New England B.S. Thread

Well, it’s past 6 months so it already made it longer than the last one...

 

wow, new tires feel great...
I got the tire guy good...
He's all "Just sign here sir...it's all set..."
and I said "But I wanted the white walls OUT..."
He freezes...
I start laughing...
He's "Oh man, I though you were serious...that happens sometimes...I was thinking 'Do those tires even have white walls?'"
too funny!

 

Good choice in tires!

 

Looks great! I know SOME people on here gave you shit for the white pick, but the white on black is rockin'! Thanks for the pics.

I got robbed like 7-800 last year via a paypal-nintendoswitch linked acount. Some little fuckers "from canada" (I'm assuming vpn) did I guess. Thankfully nintendo/paypal got me back. But that was the end of electronically linked things beyond an autopay set up or something with bills

 

Yup, if they threw in access to streaming no one would pay for cable. If I try to login to a television network with my Spectrum credentials it tells me I don't have access.

 

Oh man... short answer... is.. pretty much offline...

Years ago, I had a Chief... said one day to the Bos'n.. "I've reached my maximum capacity for bullshit, I'm out!"
I kinda followed that, and went dark. Only random IG posts.

Been a rough year, for many of us.
My only constants were work, my bikes, and of course my dog.

The family is... coping as best we can with the situation. It is what it is.

I added ANOTHER bike to the garage back in late summer.
Still have the Tacoma and the Frontier.
Still working on this old house.....so, still here.......

Man, I'm tired, the kind of tired the sleep cannot help.

So, tell me about the little one? I'm NOT parsing through a years worth of posts.....lol

I'm kinda testing the waters...

 

Welcome back

 

Sounds like a tough year, hopefully you can start doing more than tread water soon.


The babe is good! Just turned 6 months and is starting to be a fun little person. We've not had a great year and almost went kaput a few times, so she has been a bright spot in a shitty year you could say.

 

Yeah, I imagine it has rough been on y'all.
Glad that you had something brighten it up.
Hopefully with things easing up, y'all are getting back to normal.

 

Morning y'alls.

What bed mat is that? Or did you make your own? It looks like it's one with the tailgate mat?

 

It's a Bed Rug product but it's not carpet. It's a foam product that has the bottom cut in the same pattern as the bed ribs and you get a nice, flat surface on the top. It also has a flap that covers the tailgate gap and a piece for the tailgate itself. It's all one piece and is held in place with HD velcro. I had this same mat on all 3 trucks so it's been around for a while. Seems to be holding up pretty well. It's also very light and easy to remove, sweep underneath and reinstall.
https://bedrug.com/bedtred-impact-bed-mats

 

Interesting. I can't decide if I'm going to do a toneau cover, a spray in bed liner, a bed mat, or what combination of all 3.

 

I do all three. Factory spray in with a Ford bed mat. I use the tonneau cover in the winter, but usually take it off for the summer.

 

Depends on the use/abuse. If I used and abused the bed, I'd go Line-X all day and add a rubber bed mat if I were constantly dropping things into the bed. For me, it's mostly generators, lumber, bikes, camping gear and the motorcycle on occasion so the flat, plastic mat works really well for me. My mat has held up well but I don't think it'd stand up to pallets of material being constantly loaded or slid on it, I think they'd dig in and tear it up.

 

I said I'd never put a sled in the back of this truck... done it twice already. So I think I will LineX for sure just like the GMC and use my tractor supply horse stall mat. Not sure I'll need a toneau though, the back seat area is like a pick up truck bed.

 

If I special ordered a truck again, I'd probably skip the factory spray in and Line-X it. Not that the factory one is bad, but the Line-X is definitely better for about the same price.

 

Yeah I got my running boards at the place that does the LineX, they told me $500. I will probably do it soon. The plastic drop in bed liner is a piece of garbage. I don't like how it fits.

Picture of the truck in the sun... at sled camp this past weekend:


I have to show the pics of the truck in the sun, because everyone thinks it's a black truck.

 

Is it running better now, codes cleared and getting decent MPG?

 

Yeah, I had the drop in in my last F-150. I didn't realize how much bed space it wasted until I got this truck with the spray in. It also rattled which was pretty annoying if I opened the back window.

I like that color - I've only seen a few others like it.