For Stock Rigs Only

Go fishing

 

Man

 

X2

 

Rule #10

 

Technically I do too.

 

I understand. That's a no-go zone for me as well

 

Boredom has set in at 110%

 

Good evening ya stock-a-lots.

 

Wonder how many days Jeff has left in prison?

 

Guessing 2 weeks

 

Since I had to cancel/reschedule all of the work that I had planned for the week, I'm seriously considering heading north Thursday to find some remote campsite. Preferably on the water.

 

Better to be in the mountains with... and it was possible to start the engine by rolling downhill in gear and popping the clutch. Like hand propping an airplane...
I have the MT as I did on the '84 Toyota Longbed Deluxe, my first new vehicle. Dad spec'd out his last truck as I would have, so I wound up with it after he passed on.
Barcelona Red passed 25,000 miles yesterday, likely while driving through Frederickson Farms near Umatilla over and through dry and wet silt along the Columbia River (County Road 930) around several big cornfields (sweet corn) though I did think of chickens. Popped back out on WA-14 to cross the bridge and get into Kennewick the back way (not Interstate). Wheel wells are dirty, and the AC drain dripped after the workout. We'll get back up to 99 this week, but it was nice to have lows of 52 on the west side of the Cascades.

For Alex, 709 miles highway, 29.766 gallons, $136.61, so that comes out to 23.82 miles per gallon. I have an IH Scout book that compiled magazine road tests, and it didn't matter what engine International put in the truck, Farmall I-4, V-8 (304, 345, 392), the AMC I-6, or the Chrysler-Nissan diesel, the fuel efficiency figures were the result of the weight (mass) of the truck. I get about 18 mpg in town. It's great exercise for my left foot, too. 60-70 mph... 65 is about my max since I like to see what's going on outside the truck. (As someone said during and after this trip, "You're retired so you can slow down down." Everybody slowed down on I-84 for clean-up crews, and our line passed a chrome diamond plate fender next to a jersey barrier. Ouch!) Lighten the load...burn less fuel.

 

Its hard to keep it stock for long, but I can appreciate how clean they do look when stock!

 

Good morning hauler of the metal

 

Nah....it's easy. Just let the stockness flow through you.

 

Fishing?

 

Not at the moment.

 

Slacker