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My boss pretty much lets me use the shop for my own projects anytime. If we plan a little in advance, I may be able to accomodate. Not the best facilty, but definately functional. We do have some equipment there, and I have all the tools (hand, air, etc, etc) we would ever need.
I take it we are planning on getting a rough idea of cost of materials ahead of time?
I take it we are planning on getting a rough idea of cost of materials ahead of time?
This is sweet. I'm looking forward to this, but I really have nothing to offer other than the frosty beverages I mentioned earlier. Just keep me in the loop, and I'll keep the beverages flowing!
Retrieved.
My 386K mile 4Runner did the deed and pulled my fat ass 60 out of the river bottom.
A few new dents in both, ass loads of mud and a confidence factor of 2000.
Sixty's Rule!
pics in the am
My 386K mile 4Runner did the deed and pulled my fat ass 60 out of the river bottom.
A few new dents in both, ass loads of mud and a confidence factor of 2000.
Sixty's Rule!
pics in the am
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Look what you started Zach....Good work!
Glad I was able to offer some inspiration!
John, glad to hear the recovery went well. I can't wait to see the picks.
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Where are the pics man!!!!
agreed!
Dude, we need pics.
On the sliders topic, I haven't had a chance to take any measurements yet so I have no answers on material lengths. I'll get something ASAP.
On the sliders topic, I haven't had a chance to take any measurements yet so I have no answers on material lengths. I'll get something ASAP.
Rockers are around 65" long so figure 65" times 4 = whatever, + 10' for supports= all the metal you need
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well quit postin and get to work on the pics!!!
The aftermath...............
What was to be a mellow "check this pit out trip" wound up as a Costa Rican jungle extrication.
I drove the 4 miles to this very sweet area north of my house to look into swimming the dog, checking out the fishing and a bit of low range crawling.......
I would up buried up to the headlights in waist deep mud, in an off camber position, that was so angled the fuel pickup in the tank was drawing air.....
I had a workmate and his neighbor come out to help, and each retrieval would pull me into a big tree at the beginning of the pit, only to stop my retreat..
As I would try to gas it out on an angle, the mud sucked me deeper and deeper into the pit..
It was waist deep at its deepest I wanted to wade.
We gave up and I got a ride home with the guys.
After about a minute and a half, I said screw it and called in the BFN Eugene.
He had never been wheeling.
Never been in this area, but was gung ho for the adventure.
I gassed up the trusty 4Runner, strapped in 10 gallons of hi test, my retrieval gear and off we went.
10 minutes later we are bouncing up and down this levee up in search of my mired rig.
We found it after a bunch of rev limiter hill climbs, dropped timber assaults and sippy hole crossings and Eugene said.......Dude this is nuts.....you white folks are crazy.
Damn SKippy dude.
I did my thing gassing up the 60, getting it running and starpped up to pull with the 4Runner as Eugene wandered around the quagmire laughing at me.
The aborigine in me came out and the mud was like war paint.
I was determined to extricate myself, and I did!
A number to full throttle tugs in and around downed timber is not fun and the Runner is beaten up badly, but still drivable.
After hooking on to the Rt Front town point, I put Eugene in the drivers seat of the 60 and I tugged him out of the pit and he was all smiles as it came out.
We still had to clean up the area, police for leftover tools and perhaps a PBR can or two, but we drove out and got both rigs back by 1:30 am.....
I drove it in to work this am and, like a champ, did not miss a beat!!!!
What was to be a mellow "check this pit out trip" wound up as a Costa Rican jungle extrication.
I drove the 4 miles to this very sweet area north of my house to look into swimming the dog, checking out the fishing and a bit of low range crawling.......
I would up buried up to the headlights in waist deep mud, in an off camber position, that was so angled the fuel pickup in the tank was drawing air.....
I had a workmate and his neighbor come out to help, and each retrieval would pull me into a big tree at the beginning of the pit, only to stop my retreat..
As I would try to gas it out on an angle, the mud sucked me deeper and deeper into the pit..
It was waist deep at its deepest I wanted to wade.
We gave up and I got a ride home with the guys.
After about a minute and a half, I said screw it and called in the BFN Eugene.
He had never been wheeling.
Never been in this area, but was gung ho for the adventure.
I gassed up the trusty 4Runner, strapped in 10 gallons of hi test, my retrieval gear and off we went.
10 minutes later we are bouncing up and down this levee up in search of my mired rig.
We found it after a bunch of rev limiter hill climbs, dropped timber assaults and sippy hole crossings and Eugene said.......Dude this is nuts.....you white folks are crazy.
Damn SKippy dude.
I did my thing gassing up the 60, getting it running and starpped up to pull with the 4Runner as Eugene wandered around the quagmire laughing at me.
The aborigine in me came out and the mud was like war paint.
I was determined to extricate myself, and I did!
A number to full throttle tugs in and around downed timber is not fun and the Runner is beaten up badly, but still drivable.
After hooking on to the Rt Front town point, I put Eugene in the drivers seat of the 60 and I tugged him out of the pit and he was all smiles as it came out.
We still had to clean up the area, police for leftover tools and perhaps a PBR can or two, but we drove out and got both rigs back by 1:30 am.....
I drove it in to work this am and, like a champ, did not miss a beat!!!!
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holy moly... need more pics now.
The 60 has a caved in rear passenger side door and it covered with mud both inside and out....No biggie @ all.
The 4Runner has a caved in rear tailgate, pushed in passenger front fender @ turnsignal, gas tank skid pushed into driveshaft and a well worn clutch master from the repeated reverse to first power shifts.
All in all, it was a blast!
The 4Runner has a caved in rear tailgate, pushed in passenger front fender @ turnsignal, gas tank skid pushed into driveshaft and a well worn clutch master from the repeated reverse to first power shifts.
All in all, it was a blast!