Builds My '78 FJ40 "44"

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lostmarbles said:
Danny... Heavens above. You even have sheep in that country! They look a bit underfed and scrawny though (and I guess they don't outnumber the humans over there in your country).
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Tom,

It's not that the sheep are underfed, but more that they get a lot of really tough exercise, climbing the mountains in their millions of acres.

I have always loved clocks, but I quit using them when I retired the second time. Now, it doesn't matter to me what time it is... Every day is a gift!!
 
Here's what the BOSS air bags do for 44

PRE-BOSS: NOTE: Until I saw this picture, back in Feb, I didn't realize just how low 44 was squatting, on the driver's side, with the newly installed 22 gallon auxiliary tank full.

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POST-BOSS: The BOSS air bags allow me to eliminate the "cruiser lean" completely and I can raise and lower the rear, up to 2.5", with just a bit of air. This picture is with the hitch carrier loaded with about 120 lbs of "stuff" and the 22 gallon aux tank full (22 gal * 8 lbs/gal = 176 lbs)... so, almost 300 lbs behind the rear axle.

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So, the BOSS bags are well worth the $329 I paid and the couple of hours i invested in installing them!!
 
Danny, I really do appreciate the before and after pics of 44 and the air bag "suspension correction". The more I think about it the more I like that solution to the rear end sag. Now, it may take me quite a while to get to that point as I first need to come up with some kind of propulsion for my 40.

Now, I need to back up a few days to the pics of Tom and family and back yard, and your back yard Danny. You know how you always build a pic in your mind's eye of someone you've never personally seen. Peter's pics of Tom and family, and their back yard did a real good job of destroying my mind's eye pic, but in a very good way though. Peter, I'm just being sarcastic here, as I really do appreciate those pics.

Tom, that pic of your back yard is beautiful. In my mind's eye pic you were not living in such a beautiful, sub-tropical type of climate. This morning the indoor-outdoor thermometer at 6:30 AM showed 25* F (7* below freezing level), which is colder than usual, and much drier than usual, for this area. We had a very dry season last winter, but so far this winter has seen the normally wet weather come back. That's why I like to refer to this area as the Pacific Northwet.

Danny, I knew you were in a dry, desert climate area. But, you are much closer to the great out back than I thought. I am glad that you are so close, and really do enjoy the "daily drive" available to you. I can only wish and dream.

Don
 
handcannon said:
Danny, I really do appreciate the before and after pics of 44 and the air bag "suspension correction". The more I think about it the more I like that solution to the rear end sag. Now, it may take me quite a while to get to that point as I first need to come up with some kind of propulsion for my 40.

Now, I need to back up a few days to the pics of Tom and family and back yard, and your back yard Danny. You know how you always build a pic in your mind's eye of someone you've never personally seen. Peter's pics of Tom and family, and their back yard did a real good job of destroying my mind's eye pic, but in a very good way though. Peter, I'm just being sarcastic here, as I really do appreciate those pics.

Tom, that pic of your back yard is beautiful. In my mind's eye pic you were not living in such a beautiful, sub-tropical type of climate. This morning the indoor-outdoor thermometer at 6:30 AM showed 25* F (7* below freezing level), which is colder than usual, and much drier than usual, for this area. We had a very dry season last winter, but so far this winter has seen the normally wet weather come back. That's why I like to refer to this area as the Pacific Northwet.

Danny, I knew you were in a dry, desert climate area. But, you are much closer to the great out back than I thought. I am glad that you are so close, and really do enjoy the "daily drive" available to you. I can only wish and dream.

Don
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Thanks Don! This was he best move we ever made!!
 
pngunme said:
Here's what the BOSS air bags do for 44

PRE-BOSS: NOTE: Until I saw this picture, back in Feb, I didn't realize just how low 44 was squatting, on the driver's side, with the newly installed 22 gallon auxiliary tank full.



POST-BOSS: The BOSS air bags allow me to eliminate the "cruiser lean" completely and I can raise and lower the rear, up to 2.5", with just a bit of air. This picture is with the hitch carrier loaded with about 120 lbs of "stuff" and the 22 gallon aux tank full (22 gal * 8 lbs/gal = 176 lbs)... so, almost 300 lbs behind the rear axle.

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So, the BOSS bags are well worth the $329 I paid and the couple of hours i invested in installing them!!
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Excellent pics Danny!

That's quite a load you have on that rack, did you camp out for a week?

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handcannon said:
..Tom, that pic of your back yard is beautiful. In my mind's eye pic you were not living in such a beautiful, sub-tropical type of climate. This morning the indoor-outdoor thermometer at 6:30 AM showed 25* F (7* below freezing level), which is colder than usual, and much drier than usual, for this area. We had a very dry season last winter, but so far this winter has seen the normally wet weather come back. That's why I like to refer to this area as the Pacific Northwet....Don
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Thanks Don

Wellington is very hilly and after living in the hills I tend to feel a bit claustrophobic whenever I have to stay on the flat again. We bought this place for the view. We also look down on a railway track (although it runs only suburban EMUs now) and this was big plus because I've always been a railway nut.. So I've always been very pleased that our first attempt at buying a home in the nearby suburb of Crofton Downs was a failure (with the owner preferring another identical offer because he didn't like our 2-mortgage financing and thought that other offer was more "secure".). We've got privacy in our back garden here (where that shot was taken from) whereas that other place had neighbours looking in from all sides (and if I want to pee in the garden here because someone else is in the bathroom ... then I can without incurring an "indecent exposure complaint". LOL)..

New Zealand has the mighty pacific on our eastern seaboard and we're in the "roaring forties" so generally there's lots of wind, and especially so in Wellington where the "back-bone mountain ranges" funnel the aircurrents towards us (Peter commented when he was here how kiwi weather forecasters always like to deliver the wind direction whereas in Aussie people are only interested in the forecast temperature.)

:beer:
 
78fj40mg said:
Excellent pics Danny!

That's quite a load you have on that rack, did you camp out for a week?

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Nope, it was only a day trip. :cool:

But enough clothes, food, stove, pans, cook books, water, bedding, chews, treats and meds to last at least a week. Along with my backpack, packed with essentials (including my tiny stove), in the event we had to hike out. :eek:

56 lbs water, 25 lbs oil, ATF, brake fluid, etc. 20 lbs food-related stuff and about 20-30 lbs clothes, blankets, sleeping bag, backpack and dog backpack. About 120-130 lbs behind the bumper and 176 lbs if gas in the aux tank. About 300 lbs behind the rear axle... Plus the tools, spares, recovery gear, etc. in the back floor Of 44.

So, I guess I carry at least a weeks supply, regardless of one day or one week... :confused:
 
Great pics Danny-gotta love the West!!!
 
lostmarbles said:
Thanks Don

Wellington is very hilly and after living in the hills I tend to feel a bit claustrophobic whenever I have to stay on the flat again. We bought this place for the view. We also look down on a railway track (although it runs only suburban EMUs now) and this was big plus because I've always been a railway nut.. So I've always been very pleased that our first attempt at buying a home in the nearby suburb of Crofton Downs was a failure (with the owner preferring another identical offer because he didn't like our 2-mortgage financing and thought that other offer was more "secure".). We've got privacy in our back garden here (where that shot was taken from) whereas that other place had neighbours looking in from all sides (and if I want to pee in the garden here because someone else is in the bathroom ... then I can without incurring an "indecent exposure complaint". LOL)..

New Zealand has the mighty pacific on our eastern seaboard and we're in the "roaring forties" so generally there's lots of wind, and especially so in Wellington where the "back-bone mountain ranges" funnel the aircurrents towards us (Peter commented when he was here how kiwi weather forecasters always like to deliver the wind direction whereas in Aussie people are only interested in the forecast temperature.)

:beer:
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Let me get this straight Tom...

Are you saying, in New Zealand, suburban Emus have their own railway system?

How do rural Emus get around?

... And, in the event an urban Emu needs to visit a rural relative, how do they get there?

You thought our Bighorn a Sheep look scrawny... They have to move around on their own four feet... We provide them no form of public transportation.

Please don't misconstrue my meaning... I think it's great that y'all look out for your Emus... It just surprised me, that's all.

You have a gorgeous view!! I'm glad the first house fell through... But, please don't look down on people while peeing in your garden. :cool:
 
44 looks great on trips to the hinterland ... living the life it was designed for i.e. ruffing it ... those airbags do the trick ... glad you're enjoying it, Danny ... mine's in hibernation ...
:cheers:
 
pngunme said:
Let me get this straight Tom...

Are you saying, in New Zealand, suburban Emus have their own railway system?

How do rural Emus get around?

... And, in the event an urban Emu needs to visit a rural relative, how do they get there?

You thought our Bighorn a Sheep look scrawny... They have to move around on their own four feet... We provide them no form of public transportation.

Please don't misconstrue my meaning... I think it's great that y'all look out for your Emus... It just surprised me, that's all.

You have a gorgeous view!! I'm glad the first house fell through... But, please don't look down on people while peeing in your garden. :cool:
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You're pulling my leg I know Danny.. EMU = "electric multipe unit" in train jargon..

And besides, emus, the big birds, are Australian.

The kiwi equivalent is the moa but unfortunately they are long extinct (and not to be confused with those things you cut your lawn with... I know now that I must stress this fact!)

You'll have to climb those mountains and capture one of those "muscle-bound" sheep. You never know, you two may develop a proper relationship and daboise may even get jealous!
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They like motorbike transportation so I'm sure one would just love the 44...

:D
 
lostmarbles said:
Danny... Heavens above. You even have sheep in that country! They look a bit underfed and scrawny though (and I guess they don't outnumber the humans over there in your country).

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Now I'm jealous as... I can see I'm going to have start saving and instead of getting my clocks from charity shops I'm going to have to go to antique auctions or something like that to try and match you guys!

That's a family heirloom that the following generations of sggoats are going to fight over for sure. Great job you did of the cabinet too. My woodworking skills are nowhere near that standard :(.

Hmmm. Connection between clocks and 40-series Land Cruisers? Well someone's already made one:

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Trouble is, this one's bound to have a tiny modern battery-driven unit at the rear and certainly hasn't got a pendulum or chimes.

:)
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Ahh-The sheep--I bet I could crop that pic and get the head and horns in to make a great-looking spare tire cover for the Goat-----
 
lostmarbles said:
You're pulling my leg I know Danny.. EMU = "electric multipe unit" in train jargon..

And besides, emus, the big birds, are Australian.

The kiwi equivalent is the moa but unfortunately they are long extinct (and not to be confused with those things you cut your lawn with... I know now that I must stress this fact!)

You'll have to climb those mountains and capture one of those "muscle-bound" sheep. You never know, you two may develop a proper relationship and daboise may even get jealous!
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They like motorbike transportation so I'm sure one would just love the 44...

:D
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Oh no, I was serious!! And I didn't know your emus were called moas and the you didn't have moas any moa...

Thanks for clearing all that up!!

Even if I could get near a muscle-bound bighorn sheep, I wouldn't want to share 44 with it... Except, maybe, in that hitch carrier...
 
Danny and Tom, you guys are driving me up a wall with your pun-ishment. You got any spare hip boots I can borrow?

Don
 
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