Random pictures that you did not take.

[special-K]

I'd like to witness that migration. Do they carry green cards?

With 4wds we call them lifted. With cars we called it jacked up. Before tubbing became a thing and along with that the term "Pro-Street". These were "Street Machines" or even "Street Freaks"

[68bowtie]

I see those sandhill cranes in nor cal every year taking a break in the rice fields. Pretty cool birds.

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by special-K

I'd like to witness that migration. Do they carry green cards?

With 4wds we call them lifted. With cars we called it jacked up. Before tubbing became a thing and along with that the term "Pro-Street". These were "Street Machines" or even "Street Freaks"

The only photo known to exist of my high school car.

[72c20customcamper]

I have an idea let’s make the truck out of aluminum.

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

i have an idea let’s make the truck out of aluminum.

or throw a 10 foot 3500 lb camper on a a half ton with a 5'5" box and tie it down wit some ratchet straps.....luv how the rear jacks are about 2" off the ground....here comes some railroad tracks...yee-haw

[dave6672]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

I have an idea let’s make the truck out of aluminum.

Reminds me of a mistake I made that I won't repeat. I was hauling a motorcycle in the bed of my 91 C1500 and had it secured with ratchet straps, but I hadn't properly tied off the excess amount of the strap that I had left from securing the bike. I was driving down the road when I heard a loud "Pow" sound and the truck jumped up like I'd run over something. The excess strap had slipped down between the cab and the bed and wrapped around the drive shaft. It ripped the strap into while pulling down on the front panel of the bed. No aluminum here, it just put a slight depression in the top of the front panel.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by dave6672

Reminds me of a mistake I made that I won't repeat. I was hauling a motorcycle in the bed of my 91 C1500 and had it secured with ratchet straps, but I hadn't properly tied off the excess amount of the strap that I had left from securing the bike. I was driving down the road when I heard a loud "Pow" sound and the truck jumped up like I'd run over something. The excess strap had slipped down between the cab and the bed and wrapped around the drive shaft. It ripped the strap into while pulling down on the front panel of the bed. No aluminum here, it just put a slight depression in the top of the front panel.

Youch! I had one do that but it didn't bind. The straps was singed and glazed. Another time one went off the side and the rear tire ran over it. Same result as yours...POP!!. I stop and see a slight indentation on the bedside.

[C-ries]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

I have an idea let’s make the truck out of aluminum.

Thought of the person tightening that strap: "I think I can get it just a little bit tighter..."

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

I have an idea let’s make the truck out of aluminum.

Make beer cans not trucks.

[Steeveedee]

I like beer in bottles. I'd hate to drive a glass truck!

[Boog]

Originally Posted by C-ries

Thought of the person tightening that strap: "I think I can get it just a little bit tighter..."

And he said "that ain't going any where".

[special-K]

An old school bus in Maine

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by special-K

An old school bus in Maine

The catch pan for heater fuel appears to be missing...

[Sheepdip]

Saw this pic of what appears to be splicing of an old barn or building trusses from yesteryear. Now that's what you call a Cut-N-Stack.

[special-K]

That's different from how I see beams joined in barns in this area. They look similar but at each end have some sort of a back cut to prevent spreading. This example is from a covered bridge

[tutone]

Timber framing is quickly becoming a lost art. I guess lots of cabin builders and Amish barn builders are still hanging on to the old ways. I find it fascinating.

[tutone]

Originally Posted by special-K

An old school bus in Maine

I thought the old timers had to walk to school. 7 miles ,uphill, both ways.

[Boog]

Originally Posted by tutone

I thought the old timers had to walk to school. 7 miles ,uphill, both ways.

Yes. And in the snow!

[Steeveedee]

...and into the wind, too!

[HO455]

Luxury!


https://youtu.be/ue7wM0QC5LE?si=XP8Fhzq8hCck6asj

[farmall]

Originally Posted by special-K

That's different from how I see beams joined in barns in this area. They look similar but at each end have some sort of a back cut to prevent spreading. This example is from a covered bridge

I wish I had know there was a better way when I spliced my windmill legs. I asked a contractor and he said a diagnal cut with construction glue and bolts for the joint.

[farmall]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

I have an idea let’s make the truck out of aluminum.

That is what happens whe you leave your tailgate down and back ito a pole. I have done it. I was pissed. I unloaded a 45 clip in it and parked it in front of the ROTC building on campus across from my dorm. They got a kick out of it, sticking fingers in the holes and tugging on the bullets stuck in the sheet metal.
That was a nice truck. 75 3/4 ton, burnt orange and white, 4' lift, 38' Gumbo Monster Mudders, and cold AC.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by tutone

I thought the old timers had to walk to school. 7 miles ,uphill, both ways.

Originally Posted by Boog

Yes. And in the snow!

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

...and into the wind, too!

...and barefoot after milking the cows!

[FleetsidePaul]

German Shepard vs. donut. Donut lost. Dumb dog dove into the car when I opened the door and landed right on it. Still tasted good.

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