Northern Virginia Roll Call

bumper is finally done, the turn signals were a pain in the ass. I might try to rig up two mini might bars in place of the turn signals.

 

Well, the Taco is almost ready to hit the trails again. (And yes, I had to take a picture right beside my father's '57 Chevy after "mall crawling" at a Kruz'N on Saturday)

 

Damn, that is a lot of bumper.

 

Yeah, I can tell it's there...Looks like 4:88s' and lockers are coming sooner than I thought. This started out is a nice simple 2" lift camping setup....I hope it dosn't turn into my old 93' Toyota Pickup. I should really buy an 90s Toyota again and just start out with a SAS.

 

Water pump.

 

You make this getup, or purchase it?

 

I bought it cuz I didn’t have time but it wouldn’t be hard to build

 

Cool.

Who makes it and cost? If ya wanna say.

 

@ProForce has 2 different kits mine had options. He has a thread as well

 

Have you tested it out yet? I have been looking for something to rinse off my mountain bike with. Might wait til June in case I end up in a house but it might still be useful.

 

I did. In jet mode it will definitely work.

 

I have used pump sprayers that you get in the garden section of Lowes, HD, Walmart. They work pretty well. You just need to plan in advance of your ride and fill the container.

 

Interesting, how are you storing water?

I bought one of those but don’t really like it that much, maybe I’m not pumping it up enough though. I think I already broke it too

 

I have a 7 gallon water tank from Walmart or a Jerry can for short trips

 

I have my pump built in my bed cubby

 

Solid, I might have to look into that or something similar.

Do you have it from the same guy?

 

No i pieced it together and built it myself

 

Interesting, cheaper than that other one?

 

No idea. Was a while ago.

 

A quick update on my cancer situation for those following along.

I had a CT scan of my chest, abdomen and pelvis done yesterday. The CT shows no other abnormalities, so there isn't anything big enough to detect hiding anywhere. The final pathology report still hasn't come in yet.

I have a couple options for future treatment. I can just do monitoring for years and years, or I can do chemo or radiation and a shorter monitoring period. With just monitoring, the statistics say that I have a 25-30% chance of it coming back. If I do the chemo or radiation, the statistics of it coming back drop to less than 5%. That all assumes the final pathology report doesn't find anything else. If they do find something else, I pretty much have to do chemo or radiation treatments.

After I start the new job, I'll have to find a new primary care doctor and get referred to an urologist and probably need to at least speak to an oncologist as well to decide on the best course of action.