What's the craziest/most interesting/unique item you've ever hauled or towed with your Taco?

My parents bought a townhouse brand new in 2007 and pretty much built it from the ground up. I loved that house. It was an end unit town house; 2 stories plus a finished basement; 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths (plus a rough-in for a 3rd full bathroom in the basement), roughly 2,500 square feet, hardwood floors, granite countertops and wall oven in the kitchen; 2-car garage; Plus it was close to work; I f*cking loved that house! Even better were the memories made there, mostly in the basement (with a girl ). We lived there for just under 9 years but it feels like a lifetime. I was 18 and just out of high school when we moved in. I was 27 and less than a year out of college when we moved out.

Basically, between December 2015 and April 2015, we moved a lot of stuff into storage so the house wouldn't seem as cluttered when the realtor showed it to potential buyers. My truck was used to move a lot of our stuff into storage...

That's my bike in the back of my truck. 2008 Giant Boulder SE; Best bike I've ever owned!

 

I've never driven with a girl. passenger seats are reserved for food boxes, Xbox console, and hopefully someday a puppy

 

Also people will be less likely to mess with it if it stands out.. Mines lifted, one of my friends spelled out COMPENS8ING really big on the top of my windshield with painters tape once.

 

I have to find a pic but I loaded about almost 1,500 pounds of computers, severs, networking gear, rackmount equipment, and an entire fully loaded 6 foot server rack from Downtown San Francisco, across the Bay Bridge, and to my house.

I have never loaded my truck with that much stuff before (mind you I have a '98 2.7l). The handling was like something I've never felt before. It was horrible. The body roll was insane. I was driving so slow on the Bay bridge (in fears of me tipping over or something) that people were honking at me.

Driving in downtown SF with a load like that IS NOT FUN. The hills are insane. I couldn't imagine doing it in a manual.

 

I don't know if you know, but I work at a bar/music venue called Puck. My official job title is barback, but I am considered a runner. I'm the guy with the pickup truck who is able to show up at a moment's notice on a busy night and pick up ice, booze, whatever...

One day, my close friend and boss (the General Manager) had me and another barback load up my Tacoma with these very heavy planters (soil and all) and take them to a residential property owned by Puck's owner. There were like 4 of these things, and each one required both of us to move it...

We loaded up the truck, and I underestimated how much these damn things would effect my truck's braking performance...

Me and the other barback just hauling ass on the curvy backroad, windows down, radio blasting...

I signal and begin to make the right turn, and I almost go head on into one of the 2 foot by 2 foot stone pillars at the entry to the driveway of the owner's house... I would have totaled the Tacoma for sure if I hit that thing...

 

Pre-Tacoma 22re pickup. F250 Powerstroke, with F250 transmission and a new engine hoist. Truck managed it all impressively well.

 

August 2016...

Surf's up!

 

August 2016...

When we gutted and redid the Marble Room...

 

August 2016...

The bar where I work, like any bar, goes through paper products like a Chevy Suburban goes through gas!

 

Picking up supplies for the bar where I work from what I refer to as "The Best Buy of the Service Industry!"




This picture shows the very reason I want to put a UHAUL hitch on my Tacoma and use my dad's hitch hauler on supply runs...

 

My friend Pat owns a steak and hoagie place in Doylestown, and from about mid-2015 to early spring 2016, he paid me to drive out to Costco for food and supplies once a week. This added over a thousand dollars a year to my annual income! Unfortunately, Pat found a more economical alternative to Costco and no longer needed me to make these weekly runs...




However, I still do fill in as a delivery driver for my man Pat when he's really busy!

 

I towed a parade float once. That was pretty wild. I might be able to find a picture on my old phone, but it was a cool experience.
When my dad moved I moved his ammo, about 10,000 rounds of various calibers.
Other than that nothing too interesting, couches, fridge, bicycles, dirt bikes, trailer...

 

Towed a crappy right side drive CRX for my cousin. Best though, is my '40. That is because a cop almost rear ended a semi because he was too distracted looking at my car on the trailer when I stopped to get gas.
My big block did get a few looks when I brought it home from the builder.

 

Quad in the bed and my old baja ghia on a flatbed. Needed bags for sure way too much tongue weight but towed pretty well besides that

 

This is random, but my friend used to have a cat named Oreo....

 

I hate moving these tables around at work. They are so damn heavy!