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Old guy, really new member
Hey Folks: I'm a vehicle guy. My wife and I show at car shows and cruise-ins, our '03 Mustang Mach 1, in Torch Red (which with exhaust mods, sounds even better than it looks). We have the usual sedans for family travel...
But the reason I get up in the morning is my teal '93 Sierra. I'm retired, but actually work harder than ever; we search out and survey historic old iron furnaces, forges, truss bridges, coke ovens, even the odd abandoned dam ever now and again. To date, we've found 63 historic iron furnaces in 7 states. Of them all, even some that required a canoe or boat to get to, my wife has been to 61 of them.
So anyhow, I've built up my truck to accommodate that kind of endeavor. Here is a short list of some of items that remain in the truck always (I have a locking bed cover on it). In addition, I refuse to own a truck without its having two batteries jointly wired with a blade disconnect (and an third in the back serving as a jumper), both front and rear receiver hitches, driving/fog lights and the other usual stuff. That includes a 4,000 watt generator, a pumpkin type air compressor (runs off the generator), 12,000 pound winch for the receivers front and rear, 5 gallon can of gasoline with tapered funnel, and other assorted gear and tools.
In my rear window, I have a gun rack on which innocently sit a couple of fly fishing rods. An umbrella too. And under that, behind the seat and unseen, is either a 45-70, or 44 magnum lever action rifle.
And, I'm a project guy. I must have always, some kind of project going; otherwise, I'd simply die of boredom. I designed, fabricated and installed my front receiver hitch. I built a rack system for carrying my 17 foot Grumman aluminum canoe. Following that, last spring and summer, I built a canoe trailer, and so now, am using the left-over rack parts to build a front brush guard and driving light mount. It will be receiver mounted, so I can readily interchange between winch and brush guard.
It is my plan, to enter the truck into shows and cruis-ins as well, equipped for the work it does, and with a good sized batch of photos of furnaces and other such like it has helped us to find and document. It really looked good when I bought it 6 years, and looks better today.
I'm looking forward to fellowshipping with others of the truck persuasion, and anticipate having a great time doing it.
Therefore I am and remain, sincerely yours, Julabee Paul Jones
But the reason I get up in the morning is my teal '93 Sierra. I'm retired, but actually work harder than ever; we search out and survey historic old iron furnaces, forges, truss bridges, coke ovens, even the odd abandoned dam ever now and again. To date, we've found 63 historic iron furnaces in 7 states. Of them all, even some that required a canoe or boat to get to, my wife has been to 61 of them.
So anyhow, I've built up my truck to accommodate that kind of endeavor. Here is a short list of some of items that remain in the truck always (I have a locking bed cover on it). In addition, I refuse to own a truck without its having two batteries jointly wired with a blade disconnect (and an third in the back serving as a jumper), both front and rear receiver hitches, driving/fog lights and the other usual stuff. That includes a 4,000 watt generator, a pumpkin type air compressor (runs off the generator), 12,000 pound winch for the receivers front and rear, 5 gallon can of gasoline with tapered funnel, and other assorted gear and tools.
In my rear window, I have a gun rack on which innocently sit a couple of fly fishing rods. An umbrella too. And under that, behind the seat and unseen, is either a 45-70, or 44 magnum lever action rifle.
And, I'm a project guy. I must have always, some kind of project going; otherwise, I'd simply die of boredom. I designed, fabricated and installed my front receiver hitch. I built a rack system for carrying my 17 foot Grumman aluminum canoe. Following that, last spring and summer, I built a canoe trailer, and so now, am using the left-over rack parts to build a front brush guard and driving light mount. It will be receiver mounted, so I can readily interchange between winch and brush guard.
It is my plan, to enter the truck into shows and cruis-ins as well, equipped for the work it does, and with a good sized batch of photos of furnaces and other such like it has helped us to find and document. It really looked good when I bought it 6 years, and looks better today.
I'm looking forward to fellowshipping with others of the truck persuasion, and anticipate having a great time doing it.
Therefore I am and remain, sincerely yours, Julabee Paul Jones
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