What did you do today not on your truck...

[special-K]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

yes sir.it was a tough trip.everything was too much money,we covered alot of ground in a hurry.it doesn't feel good visiting with folks you know are sick and will likely not see again but a man gotta do what a man gotta do.we had to make the trip.Bob told me several times,how much it meant to them that we were there and made the trip.i told him,if the shoe was on the other foot,they'd be here for us?the way it should be.take care.Greg

I hadn't been here to comment of this visit you made with your friend. It must mean a lot to your friend that you've done this. He knows his fate and can do nothing about it, and you show that matters to you. Must help make life worth living. Says something for how he did live before the disease.

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

I'll have to check the current pergola, it's been there a few years. Haven't seen any woodpeckers around, but I don't often go out in the back yard.

I rebuilt the top (rafters) of the trellis* going into my back yard. The original I built from the old rafters from a porch I tore off the house. It finally got rotted. I wanted the full 2" x 4" like the old lumber, so that meant cut down 4 x 6s, which were pressure treated to last. Key word here is "last", as in linger than the first rafters. The next spring those carpenter bees, who never touched the old trellis, attacked the new wood. I walk through that trellis everyday. In one day one bored a few holes. I mean tore it up with a vengance!

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I'm ignorant. I have no idea what a pergola is. I just found out what carpenter bees were and I went to college... Occasionally. College had too many rules for me. Rules like showing up, paying attention, and reading something. I got kicked out. So much for that. My mother was furious but she was always mad at me so no big deal. Just another day.

Pergola sounds like something that grows in the toilet and you need to pour bleach on it to get rid of it.

It sounds like some pasta with meat filling.

*Paul, know what that is?

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by special-K

I hadn't been here to comment of this visit you made with your friend. It must mean a lot to your friend that you've done this. He knows his fate and can do nothing about it, and you show that matters to you. Must help make life worth living. Says something for how he did live before the disease.

I rebuilt the top (rafters) of the trellis* going into my back yard. The original I built from the old rafters from a porch I tore off the house. It finally got rotted. I wanted the full 2" x 4" like the old lumber, so that meant cut down 4 x 6s, which were pressure treated to last. Key word here is "last", as in linger than the first rafters. The next spring those carpenter bees, who never touched the old trellis, attacked the new wood. I walk through that trellis everyday. In one day one bored a few holes. I mean tore it up with a vengance!

It sounds like some pasta with meat filling.

*Paul, know what that is?

thank you sir.it did mean alot to him that we were there.he told us several times with tears in his eyes.he and i were sitting on the front porch at a cottage they'd rented in Amish country and he was going over memories we'd made on the harleys or the convertible over the years,the wonderful places we'd seen.we covered alot of miles together,he talked about how he and his wife were here,eating lobster on my dad's boat and on and on.lots of memories.i told it was no big deal,if i was sick,they'd be here?simple as that.he is feeling not too bad and they hope to fly here in June,so fingers crossed,they'll get here one more time.i sure hope so.all the best.

[72c20customcamper]

It was a truck my 07 Dodge .Filled it up and a couple of miles down the road I heard a scrapping noise . Looked under and the tank was hanging by one bracket . Guess 33 gallons was too heavy for the 16 year old straps I’m sure our salt problem didn’t help . Glad I always carry ratchet straps no damage to the tank the scrapping noise was the metal bracket rubbing on the driveshaft .

New ones coming next Monday

[FleetsidePaul]

Today. I enjoyed the sound of silence. No contractors pounding on stuff. Nobody bugging me. Just quiet for a change. Didn't get anything done but it was a welcome day off.

[Lost in the 60's]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

It was a truck my 07 Dodge .Filled it up and a couple of miles down the road I heard a scrapping noise . Looked under and the tank was hanging by one bracket . Guess 33 gallons was too heavy for the 16 year old straps I’m sure our salt problem didn’t help . Glad I always carry ratchet straps no damage to the tank the scrapping noise was the metal bracket rubbing on the driveshaft .New ones coming next Monday

Friggen salt has destroyed more vehicles. And now the calcium chloride they "pretreat" the freeways with is even worse.
I like the pic with the straps. Fits in the "there, I fixed it" thread...
I carry a shoe box full of ratchet straps in the back of my Silverado. Never know when a person comes across a treasure to bring home, or fix the truck to get it back home.

[72c20customcamper]

It’s time to get under the truck pressure wash it and coat everything with fluid film .

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's

Friggen salt has destroyed more vehicles. And now the calcium chloride they "pretreat" the freeways with is even worse.

And what's worst is they pre-treat to give your vehicle longer exposure to it. They've put that stuff down Wed for a storm coming Friday night. Sometimes they put it down and it doesn't even snow. They use that stuff on all roads here. At least with salt they don't spread until it snows

[72c20customcamper]

Same day I dropped the tank I looked at this 82 Airstream coach . It was in real nice overal condition but the asking price was 80k . Most likely worth it but not to me .

[Steeveedee]

^ That's way cool, but I can imagine the work that may need to be done. For $20k more, I got one with a warranty (not an Airstream). Getting too old to work on this stuff.

[RustyPile]

We live out in the sticks of East Texas, very low populated, rural area. We have this small 14 year old mixed breed dog that, due to predators, lives in the house with us.

It doesn't normally freeze during the winter around here, but the last 2 winters, we've had several days of hard freeze.. Killed a lot of shrubbery and grass that hasn't recovered. This spring, the weeds have taken over the lawn. Among them is a species that has spike covered seed pods that sticks to the dogs feet.. The old dog has an overbite and can't remove the spikes from her feet, so we have to "pick her feet" every time she goes outside.

I went to the local Tractor Supply and bought one of those 25 gallon liquid spreaders. Brought it home and set it up in my lawn tractor's dump trailer. I sprayed 2,4-D weed killer on the yard yesterday, (it's 1 1/2 acres).. And today the weeds have already started to wilt down.. The dog thanked me all day today.

[Steeveedee]

Probably what we call "goat-head" weed out here. That stuff is nasty, and I'll expect that you'll have to pick the stickers out for awhile yet. Fun story. When we moved into our first house in the '50s, my dad told us not to go out back because of those stickers. Well, at the ages of 3 and 4, my brother and I ran out back, anyway, barefoot. So there we were, standing in the stickers, crying our eyes out, afraid to move, but the stickers in our feet still hurting... My dad came out and carried us into the house and my mom pulled the stickers out. Funny, now, 60+ years later.

[special-K]

For $20k you got an RV that's new, 41 years newer!

[72c20customcamper]

Guys you aren’t buying a new class A motorhome for 20k more . For 100k you’re getting a late 90s early 2000s so 10 to 15 years newer. A new Airstream Classic is 180k and you’re waiting 6 months . The little 16ft Bambi is 60k .

The new Dutch star like mine is over 550k when my dad bought it in 2004 it was 125k after he traded in a 1998 Dutch star

[Lost in the 60's]

People paying 60k for a 16' trailer, IMHO, need a mental eval... Seems America has become callous to the extremely stupid prices for products and just keep buying the crap anyway.
80k for 40 yr old motor home is insane. Steeveedee is right, just from sitting all those years, it will need a lot of work. I nearly spit my coffee out when you posted the price. I would have a hard time justifying 40k...but that's just me and having grown up in a low income family in the 50's.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Guys you aren’t buying a new class A motorhome for 20k more . For 100k you’re getting a late 90s early 2000s so 10 to 15 years newer. A new Airstream Classic is 180k and you’re waiting 6 months . The little 16ft Bambi is 60k .

The new Dutch star like mine is over 550k when my dad bought it in 2004 it was 125k after he traded in a 1998 Dutch star

Steveedee didn't say he got a new class A. I was relating to his post. Whether apples to apples or not we all agree $80k is a lot for a 41 year old RV, I was guessing.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's

People paying 60k for a 16' trailer, IMHO, need a mental eval... Seems America has become callous to the extremely stupid prices for products and just keep buying the crap anyway.
80k for 40 yr old motor home is insane. Steeveedee is right, just from sitting all those years, it will need a lot of work. I nearly spit my coffee out when you posted the price. I would have a hard time justifying 40k...but that's just me and having grown up in a low income family in the 50's.

Some people say 40 k for a 50 year old truck is insane . These coaches are collectibles just like our trucks the market is out there . But the coach is overpriced I would say 50k tops but who knows

[72c20customcamper]

Our newer tractor couldn’t hold up to the Marybeth torture test . Told me yesterday it’s not cutting right and it’s hard to turn .

[72c20customcamper]

And repaired till next time I inspected the deck no sign of hitting anything I think it’s because the welded one side only on the bracket causing it to flex . I’m going to weld the other on the back side also

[FleetsidePaul]

Have you ever tried to fit 10 lbs. into a 5 pound sack? Try getting a big fridge into a house built in 1957 that wasn't designed to take one that big. I had to shave the cabinet and hack up the tile which is okay because it's going away. This was just a test fit. I've still got to get the floor in. But it's in. Now I have only about 5000 other things to do.

And do you see that paint can? NEVER BUY THAT PAINT!! It's garbage. It took 4 coats. They call it "Easy Care'. There's nothing easy about it. They should call it white snot.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

Have you ever tried to fit 10 lbs. into a 5 pound sack? Try getting a big fridge into a house built in 1957 that wasn't designed to take one that big. I had to shave the cabinet and hack up the tile which is okay because it's going away. This was just a test fit. I've still got to get the floor in. But it's in. Now I have only about 5000 other things to do.

And do you see that paint can? NEVER BUY THAT PAINT!! It's garbage. It took 4 coats. They call it "Easy Care'. There's nothing easy about it. They should call it white snot.

I grew up (Well not Really) in an older house with 34" doors.
Maybe 32" I don't remember.
But I know they was not wide enough .

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

I grew up (Well not Really) in an older house with 34" doors.
Maybe 32" I don't remember.
But I know they was not wide enough .

Yup. Big Bertha there is 36" wide. As Maxwell Smart would say "Missed it by that much'.

[Boog]

Oh yeah. My wife just had to have a double door with ice n water. I told her what the opening width was and we went shopping. She got the absolute widest fridge that would fit that measurement and with one door opening on a wall, well it could only open to less than 90* and it's a pain. In retrospect, I should have given her two inches less.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by Boog

In retrospect, I should have given her two inches less.

Now there's something you don't hear every day....

[Steeveedee]

I'll be joining Dale in the corner, if I say what I'm thinking.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

I'll be joining Dale in the corner, if I say what I'm thinking.

You and me both.