GraveYard Shift BS

That IS a good idea.

I have fairly new tires on it now, but they're 16s as opposed to the 17s I bought. I figure I'll sell my old wheel/tire combo's after I get the new ones on.

 

I'll eventually pick up some extra wheels like my factory ones for the Tacoma bed trailer.

 

Yeah, I think it's going to be pretty easy to sell my old ones once I'm ready.

This also gives me time to figure out what I really want tire-wise anyway. I'm kind of torn between 265/70/17s (just a little taller than my stock ones), and then 285/70/17s 'cause they look freakin' awesome.

265s are probably the smarter choice all around, but man would it ever look nice with the 285s.

 

Thanks guys. It’ll prob be a few months myself. We’ll see though. I work in facilities maintenance now. I’d have to move to production maintenance. Both pay about the same but they’re treated better and most importantly I’ll get to see my wife and kids more often.

 

I'm thinking 235/85/16 in Falken ATW3 will be my next set. I love the "pizza cutter" look.

That sounds like a good reason to want a day shift job.

 

I was thinking pizza cutters too, at first. But then I talked to the guy at the offroad shop (Slee Offroad - AWESOME folks) and he said that due to Coorado's shit roads they're not really recommended. They follow pavement ruts really badly, apparently.

 

We don't really have winter down here

 

I don't imagine you do!

If you could only see inside my mind, some of the drives I've done here - man.

 

I use to come up to Co and snowboard. I drove up to Steamboat from Denver. We took 40 and came through Rabbit Ears Pass(I think). I was driving my buddies Ford Sportrac That's the only time I was concerned while driving.

 

Why hello ladies

 

Should've intro'd with........."I smell fish"

 

I used to work a 5a-5p shift with a little over a 50 mile commute.

To get there on time, I was usually on the road by just before 4am, which was also before CDOT would have their plows out clearing the roads.

I can remember driving trackless roads in the dark during ground blizzards, hoping I could find the same markers CDOT was looking for! KNOWING that if I went off road, the likelihood of getting plowed under and not found 'til spring was a little higher than I was comfortable with.

At least there's no damned gaters or no-see-ums or palmetto bugs here!

 

Heya sailor..

 

Gator tail and I swear some of the mosquitos you could shoot with birdshot

 

I tried gator a couple of times in Florida, I liked it.

The skeeters around here are really small, but we get HUGE clouds of 'em.

 

The ones down here will take small animals and dogs

 

Ah, that reminds me!

We'll see those huge, black clouds of skeeters in the swampier areas where these guys like to hang out:


Even us graveyard shifters get out occasionally!

 

That's our version of a massive cow

 

Cow-ish here, anyway. Not quite a moose calf, but not quite a cow yet though either.

I love the critters we have out here.

 

I always enjoyed being out there.