Calamity tacos build thread that was for a tacoma but now is for a ford! crazy times we are in!

Ya we tried that and it got stuck haha. Had to back the trailer to be a bit more flat then it finally came out

 

Diggy diggy hole! Well more of a trench? Idk you get the point!

 

well the first 20ft section is done also yes i did fix how some of the blocks were not perfectly straight. they got bumped when adding the cement and rebar into the blocks.

next i gotta dig out the 6ft section to the same level as the other section and start cutting rebar and putting concrete in also. i do also need to get my drain started after the wall is finished so gotta dig out a section on the side of the blocks on the right side and get some gravel layed over top. then i can start putting the dirt down and packing it in and then get the rest of the gravel for the top section. theeeeen get the cap bits for the blocks on so it looks nicer.


and i guess a side project for the gf is she is wanting me to level that area on the other side of the wall with dirt so she can make a little garden with flowers and what not so this area should look a lot nicer once its all said and done!

 

Not much work minus pulling some dirt from the trailer. We did dig the 2nd trench deeper but hitting some more roots so gotta work on that today.

 

Well I was on my way to my buddies place. And someone lost a ladder everyone went to the left and one group about crashed so I went into the middle lane and someone hit it into the middle lane... So I ran it over no damage thankfully. But on the way home a damn chunk of wood came up from a semi truck and it flew up and hit my grill in the section that still has a grill and broke it even more... Like maaan come on lmao

 

Bud, you may wanna just get that thing traded. It seems cursed.

 

I’ve actually had a ladder run over situation myself once. Funniest item was a couch on a bridge about 20 years ago. Scariest was a piece of scrap metal fly off truck bed into and through breaking my window once. That could have hurt or killed me. My wife had a tire explosion on semi in front and fly in air then land and break her window once. That was a crazy one.

 

man its starting to feel that way! i just want a nice truck that is not crazy expensive damnit!

damn thats wild on the metal bit!

 

Today was a busy day and sadly annoying one.. got a lot done but sadly couldn't finish more then we did since my dad's trailer broke again .... It was patched and sorta fixed but not done properly and it broke again so it limited what we could load into the trailer. After that we went to drop off the mini skid steer and the truck has the curse I guess... Had something show up on the dash for a split second and go away which is low oil pressure and then it went back to normal. According to a lot of people it's just a sensor/switch that causes this but ATM the truck is parked and waiting till it goes into the body shop Monday. Since it could be an issue from the deer incident or just a sensor/switch failing... Fun times I guessa

 

How'd the 2.7L tow that Dingo machine?

 

Dude if I didn't need a truck I'd go to a damn car... Idk why everything I get now after breaking the grey Tacoma has to have an issue but it does.. it's honestly starting to wear me down...

it did great tbh no issues had tow haul on locked out 6th so it would stay in 5th and the truck towed it great.

 

Yeah I hear ya on that.

That's good. Does it tow better than the Tacos?

 

Ya.. I just want a truck without issues... Hopefully it's just a sensor like people state...

Leaps and bounds better then the Tacoma. Both of my Tacoma's would struggle around 5k lbs they could do it but they were not happy at all. The only thing I can compare is to is my old ranger that would tow amazing and made the Tacoma's feel pathetic when towing. But this truck tows better then it and handles a load way better I like the truck a lot but I'm bummed about what's going on with it now..

 

Bummer about the sensor and trailer.

 

Photo is from an odd angle but there is not stored codes so from reading online that points to the sensor? Most said if it was the sending unit it would lose pressure fully and have none under acceleration. My light came on for a split second then went back to normal and everyone says it's the sensor/switch that causes that.

 

Crazy

 

I'm hopeful it's a sensor it's a cheap fix but I have no clue how to test and see if it's a sensor....

The trailer tbh has been on the way out for years! My dad got it back in the early 90s and we have overloaded it idk how many times! We have used and abused that old trailer so it's time to just set it as a farm trailer and that's it lol.

 

Ya I've been reading forums and posts and everything points to this sensor.. some have stated that when the sensor/switch goes bad it leaks a bit of oil and will get onto where the sensor plugs in? And will cause it to do intermittent issues like this. A lot have ran the truck for months to years and had no issues then got it fixed. ATM I'm going to let it sit and let the shop know about it that it most likely has to do with the deer incident and see if they will look into it for me.

 

Yeah I’d say it’s connected for sure.