What did you do with your truck/shop today

[Daryl LBZ]

Only Ford...

[Jsdirt]

I lost key #2 to my truck years ago. No idea where. Never bothered looking into getting a replacement, because I figured GM wants $800 per key ...

[Jsdirt]

So do I pledge my power tool allegiance to Craftsman or Dewalt

 

Craftsman isn't what it used to be. I'd go DeWalt, personally.

 

I've had a DeWalt 18v drill I got as a gift (from Home Depot), and other than shooting flame,sparks and smoke out the air vents occasionally, and a failed charger, it's been great the past 8-10 years.

 

Guess you really can't win today! I'd still take my chances with the yellow one over anything from Sears these days.

[StinkyCheese]

Essentially gift wrapped the boat. Tarp I bought was a good 10+ft longer than it needed to be and just wide enough to cover the boat down to the trailer. Should help protect it from the elements until I'm not working 5 or 6 days and 60 hour weeks. Hopefully we start getting some stuff done again near the end of January.

 

Did other random shopping and driving. Was hoping I could last on this tank of fuel until the new year when I start getting 5% cash back on gas stations but I don't know if I can make it until then with just below half a tank now.

 

Was going to have my buddy install resistors for the rear dome LED lights except the darn things didn't flicker when I put them in this time, that crap annoys me. Also was looking at bulb sizes for the 3rd brake light/cargo light and that housing is cracked and leaking on one side. I guess now I need to get that replaced before I bother looking into switching bulbs. Swapped out a flickering LED light on the fender markers. Going to be ordering a 5 gallon air tank and compressor to replace my current set up on the truck. 1.5 gallon tank runs out of air too quick and I want to go to a higher duty rated compressor as well.

 

Threw in a couple pictures of my neighbor's purdy truck.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2016 by Chevyguy85

[Jsdirt]

DAMN! That truck is friggin SWEET!! Big block power too.

[StinkyCheese]

Old school power too. The amount of hours my dad and neighbor put into that truck. Sadly dad didn't get to see it through to "completion."

[Jsdirt]

Sorry to hear that.

[Coby7]

I learned to drive in one of those, a 58 Willis with a flat head Hudson straight six.

[RyanbabZ71]

I went to a car wash to blow mud out of my mom's wheels... this guy in the bay is going hard on a black 2017 Powerstroke with the brush. Almost feel sorry for it!

 

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I went and sprayed my wife's van right before xmas. There was a guy washing his car with the brush. I cringed and had to wash my eyes out

 

I drove mine for the first time in about 5 days

 

 

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[Coby7]

This morning before 11:18 I had already repaired 2 clusters and refurbished one for and 03 Sierra that was down from Churchill Falls for the holidays. He said he just couldn't drive back with his cluster working the way it did, so he looked me up. He was very happy to have his gauges working again. Here's his, it had a lot of hours but low kms because some nights and some days they leave 'em running or they won't start at -40 to -50 F or C. It had 5400 hours usually at 70,000 miles there' 1400-1500 hours. lol

 

[LongrangeLauber]

This morning before 11:18 I had already repaired 2 clusters and refurbished one for and 03 Sierra that was down from Churchill Falls for the holidays. He said he just couldn't drive back with his cluster working the way it did, so he looked me up. He was very happy to have his gauges working again. Here's his, it had a lot of hours but low kms because some nights and some days they leave 'em running or they won't start at -40 to -50 F or C. It had 5400 hours usually at 70,000 miles there' 1400-1500 hours. lol

 

I guess I'm under (or over, depending how you look at it) the hours per mileage ratio. I'm around 170p hours last I remember and at 66k miles

 

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[Coby7]

Yeah that'd be about right if you do a lot of city driving and sitting at the lights.

[LongrangeLauber]

Yeah that'd be about right if you do a lot of city driving and sitting at the lights.

I idle it a lot lol most of my driving is backroads or highway, not much city driving

 

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[Daryl LBZ]

I can't wait to have my cluster back. Pretty excited.

[Chris]

Moved a shed