What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Sexy looking truck

 

Not so much a mod to the truck, but an accessory...a hitch mounted carrier for the old snow blower.



If/when it snows, I'm on duty to clear my father-in-law's driveway. He's only 1/4 mile up the road and last year, I used a Jeep TJ with a snow plow. I don't have the Jeep anymore and am hesitant to attach the plow kit to the new truck, so I'm relegated to using the snow blower this season.

When driven onto the carrier, the snow blower wheels nest between two rungs, so it stays put well. The ramp pivots up and will be held by a strap.

The rack is aluminum, all of which was various material I had on hand. It's made from 1" square x .060" wall tube and 1/4" plate. The main support and receiver are 2" x 1/4" wall square tube. Since it hasn't snowed much in the past few years. I didn't want to spend a lot for a carrier just for this, so making it from scratch was a nice way to burn a Saturday.

And yes, for you snow blower experts, that is a 1984, Montgomery Ward, 24", 2-stage. Old as heck, but starts on the first pull every time.

 

Thanks @Snowman7878 !! Initially I only searched gift cards and it was indicating that they were sold out. So I tried going to the home page and from there I was able to purchase one. Now waiting for total tail stage 1 and DIY stealth shift knob kit.

 

Lol. I made a few bad cuts.

 

Just had a 80lb bag of rocky/muddy dirt break right on the tailgate gap....rocks wedged in there and prevented tailgate from closing,,I was picking out sooo many rocks by hand ....and was wishing so bad I had this. Buying now !

 

Installed mine last night, warning they seem to be switching the spacers for the front/rear. I watched an instal video from like a year ago and the spacers were switched in the hardware packaging,,,,and installed mine yesterday,,,still the same for me. No biggie tho, YT video also mentioned watching for rust on the hardware, they are supposed to be SS, but seems like sometimes they are not.

 

Nice, looks great. Is that the Nfab nerf step? 2" tube or 3"?

 

OMG, never thought of this! I am in same exact boat, I plow my MIL/FIL, and my SIL and Betty (90 yo on fixed income), and loading the snow blower on something like this looks night and day easier than ramps to the bed! Nice SB! Almost as old as me,,,,and I definitely don't start on the first pull these days

 

Put the snow tires on today...

 

Heck yeah! I’m waiting for the sunroof hex rack and the DIY shift knob kit

 

I Just ordered the Prinsu Cab Rack.

 

I do that. Measure twice, cut three times, and then back to Home Depot for more materials!

 

You guys measure?

 

I’m waiting for the Total Tail stage 1 as well. Judging by his Instagram story the other day, the total tails are in assembly now. Hopefully they will be available soon

 

Added some AVS inchannel window visors and picked up a rifle case for recovery gear:

 

After waiting a few months, finally got my BAMF sliders this week and got them installed today. They were worth the wait

 

Just got TRD Sport floor mats today and some Redline hood struts. Tinted on Wednesday. Wheels and tires, Bilstein 6112s set ay 5/6 and 5160s last Saturday right after I bought it. Had the parts sitting around since I had to wait for it to show up at the dealer. Pretty happy so far...

 

Love it when folks make their own !

 

Welcome to TW Bud!