Old mans more rugged than I thought...

[koda6966]

So, my dad finally decided to take the cap off his truck, since it weighs around 300lbs and thats decreasing his maximum payload. He also wanted it to be easier to fit a pallet of stone on the back of it.
Before and Afters.

They get bigger if you click em. Which do you think looks better?
Poor things a rust bucket. But not bad for a quarry truck.

Anyway, back to the story. There was 6 bolts holding it down, the back four being inaccessible and the one of the fronts being rusted smooth, so naturally we couldn't take it off the "normal" way. We stripped off all of the black plastic, and there was about 300 little nuts all around it holding the tin to the wood of the cap. We started taking them off, but our wrists were beginning to hurt from all of the ratcheting we were doing. Finally, he stops and climbs in it, I'm outside of the truck thinking "What the hell? QUITTER!"
Little did I know, he had a plan of his own. I hear something like "GARAWRRR!!" from the inside of the truck, and the cap gets ripped from the truck and thrown off to the side, meanwhile I'm scared shitless and ducking for cover.
He, with his bare hands, ripped the entire thing up (300lbs+) and threw it, he even snapped a couple of the bolts in the process.

Heres the cap.

Next time I need something done that requires a lot of brute force, I know who I'm gonna ask.

 

[metalmacguyver]

HAHHAHA! It is surprising what one is capable of when you just go and do it with out stopping and "thinking" about how heavy it is.

 

[Insanejughead]

Note to self: DO NOT piss your dad off!

 

[pimtool]

My boss is like that. He does clutch jobs on fuel trucks and lifts the flywheel up into place with no help at all. That is bent over under truck on his knees and they are heavy as hell. He is almost 60 yrs old, and not very big.

 

[wahlstrom1]

Ya, I've done that a few times and learned from my stupidity early. Not a fun job, so now I have a special jack/tool built for doin that job alone.

-andrew

 

[pickup]

I'm 40 now, but when I was about 5 yrs old, we were baling with an old John Deere square baler. The flywheel somehow came off. We went to the yard and came back with blocks and a jack. After about the 3rd time of the flywheel falling back on the ground, he just reached down, picked it up, and slammed it back on!
The flywheel weighed around 300 lbs, double what dad did. I made up my mind right there to never make him mad! Dont know if I really had to worry, I've never seen him lose his temper, ever! Even when there were times he should have. I am proud to say I inherited that trait from him.

 

[fordwheelinman]

the less i think about how heavy something is, and the more i get it in my head i can do it, the better i can do it. Ive moved front axle assemblys, rear axle assemblies, complete motors, assembled diesel engine heads (cummins and power stroke), and even put a transmission in by my self without a trans jack (vehicle on a lift and me standing under it). Everyone at work tells me im gonna have a hernia, or throw my back out. I just look at them, smile, and walk away.

 

[wahlstrom1]

Ya...smart like bull, strong like dumptruck. I got told the same thing when I started heaving iron engine blocks in and out of our parts cleaner when the hoist let go. I've already learned my lesson after a few strained muscles, so now I try and avoid heavy lifting....by using power equipment, mwuhahaha, lol. Bobcat's, forklifts, jacks and A frames make life so much easier.

-andrew

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

My dad still sort of has that can do attitude, he used to throw around 150# rear wheel weights and small round hay bales like nothing on a regular basis. Now he has the back to prove it, a couple weeks ago he got a hernia on top of it all when the old front end loader on a tractor he and my brother were lifting slipped out of my brother's hands and for a brief second he had the whole thing.

Being tough and showing off will eventually catch up to you. I get my ol' B with a three point boom on it and can move just about anything I need to with the tug of the hydraulic lever.

 

[hihoslvr]

man all this hernia talk is making me queasy , anyway, back to the OP's question: I kinda like the topper on, but I guess it doesn't really matter, 'cuz I doubt it will ever get reattached, lol.
BTW: I'm planning on taking mine of this summer too, I hope it goes a little smoother...

 

[c_note]

my dad took "top hand" at a ranch rodeo when he was 52 years old. he beat out over a hundred ranchers from all over texas and oklahoma. it was pretty cool to see your dad beat out guys half his age!
the events consisted the wild horse race, wild cow milking, saddle bronc ride, team branding, and calf doctoring.

these old fellas still have some steam!

 

[Dishtowel]

I am always impressed with how much metal a guy can show when there is now help to be had. Those times when you go out quadding, alone, foolishly. and sink the quad almost out of sight. And have to get it outbefore dark.
I know there has been more than a couple times like that for me. A seemingly impossible task has to be done by all by your lonesome, no one is going to come and help you. Just man up and get to it. Normally it takes me 3-6 failed tries, then ROAR. It happens.

 

[bobbywalter]

300 pounds?


lead lined? radioactive quarry?

 

[Will]

Yeah, my Reading tool cap is 500#. I would put that one at 150#.

 

[koda6966]

300 pounds?
lead lined? radioactive quarry?

You didn't lift it.
It was made out of 2x6's, glass, thick steel, and aluminum.