Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage

[Strouty]

He does tree work, he will add a dumping flatbed and haul logs too. It goes decent, AC works too.

 

[Strouty]

Well, the adventure has begun! There is a non factory fuel filter that we are trying to find in order to see if it is causing the stuttering at highway speeds, found a place that might have them, but they are a few miles up the road, fingers crossed.

 

[xtremek]

Good luck, Strouty. Hope you make it home safe.

 

[Strouty]

Think we fixed it, stupid little filter needs to go.

 

[Horror Business]

Doesn't look any heavier duty than the Perk. If it's not an upgrade, why want it?

You must be new here….

 

[neverdone]

That looks like an ex PPL truck

 

[mybigwarwagon]

From the looks of what came out of that filter you may need a couple of them.

 

[rmack898]

That filter looks like it belongs on a lawn mower, not a medium duty truck.

 

[Strouty]

We didn’t have any easy way to eliminate the filter, so we put a new one on, but yes, it should not be part of this truck at all.

Made it back, almost 24 hours, didn’t even get to eat dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, they closed at 10 and we rolled by around 11:30. Interstate 84 in Connecticut was a total killer, there was only one lane down from three for about 5 or 6 miles, took almost an extra hour to get through and that wasn’t the only place that slowed us down.

 

[xtremek]

I hope you're not up for another 2 hours, and I hope it's really good sleep.

 

[Strouty]

I wish…..

I have t meet people at 10 am. I can rest next week.

 

[1Garageman]

WOW, what a trip, again!

So what is your choice of drink to get you awake in the morning?

 

[Strouty]

Water.

I know I am going to disappoint a nameless person, but I don't like or drink coffee.

 

[Kev442]

Any trip that ends with you and the vehicle in the driveway is a good one. Never got addicted to coffee either.

 

[Strouty]

I am dragging now, probably going to try and go to bed early tonight. I still have to load all the tires and rims on the trailer with the F-550 frame. I may do that tomorrow afternoon, I don’t want to wait until Sunday to do it, I just want to roll out with the load, then roll back in with the new chassis and parts. I ended up taking Bev and leaving Perk at the Salvage Garage, it was nice to drive Bev, it has been a while.

 

[walrus]

supposed to be rainy Sunday so get that loaded on Saturday

 

[xtremek]

Not surprised you're dragging. Sleep well, Sir.

 

[Strouty]

Haven't even made it home yet, also haven't had lunch yet, guess dinner will have to suffice.

 

[Strouty]

Bev now has a big brother, owned by my little brother.......

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Water.

I know I am going to disappoint a nameless person, but I don't like or drink coffee.

You need to put some bean squeezins in there. Everyone needs an addiction.

 

[kaymccampbell]

You need to put some bean squeezins in there. Everyone needs an addiction.

Burbs ain't enough?

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Burbs ain't enough?

That isn't an addiction, it is a way of life.

 

[Orionrising]

hah, I never drank coffee till about 3 months ago. Still hate the taste, but it wakes me up.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

hah, I never drank coffee till about 3 months ago. Still hate the taste, but it wakes me up.

Sounds like you need better coffee. Are you brewing it yourself or buying it premade

 

[Orionrising]

brewing it, trying various breakfast blends as i dont like dark and bitter.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

brewing it, trying various breakfast blends as i dont like dark and bitter.

Try adding a pinch of salt to the grounds before brewing. Takes the bitterness out.

 

[Strouty]

I hope you weren’t drinking coffee at 1 AM???

Overcast here today, tomorrow will probably ****, going to be unloading and then loading again in the rain. Oh well, it will be nice to have it done, then I have the transfer case to start figuring out how to build Perk 2.0.

 

[930dreamer]

Anytime is a good time to have a nice cupa!

 

[mybigwarwagon]

When I was in college my roommate said I drank coffee in my sleep. Literally.

 

[Strouty]

Decided to put the the tires together, prints and all, it was slow at first, but then once things were figured out it started moving faster. If I had been alone, it would have taken quite a bit longer, but it would be doable. I would not want to do a lot of them if I was alone, it would be some serious effort. Took about 4.5 hours to mount 5 tires, this included cleaning up the rusty rims a bit more and painting them, I also ran a rethreading die over all the beadlock studs, we definitely did a few things wrong more than a few times, all I can say is tire lube is your friend.

 

[walrus]

truck tires are a young mans game, hard work. When I was young and dumb I worked in a tire shop. Learned I didn't want to do that the rest of my life.

 

[Bighead38]

I thought of Strouty yesterday. I have a neighbor named CH who has been here 25-30 years. He had always been a car guy and we got along great. Well he went out on disability and became a hermit. He stopped working on the various car projects he had and they have sat that way for 10 years or more now. Anyway there was another neighbor Pat who would seem to come around for a while and then go back to California for a while. Well Pat left a suburban in his driveway and disappeared for good. This had to of been 6-7 years ago. It was really clean and all there, just needed head gaskets or something simple like that. I tried to buy it a few times and he would never sell it. Yesterday I saw a pickup with Florida plates sitting in the road. A little while later the Florida pickup pulled out pulling the burb on a uhual dolly. I can’t believe he finally sold it.

I saw the truck because I was in my driveway working on a Freightliner flat bed. It was brutally hot working on it.

 

[Strouty]

Burbs and Freightliners! We can ditch the heat though.

I am about to head out with the tires and the frame, going the back roads as the highway is already a parking lot, everyone is headed home early because of the ****** weather.


The last rim is tucked into the frame, I already brought him one tire.


We also got one of Dad’s tires mounted up, he will be happy about that.

 

[xtremek]

Seeing the tires loaded with the frame gives one a good perspective. DAANNNGGGGG, they're big.

 

[Strouty]

Those are the small tires, the big ones are on the new chassis. I showed up and the guy had his military wrecker ready to load the frame, we unloaded the F-550 frame, then the tires, then he setup to load the frame I was buying. A bunch of snap, crackle, and pop later and his PTO shaft was in pieces on the ground.

so we had to use Perk to load the chassis, it was almost too heavy, I had to pick one end at a time and then he had to use his tractor to push the frame as I rotated the boom because I didn’t have enough power to pull it and lift it. We got it loaded, I just got back, and I avoided most traffic and almost every drop of rain.

Random pics from the adventure.

 

[harley jim]

Using your truck for what you built it for must feel pretty good. Cant wait to see what you build next

 

[Strouty]

Or rebuild….

I like to take things apart more than put them back together.

 

[xtremek]

So exactly how much of this do you think will end up being used for Perk 2.0? How close are you to having all the pieces for 2.0?

 

[Strouty]

Perk 2.0 is only getting the transfer case. The rest is for the F-700 crew cab.

As far as parts, I probably have 50% so far. I have the front axle, the engine, the transmission, but I still have to figure out rear axle, but my frame rails, tires and rims, there is a ton more work, but that is why it makes sense to build a completely separate chassis and then transplant the cab and nose last.

I was doing a bit of “soul searching” on the ride home. As much as I want to replace the transmission in Perk, I think it will make more sense to wait. I still need to move the Mitsu a few times, Clark needs to go over to the SG, I need to finish the shop at the Hill, there are dozens of other things as well. I have to get some of the big **** sold, small **** scrapped, trailers emptied, old truck boxes disposed of, basically I want to really start the cleanup process. I have a pretty good handle on what I need to complete the projects, so I can start singling out the parts that are being saved so some of the trucks can go away. I want to go into this winter ready to do projects rather than trying to fight the snow trying to find my parts.

 

[jakemac]

I like to take things apart more than put them back together.

Everytime I did that as a kid, I would get yelled at by my grandparents.
…………………….. It never stop me.