1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Everything’s going great. Gonna move towards that in the future and they pay for all of the schooling etc. Love the work. Got to spend a couple days in a cabin in Vogle State Park in Blairsville Ga. and get to go back for more work.

 

The new Harbor Freight Apex synthetic 12k winch is intriguing....but I agree I don't want to gamble on the quality of critical recovery equipment. I don't know if I'll drop the coin on Warn but maybe. And I don't want a 12k winch lol


I've heard good things about Engo winches, also Superwinch but I think they got merged with someone else

 

One day you will work for cool sys lol

 

There is plenty of other parts to mess up

 

I dunno, you can probably mess up a lot when you go cheap on materials

 

The HF one is huuuuuuuuuge, it will not fit in a 1st Gen completely enclosed bumper I'd think. Actually I'd wager most 12k winches wont

 

Did you give him a jacket?

 

Yeah most of the bumpers Ive looked at for our trucks list a 10k winch max, the All Pro one included. I'll likely get a 9.5k one

 

Just double the weight of your truck and buy one based off that

 

He will be fine with a 9.5k. If things get hairy a snatchblock can be used to double the pulling power

 

agree. sticking out a bit does look better. having the flares off for a bit gave it that look. Liked it just not the no flares. I remember reading something about bringing it closer to scrubbing though. Oh well.

Did you offer to help resolve the issue?

I've had that happen a couple of times. Damn near want to get off and take another flight. Not cool at all.

 

If I were to drop the coin on a winch, yeah - warn, especially with the ARB.

Second choice would be:

$670 Smittybilt X2O GEN2 10K Waterproof Wireless Winch with Synthetic Rope - 98510

https://www.4wheelparts.com/p/smitt...winch-gen2-with-fairlead-98510/_/R-DSBP-98510

It was at 382 something just before Thanksgiving. When I saw the post in the deals thread, tried adding it to the cart and it kept changing the price to full.

 

Hmmm

 

https://youtu.be/11uArgKiblc

 

Why one would need a thermal imaging multimeter i will never know. But i guess its cool they make one


FLIR CM275-Kit - Industrial Thermal Imaging Clamp Meter - with IGM (Infrared Guided Measurement) and wirelessly connectivity to FLIR Tools or The New FLIR InSite workflow Management app

FLIR CM275-Kit - Industrial Thermal Imaging Clamp Meter - with IGM (Infrared Guided Measurement) and wirelessly connectivity to FLIR Tools or the new FLIR InSite workflow management app

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076CRZNPY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_yQY9Db54T99DP

 

TIL. The first gen had a dealer installed option for a LSD. I've been telling people our trucks never had one.

 

I dont think any 1st gens got a lsd. The 2nd gen x runner i think got one

 

There wasnt a factory LSD available until the 2nd gens. Someone at that dealer probably thinks an LSD and locker are the same thing, or it had an aftermarket LSD installed

 

2nd gen TRD Sports from 05 -07 had a mechanical LSD too

 

I just went through some threads and a few users spoke of a dealer installed one. This page talks about it too (wtf is going on with that website)