Cool Or Creepy Things Found In The Bush Or On Your Property

[MossRoad]

Take my trailer

Yeah, that too.

Suburban with 18' car hauler and steel deck. 2X12 side boards on the front. Gravel. Sand. Mulch. Black dirt. Firewood. Lumber. Mattresses. Couches. 20' rebar. Anything that won't fit in the Suburban goes on the trailer. Anything I don't want inside the Suburban goes on the trailer, like hay bales. Man those are messy on the carpet.

 

[MossRoad]

Folded the middle seats down, slid the rear seat forward, slid the new water heater in the back of the Suburban, closed the doors and drove home in the rain. Picked it up for my mother in-law. Fun weekend project.

 

[Dftodd]

Yeah, that too.

Suburban with 18' car hauler and steel deck. 2X12 side boards on the front. Gravel. Sand. Mulch. Black dirt. Firewood. Lumber. Mattresses. Couches. 20' rebar. Anything that won't fit in the Suburban goes on the trailer. Anything I don't want inside the Suburban goes on the trailer, like hay bales. Man those are messy on the carpet.

I have a 16ft dove tail. Sold the tractor and implements but kept the trailer. Trailer had a permanent tag so all it costs a year is the personal property tax of $16

 

[Jstpssng]

I slide it into the Suburban all the way to the dash and close the doors behind it.

I put it up on my canoe racks and tie it down... or put the tailgate down. I just don't understand that "If it can't hold an 8 foot 2x4 it isn't a truck" logic. I can and have had (24) 8' 2x4s, 9 sheets of OSB, plus my saw table in the bed and there was still room in the cab for nails, the rest of my tools, along with a passenger and my dog. Plus a gas grill and tank in the back on top of the lumber. And it's just a small truck.

 

[civilian]

I put it up on my canoe racks and tie it down... or put the tailgate down. I just don't understand that "If it can't hold an 8 foot 2x4 it isn't a truck" logic. I can and have had (24) 8' 2x4s, 9 sheets of OSB, plus my saw table in the bed and there was still room in the cab for nails, the rest of my tools, along with a passenger and my dog. Plus a gas grill and tank in the back on top of the lumber. And it's just a small truck.

I used to haul 8ft drywall in/on my 82 Jeep Scrambler. (2 door CJ style pickup.) Put one side down in the bed at the tailgate, the other side up and over the roll bar. Tied them in, and tied the upper edges together. Off I went. No problems, but had lots of strange looks. Jon

 

[Jstpssng]

Anything I don't want inside the Suburban goes on the trailer, like hay bales. Man those are messy on the carpet.

That's why I drive a pickup. No gas or diesel cans stinking it up, no chainsaw leaking bar oil all over the seat. No muddy dog, he can ride in the back too until we get someplace he can go swimming. Then back into the bed he goes...

Years ago I drove around 150 miles of dirt roads in a Blazer with several boxes of tree marking paint rattling around all day. After a while that starts to get on your nerves.

 

[Jstpssng]

Our county sheriff has a website where you can check the police reports and arrests in your area. I suspect most places have that available now.

Drugs are about everywhere. Unless its something major, it wouldn't even make the local news, and you'd never hear about it.

I wasn't referring to the drugs, we definitely have them here. A local police chief stated a few years ago that we have lost an entire generation.
It's the needles themselves which I'm not used to seeing like that, and it freaked me out a bit to see them just lying around.

Where my dog had been walking.

 

[JethroB]

That's why I drive a pickup. No gas or diesel cans stinking it up, no chainsaw leaking bar oil all over the seat. No muddy dog, he can ride in the back too until we get someplace he can go swimming. Then back into the bed he goes...

Years ago I drove around 150 miles of dirt roads in a Blazer with several boxes of tree marking paint rattling around all day. After a while that starts to get on your nerves.

At little off top but the tree marking paint reminded me. My brother worked for a forestry company cruising timber. He had just gotten his first shiny new company pickup. His three or four year old found the pump sprayer of light blue tree paint and proceeded to paint that new truck. Guess he didn’t like tan.

 

[JDZ735M]

I carry both items in my Colorado when I need to. What do you do when you need a 12 foot 2x6, rent a truck or go buy a bigger one?

Since a 12' item will only stick out 4' from the bed of my truck it's legal to flag it and haul it. If you are wondering what after that size.... I use a trailer.

 

[turnkey4099]

I carry both items in my Colorado when I need to. What do you do when you need a 12 foot 2x6, rent a truck or go buy a bigger one?

Stick it in my 8' bed and hang a red flag on it. You can't do that in a short bed. Or really haul much of anything. Unfortunately, my old 89F150 died and there are no used "work" trucks out there in my price rang ($15,000). Had to buy a short bead and making do with it but it is a headache. I currently have a 6 cord order of firwood to deliver. That's going to take aa couple extra loads in addtion to the labor of having to stack every piece in order to get the maximum on each load. Loading now takes 2-3 hours vice the 1-2 it used to take.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I carry both items in my Colorado when I need to. What do you do when you need a 12 foot 2x6, rent a truck or go buy a bigger one?

Lumber rack, which will haul anything 20', or more if you are crafty. I once hauled a load of 32' TJIs by hanging them off the back and hitching up a short trailer to keep the overhang legal. A rack is also good support for a big load of hay. You can stack hay a couple bales high over the cab, and 6 bales high in the bed, without worrying about it falling off on the road.

One of the insane things I see is people installing modified passenger car luggage racks in their 4 door pickup because they can't fit anything in the bed.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Yeah, that too.

Suburban with 18' car hauler and steel deck. 2X12 side boards on the front. Gravel. Sand. Mulch. Black dirt. Firewood. Lumber. Mattresses. Couches. 20' rebar. Anything that won't fit in the Suburban goes on the trailer. Anything I don't want inside the Suburban goes on the trailer, like hay bales. Man those are messy on the carpet.

The old Suburbasaurus was a good work truck in the '70s. Are the new ones as good?

 

[MossRoad]

The old Suburbasaurus was a good work truck in the '70s. Are the new ones as good?

I just got rid of my 93. We now have a 2003. Both K1500s. Hands down, the 2003 is a better vehicle. More powerful, smoother, more comfortable, quieter, easier to drive.

Tow capacity of the 93 was 6500#.
Tow capacity of the 03 is 8600#.
Tow mode on the transmission.
On the fly pushbutton transfer case.
Auto 4WD mode.
Between 185-210 HP on the 93 with 5.7 TBI.
285HP on the 03 with 5.3 Vortec.

It's just a better truck.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

If any manufactures would just offer a manual trans, no power windows/mirrors/anything, I'd be happy. Just need 4WD, a radio, and turn signals get all the other crap off my truck because I don't want to pay for it.

Nobody wants that. Toyota is offering a limited run of retro trucks this year.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Nobody wants that. Toyota is offering a limited run of retro trucks this year.

I drive an '03 Mazda B3000. The Maverick looked like a decent replacement, until I found out it does not come in a 2 door version with a longer bed. Still looking. I'm not fond of the other offerings with turbo that only run on premium gas either. I realize that 90% of the US population now lives in cities, and rural people are too small a market to be relevant to manufacturers.

 

[Gee Ray]

Nobody wants that. Toyota is offering a limited run of retro trucks this year.

If you build it, they will come.

If the plain Jane truck's price was reduced by the same amount at the up charge then you could sale the jane truck. The last time I bought a new truck the plain Jane truck was the same price as the loaded one. Plus I would have had to wait for the plain Jane to be built. So you buy the loaded one.

Most of the trucks on the lots around me are painted white. When I asked why, he stated, "Because that is what we sell the most of."

If you only stock white trucks then of course that is what you sell the most of.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

If you build it, they will come.

If the plain Jane truck's price was reduced by the same amount at the up charge then you could sale the jane truck. The last time I bought a new truck the plain Jane truck was the same price as the loaded one. Plus I would have had to wait for the plain Jane to be built. So you buy the loaded one.

Most of the trucks on the lots around me are painted white. When I asked why, he stated, "Because that is what we sell the most of."

If you only stock white trucks then of course that is what you sell the most of.

My sister and her BF both like manual shift, ****ty little econoboxes because they both drive across the city for their work (now they can both work from home, anywhere, but I digress), and they have a hard time finding such things because

1) Nobody wants them.
2) Automatics nowadays can get better mpg.
3) Remember the Mr. Clutch chain of auto clinics? Gone because of a lack of business.
4) When I went into the Army in '87, the Army was moving away from manuals because it was taking too long to teach soldiers how to drive them and motor pools don't like swapping out clutches.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I drive an '03 Mazda B3000. The Maverick looked like a decent replacement, until I found out it does not come in a 2 door version with a longer bed. Still looking. I'm not fond of the other offerings with turbo that only run on premium gas either. I realize that 90% of the US population now lives in cities, and rural people are too small a market to be relevant to manufacturers.

My understanding from my last Ford salesman (God rest his soul, he just died) is that the shorter trucks are made primarily to fit into all these short, little spec house garages. Back when I last bought a new truck, I went to five different dealers to ORDER a truck before punting and hitting a Rural dealer, where the salesman smiled, and said to me, "So to get a sale all I need to do is start saying, 'Yes!'' One of the more fun buys I've made in hindsight.

 

[bcp]

Most of the trucks on the lots around me are painted white. When I asked why, he stated, "Because that is what we sell the most of."

If you only stock white trucks then of course that is what you sell the most of.

Every once in a while I hear "We don't stock that because no one buys it."

Bruce

 

[Gee Ray]

In 1969 the mine where my dad worked was headed away from clutched trucks and equipment.

I am talking about "work trucks" with electric seats, electric mirrors, leather seats, carpeting, blue tooth anything, lights under the hood, cameras everywhere, $2000 tailgates. Nor is 4 x 4 a need for most people. I do not need any of that and there is more I am sure could be added to the list.

The ads that push these false "needs" have worked well. Somehow what was a luxury item years ago are now requirements. I have no need for 15 cameras or a 6 way tailgate.

A/C, auto transmission and cruise control are the things that I "need" in a work truck. And I drive over 80,000 miles a year for 12 plus years.