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Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns

Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns

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S10 Ep 3710.21.20 (MP3): New Shotguns, Whiskey VS Tequila, Silencer Rules & Regs, Too Much Caffeine, WW1 Battleships VS Armored Islands, WW2 Stories from the Pacific, + Neighborhood Paintball Patrol & Cultural Appropriation!

Too much good stuff. The Garage Hour goons got together for an hour of cars, trucks, beers and guns at F:30 in Colorado, and good talk happened all over the place. Joined by Distraction Monster, the F.N.B., Mr. Chungus, Butters, Arson, the Russian, with a late appearance by Green Tip and some wild asses, Hostus Maximus tries to get a rope around this episode and almost pulls it off. Good stuff may include: silencers, Blackwater shotguns (the AR-style Century 12), Trinity's "Stay Here" stout (three years on-tap), "Typhoon of Steel" (read it), riot balls or pepper balls, and the advent of speciological appropriation! #becausegearhead

Oct 26, 202048 min

S10 Ep 3710.21.20: New Shotguns, Whiskey VS Tequila, Silencer Rules & Regs, Too Much Caffeine, WW1 Battleships VS Armored Islands, WW2 Stories from the Pacific, + Neighborhood Paintball Patrol & Cultural Appropriation!

Too much good stuff. The Garage Hour goons got together for an hour of cars, trucks, beers and guns at F:30 in Colorado, and good talk happened all over the place. Joined by Distraction Monster, the F.N.B., Mr. Chungus, Butters, Arson, the Russian, with a late appearance by Green Tip and some wild asses, Hostus Maximus tries to get a rope around this episode and almost pulls it off. Good stuff may include: silencers, Blackwater shotguns (the AR-style Century 12), Trinity's "Stay Here" stout (three years on-tap), "Typhoon of Steel" (read it), riot balls or pepper balls, and the advent of speciological appropriation! #becausegearhead

Oct 26, 202048 min

S10 Ep 3610.12.20 (MP3): Used Car 101 - Some Things to Think When Shopping A New-To-You-Mobile: Good Cars & Bad Reps, Local VS Shipped, Flipper Tricks & Handy Geeks, Paperwork & Panels, Undercarriage & Unimportant, Things to Check & Things to Ignore

The much-requested followup to our September used-car what-the-Hell episode - it's Used Cars 101. Sadly, the Gearhead Consultancy needed about eight hours to cover all the bases on what to look for when buying something used for yourself, but there was time to hit the high points. Long story Fort, anchor your eyeballs in common sense and don't be a fool (plus some things like what to care about and questions to ask). Have no fear - specificity IS here. We run down a checkoff list of areas to eyebang, like body, suspension, state-of-wear, overall condition, starting and running, plus traps and tricks set by flippers. Justin case, bring a geek.

Oct 19, 202059 min

S10 Ep 3610.12.20: Used Car 101 - Some Things to Think When Shopping A New-To-You-Mobile: Good Cars & Bad Reps, Local VS Shipped, Flipper Tricks & Handy Geeks, Paperwork & Panels, Undercarriage & Unimportant, Things to Check & Things to Ignore

The much-requested followup to our September used-car what-the-Hell episode - it's Used Cars 101. Sadly, the Gearhead Consultancy needed about eight hours to cover all the bases on what to look for when buying something used for yourself, but there was time to hit the high points. Long story Fort, anchor your eyeballs in common sense and don't be a fool (plus some things like what to care about and questions to ask). Have no fear - specificity IS here. We run down a checkoff list of areas to eyebang, like body, suspension, state-of-wear, overall condition, starting and running, plus traps and tricks set by flippers. Justin case, bring a geek.

Oct 19, 202059 min

S10 Ep 3510.10.20 (MP3): Don't Fear Solid Axles! Garage Hour Does Dana 50 & You Can Too; w/ Big Trucks Have Big Bolts, Easy R&R, Loaded Hubs, Simple Seals, Geek Technique, Good SAS (Solid-Axle Sources), Terminology Matters,+ Bringing the BFH

There is no Zuul, only Dana (50 and 60). The Garage Hour goons dove into a Dana 50 steer-axle on an F-250 and it was easy (never done it before). Career guys might laugh, but there's plenty of geeks with tool-skill who might be skeered to take one apart. Don't be - and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help. From parts sources like West Coast Diffs and AutoZone, Ventures Truck Parts and Denny's, to the comfort you can get by picking up the phone (geeks unite!), the Dana 50 is easy, and any geek will do (it).

Oct 14, 202054 min

S10 Ep 3510.10.20: Don't Fear Solid Axles! Garage Hour Does Dana 50 & You Can Too; w/ Big Trucks Have Big Bolts, Easy R&R, Loaded Hubs, Simple Seals, Geek Technique, Good SAS (Solid-Axle Sources), Terminology Matters,+ Bringing the BFH

There is no Zuul, only Dana (50 and 60). The Garage Hour goons dove into a Dana 50 steer-axle on an F-250 and it was easy (never done it before). Career guys might laugh, but there's plenty of geeks with tool-skill who might be skeered to take one apart. Don't be - and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help. From parts sources like West Coast Diffs and AutoZone, Ventures Truck Parts and Denny's, to the comfort you can get by picking up the phone (geeks unite!), the Dana 50 is easy, and any geek will do (it).

Oct 14, 202054 min

S10 Ep 3410.02.20 (MP3): Afternoon @ Trinity Brewing Co.: Geek-Strength Sipping & Local Beer-Fan Vibes, + New Beers, Owning the Rep, Legacy Maintenance, Can Shortages, Home Brewers, Cage the Yeast, & Good Knife Carma (Found on Road Awesome)

We're here: It's Colorado time. Garage Hour goons finally found a free hour (with all the minutes next to each other) to chat beer at Trinity, and it's siptastic. Hostus Maximus Justin Fort even pinned down Matt Dettmann, the new captain of this beermaking cornerstone, and then it was trube this and yeast that, with Trinity's XToberfest, Wrath of God, Dark Passenger, and guest appearances by Inda Kunindra (YOU spell it), Quadrangle and The Compressor. Because the Gearhead Consultancy is always looking out for you (and what you did wrong), there's also getting beer to India (not just for IPAs) and asking pro brewers and other geeks for help. Called it.

Oct 11, 202057 min

S10 Ep 3410.02.20: Afternoon @ Trinity Brewing Co.: Geek-Strength Sipping & Local Beer-Fan Vibes, + New Beers, Owning the Rep, Legacy Maintenance, Can Shortages, Home Brewers, Cage the Yeast, & Good Knife Carma (Found on Road Awesome)

We're here: It's Colorado time. Garage Hour goons finally found a free hour (with all the minutes next to each other) to chat beer at Trinity, and it's siptastic. Hostus Maximus Justin Fort even pinned down Matt Dettmann, the new captain of this beermaking cornerstone, and then it was trube this and yeast that, with Trinity's XToberfest, Wrath of God, Dark Passenger, and guest appearances by Inda Kunindra (YOU spell it), Quadrangle and The Compressor. Because the Gearhead Consultancy is always looking out for you (and what you did wrong), there's also getting beer to India (not just for IPAs) and asking pro brewers and other geeks for help. Called it.

Oct 10, 202057 min

S10 Ep 3309.29.20 (MP3): Late Night @ the Gun Store? The Fall Firearm Freakout is Still a Thing, w/ First-Time Buyers & New Shooters, 2A Comprehension, Uninformed VS Unprepared, LARP-Proofing, + Give a Shoot - Don't Pollute!

2020 hindsight is still coming to get you, but the Garage Hour goons are in the best place to catch it on the back foot - a gun store in Colordo. The 2A is back and we're here to help, with Green Tip, the Russian, Wolf, and special guest The Compressor. When the die-down won't lie down and die - it's a more legitimate second wave than the Chinese bat plague ever managed... There's also the usual awesomeness: mixing concrete (not with your hands, Marc), recalling Gov. Know-It-All, the Mask-Fart rule, putting your debris in the dumpster, and why it's stupid to shoot your TV unless you're watching at home.

Oct 8, 202056 min

S10 Ep 3309.29.20: Late Night @ the Gun Store? The Fall Firearm Freakout is Still a Thing, w/ First-Time Buyers & New Shooters, 2A Comprehension, Uninformed VS Unprepared, LARP-Proofing, + Give a Shoot - Don't Pollute!

2020 hindsight is still coming to get you, but the Garage Hour goons are in the best place to catch it on the back foot - a gun store in Colordo. The 2A is back and we're here to help, with Green Tip, the Russian, Wolf, and special guest The Compressor. When the die-down won't lie down and die - it's a more legitimate second wave than the Chinese bat plague ever managed... There's also the usual awesomeness: mixing concrete (not with your hands, Marc), recalling Gov. Know-It-All, the Mask-Fart rule, putting your debris in the dumpster, and why it's stupid to shoot your TV unless you're watching at home.

Oct 8, 202056 min

S10 Ep 3209.21.20 (MP3): Road Trip to Chi-Town & Attitude Performance -Project Trucks, FEADs, Lasers, Broken Driveshafts & Melted Pistons, Plasti-Dip Miatas & Retro Paint, SEMA Fails (& China Invasion), Jeep Suspension & SAS Kits @ the New Bronco, +Bad Computer...

Put professional gearheads together and good tales from the crazy old days (back when SEMA was still business and not a car party) flow, with the Gravedigger, OE rules for dollar trucks, and all the plans Matt has up his sleeve to rescue 2020 from itself. Find this guy if you're in the Chicago area - he's one of the best. Matt Dinelli of Attitude Performance (with Mini Matt on-air too, whether he likes it or not), the Garage Hour talks about the new shop, attack racoons and trash pandas, lizards in the walls, musical cars, boating accidents, and why the Chicagoland metroclot is a suburb in search of a better city.

Sep 28, 202052 min

S10 Ep 3209.21.20: Road Trip to Chi-Town & Attitude Performance - Project Trucks, FEADs, Lasers, Broken Driveshafts & Melted Pistons, Plasti-Dip Miatas & Retro Paint, SEMA Fails (& China Invasion), Jeep Suspension & SAS Kits for the New Bronco, + Bad Computer...

Put professional gearheads together and good tales from the crazy old days (back when SEMA was still business and not a car party) flow, with the Gravedigger, OE rules for dollar trucks, and all the plans Matt has up his sleeve to rescue 2020 from itself. Find this guy if you're in the Chicago area - he's one of the best. Matt Dinelli of Attitude Performance (with Mini Matt on-air too, whether he likes it or not), the Garage Hour talks about the new shop, attack racoons and trash pandas, lizards in the walls, musical cars, boating accidents, and why the Chicagoland metroclot is a suburb in search of a better city.

Sep 28, 202052 min

S10 Ep 3109.12.20 (MP3): What's Happened to Used Cars & Trucks? Value Drives Worth: Increasing Prices, Tons of Selling, w/ Good Stuff Going Fast & Great Deals for Gearheads, Using Craig's, Bring-A-Trailer & Online Forums +The Night Stalker Social Convention (WTF?)

Used cars and trucks - tons of fun get-theres and gearhead entertainment from the candy stores at Craig's List, Bring A Trailer and 100 other used-retail platforms... Americans and geeks of all stripes (Garage Hour listeners, the lot) want to get out and do stuff because they're done with their useless governors' useless masks. We have a good idea why - let's skillset this thing together. There's a lot of good buys out there, from indestructible luxobarges to undefeated SUVs, handy econoboxes and heavy-duty trucks - and NONE of them are a hybrid. Let's go drive stuff.

Sep 15, 202059 min

S10 Ep 3109.12.20: What's Happened to Used Cars & Trucks? Value Drives Worth: Increasing Prices, Tons of Selling, w/ Good Stuff Going Fast & Great Deals for Gearheads... Using Craig's, Bring-A-Trailer & Online Forums, + The Night Stalker Social Convention (WTF?)

Used cars and trucks - tons of fun get-theres and gearhead entertainment from the candy stores at Craig's List, Bring A Trailer and 100 other used-retail platforms... Americans and geeks of all stripes (Garage Hour listeners, the lot) want to get out and do stuff because they're done with their useless governors' useless masks. We have a good idea why - let's skillset this thing together. There's a lot of good buys out there, from indestructible luxobarges to undefeated SUVs, handy econoboxes and heavy-duty trucks - and NONE of them are a hybrid. Let's go drive stuff.

Sep 15, 202059 min

S10 Ep 3009.09.20 (MP3): Buying Guns in a Seller's World - Can't Find Firearms & Ammo? Refuse to Freak Out? Waiting for Pew Pew Bits? Market Signals Making You Angry? We Can Help; + Frankenphones & a Motorhome Parade

The Garage Hour goons know where to go when your favorite gun store tells you that nice new Glock you ordered will arrive some time in 2021. It's all about the private sale - which forums and web platforms can help, how to use an FFL to make sure it's a good deal, when you can take a risk, and how to cultivate a good relationship with your local firearm dealer. From GunBroker to GunsAmerica, ArmsList to TacSwap, OpticsPlanet and MidwayUSA, Brownells and Palmetto State, we've been there and bought that (then shot that) - let our experience get you to the pew pew you need (or just want, but pretend you need).

Sep 11, 202059 min

S10 Ep 3009.09.20: Buying Guns in a Seller's World - Can't Find Firearms & Ammo? Refuse to Freak Out? Waiting for Pew Pew Bits? Market Signals Making You Angry? We Can Help; + Frankenphones & a Motorhome Parade

The Garage Hour goons know where to go when your favorite gun store tells you that nice new Glock you ordered will arrive some time in 2021. It's all about the private sale - which forums and web platforms can help, how to use an FFL to make sure it's a good deal, when you can take a risk, and how to cultivate a good relationship with your local firearm dealer. From GunBroker to GunsAmerica, ArmsList to TacSwap, OpticsPlanet and MidwayUSA, Brownells and Palmetto State, we've been there and bought that (then shot that) - let our experience get you to the pew-pew you need (or just want, but pretend you need).

Sep 11, 202059 min

S10 Ep 2909.01.20 (MP3): Race Recap @ Pike's Peak Hillclimb - Stories from George's Corner & Glen Cove, w/ Vahsholtz (Winning Open-Wheel Ford), Donahue (Wrecked Porsche GT2), Schranz (Turbo'd Stock-Car Threat), + More Exotic Road-Race Awesomeness

So much good (hillclimb) stuff! The Garage Hour supported this year's PPIHC as a race official and, like usual, lending a helping hand also provided one of the best seats in the house for this iconic American race. Drivers, racecars, crashes, a lot of stunningly powerful hillclimb cars (OE-based and homebrew specials) and a little bit of weather, everything from ethanol to diesel and race-gas by the gallon - so much good race. This might be one of the cleanest PPIHCs in decades - few crashes, with legit winners and mind-blowing car-control, and the Garage Hour goons were there.

Sep 3, 20201h 0m

S10 Ep 2909.01.20: Race Recap @ Pike's Peak Hillclimb - Stories from George's Corner & Glen Cove, w/ Vahsholtz (Winning Open-Wheel Ford), Donahue (Wrecked Porsche GT2), Schranz (Turbo'd Stock-Car Threat), + More Exotic Road-Race Awesomeness

So much good (hillclimb) stuff! The Garage Hour supported this year's PPIHC as a race official and, like usual, lending a helping hand also provided one of the best seats in the house for this iconic American race. Drivers, racecars, crashes, a lot of stunningly powerful hillclimb cars (OE-based and homebrew specials) and a little bit of weather, everything from ethanol to diesel and race-gas by the gallon - so much good race. This might be one of the cleanest PPIHCs in decades - few crashes, with legit winners and mind-blowing car-control, and the Garage Hour goons were there.

Sep 3, 20201h 0m

S10 Ep 2808.28.20 (MP3): Pike's Peak Hillclimb Hangout, w/ Danger-Close Hard Launches by Schranz's Open-Class Stock Car & Schmidt T-A Mustang, PPIHC History & Perspective, Tales of the Pavement, + Chats w/ Road/Race Engineering (Supporting the Kobayashi 911 GT3)

#Becauseracecar! It's hillclimbing season (when isn't it?) and the PPIHC is running its chop fluey-addled rescheduled race. It's a little weird being fan-free ('cause kung flu), but the racers are here to race - folks like Dallenbach, Vahsholtz, Zwart, Yoshihara, Donahue, Schranz and more are running everything like a carbon-fiber Z, JZ'd BR-Z, open-wheel this and 50-year old that, Camaros and Mustangs, factory Acuras, and Porsches by the pound. Power is thick: V8s from the junkyard, blown everything, twin-turbo'd straight-six Buicks and VQs, with diesel power, ethanol power and even - heh - nine-volt power. Jump on board - Hostus Maximus Justin Fort is trackside and grabs as much as iPhonely possible, which turns out to be tons of surprsingly good audio. Now you go do something fast and awesome.

Aug 29, 202059 min

S10 Ep 2808.28.20: Pike's Peak Hillclimb Hangout, w/ Danger-Close Hard Launches by Schranz's Open-Class Stock Car & Schmidt T-A Mustang, PPIHC History & Perspective, Tales of the Pavement, + Chats w/ Road/Race Engineering (Supporting the Kobayashi 911 GT3)

#Becauseracecar! It's hillclimbing season (when isn't it?) and the PPIHC is running its chop fluey-addled rescheduled race. It's a little weird being fan-free ('cause kung flu), but the racers are here to race - folks like Dallenbach, Vahsholtz, Zwart, Yoshihara, Donahue, Schranz and more are running everything like a carbon-fiber Z, JZ'd BR-Z, open-wheel this and 50-year old that, Camaros and Mustangs, factory Acuras, and Porsches by the pound. Power is thick: V8s from the junkyard, blown everything, twin-turbo'd straight-six Buicks and VQs, with diesel power, ethanol power and even - heh - nine-volt power. Jump on board - Hostus Maximus Justin Fort is trackside and grabs as much as iPhonely possible, which turns out to be tons of surprsingly good audio. Now you go do something fast and awesome.

Aug 29, 202059 min

S10 Ep 2708.16.20 (MP3): Distracted Driving/Don't Be That Guy - Facts & Figures from Crap Driver Failfest, w/ Devices VS DUIs, Selfish Justification & OE Enabling, Car & Driver Theories, Bad Factory Designs, + Dad's Secret Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Don't be a Carl - or any other guy (or gal) like the ones we've all run across. You know the type - paying more attention to the phone than the road, devicing all over the place, less there than Joe Biden, and making themselves a hazard to everyone they're in traffic with... Distracted driving kills, and we're here to yell at you about it. Well, we'll yell at the Carls. There's a lot of basic math going on here - distractions cost lives, whether they're installed at the factory (then hack the crap out of your phone) or put there by ignorant drivers who'd rather pay attention to their ex-girlfriend's twits than the cars in traffic around them. Oh, and there's also barbecue sauce.

Aug 24, 202059 min

S10 Ep 2708.16.20: Distracted Driving/Don't Be That Guy - Facts & Figures from Crap Driver Failfest, w/ Devices VS DUIs, Selfish Justification & OE Enabling, Car & Driver Theories, Bad Factory Designs, + Dad's Secret Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Don't be a Carl - or any other guy (or gal) like the ones we've all run across. You know the type - paying more attention to the phone than the road, devicing all over the place, less there than Joe Biden, and making themselves a hazard to everyone they're in traffic with... Distracted driving kills, and we're here to yell at you about it. Well, we'll yell at the Carls. There's a lot of basic math going on here - distractions cost lives, whether they're installed at the factory (then hack the crap out of your phone) or put there by ignorant drivers who'd rather pay attention to their ex-girlfriend's twits than the cars in traffic around them. Oh, and there's also barbecue sauce.

Aug 24, 202059 min

S10 Ep 2608.04.20 (MP3): Ammo Prices, Buying VS Practicing, Safety Blanket Shopping VS the Panic Plateau, w/ Small-Arms Rounds Like .22LR, Ammo Storage, Historic Bullets & Bombs, + Fatso Jetson for the Win

The Gearhead Consultancy has determined that 2020-hindsight is coming to get you, too, so you may as well stock up (you prepper you). More pistols, more gun food, more practice, more burying (nothing) in the backyard, and more safety-blanket buying because it makes (panicked neophytes) feel better. What could possibly go wrong? At Freedom:30 for another day of gunly goodness, the Garage Hour goons were joined by Green Tip, the Derailment Monster and Thom Billpson (because Vietnam vets can kill you with their cane).

Aug 18, 202051 min

S10 Ep 2608.04.20: Ammo Prices, Buying VS Practicing, Safety Blanket Shopping VS the Panic Plateau, w/ Small-Arms Rounds Like .22LR, Ammo Storage, Historic Bullets & Bombs, + Fatso Jetson for the Win

The Gearhead Consultancy has determined that 2020-hindsight is coming to get you, too, so you may as well stock up (you prepper you). More pistols, more gun food, more practice, more burying (nothing) in the backyard, and more safety-blanket buying because it makes (panicked neophytes) feel better. What could possibly go wrong? At Freedom:30 for another day of gunly goodness, the Garage Hour goons were joined by Green Tip, the Derailment Monster and Thom Billpson (because Vietnam vets can kill you with their cane).

Aug 18, 202051 min

S10 Ep 2508.10.20 (MP3): Summer Gearhead Season w/ Care & Feeding Tricks for K&N Filters, Popped Radiators & Blown Bearings, Podcast Logic, + Introducing Garage Hour's Explosion of the Week

You don't crawl, carve, peel or plink your way into the dog days of summer without a little preventative maintenance (and some expensive new parts). The Gearhead Consultancy took a few minutes to break down the cleanup of K&N (and K&N-style) gauze-based filters, including a few tricks from the diesel universe about getting your cotton (elements) their whitest. There's more than filters in this one: tales of exploded radiators and exploding neighborhoods (stop trying to blow up your neighbors and just give the fertilizer to the plants next time), primers of upcoming episodes (shopping for gun parts in a seller's market), and other assorted Garage Hour goodness. #Becausegearhead!

Aug 11, 202057 min

S10 Ep 2508.10.20: Summer Gearhead Season w/ Care & Feeding Tricks for K&N Filters, Popped Radiators & Blown Bearings, Podcast Logic, + Introducing Garage Hour's Explosion of the Week

You don't crawl, carve, peel or plink your way into the dog days of summer without a little preventative maintenance (and some expensive new parts). The Gearhead Consultancy took a few minutes to break down the cleanup of K&N (and K&N-style) gauze-based filters, including a few tricks from the diesel universe about getting your cotton (elements) their whitest. There's more than filters in this one: tales of exploded radiators and exploding neighborhoods (stop trying to blow up your neighbors and just give the fertilizer to the plants next time), primers of upcoming episodes (shopping for gun parts in a seller's market), and other assorted Garage Hour goodness. #Becausegearhead!

Aug 11, 202057 min

S10 Ep 2407.30.20 (MP3): Is How You Drive Who You Are? What You Do Because You Forget It's Not Just You, Traffic Physics & Driver Psychology, Necessary (Partial) Conformity, Moral Narcissism, Auto Isolation + the Zen of Traffic

There's plenty of theory and reason supporting the hypothesis that how you drive is a good look into the issues that you haul around with you (or don't). When you descend into a trancelike state-of-traffic that isolates you from the road and removes you from your mortal presence, all kinds of creepy stuff comes out! The Gearhead consultancy takes this episode to peel a few layers back from your Fruedian freeway behavior, but it's only a start - your problems run pretty deep. Let's hope this episode gives you and your enablers pause, and possibly the motivation necessary to revisit what you call driving but those in the next lane view with horror.

Jul 31, 202058 min

S10 Ep 2407.30.20: Is How You Drive Who You Are? What You Do Because You Forget It's Not Just You, Traffic Physics & Driver Psychology, Necessary (Partial) Conformity, Moral Narcissism, Auto Isolation + the Zen of Traffic

There's plenty of theory and reason supporting the hypothesis that how you drive is a good look into the issues that you haul around with you (or don't). When you descend into a trancelike state-of-traffic that isolates you from the road and removes you from your mortal presence, all kinds of creepy stuff comes out! The Gearhead consultancy takes this episode to peel a few layers back from your Fruedian freeway behavior, but it's only a start - your problems run pretty deep. Let's hope this episode gives you and your enablers pause, and possibly the motivation necessary to revisit what you call driving but those in the next lane view with horror.

Jul 31, 202058 min

S10 Ep 2307.21.20 (MP3): Steel for Shooting & Targets for Testing (w/ Bullets), Blasting Brake Rotors, Ripping Up Rebar, (Don't) Hold Your Own, More Reasons Not to Buy Things Made in China, + Announcing the Freedom:30 & Garage Hour Range Cleanup

The firearm retailin' folks from Freedom:30 joined the gearhead consultancy for a chat about what to shoot at when you're shooting, including pieces of AR500, hanging targets (like Freedom:30's new mining-bit targets - only in Colorado), and nice junkyard freebies like brake rotors. There's also yelling about cleaning up once you're done. Because there's more to life than guns (hopefully), this episode's got more: oil leakage, Japanese engines, bench-pressing transmissions, and Yes, we catalog a few more reasons not to buy sh!t made in China. Then Hostus Maximus Justin Fort bleeps himself.

Jul 28, 202050 min

S10 Ep 2307.21.20: Steel for Shooting & Targets for Testing (w/ Bullets), Blasting Brake Rotors, Ripping Up Rebar, (Don't) Hold Your Own, More Reasons Not to Buy Things Made in China, + Announcing the Freedom:30 & Garage Hour Range Cleanup

The firearm retailin' folks from Freedom:30 joined the gearhead consultancy for a chat about what to shoot at when you're shooting, including pieces of AR500, hanging targets (like Freedom:30's new mining-bit targets - only in Colorado), and nice junkyard freebies like brake rotors. There's also yelling about cleaning up once you're done. Because there's more to life than guns (hopefully), this episode's got more: oil leakage, Japanese engines, bench-pressing transmissions, and Yes, we catalog a few more reasons not to buy sh!t made in China. Then Hostus Maximus Justin Fort bleeps himself.

Jul 28, 202050 min

S10 Ep 2207.13.20 (MP3): Family Four-Wheelin' - 'Froading w/ Folks for Fun; Dad Rules & Kid Options, Shared To-Dos & Friends w/ Trucks, Adventure by Committee & Touristing Like you Mean It, + No Reception = No Escape

Sure, sometimes your kids don't fit, but a good day off-road just screams for accessories. Why not bring the child-units along and teach 'em what matters? The history, the technique, the parts and the how-tos - all of it makes smart boys and sharp girls. Better yet, they can't escape. It's in there - basics like what truck and what tires, maintenance guidance, standards and rules to make a weekend with the wife and kidlike objects go right. ...And the Garage Hour is happy to welcome F:30 - that's Freedom:30 Arms of Woodland Park - to the party (pal). Because guns matter.

Jul 21, 202057 min

S10 Ep 2207.13.20: Family Four-Wheelin' - 'Froading w/ Folks for Fun; Dad Rules & Kid Options, Shared To-Dos & Friends w/ Trucks, Adventure by Committee & Touristing Like you Mean It, + No Reception = No Escape

Sure, sometimes your kids don't fit, but a good day off-road just screams for accessories. Why not bring the child-units along and teach 'em what matters? The history, the technique, the parts and the how-tos - all of it makes smart boys and sharp girls. Better yet, they can't escape. It's in there - basics like what truck and what tires, maintenance guidance, standards and rules to make a weekend with the wife and kidlike objects go right. ...And the Garage Hour is happy to welcome F:30 - that's Freedom:30 Arms of Woodland Park - to the party (pal). Because guns matter.

Jul 21, 202057 min

S10 Ep 2107.04.20 (MP3): July Fourth is for Freedom (Like Every Other Day in America): Now, How to Celebrate? Go Shoot, Go Camp, Fly Your Flag & Fly Your Freak, + Freeing Seattle's Soy Zone w/ Vets & Bikers

Gearheads love freedom - freedom to roam, freedom to experiment, freedom to build a Porsche or Chevy or Toyota or Yugo, freedom to blow up pricey parts and then buy more and blow them up too. The Gearhead Consultancy got together at Freedom:30 Arms to figure out what to set loose - explosively or otherwise - on THIS Fourth of July. How about some recreational shooting? Family guns? Camping in the woods (versus glamping and tramping)? American flags (and where to put 'em)? What about your freedom to vacation somewhere and stay there? ...And introducing Silent Sean. Episode pic courtesy of Warren Brown.

Jul 4, 202053 min

S10 Ep 2107.04.20: July Fourth is for Freedom (Like Every Other Day in America): Now, How to Celebrate? Go Shoot, Go Camp, Fly Your Flag & Fly Your Freak, + Freeing Seattle's Soy Zone w/ Vets & Bikers

Gearheads love freedom - freedom to roam, freedom to experiment, freedom to build a Porsche or Chevy or Toyota or Yugo, freedom to blow up pricey parts and then buy more and blow them up too. The Gearhead Consultancy got together at Freedom:30 Arms to figure out what to set loose - explosively or otherwise - on THIS Fourth of July. How about some recreational shooting? Family guns? Camping in the woods (versus glamping and tramping)? American flags (and where to put 'em)? What about your freedom to vacation somewhere and stay there? ...And introducing Silent Sean. Episode pic courtesy of Warren Brown.

Jul 4, 202053 min

S10 Ep 2006.22.20: Truck Detailing: Tube Bumpers & Dented Fenders Like to Be Clean Too, w/ Cleaning for Maintenance & Affection, To Wax or Not To Wax, Soap is Not Soap, Polish Other Bits, Tire Goo is Maintenance Too, + Avoiding the Spike

'Tis the season for more 'froading, but too many rock and bonkers tend to ignore a key bit of maintenance: cleaning. It's not just ball bearings anymore, and the dirt you don't deal with can destroy your truck as much as you will. Fortunately, the Garage Hour can help you get over the hump on "why" truck detailing matters. From the experts, we've got answers on the important elements: What soap? Which water? Two buckets? Yellowed headlights? How to wax? Polish for powdercoating? Tire juice but not snot? What's a dirt sponge? Can you protect grease? What about the rubber?

Jul 1, 202058 min

S10 Ep 2006.22.20 (MP3): Truck Detailing: Tube Bumpers & Dented Fenders Like to Be Clean Too, w/ Cleaning for Maintenance & Affection, To Wax or Not To Wax, Soap is Not Soap, Polish Other Bits, Tire Goo is Maintenance Too, + Avoiding the Spike

'Tis the season for more 'froading, but too many rock and bonkers tend to ignore a key bit of maintenance: cleaning. It's not just ball bearings anymore, and the dirt you don't deal with can destroy your truck as much as you will. Fortunately, the Garage Hour can help you get over the hump on "why" truck detailing matters. From the experts, we've got answers on the important elements: What soap? Which water? Two buckets? Yellowed headlights? How to wax? Polish for powdercoating? Tire juice but not snot? What's a dirt sponge? Can you protect grease? What about the rubber?

Jul 1, 202058 min

S10 Ep 1906.14.20 (MP3): Tips for Building Your First AR-15, w/ Tools & Tricks, Books & Blocks, + Banning Liquor & Gun Stores (So Much for the ATF), 2A in Europe & Waiting-Period Tantrums for Hipsters & Ignoramuses

"Like a good neighbor, stay over there!" The Garage Hour goons have been helping friends and neighborlings make their home more secure (#becausegearhead!), and for many (really many) neighborites, that means finally figuring how to turn all those AR parts they bought into a happy, healthy bouncing baby rifle. We'll get you set up with some good ideas on tools you'll need and tools you'll have, greases and oils, benches and devices, plus the need for a knowledgeable friend (geek!) and a good book for all the steps and some of the tricks. The Garage Hour's got you covered.

Jun 25, 202059 min

S10 Ep 1906.14.20: Tips for Building Your First AR-15, w/ Tools & Tricks, Books & Blocks, + Banning Liquor & Gun Stores (So Much for the ATF), 2A in Europe & Waiting-Period Tantrums for Hipsters & Ignoramuses

"Like a good neighbor, stay over there!" The Garage Hour goons have been helping friends and neighborlings make their home more secure (#becausegearhead!), and for many (really many) neighborites, that means finally figuring how to turn all those AR parts they bought into a happy, healthy bouncing baby rifle. We'll get you set up with some good ideas on tools you'll need and tools you'll have, greases and oils, benches and devices, plus the need for a knowledgeable friend (geek!) and a good book for all the steps and some of the tricks. The Garage Hour's got you covered.

Jun 25, 202059 min

S10 Ep 1806.02.20 (MP3): Defend Your Home - Ideas & Practices for First-Time Firearm Owners (Because the Second Amendment Matters Even More Nowadays), + Willie Pete, Flare Guns, Zombie Rules, Cocktail Mags & Home-Defense Logic

This is the only time the Garage Hour will tell you to think defensively - eat it up. Whether you're a 2A guy (or gal!) - or the merits of the Second Amendment are just now making sense to you - preparing to defend your family, your freedoms and your property with deadly force is a little more complicated than buying a gun. The Gearhead Consultancy knows how.What's in there? Capability VS Capacity VS Manageability. Is your home secure? Are you willing to practice and train? Are your family members ready? Are you able to be honest with yourself about risks, threats, consequences and what lines you're ready to cross?

Jun 14, 202057 min

S10 Ep 1806.02.20: Defend Your Home - Ideas & Practices for First-Time Firearm Owners (Because the Second Amendment Matters Even More Nowadays), + Willie Pete, Flare Guns, Zombie Rules, Cocktail Mags & Home-Defense Logic

This is the only time the Garage Hour will tell you to think defensively - eat it up. Whether you're a 2A guy (or gal!) - or the merits of the Second Amendment are just now making sense to you - preparing to defend your family, your freedoms and your property with deadly force is a little more complicated than buying a gun. The Gearhead Consultancy knows how.What's in there? Capability VS Capacity VS Manageability. Is your home secure? Are you willing to practice and train? Are your family members ready? Are you able to be honest with yourself about risks, threats, consequences and what lines you're ready to cross?

Jun 14, 202057 min

S10 Ep 1705.30.20 (MP3): Because Junkyard! Bring the Right Tools for Junkyard Winning (& Rules for Good Junkyard Carma - sic!), w/ Killer Tracks by Primus, Straits, Waits, Colour, Snail, Sword, FTM, M'Deth, Volbeat, 16-Volt, Circle & Astro-Man

You don't hit the junkyard to look at stuff, it's about parts. Oh, wait, you totally go to geek out on cool bits you don't need, then rush to get everything you came for after wasting an hour fiddling with a set of pulleys that don't fit anything you own. The Garage Hour goons are here to help: a list of tools you need to succeed at the bone yard. Don't worry, it's easy - not what you should get, but what you should bring. There's also a great layer of rock and/or roll, with Primus (Lee Van Cleef!), Dire Straits, Tom Waits, Living Colour, Snail, Sword, Faith No More, Piece Machine, Megadeth, Volbeat, 16-Volt, Perfect Circle and Man Or Astro-man.

May 31, 20201h 0m

S10 Ep 1705.30.20: Because Junkyard! Bring the Right Tools for Junkyard Winning (& Rules for Good Junkyard Carma - sic!), w/ Killer Tracks by Primus, Straits, Waits, Colour, Snail, Sword, FTM, M'Deth, Volbeat, 16-Volt, Circle & Astro-Man

You don't hit the junkyard to look at stuff, it's about parts. Oh, wait, you totally go to geek out on cool bits you don't need, then rush to get everything you came for after wasting an hour fiddling with a set of pulleys that don't fit anything you own. The Garage Hour goons are here to help: a list of tools you need to succeed at the bone yard. Don't worry, it's easy - not what you should get, but what you should bring. There's also a great layer of rock and/or roll, with Primus (Lee Van Cleef!), Dire Straits, Tom Waits, Living Colour, Snail, Sword, Faith No More, Piece Machine, Megadeth, Volbeat, 16-Volt, Perfect Circle and Man Or Astro-man.

May 31, 20201h 0m

S10 Ep 1605.15.20 (MP3): Canyon Carving & Curvy Road 101! Take Serious Fun Seriously w/ Fast-Guy Thinking (Fast Car OR Fast Guy?) - Prep the Car & Prep the You w/ Mechanical Tricks, Cockpit Position, Situational Awareness, Own the Envelope & Daily-Driver Heel-Toe

Make Sunday funday a run to remember, or country road playtime will wind up being something to regret. The Garage Hour goons are pros at a few things, and a little gearhead gusto on the two-lane blacktop is one of them - the curvier the better. We'll get you a few of the basics in this episode, including obvious stuff like knowing your tires, and weird bits you might've missed (straightening the curve and looking past traffic included). When you're done eyeballing the brake juice and kvetching about the cost of another set of stickies, let's think a few other thoughts about going fast for fun: Who's giving you advice? Who are you running with? Can you ensure your car can take a beating and are you prepared to give it?

May 23, 202059 min

S10 Ep 1605.15.20: Canyon Carving & Curvy Roads 101! Taking Serious Fun Seriously w/ Fast-Guy Thinking (Fast Car OR Fast Guy?) - Prep the Car & Prep the You w/ Mechanical Tricks, Cockpit Position, Situational Awareness, Owning your Envelope & Daily-Driver Heel-Toe

Make Sunday funday a run to remember, or country road playtime will wind up being something to regret. The Garage Hour goons are pros at a few things, and a little gearhead gusto on the two-lane blacktop is one of them - the curvier the better. We'll get you a few of the basics in this episode, including obvious stuff like knowing your tires, and weird bits you might've missed (straightening the curve and looking past traffic included). When you're done eyeballing the brake juice and kvetching about the cost of another set of stickies, let's think a few other thoughts about going fast for fun: Who's giving you advice? Who are you running with? Can you ensure your car can take a beating and are you prepared to give it?

May 23, 202059 min

S10 Ep 1505.03.20 (MP3): AR-15 Q&A - .223 VS 5.56, M4 or M-16, What "AR" Means, Long VS Short Handguards (Technique & Style), Co-Witnessed Sights, 1 or 2-Stage Triggers, Barrel Length & Twist, + The Most Important Thing Ever: LEGO Bullets

Arm yourself with some facts for the next time you walk into a word-fight about AR-platform rifles. The Gearhead Consultancy got together with shooters and military men at Freedom:30 Arms for a walk-through of the basic bits of knowledge necessary for knowin' the AR-15 a little bit better. Where to start? What kind of twist is right for you? How about barrel length? How about shined up GI triggers compared with fancy Geissele single-stagers? What kind of hand-guard do you like (and why?) ... And the best side topic ever: did you know LEGO Man's head is a .40 bullet?

May 10, 202059 min

S10 Ep 1505.03.20: AR-15 Q&A - .223 VS 5.56, M4 or M-16, What "AR" Means, Long VS Short Handguards (Technique & Style), Co-Witnessed Sights, 1 or 2-Stage Triggers, Barrel Length & Twist, + The Most Important Thing Ever: LEGO Bullets

Arm yourself with some facts for the next time you walk into a word-fight about AR-platform rifles. The Gearhead Consultancy got together with shooters and military men at Freedom:30 Arms for a walk-through of the basic bits of knowledge necessary for knowin' the AR-15 a little bit better. Where to start? What kind of twist is right for you? How about barrel length? How about shined up GI triggers compared with fancy Geissele single-stagers? What kind of hand-guard do you like (and why?) ... And the best side topic ever: did you know LEGO Man's head is a .40 bullet?

May 10, 202059 min

S10 Ep 1404.24.20 (MP3): Operation Do Stuff: Involved & Half-Done Projects, Dude Food (Crisis Chili!) & Long Drives to the (Grocery) Bar, + Cohosts' New AR-15s, Kid-Friendly Technology, Gardening, Reading, Geek Pursuits & Trucking Bat Plague Out to Pasture

Don't let the Chinese bat plague get you down - with all this spare time to watch crap governors hold your paycheck ransom, there's time to finish what you started. Whether it's yours, your kids', in the kitchen, out in the garadtch, built from scratch or just because, the Garage Hour goons demand you proceed. If not now, when? We're building rifles, polishing combat boots, nailing bird feeders, disassembling suspension assemblies, taking apart phones and putting meals together. Nike can shove it - it's time YOU just do it.

Apr 28, 202059 min

S10 Ep 1404.24.20: Operation Do Stuff: Involved & Half-Done Projects, Dude Food (Crisis Chili!) & Long Drives to the (Grocery) Bar, + Cohosts' New AR-15s, Kid-Friendly Technology, Gardening, Reading, Geek Pursuits & Trucking Bat Plague Out to Pasture

Don't let the Chinese bat plague get you down - with all this spare time to watch crap governors hold your paycheck ransom, there's time to finish what you started. Whether it's yours, your kids', in the kitchen, out in the garadtch, built from scratch or just because, the Garage Hour goons demand you proceed. If not now, when? We're building rifles, polishing combat boots, nailing bird feeders, disassembling suspension assemblies, taking apart phones and putting meals together. Nike can shove it - it's time YOU just do it.

Apr 28, 202059 min

S10 Ep 1304.16.20 (MP3): Found On Road Awesome? Pay Attention - Sockets, Snips & Snap-On, + Barbecues & Dinner (w/ the Sandbox Edition), + Ammo for Pig Hunts, Colorado Elk Poaching, the Sequel Rule & A Robin Williams Review

All the cool stuff that's sitting right there that fell off somebody's truck that they'd really like back but they forgot it fell off so now it's yours! The Garage Hour goons gather up for another #FoundOnRoadAwesome compendium in the 2A-Sanctuary city of Woodland Park with the Top Men at Freedom:30 Arms. This drive-by episode with the super-shooters at Freedom:30 isn't just tools and barbecues, however - we've got a look at "Road Warrior", more movie rules, .300 Blackout VS .300 Win-Mag VS 7.62x.39 VS .308 VS green tips (just the tip), and jerkbot tourist elk poachers too.

Apr 22, 202056 min

S10 Ep 1304.16.20: Found On Road Awesome? Pay Attention - Sockets, Snips & Snap-On, + Barbecues & Dinner (w/ the Sandbox Edition), + Ammo for Pig Hunts, Colorado Elk Poaching, the Sequel Rule & A Robin Williams Review

All the cool stuff that's sitting right there that fell off somebody's truck that they'd really like back but they forgot it fell off so now it's yours! The Garage Hour goons gather up for another #FoundOnRoadAwesome compendium in the 2A-Sanctuary city of Woodland Park with the Top Men at Freedom:30 Arms. This drive-by episode with the super-shooters at Freedom:30 isn't just tools and barbecues, however - we've got a look at "Road Warrior", more movie rules, .300 Blackout VS .300 Win-Mag VS 7.62x.39 VS .308 VS green tips (just the tip), and jerkbot tourist elk poachers too.

Apr 22, 202056 min