"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/07/2019 at 11:47 • Filed to: 2wd trucks are fun in the snow!
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"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/07/2019 at 11:47 • Filed to: 2wd trucks are fun in the snow! | 5
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Four bags of sand in the back to dea l with winter. Just like I used to do. It works. I sure like having snow tires these days.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> shop-teacher
03/07/2019 at 11:58 |
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It’s a little bit farther than driving down to Olympia but the traffic isn’t as bad.
Goggles Pizzano
> shop-teacher
03/07/2019 at 12:00 |
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This year
I fired a plastic I
kea bin with 2 bags into my trunk and used some
bung
ee
cords to secure it to the rear. Wish I would have done it years past.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> shop-teacher
03/07/2019 at 12:03 |
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I used to put cinder blocks in the back of my truck. Then one day after school I found my truck up on those blocks. My friends, the conspirators, refused to help me get it off the blocks, so I was stuck using a scissor jack in the snow while most of my schoolmates walked by and laughed.
Lesson learned.
Tripper
> shop-teacher
03/07/2019 at 12:10 |
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Also rocking 4 bags for winter in my ranger! I built a little wooden “I” for the bed to keep the sand over the rear axle. Sand plus BFGK02's have made it a non issue driving in snow.
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shop-teacher
> Tripper
03/07/2019 at 12:47 |
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Yep, I had built that same wooden “ I” out of 2x6 scraps . With snow tires though, I don’t bother with sand bags anymore.
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shop-teacher
> TheRealBicycleBuck
03/07/2019 at 12:51 |
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Harsh.
One night in high school, the coworker plowing the parking lot of the hard ware store/lumber yard where we worked, placed all the snow from that part of the lot in a massive U-shaped snow bank up to the belt- line of my Oldsmobile around both sides and the back of it . They all laughed and took off at closing time. I had to get the manager to unlock the store, so I could get a shovel to dig my way out.
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shop-teacher
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
03/07/2019 at 12:51 |
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Yeah, it’s pretty much a wash.
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Tripper
> shop-teacher
03/07/2019 at 13:20 |
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I actually might leave the “I”. I used 2x10's and I carry more small stuff than bed sized stuff. So the I creates great compartments for bags of mulch/gas cans/propane cylinders etc
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> shop-teacher
03/07/2019 at 14:46 |
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FWD is nice sometimes, but torque isn’t in these conditions, even on my winter tires. Barely made it up a hill when a truck in front of me decided to stop in the middle of it and I had a hard time getting going again on the cobblestone-like ice. 1st was absolutely useless everywhere, the car just spun the wheels...
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> shop-teacher
03/07/2019 at 23:11 |
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It's a good truck. Just a steep price.
Longtime Lurker
> Tripper
03/08/2019 at 00:11 |
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Do you have a pic?
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shop-teacher
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/08/2019 at 07:07 |
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Most expensive shower door, EVAR.
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Tripper
> Longtime Lurker
03/11/2019 at 13:00 |
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Longtime Lurker
> Tripper
03/11/2019 at 14:30 |
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Thanks! I was thinking of making one of these but it looks like it takes up a lot a room.
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Tripper
> Longtime Lurker
03/11/2019 at 14:34 |
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It does. I just cut them to fit in the “slots” that are already molded into the bed liner, then sunk two screws into each end so that it can be removed easily.
My actual plan now is to remove the bottom of the I, leaving the back part (closest to the cab) and splitting the space behind it for the summer time. That way I still have plenty of room in the bed, and two sections behind the cab. Also only two screws if I want to dismantle it.
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Longtime Lurker
> Tripper
03/11/2019 at 14:42 |
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Oh I don't have the slots on my truck. That might change things a bit.
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Tripper
> Longtime Lurker
03/11/2019 at 14:50 |
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They’re very loose fitting, so you need a middle support either way, but they do help with sliding