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Old 01-14-2018, 04:57 PM
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Tools and toys we all would like for out trucks.

Post the toys and tools that you would like to have for your truck.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/272695332613?ul_noapp=true
Along with a compressor system.

Nothing like a train horn to wake up the sleeping driver at the stop light.


Now I would not be doing this.


What would of been really funny is the gal at
0:24 would really spooked and tossed it at him.
 
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Old 01-14-2018, 08:33 PM
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I would like Anthony in the back seat and anything he thought was good to have in a trailer or in the bed, there for him...

You brought up a fantasy thread Sean, what the heck?!!!

Scott
 
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I mounted a 2500lb ATV winch ($69 Harbor Freight) with a wireless remote in the front of my bed. I already don't know how I lived without it. No more laboring to yank a 200lb buck into the bed by myself. Loading and especially unloading a mower/ATV is a breeze. No more backing down a treacherous ramp. I have a super tight secure point for every load that I haul. I really don't know why this isn't standard issue on every truck made.
 
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When it comes for toys for the truck I would LOVE a shop with enough room
to start out with so that I could park inside and have a lift and a place for my
tools and other projects to live in.
 
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The toy/tool i currently want for my truck is a topside creeper. I just changed out the POS aftermarket t-stat that was in my truck and slipped and fell off the bumper. I had coolant on my shoes from it spilling once i pulled the upper radiator hose and i took a spill of my own.

btw, changing a thermostat on a 6.0 is way easier than a 7.3. They just had to put one of the bolts in a awkward spot to get to. On top of that, it fell behind the housing and required my curved long pliers and a lot of sailor speak to finally fish out.

Ok, rant over. A shop lift would be nice too, but it'd have to go into the heated/cooled workshop that I'd also like to have
 
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I'm pretty content and have it outfitted pretty good BUT if I was given 1 thing for the truck it would be this hooked to the gooseneck ball.
I mean, C'mon, it's only one thing.
 
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Originally Posted by Yahiko
When it comes for toys for the truck I would LOVE a shop with enough room
to start out with so that I could park inside and have a lift and a place for my
tools and other projects to live in.
Yes, I agree. Along with the comment of a heated and cooled shop. Radiant heat for the floor. I can't count how many times I've been on a cold floor. My next garage will have radiant heat.
 
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Mine is simple. Here in the northland, road salt causes corrosion that sends vehicles to early graves.
Need some fresh new body panels and paint.
 
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Originally Posted by Yahiko
When it comes for toys for the truck I would LOVE a shop with enough room
to start out with so that I could park inside and have a lift and a place for my
tools and other projects to live in.
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Like so.
 
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I WANT THAT GARAGE!
 
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I worked for railroads for 39 years. In about 2008 I bought a set of Nathan locomotive air horns. It was a 5 horn cast aluminum array, the real deal. I rebuilt them and hooked them to my shop air compressor for a test. I live in a typical neighborhood with homes on 1/4 acre lots. I believe the horn test brought the 'hood to a momentary standstill. They are wicked loud

I originally intended to plumb the horns and complete compressor system under my F350. Those horns are so loud, and with society seemingly so close to unleashing a can of road rage at the slightest provocation, I never mounted them.

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But once you learn how to play the "toot" like an engineer, think of the confusion you'd bring driving through a little town at 10pm that doesn't have a railroad for tens of miles.
 
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Id like that garage too.
 
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I'm with everyone on the garage and lift. At this point I will settle for a garage that will fit my truck. My current garage is about two-three foot too short.
 
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Not long enough I can't even get a stock + leveling puck truck into the front because
the contractor when he rebuilt the house and garage after the fire make the opening lower.

Big shop/garage with a standard door and a tall door. We can work from there so
long as it has the sq/ft I want.
 


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