geekhouse23's "LIFE'S WAITING TO BEGIN" Overland & Home build and all the Adventures in between!

Just saying Hi

 

What's up man! Long time..how's things?

 

Things are great brother, love your truck.

 

Caitlyn always keeps them coming back for more

 

So does Roxanne!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1c7GkzRQQ

 

Well, some "bummer" news I guess for Caitlyn (not really though). Sunday night, the wife and I go to the store so she can shop for a wedding we have next weekend. On the way home, she stopped in traffic to allow a fire engine out to tend to a call (lights, sirens and horns BLARING) and she got hit from behind

The other party's insurance adjuster called me today and informed me that she admitted fault and the wife's car will be repaired for free and a free rental (hoping for a 4Runner so she can join the dark side )

So now, I have to go through the process of handling the insurance, repairs and rental for her so she can get her car fixed and still get to work.

I wish we took Caitlyn, however. Should I have gotten hit, 0 damage considering what happened to the wife's car, I would have taken the check and put a deposit down on a HC rear bumper.

Does TW make you this selfish? The trade off, one could argue, is that it would have taught someone a lesson to pay attention while driving (pretty sure the guilty party was on their cell phone)..

*sigh*

 

Sorry to hear that news bro. Glad your wife is ok. Thats the most important. You were the first one to say hi to me on TW when i first joined so just saying hi, and your truck is looking awesome and your build is always giving me inspiration.

 

Thanks man! Glad she can give others some inspiration

 

Hmmmmmmm I have a question. What's up with the upside down stickers?

 

Wut

 

your last three stickers In the write up have the OME logo upside down..
the stickers are on the bedside..

 

Looks like they are on the inside of the window and they'd be right when the window flips up while open...

 

^This.

 

Oh, I see.

 

An opportunity to (possibly) pick up one of these has presented itself. Anyone have any suggestion on the following choices for a winch:

Warn VR8k with synthetic line

OR

$522 Superwinch 1510200 LP10000 Winch, 10000lbs/4536kg single line pull with roller fairlead, and 12' handheld remote

Superwinch 1510200 LP10000 Winch, 10,000lbs with cable

OR

WARN VR10k with cable

All will be around the same price and I would swap any cable winch I get with synth line.

What would you do? What would you get? Is 8k enough?

 

Warn, because it's what I have and has never let me down. 10,000 because the more, the merrier.

I have a Warn XD9000i and It's been great. I'll be switching to synthetic line soon.

 

I keep circling back to the whole "go bumig or go home" ideology.

Also, I keep going back and forth between the WARN 8k and 10k. Yes, the 10k is cable, but it's cheaper and with the money I save over the 8k and the WARN rebate, I can get some synth line.

 

Typically want 1.5x vehicle weight. That said I'm rocking a Smitty 12k..

 

That be what I'm getting

 

So much power for the mall