Did some truck stuff

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 06/12/2020 at 20:30 • Filed to: Trucklopnik

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I got a yard of mulch from the materials yard.

I took off the rotted out step tubes. The middle mounts on both side fought me enough that I just sawzalled them off. This resulted in me getting literally showered in iron oxide, which sucked.

Soon the truck w ill be getting its rockers replaced. Since I haul my kids in this thing, I want all the metal back.

jminer > shop-teacher 06/12/2020 at 20:40

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I started work on replacing the ball joints in my Mazda last night and to get them loose required a good deal of whacking with a hammer and the amount of rust that ended up on the ground under the suspension was staggering...

The fact that we salt our roads blows seriously...

Wacko > jminer 06/12/2020 at 20:48

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Mazdas don’t like rust, but rust really really like mazdas 

jminer > Wacko 06/12/2020 at 21:02

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Yeah - my B2600i is in way better shape than most as they all ended up in the scrap yard years ago for rust but it’s not good. It’s solid but only has a few years left before it’s useless due to rust.

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher 06/12/2020 at 21:12

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Hey I have that same patio set!

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro 06/12/2020 at 21:24

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Its a great set! I actually inherited it from my grandparents. This stuff is about as old as I am, give or take a few years.

shop-teacher > jminer 06/12/2020 at 21:25

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I believe it. Honestly that picture doesn’t do justice to how much rust hit the ground. I had to blow it away with a leaf blower. Several times.

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher 06/12/2020 at 21:36

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Yeah I want to say mine probably hails from  the ’90s. I’m sure it will outlive my truck lol.

jminer > shop-teacher 06/12/2020 at 21:50

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It is awful - I can’t go under a vehicle without safety glasses!

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro 06/12/2020 at 22:46

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This patio set might just outlive me! :)

shop-teacher > jminer 06/12/2020 at 22:48

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Same here. It’s bad. Not time to junk the truck bad, but bad. The rockers have basically disintegrated.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > shop-teacher 06/12/2020 at 23:44

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Speaking of rust, yesterday I saw a 05ish Honda Civic get T boned, the thing was rusted all down both sides. When it got his it released a cloud of rust. Like POOF!

Crazy thing was the car drove off. They had ran a stop sign and got hit. 

shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 06/13/2020 at 10:02

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Yipes!

That’s exactly the sort of reason I’m going to spend the money getting my rockers redone.

Victorinoo > shop-teacher 06/13/2020 at 13:13

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Great reason to buy a Jaguar Land Rover product, the uni-bodies are made of aluminum! No rust to worry about. Rent a trailer and fill it with dirt and tow it.

shop-teacher > Victorinoo 06/13/2020 at 13:15

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Lol! Sure, I'll just bury myself in repair bills!