My son turned 18 this winter and has drawn up his own house plans, has his wood storage all planned out, and has a source of free firewood logs. He is even planning a processor build! Yesterday he bought his very own truck! My brother trailered it home for him (it needs a starter). We still have to unload it today. I wish I had as good of a start as he has. Watching the next generation learn and grow up is very exciting. He comes up with some really cool ideas. Some of them might not always be practical, but he is using his brain and gaining experience. Here is a picture of him sitting in his truck. It’s a 1969 F600. It still has the split rims, so we will be looking for replacements. If anyone has input on this, we are all ears! It has a 300 under the hood, and that is one of our favorite engines. 5 speed with a 2 speed rear. He is one happy cat! He can’t wait to make a bed for it and haul a load of wood.
That looks a lot like the one I tried to fly in...brakes went out and I tried to downshift (wasn't happening!) So I got it back in forth gear n stomped on the 352v8 to make sure I had enough speed to clear the ditch that was quickly coming up! Fortunately nobody was coming up the crossroad, and we did clear the ditch...got stuck in the field though...bossman was pizzed when he found out the farm manager knew about the brake line leaking and didn't say anything...no proportioning valve/split system on that ole beast, so when the brakes go out, they go out! It was a dump truck, rode like a buckboard when empty...good thing the seat foam was thick and it had good springs!! Darn thing should have had some foam glued to the ceiling instead of that factory press board "headliner"
Well if I had bounced much harder I would have either broke my neck, or punched my own custom hole in the roof! The poor guy that was riding with me has that day has had a nervous twitch ever since too!
He found a set of tubeless rims in SD and they are on their way here. He will have to clean them ip and paint them, but they look pretty good. WAY better than the set we saw for sale in MI….man, those were junk. Getting the surface rust off of them should keep him busy for a while. It might even get him to help put together the big air compressor so we can run the sand blaster.
The rims left South Dakota last night and were supposed to be here Thursday. I woke up to my phone ringing and it was the truck driver. He was already here! We got the rims unloaded and one of them is too narrow. I called the shipper and they are sending a replacement. I will probably make a makeshift spindle for the rims to spin on so my son can clean them up easier. They won’t fit in my vibratory tumbler, so that’s not an option. I think if we spin the rims, a fine flap wheel and a wire wheel should do a pretty good job. Then they can get primed and painted. These are photos from the shipper.
