Whew!!! Made it to a church,,,

More like a large pond really: I can lap the whole thing in about 15 minutes, without pushing hard.  My timeline in photos (on phone) showed the last time I was here, was exactly 2 year ago.

I recall now, why I don’t come here: bad water weed infestation.

  Water is murky year round (appears black from a distance, dark green brown on it)  At least it doesnt smell bad like that other water weed covered lake Ive been to.  Probably makes for some good fishing,  but that isnt why Im here,,,

How the day started,,,   and why I NEEDED a Church day,,,,

Da’s truck was in need of some repairs’n’bandaids.   Needed a new silencer/baffle box/muffler for one, and second, another patch on an already patched and repatched frame.   And while under there, found a broken shock, so needed to replace those, and had to weld a new mount to the frame for one side, since the one there broke off when I hit with the ratchet.

Honestly, never again!!!

That frame is more rust than steel, other than the patches I have welded on.  It bothers me to know he drives it because I DO NOT think its road worthy, , ,

But he wont hear it!!!  “Just fix this and it will be fine!” 

Doesnt help that he did price out a few others and decided “prices,  his age, fugdat!!”  And I do understand, prices are outrageous right now,(why I’m investing in Buffalo) and he is 84,,,   he doesnt drive it much, or far,  but,,,,  yeah,,,

Toyota truly screwed the pooch in the late 90’s.  Just working on his, turned me off from their trucks in a big way, and I used to love the older ones (that 22R engine just would! NOT! DIE!!!!)  Not anymore,,,  shiite frames and less than stellar drive trains /powerplants,,, lots of bells n whistles but no ass with rotting skeletons to carry it.  The only thing worth a crap on his truck, IMO, is the rear diff with that electric locker.   (We’ve rebuilt or replaced the front diff, TWICE) Its built for a larger engine so holds up, and when ‘locked’, will climb walls like a kat on the zoomies. 

Did I mention its a V6?  Yeah, NO ass for an engine that size.  The in-line 4s seem stronger (different ratio’d diffs but that shouldnt make THAT big a difference)

(Considering how worrisome this truck makes me, with him driving it,  that ‘no ass’ thing is probably a good thing, no?)

Anywhoos,  it has a new muffler n tailpipe now,  new rear shocks,  and two new bandaids on the frame.  Welds are solid where they are,  but there is so much rot that can’t be seen,,,,

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Its back to the mines tomorrow: at least I managed some cockpit time on water. And its REALLY QUIET out here.  No hooligans with boomboxes or bad attitudes,,

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