1987 4Runner- Expedition Build Up.

[Scenic WonderRunner]

Don't Test me....oh wise man of pulling trees.

I'm actually sorry for you.




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[Mr. Leary]

Sandbox!

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

Don't Test me....oh wise man of pulling trees.

I'm actually sorry for you.

Thank you for your concern Mr. Hippyman, but I have no interest in "testing" you. Oh wait. Calling you "Mr. Hippyman" is mean. I apologize.


On a better note, we've got snow today! Woohoo! Made our biggest snow man ever! Being from Louisiana means snow= cool.

Pretty snowman on the hood... went splat 2 seconds after this pic...

The big snow man

Cigarette lighter left eye, bottle cap right eye, miller light nose, and a bit of vine for the mouth. And a golfer's hat.


My little snow angel!

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

Some more pics from today!

My wife's classmates and professor and the snow man my 3 year old started.

Then I made this one... The base is about 5ft wide (took 4 of us to roll it)

Yours smartass truly and my better half

The Leary Mobile

Me and Leary take out our frustrations on each other with an inaccurate snowball fight!

Hey, polar bears arent as white as snow either! She does need a bath though!

 

[keezer36]

Snow, snow, snow. Happy, happy snow.
Yeah. Time to shovel my truck.

It was a foggy morning... and then it froze.

 

[Toyotero]

LaOutbackTrail,

I'm glad to read that everyone is OK after the accident.

Regarding your top and the damage, personally, I wouldn't try to fix it. Watch Craigslist for a new top. Around here, 4R tops on advertised frequently. I've picked up two for free in the last few years. You can turn the other into a hard bikini top or something like this:
http://yotatech.com/f116/first-gen-4runner-hard-top-modification-195216/

- Gene

I just had a WOW! moment a second ago. No, not "World of Warcraft" but a holy crap I could have killed someone.

Against better judgment, I used a bit of rope (thanks Mike) to pull down what was left of rotting tree. It came down in sections, but the last bit, about 2ft left out of the ground still needed to come out. So I backed up and put the rope back on it and gave another tug. First bit of tension didnt do anything so I gave another go to yank it. Well, the rope had enough kinetic energy to break the tree off at ground level and hurl it at the back of the truck!

Lesson learned.

The bit of the tree...

The damage....

Luckily, I had the back window down. But the impact broke the fiberglass and the window will not return to the full up position. :smilies27

So, I will never do that again, and I am DAMN glad no one was around the vehicle!

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

Its not broken that bad. Just a little cracked. I might go for a can back later this year. I'll probably replace the motor first though. I'd definitely like to get a Can-Back later though.

 

[RU55ELL]

Honestly, you could build yourself a canback pretty easily.

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

I had all morning to build this.....

In the process....

And my girls built this:

:elkgrin:

 

[RU55ELL]

Web Nazis at work are blocking the pics.

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

Web Nazis at work are blocking the pics.

They're hosted on facebook...

 

[Mr. Leary]

I had all morning to build this.....

Num Num Tum Tum?

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

Num Num Tum Tum?

You dum dum. Give me gum gum!

 

[Bones]

I had all morning to build this.....

In the process....

And my girls built this:

:elkgrin:

WOW :Wow1:
That's quite a talent you have there! You weren't kidding about making a bikini island statue! There's no way I could do that.
Hey, sorry about that snowball to the face last night........

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

I filled my truck up today... got a whopping 9 miles per gallon. I did get 314 miles to the tank, but I was towed nearly 200 miles... meaning I got nearly 200 miles to a gallon on that first gallon or so!

But, ****** that 200, I want to know why my truck is doing so horribly. Yes, its been city mileage.... but previous City MPG was 15-17...