad, I did in fact get the picture as it turns out. My phone was throttled on data and it sorta screwed me up.