The Frankenstein Build! LT/Expo/Trail rig..and BS

LIKE. LIKE LIKE.

Did you really put the $5K you would have spent on the new truck over there too? If so, HUGE kudos. You should, if you haven't. Call it your "new truckssssss when I'm older" fund.

 

eh sort of. I put in a big chunk into and IRA. 5k from other assests. Then liquidated my 403b from the college I worked at into another IRA to convert it to avoid taxes on it. Starting month contributions this month. Hoping that my raise will be enough I can max out the IRA every year for a long time. Potentially max out one and start a second.

Will see what kind of raise I get. Not gonna be huge by any means. But hoping its pretty decent to allow me to afford housing here. And the potential of becoming salary and a manager has good hopes.

 

You rock. Super happy to hear that. It's so much better to start early.

 

yeah. Should have done it 4 years ago..oh well. Better late then never.

 

All of this. When I worked for Merrill Lynch I worked on a site that showed how much money you would have in an ira (based on a consistent market of course) if you invested at 25 compare to 35 and it was damn near half a million dollars.

 

well..Im not 25..haha but close to that. Hopefully pays off!

 

Is this mounting solution still working out for you? I think I might do the same thing here pretty soon.

 

Yep. Never let me down. It's a great place it it.

I think both in the bed would be good too. On the double cab the wheel wells extend to the front side of the bed. I'd thought or cutting a hatch panel out of them and mounting them basically off the frame in front of the rear wheels. Haven't done measurements to see if that's actually do able but could be.

 

Sweet!

And hmm that's not a bad idea. The gas tank neck may get in the way though.

 

Yeah possibly. Could look at getting a smaller diemensional battery but will just cost more.

Like I said. I haven't done the measuring to see if it's really possible.

But passenger up front certainly works just fine!

 

Just going to leave this here... Mr. Smiles Per Miles.

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That's fuckin awesome!

 

Did you ever get a chance to try out the wildernest yet? I have a RTT, but I'm thinking of switching it up a little.

 

He did, and then sold it and went back to the RTT.

Even though there was lots of room in the 'nest, and it was super cool, it just wasn't beefy enough to stand up to his driving style. (Hahahaha, RTT's not standing up either.)

His future is going to be a GFC, but not for a little while...

 

Gotcha, guess I missed that part. GFC are cool...not sure I want to drop that like of coin on that though.

 

Yeah like Dan said.

I really really liked the nest. But would have not survived my driving. At least the one I had.

Some other cons was a ton of tent material. In high winds and bad weather it would be so loud to sleep in and not sure how it would fair in real bad rain or snow..

Didn't like how there was zero side access. That sucked. It did have two small sliding windows but they were more vents than anything. Could really only access stuff from the back.

And the bed was rather small. Very narrow and kind of short. For two people is was ultra cozy. Think the bed measured 45x60 or something.

I likely go for a GFC. It's light. Heavy duty built. And also very local to me for replacement parts. Or at least I can fix it myself to a point.

It is a lot of cash for one..not getting cheaper. But I think it'll work for me. Going to their shop soon to check them out in person with the lady.

I love rtts. But they just aren't holding up over time to my abuse.

 

Thanks for the comments. The dry storage is the most appealing part of the nest for me. rtt is nice and does its job, just a hassle incase I need to move my truck with it open. Lots of good remarks for the gfc.

 

Yeah why I'd like the gfc. Dry storage but also super easy access to bed.

 

@TwerkWrench Heres some motivation to spend monies

 

all the monies

and still have not have a working truck lol


for now. The pile of parts I have is getting ridiculous