FJ55 Heavy Duty (7 Viewers)

[landcrusiergod1]

I am guessing the guy on the right is a live wire at parties, eh?

Thats ACE on the Right - Brother in law - Works at McQuires In Destin. The Other Guy on the Left is Chris Roudebush. Helped him with his dual case Taco truck, so he had to help me as payback. Chris lives in Colorado now Air Traffic Controller.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

Shad a buddy, was moving to Germany- had 3 FJ80’s. I contacted Rory Haymaker at Rocket City LandCruisers and they worked out a deal. My 40ft gooseneck wasn’t long enough for 2 80’s and my FJ40. So I used the loading ramps and winched the first one up onto the top is the goose neck. The front tires rested on the toolbox until we could move the ramps forward of the tool box on the gooseneck. That gave me enough room for my FJ40 on the very rear.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

After we dropped off the 80’s we went over to Hawk Pride for the annual HOT south camp out. This is Jason Braswell Pig…

 

[landcrusiergod1]

Move of the Camp out ride !

 

[landcrusiergod1]

The Rattle Snake Saloon is near by. It’s a bar/ restaurant in a cave. Live band! Me and BFF Steve/ Ben and Kaye/ and Ben and Jason Bushy kid ( don’t recall name)

 

[landcrusiergod1]

This is the Picture I saw from the Internet when it was for sale. It sat in this spot for at least 5 to 7 years.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

This was the Home made Alternator relocation Bracket. Its scrap metal now.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

Funny, remember a page or so back where the red ford truck was stuck in a creek. A DR. Friend. Just got his Defender from Europe and drives right into the same creek today. Had to anchor to a tree behind me to winch him free. He had sucked in a little water, so we pulled the air filter. It was soaked, had him bump the engine over and. Rrrrr. Rerrrrrree. Rrrrrrrreer, it fires off. Blew the water out of the exhaust and he drove back up the hill.

 

[wngrog]

Brace yourself for some skinny ass man selfies.


Welcome back to mud ya clown

 

[landcrusiergod1]

Brace yourself for some skinny ass man selfies.


Welcome back to mud ya clown

Thanks - wondered when you would notice My Triumph Return to the MUD universe. Was helping a guy yesterday with his FJ40 windshield install, too cold rubber wasnt having any give. We talked about the different events we had been to and the Mutual friendship with Eric Hagen (E). 2015 Hot Springs arkansas we where both there.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

2 post lift for my shop build, will end up printing this multiple times. Rear end service on the Pig! And turning the flop into a club t-shirt!

 

[landcrusiergod1]

The Pig Movement/ herd goes north to Tennessee. Lookey Here Is that my best buddy Lars on another adventure with me? Yep! Lars is using the C02 tank to try and get some air in the 30yr old tires. -- Alright let me back up..-- A couple weeks before this Daniel Contacted me about selling all his Pigs at once. I texted a few people and Erin Tucker (From Trucker Parts) worked out a deal with Daniel the owner of the swine. Then she was trying to find shipping and asked if I could transport. Sure, but I can only haul 2 at most, then grab the 3rd on my way home to floriduh. She could pick up at my place and go visit the Emerald Coast beaches. Ariving at Daniels Place, it was Alabama Mud fest. Clay sticky mud from the rain the day prior. The Pigs were located behind his under construction house. We disconnected my trailer and used the Ram to pull the Pigs up to the front to load them. It was just winch fest after that loading the Pigs. Double line pulls and brakes locked up and flat tires.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

Remember when that guy car bombed the AT&T building In Nashville. It took out cell services just as we were driving up hwy 65 north. We stopped that night at a hotel and then dropped off the 2 pigs in Erin’s yard. She had a purple one that was just a shell. We dropped and turned around and hot shot back to Daniel’s to pick up the third.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

We pick up our adventurous duo… grabbing the striped FJ55 and headed south to Floriduh.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

More of the striped FJ55….

 

[landcrusiergod1]

Winter in Floriduh means cool weather to do manual labor. Our back property slopes down 40ft to the water. Kaye (the wifey) decided that we should build a retaining wall. I’m not a mason or anything close to one. Just sank rebar and pipe down about 4 to 6ft and leveled out the first row. Then built up from there.. once the first 3 rows were done went back and filled the inside brick holes with dry concrete. Rained the next 5 days everything was set solid. And my oldest last football banquet.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

Over the holidays got an Orion for the FJ40- started building that. Ordered a DUI for the FJ55, set the plugs way to far out and redid them at 30.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

About this time is when the 700r4 I. The FJ40 burned itself down. So I pulled it to have it rebuilt and install the Orion at the same time. That’s when the variable vane turbo on the 3500 ram decided to lock up - so for 2 weeks had to borrow a truck to get to work each day. New factory turbo installed and 700r4 with Orion just 2 days before

 

[landcrusiergod1]

For Texas - Katemcy Rocks, met up with Jason Braswell. Loaded up and had a nasty head wind enough to knock fuel economy in the single digits. Also true to form another trailer tire dnf.

 

[landcrusiergod1]

Take a break before the picture show from Texas to show you the laminated page goodness. Then the telephone book ad from the 1960. For my father’s business hauling lime to the farmers fields. We played on these trucks as a kid.