Working Man's Trucks Let's See 'Em!

My truck does not make me a living but I do put it to work often

















It hauls lumber, gravel, mulch, shrubs, firewood, yard equipment, beer (lots of it), and my toys and truck parts

 

Right, "work"...

 

haha, yup. The cooler was slam full too

 

Yah, I don't want to beat this thread to death but it's not the shift cycling that does harm. It's the constant push under a load and the heat that builds as a result of using the wrong gearing. You can overheat the trans and burn the fluid, making the cooler a, + for plowing. Lots are tough because you can have a long push from one end to the other with a heavy pile on each pass. Shifting forward and then to reverse works the u-joints a bit harder than normal.
I been doing a 60x100 yard size lot for the last 12 years with a 90' GMC 3/4 ton that's an auto with original u-joints still. Really beat that old truck to death, she is not on the road, only plows the lot now.

 

I just picked up an 85 4runner and I've been wondering how well the Tacoma would do pulling it! Looks like you don't have any trouble with it so that is great to see. What size is your trailer if you don't mind me asking?

 

The Taco does fine they just hate hills when towing. A little more power would be nice (really want a supercharger). The trailer is 16' with single axle brakes, no problems stopping it. I also have Firestone Ride-Rites to keep the Taco level.

 

Ah, figured you had to have bagged it, that's a lot of weight on the tongue

 

Awesome, thanks for the info.

 

Yup the bags are awesome. I will post some before and after bag photos later when i get to my comp.

 

Before airbags: (blurry picture, it was cold as shit)

I towed like this one time. It was low but never hit the bumps.

After airbags: nice and level

 

Bed full of red oak split for fire place and trailer packed full of stuff too. Steel frame trailer, wish it was aluminum but hey when it's a barrow at no cost then why not.
This is typical heading to a job site. Gang box weighs a good 500 lbs and the other little one maybe 150 lbs. If its a longer job I'd have my stainless kobalt box strapped in with the gang box.


I need bags if I'm going to haul more frequently. I'm maybe an inch off the bump stops at best after re arranging the trailer.

 

It's like it's a whole different truck with the bags

 

It just saves everything in the long run, one of the best investments I ever made in my truck IMO

 

Hey Chris. Do ya have onboard air, or just keep them aired up to a certain psi,or just air them up as needed?

 

Naw, kid in college, no $ for a compressor, I ran the two fill lines through the plate that holds the 7 pin connector, i keep a bike pump in the truck, easy to pump up when needed.

 

Your leafs will be toast very soon

 

That's still onboard air
Thanks. I've been looking at some bags.

 

lol, guess that would make it my "manual air compressor"?

 

Yea,kinda like my neighbors wife

 

wait a minute, wouldn't that be more like a hot air balloon?