NJ B.S. Thread

So then Jerry, what year Pickup would be a good one to start a crawler build on?

 

I'll bring the margis!

Lol

I know, I want to show up at his house and a take a tour. I would be in heaven!

 

85 straight axle and fuel injection,but that is out of the box if your building something it all depends on how much money you want to spend.

 

Great old trucks. Mine took quite a beating. Never got around to putting a newer bed on it. No internet to help figure things out back then. It was trial and error. I'm seeing the headlights of something I'm guessing was pretty big peeking over the back of the bed.

 

#3 t-boned and totaled

 

Lower budget to start. More of a "if I find one what year is good to start with" then mod when money allows

 

Chevy with 12in of lift in that pic(small block) end up with 18in of lift and 454 bb

 

FAP FAP FAP

 

I remember that one - we talked about that before.

 

motor and 1ton rears are still under steps at my buddies shop

 

My parents have one, we've had 2 now one we got for free from one of my dad's customers it was an older model. It always needed work (water pump, heater, busted jets, etc) it was a PITA. We sold it a couple years ago and picked up a brand new 7 seater. It's virtually maintenance free it has one of the oxygenator thingies (forget the technical term) but basically we check the pH and alklaninity every month and add chemicals as necessary. We leave it running year around and sometimes go in in the winter and it's pretty nice doing a polar bear plunge into a 105* water in the middle of winter. I think ours is a 220V though it has a big ass 2 pole breaker wired to a seperate distribution panel in the basement. When we installed just built a small level platform using pressure treated 4x4s. The only problems we've had with the new one is the flow switch for the pump flow broke once so the heater wouldn't turn on since it's a safety feature (to prevent burning up the heater without flow), but it was easy to troublehshoot with a multimeter and a cheap part to replace.

First off you put bromine in a hot tub not chlorine, that's probably why

 

I friend of mine owns a pool store and he sells this brand. http://www.durasportspas.com/ Only takes 110V and half the price as some of the bigger name brands and they are nice. I just thought you were looking for the cheapest way to get one.

 

Nice choice but I would have said a '84 with the 22r carb motor and do a propane kit on it. No worries about running out of gas because your on a steep angle.
Here's a pic of my 4 runner.

 

Sadly I feel like hot tubs are like pools, they have an initial cost and maintenance cost that if you don't use it enough it's not worth it. If you think you will use it enough I say go for it I can see it being awesome after a long weekend of snowboarding or riding.