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| | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | Hauled 1200lbs. of rock with the 49 Sunday. Drove it about 20 miles round trip. Probably not the best thing for the suspension, but hey, I had to try it. No problems at all. In fact, it rode pretty good with all that weight in there. Photo of rockload | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,144 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,144 | Nice to see one thats pretty as well as working | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | I'll bet it was still grinnin' with all that load on it. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | bull, is that a stock rear bumper on your truck, what cha going do with the rock,,nice truck,,,we almost are twins,,,regards,,,Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,437 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,437 | sweet... you should at least put a tarp or something in the bed to protect the sides.. that looks too good to be beating the crap out of...
Sunday, I took The Ox and The Coupe to the Fallbrook Car show... then today i drove The Ox over to the Odd Fellows Cemetary and spent a couple of hours with a weed eater knocking down 4 foot tall grass and weeds.
FYI.. there is an Army Medal of Honor winner there... one of the first, his name is PITTINGER.
Some Jack@$$es vandalized his resting spot a while ago, along with many others.... i'm going to take a few of my Marines over next week and stand a few of the headstones back up...
Another quality post.
Real Trucks Rattle
HELP! The Paranoids are after me!
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | I got a piece of carpet I put in the bed for projects like this. The wood is not in the best condition but I painted it black and it looks a little too good to not try to protect it. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | Joker, I think the bumper is stock. If not, the P.O. did a nice job on it. I checked out your ride in the gallery. Sweet ride. We are close to being twins there. The rock is for a backyard pond project. My wife bought a fiberglass pond at a garage sale Sat. and I spent the whole day putting it it. Sun. bought the rock for the surround. Turned out pretty cool. We got a fountain for it too. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 255 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 255 | Way to work that truck bullnose. I have a picture on my computer here at work with 1 ton of hay on back. The truck handled it well, but I just have peep mirrors on my truck and could not see anything behing me. I wished I could post a picture. I work my truck like this all the time, but its not pretty like your truck. Keep on hauling!!
Ralph | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 543 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 543 | Road trip! See the other post! Had a ball!
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 288 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 288 | I was able to install my spare tire carrier on the 55.1 I was able to paint and install a factory rear view mirror plus install a passenger side mirror.
Then took my 3 year old daughter to the park to play.
Next up patch panels on the cab floor and sound deadener.
Have a great week.
Chris 1955FirstSeries
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 | Mowed 30 acres back medows and woods! Cooked for 9 people Monday night. Give Maws a want list for the 59 i.e. steering box.
popcorn The Truth is Out There (Did take the bike for a ride and priced 4 different tractors) | | |
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