skidoo_j Posted June 13, 2013 Posted June 13, 2013 Used some harbor freight ratchet straps spanning the trees and hauled the '99 4.0 to it's new owner along with my cherry picker. The cherry picker weighs way too much for one person to lift, as it is it's in about 10 pieces. I guess I could have used it to put the motor in and the straps and electric hoist to put the cherry in, but this way seemed much safer for my truck.
88whitemanche Posted July 9, 2013 Posted July 9, 2013 Was helping a family friend move....that's a full size couch, love seat, a recliner, and a few paintings and the truck barely slouched. ran like a champ driving 40 miles to the house
jimoshel Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 does anyone hear banjos?? :rotf: BANJOS? Get a dual track tape recorder. Run the banjo thru first' Get a guitar. Start the recorder and tape the second track. Voila. Your now playin 'Dualin' Banjos' by yourself. Is this a young Jim? Rob Sorry for taking so long to answer. Apparently missed it. And yes it is. A much younger Jim. Thule, Greenland. 1972. A week after this pic was taken I was on my way to Tel Aviv for an assignment in the Sinai Desert. Went from -64 * to + 117* in less than 24 hours.
Alexia Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 340 pounds of steel - $38 earned.Which I turned into some wood to rebuild my old desk.
ParadiseMJ Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 First Xmas tree run this is November in the Sierras @ 6K elevation...usually 4-5 ft of snow...where the bleep is the snow.
yellaheep Posted August 9, 2013 Posted August 9, 2013 About to unload a couple days worth of tree and shrub trimming....... One of the older guys working there walked over from the front end loader he was operating to check out the truck and trailer. "You don't see these often. Great little workhorses those trucks are." Indeed. :thumbsup:
neohic Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 This week my '88 pulled and hauled 2700 lbs. dirt/rubble (Monday), 2500 lbs. buckshot rock (Tuesday), and 3000 lbs. concrete mix (Wednesday). The truck pulls great! Doesn't even know when it has a load behind it. When it comes time to stop... that's another story. Needs some brake upgrades!!!
RochesterMJ Posted November 9, 2013 Posted November 9, 2013 Half yard of gravel (paver base) = 1300-1500lbs. Engine didn't even notice, stock brakes were surprisingly ok. Wish I had a Metric Ton, could have used another quarter yard. The half yard cost $20 from the stone place, needed more after they closed so had to buy 12 bags from Home Depot for $40 (2X the money for maybe 1/4 the material - thats what you pay for convenience) Loaded Unloaded
RochesterMJ Posted November 10, 2013 Posted November 10, 2013 Small load of pavers (180). The load isn't impressive, what's impressive is the delivery fees the Comanche has helped me avoid this weekend. $90 for the pavers and $60 for the gravel (see above). Not used to the MJ giving me money, nice change of pace.
Spectormj Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 the one against my bars is going to be a table the one on my tailgate is headed to the fire
neohic Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Glad I didn't get around to painting the bed yet... ... been spending all weekend trimming trees.
neohic Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 Nice :cheers: I think it looks like its got a fancy hat! :yes:
Minuit Posted June 15, 2014 Posted June 15, 2014 Hauled off about 3 loads like this yesterday. Who knew that untreated wood doesn't like sitting outside for 14 years? :ack:
TheDude Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Load of scrap from the garage. Moving a wheel balancer for work. And me and a buddy towing his camper to the York Jeep Show.
Rockfrog Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Making itself useful scrapping a cousin ... Missed a few loads, but she was sitting low with 2 2.8's, a D30 and the XJ's roof in the box.
yellaheep Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Must have cost you a small fortune in sawzall blades..........
Rockfrog Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Two ripper blades for the frame rails and 7 zip discs, local hardware store had a sale on zip discs. The wife needed it gone for her Easter egg hunt for the kids. And the local scrap haulers couldn't help for another week. Still put $75 extra in pocket, so not too bad I guess. It was harder to cut the nose off than section the main body (that was surprisingly easy if you know where to cut).
gogmorgo Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I did the same to a '93 Taurus a couple years back. Only two blades were needed and one 4.5" cutoff wheel in an angle grinder. The cutoff wheel is for anything the sawz-all bogged on.
HOrnbrod Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Doesn't take much to cut through 1mm of rust. :rotfl2:
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