I gotta ways to go to catch up to you lol.

Speaking of miles... my coworker who wheels and deals in classic cars has given me another money making opportunity. Hes putting in a bid for another Coronet in Lubbock, TX

14 hrs 45 min
975 miles
(one way)

Its a LONG haul. If it were up north, Id prolly say no. But Iv always wanted to go to Texas

No doubt itd be a two day trip and a lotta miles on the ol girl. Idk if itd be worth it

 

That stinks! Did they move it 100 miles closer to me by any chance? LOL!

 

You better be careful with these trips! You might get lucky for a while hauling stuff that far and actually make money, but one time youre going to have something break and its going to cost you more than all the trips profit combined to have it fixed while away from home.

Just my words of wackdom.

 

The cost of a break down is minor compared to being stranded. When I'm on the side of the road, money is no object (to a point), I just want to get going again!

 

Breakdowns suck. I've been left on the side of the road before and yes, money isn't an object to some point. I've also been lucky (knock on wood) to the point that I've always been able to get myself to safety without being towed from the interstate. That's always expensive.

 

I think I figured out a business venture. Let me know what you think

Name:
Husbands gift wrapping

Motto:
We'll make it look like you wrapped it

Hours of operation:
Dec. 22, 23, 24th till midnight, 26, 27

Not that I like working over the holidays but the off season would be awesome.

One could charge double after 5 on the 24th lol.

 

I guess I've been lucky. I have always gotten home. Then it breaks. When I was 16 I borrowed my dads truck (87bricknose4x4) to do some mild wheeling(innocent whistling here lol). I got home and took off in my car to a party. My dad had to go to work a few hours later and gets to his truck and has a flat tire. Turned out there was a 1" round stick through the sidewall. It held all the way home and just slowly leaked out. Oops. Sorry dad. Lol

 

Heck yeah! Get an old bread truck, convert it over and park outside a shopping center. You should be rollin' in money in no time!

 

I had a Jeep Cherokee that was a tad on the leaky side as far as motor oil was concerned. I fixed everything I could to try and dry it up, but I didn't realize one of the issues was the rear main. Well, driving home from work one day, it started smoking like mad. It was low on oil, so I stopped and got some, kept driving. Pulled in the lot at the house I was renting (it was in a complex) and the motor just detonated. Big cloud of smoke and noise. Talk about a real sense of timing!

I suspect that motor had other issues beyond the rear main, but I'll be damned if it didn't start one last time to get it moved to where the junkyard wrecker could get on it to haul it off for scrap.

 

On more than one occasion I have had this happen. Caliper exploded on the highway in Pittsburgh, lots of hills, kinda need the brakes.

I spent out the rear for A new caliper and pads and a big bottle of DOT4. Luckily I didn't need a new hose, but still spent almost 200$ for the whole venture. Towing was free because of my insurance, and barely made it to the parts store before it closed, and the manager there was nice enough to stay open a few minutes late for me while I got everything I needed.

Always having tools in whatever vehicle I'm driving is a must. Glad I didn't decide otherwise on that trip! Although, probably having a 4ton floor jack, jack stands, and all my tools and repair manual in the trunk probably helped slow me down That and all my vehicles are manuals, gotta love being able to engine brake in times of crisis!

 

I carry lots of parts and tools. I have a welder and air compressor in the front of the 5er and two bottle jacks, floor jack and tool box full. Three generators, ramps, etc. The thing is, you can't think of every thing! My big 20 ton bottle jack saved the day this summer. I have driven over this cattle guard for years but this time I cut the corner to sharp and dropped the wheels over the side. The whole camper was leaning, pretty scary! My wife insisted I call a tow truck but I wanted to at least try to get it out of there. I called a 'boom' truck and while he was on the way I was able to get a piece of the frame to jack under and between the campers front jacks and the bottle jack I got it up far enough to get railroad ties under the tires. Just as I was ready to try to move forward the boom truck showed up. I got his opinion if what I did would work and he thought so. It worked!

 

I'm thinking of that Cialis commercial where the guy gets his truck and trailer stuck in the mud... LOL, sorry Glenn.

 

That's what the TC lock-up mod is for!

 

lmao........sorry Glenn

 

That one cracks me up! That trucks 4wd and he's only spinning the back tires