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

[sea2summit]

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

Say what?

 

[bcp]

From 2009:

Toyota to debut new Tundra Work Truck Package this year | Farm Progress

Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A, Inc., has announced that a new work truck version of the 2010 Tundra full-size pickup will

www.farmprogress.com

Bruce

 

[Jstpssng]

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.

Your version of "Much of anything" is different than mine. If I was hauling lumber all of the time I wouldn't have an 8 foot bed; rather, it would be a 9 foot rack body or bigger, depending on what I was doing. Or have the lumber delivered. Just because something doesn't work for you doesn't mean that yours is the only solution. I have contractors who routinely haul 30' culverts on those short bed pickups which you don't like. They need their pickups for different reasons than you and set them up accordingly. Heck, I legally hauled (2) 20 foot long 3x10" tamarack planks on my old Ranger. Not both at once, I put one on the rack each time and put a bunch of 8-10 foot boards in the bed. The hardest part about those planks was getting them onto the racks; those babies were HEAVY!.
You haul a 12 foot 2x4 extending out the back, I have it up over the cab. It distributes the way better on the axles, and I can also haul 16 foot or longer wood whereas you will have to go home and get a trailer.

I don't understand why some people feel that they should dictate what other people need. I bought my Colorado because it best suits my needs. I can go places where there isn't room for a bigger truck, and sneak around ruts left by people driving something wider and heavier than mine. I can turn around in spots where you can't; and if I do get stuck it's a heck of a lot easier to get myself out than with a truck weighing a ton more or heavier. I would love to have a 3/4 ton 4x4 with a plow and dump, but anything relatively new costs too much, anything older is rusted all to cat crap... and they still want a stupid price for it. 10K with a rusted frame isn't that uncommon.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

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.

Since they took the granny gear out of trucks, the only way to get a heavy load started is with an automatic transmission. I burned the clutch out of a fooking 5-speed by backing a travel trailer up a steep incline. But hey, it would red line at 30 mph in first gear.

 

[Jstpssng]

Since they took the granny gear out of trucks, the only way to get a heavy load started is with an automatic transmission. I burned the clutch out of a fooking 5-speed by backing a travel trailer up a steep incline. But hey, it would red line at 30 mph in first gear.

A friend still won't use first gear... even at times when I would have been in granny gear. Taking off on a hill with two snowsleds on a trailer, he'd still shift into second and just slip the clutch. I used to run back and forth between Maine and New York in my '91 Toyota, with an ATV in back . There is one hill in Vermont where I would stop at the stop sign, shift into low range, and get up onto flat ground where I would pull over and shift back into 2WD.

 

[Yogi05]

Kinda turned into a truck discussion thread?

 

[bcp]

But it is about trucks with creepy gears so they can go really slow.

Bruce

 

[Yogi05]

^ LOL

 

[DGZRT]

Albino deer

 

[deserteagle71]

Since they took the granny gear out of trucks, the only way to get a heavy load started is with an automatic transmission. I burned the clutch out of a fooking 5-speed by backing a travel trailer up a steep incline. But hey, it would red line at 30 mph in first gear.

My Dodge/Cummins dually is a manual and is 4wd. I rarely use the 4wd (leave the hubs unlocked) but I use low range in the transfer case all the time just for that reason.

Never have understood why with the new manual trannies reverse gear is so high. Even my Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, manual tranny, will easily run 30 mph in reverse. WHY??? Reverse should be a creeper gear!

 

[scaredychicken]

we have a creek, that's pretty cool
we also have a resident Bear, and the bear cave
beaver dams, downed trees, and of course the Beavers
pack of Coyotes on the edge of the property - in a thick of trees
about 10 years ago, some 8-9 Turkey Vultures packed the trees ... they haven't been here lately
and then there is Herold the Heron (or whatever) ... bit of a jerk really, used to hang out in the Summers (2017-2021) with the chickens, and he had an interest specifically in my classic car ... 1979 Chevy El Camino Super Sport "Royal Knight" (very rare)

 

[Rockbadchild]

Albino deer

We have a population of white moose in our area (few hours away from me) they are not albino but leucism (an abnormal condition of reduced pigmentation) the government actually protected this population in one zone where they are the most common and the population is growing. On the left of the highway they are fair game but protected on the right side of the highway since they are viewed as an ''spirit animal'' by the first nation ... so what that being said if someone kill one even if it is legal in the none protected zone don't post the picture on social media to avoid backlash.

 

[Rockbadchild]

we have a creek, that's pretty cool
we also have a resident Bear, and the bear cave
beaver dams, downed trees, and of course the Beavers
pack of Coyotes on the edge of the property - in a thick of trees
about 10 years ago, some 8-9 Turkey Vultures packed the trees ... they haven't been here lately
and then there is Herold the Heron (or whatever) ... bit of a jerk really, used to hang out in the Summers (2017-2021) with the chickens, and he had an interest specifically in my classic car ... 1979 Chevy El Camino Super Sport "Royal Knight" (very rare)

always wanted a EL Camino they are so cool

 

[lman]

M first vehicle was a 1967 El Camino. I wasn't that impressed with it.

 

[Jstpssng]

Kinda turned into a truck discussion thread?

Don't worry, it will morph again into a discussion about bears, or airplanes, or...

I'm waiting to hear somebody say they've found the "White Lady", the French biplane which tried to fly across the Atlantic a few weeks before Lindberg's successful flight. A lot of people believe that it's out in the Maine woods someplace.

Never have understood why with the new manual trannies reverse gear is so high. Even my Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, manual tranny, will easily run 30 mph in reverse. WHY??? Reverse should be a creeper gear!

They watched too many action movies, where the hero has to back up at 100 mph to evade getting captured.

 

[DGZRT]

We have a population of white moose in our area (few hours away from me) they are not albino but leucism (an abnormal condition of reduced pigmentation) the government actually protected this population in one zone where they are the most common and the population is growing. On the left of the highway they are fair game but protected on the right side of the highway since they are viewed as an ''spirit animal'' by the first nation ... so what that being said if someone kill one even if it is legal in the none protected zone don't post the picture on social media to avoid backlash.

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Very cool ! I’ve noticed the other day there are two of them now . The bad part is people freak out and stop there car in the middle of the road to take pictures lol ! I could never shoot one to many of the brown variety out there …..

 

[deserteagle71]

we have a creek, that's pretty cool
we also have a resident Bear, and the bear cave
beaver dams, downed trees, and of course the Beavers
pack of Coyotes on the edge of the property - in a thick of trees
about 10 years ago, some 8-9 Turkey Vultures packed the trees ... they haven't been here lately
and then there is Herold the Heron (or whatever) ... bit of a jerk really, used to hang out in the Summers (2017-2021) with the chickens, and he had an interest specifically in my classic car ... 1979 Chevy El Camino Super Sport "Royal Knight" (very rare)

^ Love this!

 

[MossRoad]

M first vehicle was a 1967 El Camino. I wasn't that impressed with it.

There were about 8 engine options for that year. What did your's have?

 

[Fuddy1952]

Returning to things found when I bought my place 42 years ago there were old sheds here. One was full of stick furniture. Original owner lived here 1930s-late 70s. My mother worked at an antique shop and owner paid me for it...about 10 pieces in all.
A few days later at parents house was $150 on counter. Mom said a couple passing through from Connecticut saw it and paid a lot for it, and owner paid me extra money.
The attic was full of stuff, some still there, one I wished I kept was a blue man's shirt, very rough material. A prison shirt with 5 digit number stamped on it with black ink.
I need to metal detect again at the home place. The little bit I did I found silverware where there was a slave cabin, a brass steam whistle, small metal gavel with loop on it (for watch chain?), my Dad's wedding ring he lost (he was elated...a few years before he passed & buried with it. Married 70 years).

 

[lman]

There were about 8 engine options for that year. What did your's have?

Man, that was a long time ago. I think it was a 327. It was rough when I got it around 75 and I didn't have it long.