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nu2-72 · 01-26-2007, 09:54 PM

UEC dropped by today. I dug the trench with the new toy since the ground was frozen and a trencher would not do the trick. This thing rocks and now I have lights. Can work indoors on the truck round the clock now.

timcos · 01-27-2007, 01:03 AM

Nice toy

stllookn · 01-27-2007, 01:14 AM

Dang...that makes my Kubota look kinda small...I am not going to show that picture to my wife...LOL!

**Canadian694x4** · 01-27-2007, 03:35 AM

Nicely done...now that's the kinda toys I like!

Richard H. · 01-27-2007, 10:34 AM

Toys are nice to have around, the hoist in the first picture needs to be stored in the building on the left in the second picture. So I put a 3-point hitch on it to move it around. Lot easier on the ole back.

GREASEMONKEY72 · 01-27-2007, 11:45 AM

damn i wish i lived on peice of land like that and had big building for storage and working i would be in heaven

nu2-72 · 01-27-2007, 06:42 PM

Took off work a little early today to close the doors and play around inside. The temperature is dropping so it will be great to be able to leave the doors down and play inside for a change. Now for the heat pump and water.
It is amazing how much light the 6 HID's put out. They are wired in pairs so I can work in different areas of the shop without burning them all. I also have 8 2 X 4 fixtures to install with 6 T-8 bulbs each for the paint booth. They are water tight enclosures so should work fine. I have wired the ballasts to fire the 2 inner bulbs seperately from the 4 outer bulbs. This should give me options there as well.

watahyahknow · 01-27-2007, 06:47 PM

where i live a place that big would go for 900 to 1200 euro per monh rent alone that would be more than i make per month working a steady job

Richard H. · 01-27-2007, 07:05 PM

That is a sweet building and looks kinda full already.

Are you putting in cieling fans to push some of the heat down?

jeffspower · 01-27-2007, 07:10 PM

Nice shop- maybe I should stroll on over & take a look! Do you know Kirk Reynolds?

Edmond · 01-27-2007, 07:41 PM

Looking good Kevin!!
It still is amazing to see that shop, the space is enormous!!
The little 4x4's bring back great memories.
We'll be back someday

Talk to you soon buddy!
Cya,
Edmond
Dutch Longhorn

1BadSS · 01-27-2007, 08:37 PM

Lookin good fella. Let me know if you need any help.

**jerry moss** · 01-27-2007, 11:51 PM

Kevin,
i wanna come over to your house, you have bigger/better toys than me.

very nice setup, have fun.

nu2-72 · 01-28-2007, 10:08 AM

Yes I know Kirk. Do you know Micheal? Kirk and Mike are always working on pulling trucks. Mike is my cousin.
Richard H. I like that setup for the cherry picker and I love the tractor weights.
Watahyahknow, another Dutch member. Edmond and Antoinette were here last Summer. We had a great time and are still trying to figure out when we can get over there to see your country. And the American muscle that is there. I want to take a tunnel cruise.
Jeffspower, don't think we have met. We will have to change that.
Edmond, the damage is all repaired and we are back to building. Maybe the next time you get here the place will be complete with bathroom and water. If anything ever happens to the house, we will be able to live in the shop. Or have guests or parties.
1BadSS, don't need anything right now. Getting ready to set the compressor and blast booth, finish a few parts and send out to the galvanizers. Then it is back to frame assembly.
Jerry, I see the NOS parts you have and we have spoken before. This may be a big toy but I do not know about better. I would love to visit you sometime and see your stuff. And if a hunt got mixed in, that would be awesome. I met another new friend this past week. Had spoken over the phone before but never met. He came here this week and stayed for a couple of days. I took him to Cabelas and some other places. Then he dropped his secret. He just purchased exclusive rights and a full camp for 60 square miles in Canada for Black Bear and Moose with fishing as well. He has invited me to come this Fall and I am trying to get it set up now. All by float plane only. I think the wife and I may Moose hunt in October.
Well, it's Sunday, back to the shed. Thanks guys.

watahyahknow · 01-28-2007, 11:02 AM

i'm thinking about comming to the states too if i can drag myself away from my work , i want to get too some enginecompanies and meetings there too .

for you i think the best time to come here is around may i think then you could visit the keukenhof too , its kindof a showground for all the flowers we grow here fields and fields of all sorts of colour .
dunno about tunnelcruises maibe in the limestone caves at limburg
i live in haarlem myself its near amsterdam and schiphol airport we got one canalcruise in my town though .
in amsterdam there are multiple to choose from .
we have teylers museum its a kindof sience museum that got stuck in the 1800's realy old electrifyingmachines paintings and fosiles we have realy big churches with tours too , even got a hempmuseum and the city center is realy nice many buildings out of the 1800's lots of bars too , one of the first trainstations ever build in holland if youre intoo argitecture and near us is the qrucius gemaal , its one of the last standing steamwaterpumps used to dry the polders around haarlem and amsterdam , if you like i could look up some links , i dont know if you want to stay in one place and spread out from there or move around its possible to drive from one end of the country to the other (lengthwize) in about 4 hours
there a couple of places to see in the netherlands and some american meetings with great cars , we have the beach and a (former) formula one racetrack in zandvoort a small ovaltrack near lelystad and a temporairy dragracetrack at drachten , heared about illegal dragracing in the industrie sector at amsterdam but duno wat days those are .
further away we got germany with the warner bross movieworld and no speedlimit on some parts of the autobahn disney world paris in france (hope you speak french because most dont speak englisch ) the eifeltower or belgum , luxemburg its all about a day's drive away from here .

jeffspower · 01-28-2007, 12:47 PM

I think I have met Mike- don't know him by name- young guy with a white Dodge? I talked with him a little at a couple of pulls last year. Last I heard he was working on a slipper clutch for next year- which is the way to go. I bet it won't stop him from trying to drive it on the street. Kevin says he likes smokin cars on Belt

teeitup · 01-28-2007, 11:54 PM

WOW Kevin building LOOKS GREAT!!!!!!! Nice TOY TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edmond · 01-29-2007, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nu2-72

I want to take a tunnel cruise.

Oh yes We will take a cruise through the tunnels with the Longhorn!!
Let´s make some noise

We love to have you over, and there is always a room free for you guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nu2-72

Edmond, the damage is all repaired and we are back to building. Maybe the next time you get here the place will be complete with bathroom and water. If anything ever happens to the house, we will be able to live in the shop. Or have guests or parties.

Can´t wait to come over again to the US.
Big question is when?

Soon I hope....

Good luck with the hunting!

Quote:

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

dunno about tunnelcruises maibe in the limestone caves at limburg
i live in haarlem myself its near amsterdam and schiphol airport we got one canalcruise in my town though

Watahyahknow, Take a look here: 5th annual Tunnelcruise
So if you have nothing to do, join in.

Cya,
Edmond
Dutch Longhorn

watahyahknow · 01-29-2007, 04:26 PM

i would love to come by there 18th of march .......but my pickup is still suspended from roaduse (geschorst) and doesnt have APK so it will prolly be in a opel corsa (between all those american cars i will prolly feel like an ant )

thank for the link to the forum , never seen it before i'll dive in there tomorrow

Edmond · 01-29-2007, 05:06 PM

My pleasure!

I'm 'Chevy Longhorn' on that board, but I'm not a frequent poster, more a lurker.

Cya,
Edmond
Dutch Longhorn

nu2-72 · 01-29-2007, 06:06 PM

How about that. Hooked you up with a fellow countryman from halfway around the world. What a small world it is.

Edmond · 01-30-2007, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nu2-72

How about that. Hooked you up with a fellow countryman from halfway around the world. What a small world it is.

Yep, it is indeed a small world. It's happend twice before, also through this board.

Cya,
Edmond
Dutch Longhorn

watahyahknow · 01-30-2007, 06:06 AM

dont come across dutch a lot ... happened to me bout 4 times on messenger and 2 times on forums like this .
have been looking through the dutch forum and it looks realy good .
looking for a set of dutch licencepapers so i can run the truck taxfree and it looks like i will come across it there eventually

01-26-2007, 09:54 PM	#1
nu2-72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amazonia, Mo. USA Posts: 2,821	Powering up the shed and a new toy UEC dropped by today. I dug the trench with the new toy since the ground was frozen and a trencher would not do the trick. This thing rocks and now I have lights. Can work indoors on the truck round the clock now. Attached Images __________________ 72 3/4 4x4 350 4spd 72 3/4 4x4 350 auto 2004 Duramax Silverado 4x4 2006 Duramax Crew cab 4x4 2010 Harley Ultra Limited 2011 Harley Street Glide

01-27-2007, 01:03 AM	#2
timcos Chief Honcho In Charge Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bentonville AR Posts: 970	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Nice toy __________________ 1992 1500 4x4 Shortbed 1984 Ford F250 Supercab Longbed 6.9L Diesel 1972 K10 Cheyenne Super Fleetside Short Bed - 350 - A/C 1971 VW SuperBeetle 1960 Wife 1984 Son 1986 Son 1989 Son Previous Trucks 1967 C10 SWB (1980-1981) 1971 C10 LWB (1998-2004)

01-27-2007, 01:14 AM	#3
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Dang...that makes my Kubota look kinda small...I am not going to show that picture to my wife...LOL! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

01-27-2007, 03:35 AM	#4
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,306	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Nicely done...now that's the kinda toys I like! __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 20 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada! - 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 2 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 13 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 6 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

01-27-2007, 10:34 AM	#5
Richard H. Spanked once Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Intheshop, Indiana Posts: 969	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Toys are nice to have around, the hoist in the first picture needs to be stored in the building on the left in the second picture. So I put a 3-point hitch on it to move it around. Lot easier on the ole back. Attached Images

01-27-2007, 11:45 AM	#6
GREASEMONKEY72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,893	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy damn i wish i lived on peice of land like that and had big building for storage and working i would be in heaven __________________ -steven Alte Seele S.S. "Allison" '72 C/10 LWB 350SB/TH350 - DD PITBULL IS NOT A CRIME

01-27-2007, 06:42 PM	#7
nu2-72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amazonia, Mo. USA Posts: 2,821	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Took off work a little early today to close the doors and play around inside. The temperature is dropping so it will be great to be able to leave the doors down and play inside for a change. Now for the heat pump and water. It is amazing how much light the 6 HID's put out. They are wired in pairs so I can work in different areas of the shop without burning them all. I also have 8 2 X 4 fixtures to install with 6 T-8 bulbs each for the paint booth. They are water tight enclosures so should work fine. I have wired the ballasts to fire the 2 inner bulbs seperately from the 4 outer bulbs. This should give me options there as well. Attached Images __________________ 72 3/4 4x4 350 4spd 72 3/4 4x4 350 auto 2004 Duramax Silverado 4x4 2006 Duramax Crew cab 4x4 2010 Harley Ultra Limited 2011 Harley Street Glide

01-27-2007, 06:47 PM	#8
watahyahknow Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the netherlands europe Posts: 4,335	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy where i live a place that big would go for 900 to 1200 euro per monh rent alone that would be more than i make per month working a steady job __________________ i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts

01-27-2007, 07:05 PM	#9
Richard H. Spanked once Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Intheshop, Indiana Posts: 969	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy That is a sweet building and looks kinda full already. Are you putting in cieling fans to push some of the heat down?

01-27-2007, 07:10 PM	#10
jeffspower Well, Whoop-dee-do! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Easton, Mo. pop.- me & scarcely a few others Posts: 2,302	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Nice shop- maybe I should stroll on over & take a look! Do you know Kirk Reynolds? __________________ '68 GMC shortbox 4x4 350/SM465/T221- bought it in '83 SOLD '72 K20 500 Cad/TH400/NP205 SOLD '92 Chevy 2500 6.5 mech TD 4L80E crusty daily driver '72 Monte Carlo... sweet low mile toy '11 Dodge Challenger IE 392 6spd... midlife car

01-27-2007, 07:41 PM	#11
Edmond Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,062	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Looking good Kevin!! It still is amazing to see that shop, the space is enormous!! The little 4x4's bring back great memories. We'll be back someday Talk to you soon buddy! Cya, Edmond Dutch Longhorn __________________ 1971 Chevy C/20 Longhorn, 350/TH400, Edelbrock Performer, IMPCO 425 LPG Carb 1974 Chevy Camaro Z28 (Original) ------------------------- Capelle a/d IJssel, The Netherlands

01-27-2007, 08:37 PM	#12
1BadSS NOT REALLY BANNED! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 1,072	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Lookin good fella. Let me know if you need any help. __________________ 1987 Mustang Coupe - 2.7 Stroker, 78mm turbo, Stainless header, 3" Exh, FMIC, 160lb/hr Injectors, MS3, twin walbro 255's, 34psi. Eating V8's daily. 04 Pontiac GTO 04 Ford Mustang GT 68 C20 LWB stripper truck 73 K5 Cheyenne 76 C20 Sierra Crew SRW 88 K20 Suburban I'm not hammering on metal just to hammer, i'm creating a piece of art.

01-27-2007, 11:51 PM	#13
jerry moss Born Psycho Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: brentwood,cal,usa Posts: 4,872	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Kevin, i wanna come over to your house, you have bigger/better toys than me. very nice setup, have fun. __________________ jerry moss 72 cheyenne super K20- tilt,tach,vacuum,speedwarning,buckets,shoulder belts,am/fm,tow hooks,bumper guards,toolbox,aux. fuel tank,posi front and rear,plus other goodies!!! SOLD 69 suburban K20-tilt,tach,vacuum,speedwarning,buckets,shoulder belts,am/fm,4 inch all spring lift,4 speed, 14 bolt full floater, dana 44 HD,warn winch,posi front and rear,tow hooks,plus other goodies. 73/80 chevy/gmc K20 SB400,turbo 400,205,tilt,a-c,gas hog. 77 K/5 cheyenne blazer-daily driver/beater. SON HAS IT NOW BRENTWOOD,CALIFORNIA

01-28-2007, 10:08 AM	#14
nu2-72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amazonia, Mo. USA Posts: 2,821	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy Yes I know Kirk. Do you know Micheal? Kirk and Mike are always working on pulling trucks. Mike is my cousin. Richard H. I like that setup for the cherry picker and I love the tractor weights. Watahyahknow, another Dutch member. Edmond and Antoinette were here last Summer. We had a great time and are still trying to figure out when we can get over there to see your country. And the American muscle that is there. I want to take a tunnel cruise. Jeffspower, don't think we have met. We will have to change that. Edmond, the damage is all repaired and we are back to building. Maybe the next time you get here the place will be complete with bathroom and water. If anything ever happens to the house, we will be able to live in the shop. Or have guests or parties. 1BadSS, don't need anything right now. Getting ready to set the compressor and blast booth, finish a few parts and send out to the galvanizers. Then it is back to frame assembly. Jerry, I see the NOS parts you have and we have spoken before. This may be a big toy but I do not know about better. I would love to visit you sometime and see your stuff. And if a hunt got mixed in, that would be awesome. I met another new friend this past week. Had spoken over the phone before but never met. He came here this week and stayed for a couple of days. I took him to Cabelas and some other places. Then he dropped his secret. He just purchased exclusive rights and a full camp for 60 square miles in Canada for Black Bear and Moose with fishing as well. He has invited me to come this Fall and I am trying to get it set up now. All by float plane only. I think the wife and I may Moose hunt in October. Well, it's Sunday, back to the shed. Thanks guys. __________________ 72 3/4 4x4 350 4spd 72 3/4 4x4 350 auto 2004 Duramax Silverado 4x4 2006 Duramax Crew cab 4x4 2010 Harley Ultra Limited 2011 Harley Street Glide

01-28-2007, 11:02 AM	#15
watahyahknow Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the netherlands europe Posts: 4,335	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy i'm thinking about comming to the states too if i can drag myself away from my work , i want to get too some enginecompanies and meetings there too . for you i think the best time to come here is around may i think then you could visit the keukenhof too , its kindof a showground for all the flowers we grow here fields and fields of all sorts of colour . dunno about tunnelcruises maibe in the limestone caves at limburg i live in haarlem myself its near amsterdam and schiphol airport we got one canalcruise in my town though . in amsterdam there are multiple to choose from . we have teylers museum its a kindof sience museum that got stuck in the 1800's realy old electrifyingmachines paintings and fosiles we have realy big churches with tours too , even got a hempmuseum and the city center is realy nice many buildings out of the 1800's lots of bars too , one of the first trainstations ever build in holland if youre intoo argitecture and near us is the qrucius gemaal , its one of the last standing steamwaterpumps used to dry the polders around haarlem and amsterdam , if you like i could look up some links , i dont know if you want to stay in one place and spread out from there or move around its possible to drive from one end of the country to the other (lengthwize) in about 4 hours there a couple of places to see in the netherlands and some american meetings with great cars , we have the beach and a (former) formula one racetrack in zandvoort a small ovaltrack near lelystad and a temporairy dragracetrack at drachten , heared about illegal dragracing in the industrie sector at amsterdam but duno wat days those are . further away we got germany with the warner bross movieworld and no speedlimit on some parts of the autobahn disney world paris in france (hope you speak french because most dont speak englisch ) the eifeltower or belgum , luxemburg its all about a day's drive away from here . __________________ i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts



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01-28-2007, 12:47 PM	#16
jeffspower Well, Whoop-dee-do! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Easton, Mo. pop.- me & scarcely a few others Posts: 2,302	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy I think I have met Mike- don't know him by name- young guy with a white Dodge? I talked with him a little at a couple of pulls last year. Last I heard he was working on a slipper clutch for next year- which is the way to go. I bet it won't stop him from trying to drive it on the street. Kevin says he likes smokin cars on Belt __________________ '68 GMC shortbox 4x4 350/SM465/T221- bought it in '83 SOLD '72 K20 500 Cad/TH400/NP205 SOLD '92 Chevy 2500 6.5 mech TD 4L80E crusty daily driver '72 Monte Carlo... sweet low mile toy '11 Dodge Challenger IE 392 6spd... midlife car

01-28-2007, 11:54 PM	#17
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy WOW Kevin building LOOKS GREAT!!!!!!! Nice TOY TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

01-29-2007, 04:26 PM	#19
watahyahknow Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the netherlands europe Posts: 4,335	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy i would love to come by there 18th of march .......but my pickup is still suspended from roaduse (geschorst) and doesnt have APK so it will prolly be in a opel corsa (between all those american cars i will prolly feel like an ant ) thank for the link to the forum , never seen it before i'll dive in there tomorrow __________________ i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts

01-29-2007, 05:06 PM	#20
Edmond Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,062	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy My pleasure! I'm 'Chevy Longhorn' on that board, but I'm not a frequent poster, more a lurker. Cya, Edmond Dutch Longhorn __________________ 1971 Chevy C/20 Longhorn, 350/TH400, Edelbrock Performer, IMPCO 425 LPG Carb 1974 Chevy Camaro Z28 (Original) ------------------------- Capelle a/d IJssel, The Netherlands

01-29-2007, 06:06 PM	#21
nu2-72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amazonia, Mo. USA Posts: 2,821	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy How about that. Hooked you up with a fellow countryman from halfway around the world. What a small world it is. __________________ 72 3/4 4x4 350 4spd 72 3/4 4x4 350 auto 2004 Duramax Silverado 4x4 2006 Duramax Crew cab 4x4 2010 Harley Ultra Limited 2011 Harley Street Glide

01-30-2007, 06:06 AM	#23
watahyahknow Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the netherlands europe Posts: 4,335	Re: Powering up the shed and a new toy dont come across dutch a lot ... happened to me bout 4 times on messenger and 2 times on forums like this . have been looking through the dutch forum and it looks realy good . looking for a set of dutch licencepapers so i can run the truck taxfree and it looks like i will come across it there eventually __________________ i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts

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