Absolutely, that first salary number follows you around forever. I learned the hard way by taking the first offer out of college. You end up playing catch up for years trying to fix it.

It's not just houses, it's like people trying to plan a whole vacation without checking if they have the time off approved. You get all excited looking at beaches and hotels, and then your boss says no. It's this weird habit of skipping the boring but important step to get to the fun part faster, which just makes everything take longer and hurt more in the end. I see it all the time with projects, people buy all the materials before they even know if the city will give them a permit.

Oh man, that's so true! My buddy went through the exact same thing with his 2017 last winter. He was complaining about it feeling gutless for months, and his mechanic finally talked him into letting them check the EGR system. They showed him a picture of the cooler and it looked completely plugged up, just like yours. He said the difference after they cleaned it out was night and day, it totally fixed his power problem. It's crazy how such a simple part can cause so many issues when it gets dirty.

That crushed limestone base sounds solid. How deep did you go with the gravel layer before setting the sleepers? I'm in a similar wet area and wonder if the standard four inches is enough or if I should go deeper for heavy equipment.

Ever think that extra capacity is exactly what makes it safer, nancy326? A smaller line might be easier to handle until something unexpected happens. I'd rather have the buffer than risk it.