No not in any lifetime will this truck be a farm truck. Maybe a landscaper's truck, but not a farm truck. But I don't load tools over the side of the bed like the PO and I can drive properly and hook trailers properly unlike the PO so I should be ok.

Plus you lose a lot of freedom with a flatbed. On a flatbed you can't just throw stuff in the bed and be gone. Technically on a flatbed everything is supposed to be tied down since it's got no sides.

 

side boards man!

i am keeping my eyes peeled for a nice aluminum flatbed with wood deck. i'd like to make some nice cherry or mahogany sideboards and decking for it. im also looking for a nice take off OBS bed....but they dont exist anymore.

 

evening fellers. its still raining down here. it was pouring earlier. Im off to bed, just figured id pop in and say hi.

 

Good Morning Connecticut!

 

Morning Ray
Welcome to a RAINY weekend.

Aaron, Ipe' decking would work great, it is VERY hard, Very strong, and will NOT rot.

 

Morning Ray & Andy. I raining here in Salem, good thing I have a garage to work in.

 

Morning Rich
You and me both

 

Morning all. Happy weekend.

 

Good morning, everyone. It's a little wet out there. Called the boss today to ask if she needed me to pick anything up on the way in. She said bring a book cause it's probably going to be very slow.

I guess it's gonna be a long day.

 

i think we have about 500 sq/ft of 5/4 Ipe flooring behind the sap house. i have been planning on making a top for my tool box out of it.

QUACK QUACK everyone!

 

Hay guys I talked to the guy about the 4x4 jamboree in Mass on Sept, 26-27
He said the car & truck show is Sat.
On Sun they are having a mudbog and sled pull.
He is hoping to have the dyno on both days.

 

its raining down here it Waterford. quack quack.

 

mud bog...my brother should go try his truck out. he'll be racing though.

whats going on tonight, i have an exciting evening of grocery shopping. at least ill have food though!

 

Been working on the Jeep again. Installed a mechanical oil pressure guage. Installed radiator hoses, and finished the tranny lines. Installed the B&M shifter, but had to cut out the exhaust, too close to the tranny shift cable bracket.

Only things left is fixing the exhaust and wiring the radiator fan.....

And I'm still dry.

 

blue skies and sunny now in middletown, has been for a while. is the jeep registered and ready to drive once you finish building it?