Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[tbone75]

Fish dinner tonight or tomorrow ? Didn't ask what day fer sure cause I don't care . LOL Grouper dinner soon !!!!!!!!!!!!

Mon. evening fish fry . Got some big grouper fillets to eat ! Gonna try scallops fer the first time too ? Gonna have walleye too , but i will have more than nuff already . Gotta ask bout a baked tater to go with it !!

 

[Cantdog]

Few pics to the truck progress........all the welding is done.....needle scaling done. The black looking pics is every surface coated with phosphoric acid......then a heavy coat of red rustoleum primer applied by brush......today a coat of black semi-gloss rustoleum top coat......new trailer electrical connector and new gas tank heat shield be here this week......getting close.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

20 X 8:00 X 10

Thats a pretty small one. You know they make a trailer tire in that size in load range D. Be a little slack on traction but you won't blow them out.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Well here are some in E / 10 ply rating.

http://simpletire.com/deestone-20.5...ozhj4FgO8sLaMJNlnBgHAVXYemeu-qjIjVhoCKwbw_wcB

 

[Cantdog]

Well here are some in E / 10 ply rating.

http://simpletire.com/deestone-20.5...ozhj4FgO8sLaMJNlnBgHAVXYemeu-qjIjVhoCKwbw_wcB

Those would be rugged enough and would be fine on flat going but I don't think they would work in the woods and mud very well......the Carlisles do better than you'ld think in tuff going....everything is a compromise.....Thanks for looking Jimmy but already have one heading to the shop on Wed.

 

[tbone75]

Truck frame looking damn good Robin , knew it would . LOL

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Those would be rugged enough and would be fine on flat going but I don't think they would work in the woods and mud very well......the Carlisles do better than you'ld think in tuff going....everything is a compromise.....Thanks for looking Jimmy but already have one heading to the shop on Wed.

Well put chains on them...do i have to think of every thing?

 

[tbone75]

Cleaned up a 028 jug , then blasted the outside too .

 

[Cantdog]

That cleaned up nice John......I like them "Freashened Up"...

 

[Cantdog]

Got the top coat of black on the truck frame yesterday....what a PITA, rolling around on the shop floor for about 6 hrs paint overhead....lots of knooks and crannies that needed paint......but other than a bit of touch up in wee spots I missed I'm done with this phase.....roll her out to sit in the sun today to harden the paint up some. Trailer connector will be in tomorrow.....tiny bit of fabbing and welding there. Also have to make a holder for the plugin circuit board on the last cross member back.....little stuffs but important non-th-less. Gonna stand the back body on end this morning so I can needle scale the underbody cross bars and give them the acid treatment and paint too.....be able to stand there man fashion to do this though...no rolling around on my back painting that underbody.......some times I just love my bridge crane!!!!!

 

[tbone75]

Got the top coat of black on the truck frame yesterday....what a PITA, rolling around on the shop floor for about 6 hrs paint overhead....lots of knooks and crannies that needed paint......but other than a bit of touch up in wee spots I missed I'm done with this phase.....roll her out to sit in the sun today to harden the paint up some. Trailer connector will be in tomorrow.....tiny bit of fabbing and welding there. Also have to make a holder for the plugin circuit board on the last cross member back.....little stuffs but important non-th-less. Gonna stand the back body on end this morning so I can needle scale the underbody cross bars and give them the acid treatment and paint too.....be able to stand there man fashion to do this though...no rolling around on my back painting that underbody.......some times I just love my bridge crane!!!!!

Them cross bars rust as bad or worse than other parts it seems . Just where they are gets them .

 

[Cantdog]

Them cross bars rust as bad or worse than other parts it seems . Just where they are gets them .

Yes they do.......the bottom of the bed is fine......good paint everywhere but every cross bar is missing all it's paint.......I'm gonna fix that...at least for now.....

 

[tbone75]

Yes they do.......the bottom of the bed is fine......good paint everywhere but every cross bar is missing all it's paint.......I'm gonna fix that...at least for now.....

Last year was the boat , this year the truck . Whats next on the list ? The old SAAB maybe ?

 

[tbone75]

That cleaned up nice John......I like them "Freashened Up"...

Now that I can use my blast cabinet , makes things much easier and better looking too .
Did the muffle for the 028 , painted and baked it for 2 hrs. LOL Ron won't like it , used glossy paint . LOL

 

[Cantdog]

Last year was the boat , this year the truck . Whats next on the list ? The old SAAB maybe ?

Tryin' to work my way down to that......

 

[redray46]

Cleaned up a 028 jug , then blasted the outside too .View attachment 505620 View attachment 505621 View attachment 505622

LOOKS GOOD John,the new shop appears to be working out!
RR

 

[tbone75]

LOOKS GOOD John,the new shop appears to be working out!
RR

New shop is fantastic !! Got it a big mess already ! LOL

 

[Stihl 041S]

Hey John!!!!

 

[Homeowner]

New shop is fantastic !! Got it a big mess already ! LOLView attachment 506124 View attachment 506125 View attachment 506126 View attachment 506127 View attachment 506128 View attachment 506129

That looks beautiful! You have own desks for taking things apart and putting them back together?

I have thought of putting new desk on garage for clean stuff like putting carbs back together etc, would perhaps not help me fix anything better, but I could pretend to be doing something right LOL.

 

[tbone75]

That top on the one bench is a piece of 1/2" thick tempered aluminum , made a great top !!!