Karl,
I have been absent on the forum lately but would like to participate more to give infractions to people like you who violate the rules.
As far as your weight loss goes, diet and exercise can work if followed properly. Crack isn't really a good solution, typically cocaine would be the preferred method which will likely turn you into a fat crack head, putting you back into the same position as before with less love, less money, less teeth, less possessions (mini bike, other fun shit, etc). The only real method here is diet and exercise.
I'm not your boss, mechanic, family or financial advisor so I can't offer advice or help on the money or truck, millionaire issues. Sorry!
Kids these days...., maybe you have some? If not, don't reproduce and you can help the problem of "kids these days". It's a choice I made, so far anyway. I get blamed for enough as it is.
As far as the clutch brake goes, certain products, whether its the raw steel or the band brake itself, shop rate at the fab shop, certain items we may get killer deals on and can pass those savings off. When that product/sale runs out, we need to charge current pricing.
Money does grow on trees as it's paper which is made from..... ???
Trees do no produce metal, and definitely not formed into specific parts for sure - at least this planet.
Thanks,
Drew