What did you do on your 70 series today? (19 Viewers)
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I drove a few hundred miles round trip to celebrate turning 60 with some friends. Lots of fun shenanigans and laughs. I built a prototype reusable platform for having a floating fire, 2 of my friends are my age and dabble in bow hunting. The idea was to ignite the floating fire with flaming arrows.....Despite watching You tube videos by a pair of 16 year olds, their effort was a hilarious display of try this try that with fair to poor results.....The platform I built was of matching fortitude and was promptly struck by a wave and tipped over....Doused but not dettered we dragged the sorry lot onto shore and had a nice fire back on Terra Firma....The failures were actually more fun than if we had complete success....
Truck ran flawlessly but keeping in the tradition of trailers and trailer lights I have a few trailer lighting issues to sort.....One of my archer pals gave me a target groundhog - became a passenger for the ride home....witnessed some good double takes as people blew past at 80+ MPH as I hummed along at the 65 MPH speed limit.......Chuckee:
Truck ran flawlessly but keeping in the tradition of trailers and trailer lights I have a few trailer lighting issues to sort.....One of my archer pals gave me a target groundhog - became a passenger for the ride home....witnessed some good double takes as people blew past at 80+ MPH as I hummed along at the 65 MPH speed limit.......Chuckee:
I see my old seats!!
One of them is still here , I used the other one long time ago . I think some of these have been with me for 15 years now and if we weren't moving they could sit on those shelves forever as it is so handy to have this kind of inventory when working on old 70 series .
why is that log in the fire staring at me?
That's a really good point. Thanks for the advise
How was the ride? It would be great to see a thread with review and photos
Its a hollow log on its side
Joined that deformed ball club. The RAM "Tough Ball" is considerably stronger than their other one. Been better.
Their website confuses the cr@p out of me.
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The ride is excellent. The improvement is not on the same level of WOW as the parabolics on the FJ40 were, since the Troopy rode better on OMEs to begin with, but it's noticeably improved. Much more revelatory is the improved stance. On OMEs our Troopy was barely level, and we carry 71 gallons of fuel on long trips, plus 29 gallons of water. The parabolics raised the back of the Troopy two inches (see below), and the overload leaves aren't even engaged. A full review will be coming.How was the ride? It would be great to see a thread with review and photos
Jonathan, was great meeting you and your wife in Flagstaff. You are an inspiration!!!
Looking forward to getting this Troopy down at the shop soon. Great to see you again in Flag, Jonathan.
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Thank you!
Have you had success with that version? It looks like it might be the same plastic as the normal ball but with a larger rod inside of it. Not sure if that'll solve the deformation issue (if the plastic is the same).
Different use and it's only been a year.... but it has been better. The ball material seems different to me but their website isn't clear beyond the different thru bolt. Dunno.
Really just want to make tough balls jokes.
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I have a similar mount made by 67 Design. Smaller aluminum ball.
Their website is also confusing.
Their website is also confusing.
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