What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Finally got around to wiring up my two-tone Matt Gecko bed lights. Took a bit of elbow grease getting the larger switch into the bed near my OR's inverter plug, and use of the soldering iron, heat-shrink, and denso tape, but it lit-off perfectly. Pics to follow...

I extended the ground (well, made my own using #12 stranded) to an exisiting hole in the frame.. No drilling. Also gonna finish up wiring a cigarette power adapter in the right-side dogg-door storage cubby.

 

I just found out about the backside of that inverter the other day. I went in from the front instead.

 

That sounds about right. Personally, I miss the floor shift and manual locking hubs.

 

Another long awaited camping trip with my spouse, my dog and the Taco.

 

Sorry to hear your kids went through that. Smart move with trauma kit, best thing to have, you won’t regret it. I live in Canada and even though we have crazy gun laws (which I don’t agree with) the more guns they’ve banned the more shootings have gone up here. In my tiny town that never has ANYTHING happen, we had two shootings in ONE DAY including one where two dudes literally mag dumped federal officers investigating a complaint of “trespassers searching through the stuff in the owner’s yard” it was like 50 shots fired between the time officers could take cover and respond with return fire. Absolutely nuts. It sucks too because we don’t have any kind of castle doctrine, or stand your ground laws, or are allowed to carry anything for self defence (not even pepper spray, pocket knives etc.) they keep banning guns from law abiding licensed owners for public safety and shootings have increased by literally hundreds of percentage points because gangs/criminal's don’t follow law, and every time they catch them and post guns they were using it’s always something that’s been prohibited in Canada for decades like subcompacts and “high capacity mags” anyways, in light of this and dangerous work I do, I built a trauma kit too that can handle literally almost everything you could think of. Just driving home I’ve been first on scene of two really bad events when I wasn’t prepared, and one man died who wouldn’t have if I could’ve effectively slowed his blood loss. So I talked to some military and police friends and built a kit and practiced using it. Here’s my set up, tucked safely where I can easily grab it

 

I actually took the whole assembly apart (out), including separating the storage bin and the inverter plug.

I plan to put the inverter plug INSIDE the storage bin. Taking the inverter plug out of the bin out made it much easier to drill the hole for the SPDT switch I had to install. Still required me to use the circular file some to get the fit correct..

 

I have had my blue sea switch inside that pocket, but my newest appliance has a short cord, so I need that extra 3-4 inches. And it’s all covered with a tonneau. I like the idea of putting the inverter plug inside the pocket, I don’t use it anyways.

 

So sorry your kids had to experience this man. Thankful they weren't hurt and that you were there to get them to safety quickly. If you haven't already, consider putting them in counseling for a while to work through it and process it effectively in a healthy manner. Stuff like this can cause some serious PTSD, sometimes manifesting years and years later by other triggering events. They're kids, they're resilient, and I'm confident they're probably all "fine" now that some time has passed, and its nothing more than a crazy story to them now; but don't count out counseling, even if they don't feel like they need it. Its not expensive, and I say even the healthiest and mentally-well adults could benefit from a few sessions.

 

Our school district has "crisis teams" that come in and hang out when stuff like this happens, last year we had the shoot out a few blocks away and those teams were in the school talking with everyone. So we are having them meet with them this week. My daughter has a good circle, and is part of a highschool dance team (she is middle school) so she has a bunch of older girls in her group that she can talk with also.
As a parent you always want your kids to talk to you, but I also know that kids dont want to talk to their parents all the time about things.

 

Always a great idea to have a good kit in the vehicle for sure! While many folks have basic First Aid, CPR/AED these days (wish more did, though) taking an Emergency Medical Responder course (56 hours through American Red Cross) would be better still! https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/emergency-medical-response

 

For sure man, glad to hear the school has some good resources and is being proactive about it. As far as your dance-dad parade taco, I've been there lol. I drove my truck in my local parade with my daughter in the back throwing out candy a couple years back. Had I been as cool as you, I would've thrown a bucket seat in the back for her, but my carpeted bed platform did the trick lol. I joked with her for weeks about threatening to ratchet strap her down like a seatbelt so she wouldn't fall out. I guess I found that funnier than she did

 

Washed and detailed it.

 

Installed the full Chrome delete kit from AJT Design over the weekend. Had already done their door handle covers and was very happy so went for the full kit. Looks great and Mike from AJT was a big help with making sure I got the pieces I needed.

 

Welp, finally quit being a chickenshit and did the viper cut I've been wanting to do for about 2 years now.

 

Doggos seem less than impressed.

 

To be fair they are super critical of all my endeavours. They just want to eat cat poop.

 

Lifted the truck, 3” Ironman lift and 255/80/17 falken wildpeak. Looking for a super low profile mud flap… the husky ones I was hoping for pictured below are discontinued apparently. Anyone know of any similar flaps?

 

@44-16 Taco At this point, I guarantee you spent far more time researching, pondering, second guessing, than it took to do the cut and install.
Looks great! Way to man up. Maybe we can get @RIX TUX to send out your man card! No offense meant. Lol

 

Facts. I have high hopes on finally qualifying for the elusive man card.