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Hauled this back to my grandparents

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I stoped at lowes and picked this one up!

 

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Today I pulled off the passenger side door panel and switches and removed the door lock actuator and locking assembly. Can;t wait untill the new part comes in tomorrow and put it on.

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Bald tires do better in sand I've learned than mud tires that's for sure.

 

 

That's because mud tires dig, bald ones allow you to float on top of the sand.

 

 

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I warshed it up all nice n pretty then bought a terrible craftsman toolbox

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I warshed it up all nice n pretty then bought a terrible craftsman toolbox

 

Why are they terrible? I have a black DeeZee i got from TSC

 

this morning i used my truck to jumpstatrt my little brothers 91 4runner so it can go to the shop

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I bought a 135$ rolling one its got 5 drawers and an open area in bottom, its the flimsiest thing I've ever seen and one of the drawers is a half inch less wide that the one its supposed to be identical to. I guess you get what you pay for..

 

 

Getting my tires put on right now, not sure why its taking so long..

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I bought a 135$ rolling one its got 5 drawers and an open area in bottom, its the flimsiest thing I've ever seen and one of the drawers is a half inch less wide that the one its supposed to be identical to. I guess you get what you pay for..

 

 

Getting my tires put on right now, not sure why its taking so long..

 

 

 

Craftsman is hit or miss I found. Before I took this job it worked in the shop at a dealership and I started working out of a couple Craftsman boxes- one 5-drawer workstation sort of thing and a smaller chest on top of that. The small chest was fairly decent but the big one couldn't take weight at all. When drawers were closed the big one that had my air tools would always fall off it's tracks and jam crap up. I ended up buying a big Matco box which of course is loads nicer but it also cost a pile of money and now it just sits in my brothers barn back in NH.

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thats exactly what I have and its doing exactly what you said... someday when i get my own place ill have a nice one, this is the one I have.

 

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Yeah mine was similar I think- the bottom on mine would be 2 drawers where the big space is on that and my top might have been a tiny bit taller/more drawers. No closeups but here's a pic from my past life:

 

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Not today but on Thursday night, pulled the buggy in and then pulled the hay out so we could unload the buggy.:jester:0292.jpg0203.jpg

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Hauled the new baby (first ride was at 12:30am not pictured) shopping this morning

 

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Tried to install my double din screen but failed.

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Went to the hot rod tour car show today great turnout, and someone stole part of my duneflag

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Well the sun finally reappeared this weekend so we had a garage sale so the truck got to load up the table and stuff we were selling. Then cleaned up the house and is full of trash and recycling to be taken recycling center after work today. Also this week going to start moving packed up boxes to a storage unit until we move into our new house (once we find our new house.) Finally, I need to finish mowing the lawn and return the borrowed lawn tractor I have so it's going to be a busy week for the truck.

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Finished the double din install and put my dash back together

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