New England B.S. Thread

Yeah, front wheels seem to get better traction when they are in contact with the road.

 

@jethro How'd the party go?

 

What do you have for weight in the bed? My truck doesn't even squat that bad with 1600lbs of tongue weight...

 

Pretty basic and uneventful. I got a bunch of food, beer and booze and we had a big bonfire on Friday night. Up till 3am. Saturday we woke up, I made breakfast, then told the best man that I was done, everything else was his deal. He had nothing planned. So they went for a motorcycle ride from my house to the Manchester Firing Line, while I stayed home and cleaned the carnage from my house and the yard (we burned a snowblower and lawn mower). They came back and we ended up going to dinner for lobsters in Concord, then back to my house for another bonfire. Up until 4am Saturday.

Next weekend I go to Vermont for the wedding. Should be interesting!

 

A weekends worth of (car) camping gear for four, so biking gear, tents, coolers, stove, etc. It doesn’t help that the four-bike rack, an old Saris, is built like a battleship and weighs over 100# hanging outback like that.
#lightupthetreetops

 

I loved my Firestone RideRite air bags when I had them, they worked great. Takes all that sag out.

 

That’s the other route I’m considering, I know @surfandturf likes his.

 

They are inexpensive and easy to install and you can make your truck ride like stock after you unload the bed.

 

Sounds far from the worst weekend in the world! Can't say I've ever lit a snowblower on fire

 

Convoy from Providence, RI to the TacomaWorld NE meet in Ludlow, MA. If you are closer to the event location feel free to meet us there.

ROUTE:

9:30AM - Meet in Providence RI, 4 seasons restaurant parking lot. Look for the white 3rd gen Tacoma.

10am - Leave Providence for Auburn Mall, Auburn MA

10:45-10:50am - Arrive at Auburn Mall, we will meet in the parking lot off of Brotherton Way.

11:15-11:30am - Leave Auburn Mall for Ludlow MA, Fish and Game pavilion.

ETA 11:50 - 12:30pm

 

Just bagged my buddies tundra this weekend. Easy to do!

 

Neither have I but I'll tell you, the aluminum motor melted into a very nice puddle!

 

Bash it with a sledge, or when you remove the lugs, and cant remove the wheel, leave lugs a turn or two loose, and take it for a short slow ride.. you can sometimes hear it when it breaks free.. same for rotors, just remove the bolt/screw first.. loosen lugs a few turns, and go fkr a slow short drive (like to the end of your driveway turning your wheels back and forth.. otherwise it's a sledgehammer a few solid whacks on the mounting surface should jarring the rust loose... to prevent in the future get some copper antifreeze spray, or coat with a thin layer of antifreeze on the hub, rotor hat.. wheels, and rotor/hub will never be hard to get off again..

 

Speaking of snowblowers I need to get a new motor for my Honda hs828k.. anyone have a spare Honda 8hp motor laying around?? Lol... looking at the $279 harbor freight gas motors.. (Honda clones)...

 

Jethro has one, but it'll have to be recast

 

Oh yeah, definitely that and I'm guessing new crank seals.

 

Some blowby?

 

Yeah had to donkey kick the wheel to pop it off since I didn't have a sledge. The rotor I had to pry on one side while bashing it from the back face. When I finish the job I finally got some anti-seize. I'm contemplating if it's worth taking apart what's already done to try and slather some on there as well...or at least know for next time that half the job will be easy and the other is going to be a bitch...