I could only do vertical on some of these rounds. Those were massively heavy bastages brother!!! Ooooff!! I’m used to horizontal ways but usually the rounds aren’t that heavy....thank ya anyways!
We do what we have to, dont we... I've got some coming up that will be vertical as well. Check out what we got in lately on the Dixie thread.
That’s what I was thinking for the trailer and new tires like NH mountain man and Horkn were sayin about air springs for the back axle. I was just hoping to give it some better lift so it wasn’t on such a squat. The tires are great but trailer is some 40-50 years old so that needs some work. Am I thinking is it worth asking if a spring replacement might do something or like you say? Any thread on here might bear fruit on that advice?
I would look at putting air bags, not shocks, on your truck. Its what I had to do to handle the dump trailer. Here is a great site to look at... Leaf Springs, Helper Springs and Suspension Parts | SD Truck Springs
Thank you very very much they have a generic video that showed installation and all captioned for that matter! Gonna look into this.
I have a buddy who has had a series of Frontiers and would not have a Toyota on a bet. My impression is that they are good solid trucks and a great bargain compared to a comparable Toyota!
When the craziness is over, give a holler and maybe we can dress that trailer a bit! Rightway Spring in Tacoma may have some leafs you can add to the existing spring set.
That’s sounding like a great idea, Russ! I know redoing the trailer siding and flooring is in the works for sure, so it would seem brand new if that trailer got some new set of springs, bit more oomph!
I had an older one by two years than the one I have now. It hardly had a hiccup with any of its internal engine parts. Just replacement of more moving parts. Sold that one because gas was at $4 then. If it hasn’t stopped running on me then it’s hard to say it’s a terrible truck. Getting close to 200K now.The Toyotas also have older vehicles still on the road today but less so than 10 years ago. Having said that, its apparent that details and corners were not cut in some of these vehicles because they didn’t falter when even Chevys and Fords had done so and they were newer. I had a Ford 86 Ranger, still a good truck but it was me constantly replacing things so I learned a lot from it. Truck care is important and it’ll give back what you care likely in return. But can’t have a quality truck if it wasn’t started with quality.
The smell on some of them was getting me confused. Not horse pizz but slightly stinky. I’ve had cut red oak before in the form of dunnage/broken down skid runners(pallet would be too small to call those). Ooowhee...if red oak was a stinky cheese... I’m aware this tree was cut down because it was dying though. I’m only barely learning with oaks, but this tree had many different shapes of leaves so ID on exactly what oak it was would be my wonder. Also when I was splitting it, the heartwood was giving off a reddish tinge but I assume those are just tannins? Either way I’m happy with this one. It’s a nice full cord and some change. The benefits, choosing whether or not to sell because I’m able to spare with wood a little bit. It’s also not my only source of oak but it has to be one of the nicer scores of it, no real rot, lots of good consistent lengths with variations. All stove friendly and I hardly ever sell unless it’s deemed appropriate.
