San Antonio

its a fun trip

 

Slapped on a heavy, red emblem that my wife just had to have on her 4runner.

 

Horse powas

 

right lol i love the mileage the 4runner gets compared to the taco, its unreal

 

see my friend drives a 2004 4Runner limited what the 4.0 v6 and his company truck broke down so his boss told him to go run another vehicle and he rented a 2019 4Runner TRD off road and he said it got shittier gas mileage than his own 4Runner he said he didn't like anything about it I guess everybody has their own opinions

 

Meanwhile... back in the yard, a greenhouse finally takes shape! The little mods had worse coloring book instructions than the main ones, which aren't really bad. But as I went further in the book, little count errors slowed me down. And the wind that came up this afternoon really made it obvious that they should have put a couple instructions in a different order!

I started with the side windows, as that's where I left off. I REALLY should have started with the vent mod, because the sides really started flopping around in the wind. I finally had to pound some old conduit and garden stakes in just to prevent excessive movement.



OK, so here is the extra mod vent window. It really can only go one place in the back, and that's the middle. The instruction assumed that you had to take apart an assembled unit, EITHER on the side or the end, so there was a lot of unused info before I could actually get to the install. I still have to go back and tweak it, but I only put it in wrong once!




There are about three steps before you get the side wall tops ready to install. Hindsight says you should have had ALL this done and ready as soon as you have the side wall panels installed. Once the wall tops are on, it really starts to get sturdy. After those two pieces, you go around the side and clamp the panel to an exterior piece.



Then the front gable is pre-assembled, and you try like heck not to have it sail away while you guide the edges into the extrusion slots sticking up at the top. It took a lot of fussing with the 6 bolts to get everything where it would fasten. I saw tonight that this will be one of the "go back and fuss over" locations, as the bottom of the windows are not quite right.



The back was a LOT simpler. Line up the vertical slots, then slide the covers up the angles and fasten. Still took a lot of fussing, because the wind popped out one of the frames just after I got the last bolt in place (not tight). Now both ends complete....




You know I can't stop until I have a roof, right? This wasn't so bad, except that this is where I needed to install the second mod - additional vent. So I did one, broke open the kit, ID'd the parts, and just duplicated what I had done on the other side. Marked and stored the remaining parts. BOTH vents will have an Automatic Opener modification too, so the top you see open will both be different than the factory. They also have to be staggered, and can't be on the end sections.




So, there is only two supports left, and I can do the roof panels! So, I keep on, but I am needing a beer to focus! You can't really see the last supports, so half a roof, then a whole roof!



And, that's it for the day. Assemble the two mod vent tops, then the door, then adjust all the needed bolts to make it right, and punch list every bolt. I am also not liking how the roof securement clips hold the bottom of the panel. I have them installed three different ways, even though they are all clipped on the same. The extrusion offers options, and the picture is vague.

So, a beer to close it out, right? One more day!

 

hey I layed about four acres of sod today in my backyard sorry I didn't post any pictures I will tomorrow

 

That's a LOT of sod, brother!

 

My wife spent whole stimulus check on grass she was tired of half are back yard being rock

 

It's tight not sore lol

 

Giant steps man! I'm making do with the shed steps - going to redo those. Stuck with the ramp. Greenhouse will need something as well, what with that frame in the bottom of the doorway! I'd love to raise the whole thing, but it would be like climbing into something....

 

I just noticed, you ladder has an awesome paint job!

 

Rocks will grow back you know!

 

I was bored today in drain the hot tub and cleaned it out see kurt I do outside activities I just don't post them on here like I should lol

 

If that's true I should be making money off of them then

 

Can't sell them anywhere except landscaping outfits, and they have to be just so. No mixed breed rocks....

 

You paint like me I can have a brand new bucket of paint not even opened and I still get paint everywhere

 

given the 4runner tank is bigger i believe, it averages the same amount of miles per tank (300 miles) but my taco sucks it down almost twice as fast

 

Well my taco in the condition it's in with the regear I do about 225

 

Speaking of the ol reliable, were did you get that singer front bumper?