Is "overland" just a fancy name for hipster car camping? Why is the tent on the roof of the truck? Lions, rhinos, snakes?
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Nailed it!
When my great uncles headed west to North Dakota to homestead, they told me they would circle the model T with a sisal/hemp rope to keep the snakes away while they slept under the car. Guess Ben an Elmer were hip back in da day.
Didn't they know they were supposed to camp up on the roof? Overlanding rookies, Ben and Elmer.
You're assuming they had a roof.
husqvarna257
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Well, a good scrounge today from our favorite Chinese food joint. We went for lunch, hadn't been there for a few months. We saw a tree service taking down a good size tree. When we went in there was a sign saying free maple from the Chinese restaurant. We ask the waitress about it, who then has a cow about the question. We had good food and I head out to ask the tree company about it. They said we could take all we wanted so I went home and got the Sierra. When we got back an started loading we found out this was a small husband wife operation. She tells us that they do not sell firewood because good help is hard to find and after paying them for labor there was a small profit, so they stopped selling. Once she found out we had an OWB she asked if we would take pine, of course I said yes and she even offered to cut it 20" long and free delivery. I was going to buy a load of log length to play with this spring but no I'll wait and see how this goes. I got a full bed of cut up maple and I will go back tomorrow for the big rounds and cut up the larger part left of the tree if it's still there.
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Big to go box!
I like seeing a newer truck being used as a truck
You don't want to put that stuff in your stove, it will want more an hr later
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I changed out the rear tires on my 68
“Old” tires are 245/60r15 they have about 50 miles on them
New tire 275/60r15 so almost two inches taller and a little over an inch wider
“Old” tires are 245/60r15 they have about 50 miles on them
New tire 275/60r15 so almost two inches taller and a little over an inch wider
Few shop progress pics. With the temps dropping, and needing to make room for my son's birthday, I finished up the ceiling insulation. Those 3 12 foot tall skids full of insulation is reduced to one skid not even 6 foot tall. Dad said he picked up one more skid of panels. I'll run and get them next week sometime.
Like a putz I ran out of insulation washers. Found a cad washer generator online. Put in some numbers, sent to the printer and 15 minutes later cranked out 20 washers. This new printer i got is amazingly fast and accurate. The slicing software figures out cost per piece. They came out to $0.03 per washer. Shure, I can get them a bit cheaper at lowes, but I would have had the 20 minute drive into town, grab them then drive back home. Less then 20 minutes I had enough to keep going while it printed out another batch. Handy thing to have around.
Like a putz I ran out of insulation washers. Found a cad washer generator online. Put in some numbers, sent to the printer and 15 minutes later cranked out 20 washers. This new printer i got is amazingly fast and accurate. The slicing software figures out cost per piece. They came out to $0.03 per washer. Shure, I can get them a bit cheaper at lowes, but I would have had the 20 minute drive into town, grab them then drive back home. Less then 20 minutes I had enough to keep going while it printed out another batch. Handy thing to have around.
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I didn’t realize Toyota stood for hipster, new to me ,
This is yuppie or hipster territory...
Holy sheite!
Holy sheite!
Yeah, but you know the OWB will be hungry an hour later...Big to go box!
Edit: Dang it! @chipper1 beat me to it! LOL
Guess that will teach me to work on the garage.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Well, it's not progress like @sean donato on the shop, but this will help get stuff off the floor. Got the second shelf above this one installed, too, and one more to go above that. I envision it as low access inventory of spare fluids.
Yes Matt , you take care of that body , it’s the only one you’ve got , processed foods , saturated fats , sugar eliminating as much as possible, and of course exercise, cardio
, don’t let stress rule your life either, you have a great family enjoy them ,I snatched up a nice drier for $100 4 - 5 years ago off of FB Marketplace from a repair shop that closed down. It does a great job.
They are mounted on the roof in case of flooding. In deep water the truck floats and you have a houseboat.
