when do you stop building?

[missouriman]

next step here is a buggy. we like our cab, heater, radio.
we have 3 to 4 inches of lift.
cut fenders
hydro assist
longs axles
dual cases 4.7 rears twin sticked rears
rock sliders ect.
36 inch swamper's
winches with rope. I am getting ready to cut 50 feet off each truck to bring it down to 70 feet. 120 is to much when you end up winding it all up on one side.
heavy drive shafts.

the only real thing that I want to add is roll cages to save us, not the truck.
and tool boxes that are down low, compared to the behind the cab side to side like one that I have.

so when do you stop. we wheel with the guys from twisted customs and those buggies can do most anything, even the impossible. they drive up a 5 plus trail like you or I pulling out of the drive way. the comp tires that they run are like putting your finger on the sticky part of a stick um note.
no idea how long they would last driving to the trails. I bet it would not be long. but they stick to stuff my swampers slide right off of at 5 psi.

but we can do 90 percent of the trails here. the other 10 percent are buggy land.
we don't want to get where you just drive up any trail there is.. I have friends that are getting there and they just don't seem to have much fun on the club runs. club runs depend on who shows up as to what trail you do. can be a 3 to a 5 plus... but buggies. those trails don't even fit the ratings. so I go to 5 plus then buggy when rateing the trails.

what do you guys think or do.
when are you going to think about stopping.

 

[knixen]

personally I newer stop, I wan`t my truck to slowly but surely evolve along with my ability to wheel, build and buy equipment...

 

[WristPin]

why stop is the question

 

[cruiser88]

Its a sickness I say

 

[liljlandon]

IM down with the sickness

 

[ms018kmf]

I think it's okay to never finish . The most general observations I've made of this hobby:

1: It's perpetually incomplete.

2: I won't get a dime out of this when I'm through with it.

Don't worry dude, at least you've got lots of company .

 

[KLF]

Hi, my name is Ken, and I'm a Toyota-holic.

The day I stop building is the day they put me in the ground.

 

[GRM]

The day I sell my truck.

Its part of my hobby, and about the only thing that keeps me sane (or makes me insane, depending on who your asking)

 

[cruiser88]

x2.....something for me to look forward to

The day I sell my truck.

Its part of my hobby, and about the only thing that keeps me sane (or makes me insane, depending on who your asking)

 

[missouriman]

WOW that really helps out!!! guess that I am screwed..

 

[pappy]

personally I never stop

why stop is the question

Its a sickness I say

I'm down with the sickness.

I think it's okay to never finish .

The day I stop building is the day they put me in the ground.

The day I sell my truck.

Four reasons to stop.

1. you die.
2. you sell the truck (shame on you).
3. you wreck the truck to the point where it can't be brought back.
4. you loose the truck in a divorce.

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

I think it's a 12 step process.... The first step is admitting you have a problem... Stopping is not one of the steps....

 

[cruiser88]

WOW that really helps out!!! guess that I am screwed..

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You are already here

 

[1loudLX]

I think it's a 12 step process.... The first step is admitting you have a problem... Stopping is not one of the steps....

exactly.

 

[acemechanic71]

When you run out of money.

 

[WristPin]

Four reasons to stop.

1. you die.
2. you sell the truck (shame on you).
3. you wreck the truck to the point where it can't be brought back.
4. you loose the truck in a divorce.

1 is the only way its gonna stop

2 i dont do drugs

3 not possible. you seen mad max? hell, you seen the beastly toyota bastards they build on pirate?

4 she'll get my truck along with my sawed off arms in the divorce

 

[WristPin]

When you run out of money.

not true. i made tons of stuff for my truck with crap i had saved over the years. plus you can always barter or trade for more crap.

 

[acemechanic71]

True, true

 

[fortysixandtwo]

Well, I dont think anyone in this hobby ever "stops" building, I know that everyone I know myself included can ALWAYS find something to add, tweak or change. Wether its adding rock lights or switching from leafs to links there is always something that can be modified. As far as how FAR to take it, I think you nailed it pretty good yourself.

The way I see it, I wanted to have a very capable truck that could drive me to the trail, through the trail, and back home. A truck where if I decide to go explore a muddy road or a new trail I have just found on the drive home, I can just lock the hubs and go. I roll with a lot of guys with trailer queens and the biggest complaints I always hear from them is "Man I wish I could still drive on the street" or "I wish I could drive to the trail and not have to deal with the hassle of parking my tow rig safely blah blah blah". It gets so complicated organizing trail runs that the days of spontaneous "Lets go wheeling!" are pretty much over. I have very few friends with street legal trucks anymore.

In fact a few of my friends have built buggies and truggies, wheeled them for a while, then actually either sold or built a second truck that they could drive to the trail. Im sure if I had the money, the trailer and the tow rig it would be awesome to have a buggy but then again how fun is wheeling going to be when I just walk everything with no challenge?

I prefer to keep my truck as street legal as possible and as comfortable to drive on the street as possible. It has all the right equipment to wheel the toughest trails (been through rubicon and fordyce no problem) but I can still DD it and drive it to the trail without the hassle of a tow rig and parking and keeping my rig from getting broken into. Thats where I want to keep my truck. I will constantly be able to find stuff to change or tweak but at least in the hazy future I picture in my mind, I don't see any buggies being born in my family any time soon.