What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

[roots66]

Someday I would like to hear the story behind this little mascot. I visit your area every so often so don't be surprised if I show up at one of your rigs and coffee meetups. Family in Killeen

Some old song or something...

Yep, there is that. Still, there's a sordid story.

Oh boy. With the definition of sordid, maybe I don’t want to know…I’ll just leave it with the movie thoughts.

sordid: adjective
Morally degraded: synonym: base.
Dirty or filthy
Squalid or wretched.

Oh, it's not that bad. He's just been my mascot for a couple of decades and started as a "news reporter".

 

[Sparksalot]

Oh, it's not that bad. He's just been my mascot for a couple of decades and started as a "news reporter".

It was a bubble headed beach blonde?

 

[roots66]

It was a bubble headed beach blonde?

Close, but no Don Henley.

Actually found it. Can't believe it's still out there after all this time.

SquareRoots

 

[Pudvahh]

Got a light bar mounted up behind the grill of my Silverado.

 

[Outdoordog]

 

[roots66]

Installed a pet barrier so we can now carry the dog in the back of the BS.

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Hauling 900 lbs of early 1900's era brick left over from a demo. Plan to use it for a herringbone platform in front of a shed that I hope to turn into a sauna. There is a wooden deck platform there now that's wet-rotted. Dont want to replace it twice in my lifetime.

Here's the shed last winter:

 

[ThundahBeagle]

My wife drove me to go pick up this.

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Hard to say which I would like more, TBH

 

[JCross]

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Let the fun begin.
Phase 1
Service wheel bearings front and rear
Service steering knuckles
Service manual hubs
Rebuild all 4 calipers
Brake job
Correct/finish rear suspension
Gear change with e-lockers front and rear
Install spool in transfer case

5 months later, and phase 1 is complete. Now I've got to develop phase 2.

 

[roots66]

My wife drove me to go pick up this.

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Hard to say which I would like more, TBH

The Collie is her daily, but she did drive the BS on half of the Hill Country Route yesterday. I might not get it back now. LoL

 

[danwyandt]

Replaced a broken yoke on the rear diff and rebuilt the ujoints.

 

[PapaDave]

I put my rack on this week to go camping and my back power panel I installed a couple years back was dead. Took about 4 hours of troubleshooting to find that a butt connector had corroded from moisture infiltration due to my poor weather insulation. The entire black heat shrink was full of green corrosion and it was losing over 7v at the junction. So I replaced this piece and everything was back on track, but due to the delayed start we stayed at a campground which is not at all normal for us. But still fun! We put our heater (it is North Idaho) and our PullKitchen to use again.

Also I got in the new 5 gallon Rotopax which fits perfectly on the back of my PullKitchen. It was built to hold two 2 gallon units, so it’s now just one tank and adds an additional gallon.

 

[North American Sojourner]

Washed her up and took her picture,.
Zim

 

[Blu12T]

I put my rack on this week to go camping and my back power panel I installed a couple years back was dead. Took about 4 hours of troubleshooting to find that a butt connector had corroded from moisture infiltration and my poor weather insulation. The entire black heat shrink was full of green corrosion and it was losing over 7v at the junction. So I replaced this piece and everything was back on track, but due to the delayed start we stayed at a campground which is not at all normal for us. But still fun! We put our heater (it is North Idaho) and our PullKitchen to use again.

Also I got in the new 5 gallon Rotopax which fits perfectly on the back of my PullKitchen. It was built to hold two 2 gallon units, so it’s now just one tank and adds an additional gallon.

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Dave, Glad you found the issue, It’s the little things! Loving the 5 gallon Rotopax, going to have to get one for my PullKitchen!

 

[PapaDave]

I put my rack on this week to go camping and my back power panel I installed a couple years back was dead. Took about 4 hours of troubleshooting to find that a butt connector had corroded from moisture infiltration and my poor weather insulation. The entire black heat shrink was full of green corrosion and it was losing over 7v at the junction. So I replaced this piece and everything was back on track, but due to the delayed start we stayed at a campground which is not at all normal for us. But still fun! We put our heater (it is North Idaho) and our PullKitchen to use again.

Also I got in the new 5 gallon Rotopax which fits perfectly on the back of my PullKitchen. It was built to hold two 2 gallon units, so it’s now just one tank and adds an additional gallon.

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Dave, Glad you found the issue, It’s the little things! Loving the 5 gallon Rotopax, going to have to get one for my PullKitchen!

I was gonna do an elbow piece for the pick up line and then got lazy and just used a heat gun to create more bend in the pick up. Haha

 

[roots66]

Had a great time with several folks on the 2025 Texas Hill Country Route trip last Saturday.

 

[kunstmilch]

I was thinking of starting a thread for my slow and bumpy progress on my truck...seems like this thread would be hijacked as I have a lot going onbut not sure of a better spot? advice on forum etiquette? best way to go about it? thank for your patience.