- Joined
- May 15, 2020
- Messages
- 4,710
- Points
- 601
- Age
- 70
- City
- Atlanta
- State - Country
- GA - USA
- Other
- Manufacturers factory tour, maybe big dealership tour
- Vehicle Year
- 1997 1987
- Vehicle
- Ford Ranger
- Engine
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- Total Lift
- 97 stock, 3” on 87
- Total Drop
- N/A
- Tire Size
- 235/75-15
- My credo
- Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
@Peter_'86_2.9L_Auto came over to help with my mess. We started hunting around his truck for a fugitive gas oder. We couldn’t find anything, but came up with some suggestions to look for when he fills up. His 86 also has a couple little rust bubbles and a little rust hole up on the rain gutter on the driver side. We wire brushed that out a little bit, and just used some latex caulk to seal the drain in the rain gutter, and plug up the little rust hole. It will hold him until he figures out what he wants to do with painting the truck and such. He wants to make sure it’s mechanically sound before doing the cosmetic stuff.
Then he used his young agile strong back to get up on a ladder with one of those 6 foot long chainsaws and cut a few branches off my cable TV and phone lines coming to the house. After the branches were out of the way, I went up on the ladder and put two new hooks in and re-stretched the wires so they’re not hanging down low on my driveway.
We were heading to the other side of the house to cut down a couple bigger branches that I think the attic squirrels were using to get on and off the roof. Guessing those are 24 or 25 feet in the air. At my age, that’s the stratosphere, but Peter said he’d give it a try. I bought a used 28 foot ladder, but we both decided it was a little too late in the day and we were a little tired to be tackling that. I wanted to be in better shape in case he fell down and got hurt so I’d be in good spirits to call the ambulance.
We did a few other little things with the trucks and tires and such.
After Peter left, Lincoln and I took the Missing Linc to go after some almost new trench drains. Around here a 40 inch goes for about $80, and a 20 inch goes for about $40. I bought four 40 inch and sixteen 20 inch for a total of $100. I love craigslist/marketplace. I need 12 of the 20 inches to go across my driveway where the concrete apron meets the edge of the bricks that make up most of the driveway. When you start to go around the side of the house, I need about 10 feet to continue the downspout drain across the driveway down to a storm sewer. And I’ll still have two or three left when I’m done. Peter brings me luck!
Then I ate some black cherries mixed with vanilla yogurt, healthy, and low cal and delicious. I have a call in now to the cute little brunette to see if I can take the rest of the day off.
It was a good day.
Then he used his young agile strong back to get up on a ladder with one of those 6 foot long chainsaws and cut a few branches off my cable TV and phone lines coming to the house. After the branches were out of the way, I went up on the ladder and put two new hooks in and re-stretched the wires so they’re not hanging down low on my driveway.
We were heading to the other side of the house to cut down a couple bigger branches that I think the attic squirrels were using to get on and off the roof. Guessing those are 24 or 25 feet in the air. At my age, that’s the stratosphere, but Peter said he’d give it a try. I bought a used 28 foot ladder, but we both decided it was a little too late in the day and we were a little tired to be tackling that. I wanted to be in better shape in case he fell down and got hurt so I’d be in good spirits to call the ambulance.
We did a few other little things with the trucks and tires and such.
After Peter left, Lincoln and I took the Missing Linc to go after some almost new trench drains. Around here a 40 inch goes for about $80, and a 20 inch goes for about $40. I bought four 40 inch and sixteen 20 inch for a total of $100. I love craigslist/marketplace. I need 12 of the 20 inches to go across my driveway where the concrete apron meets the edge of the bricks that make up most of the driveway. When you start to go around the side of the house, I need about 10 feet to continue the downspout drain across the driveway down to a storm sewer. And I’ll still have two or three left when I’m done. Peter brings me luck!
Then I ate some black cherries mixed with vanilla yogurt, healthy, and low cal and delicious. I have a call in now to the cute little brunette to see if I can take the rest of the day off.
It was a good day.
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