Truckspotters

[Bgunner]

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Pull it back and let go?

It must be cold where that Yota is.

 

[Curious Hound]

@Rick W in just a few more years...

 

[Brain75]

I got to ask, are these both from the factory paint schemes?

 

[scotts90ranger]

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I got to ask, are these both from the factory paint schemes?

I've seen both before so I'd bet they are

 

[Rick W]

@Rick W in just a few more years...

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I’ve seen them. What’s your point?

 

[pjtoledo]

more of a video spotter, but still what's left of a Ranger

MSN

 

[901wd#2]

 

[Roert42]

 

[RobbieD]

Cool article. Thanks for posting it.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

So late this afternoon I went to harbor freight to buy some bungee cords.
I've been keeping the tools I use the most i.e. daily in a 5 gallon bucket.
I got tired of it sliding around in the bed of my truck.
So I got the bungee cords.

When I came out there was 3 Rangers in the packing lot.
There's a O'Reilly's Auto parts and a commercial kitchen appliance company that uses the same parking lot with harbor freight. My truck was closer to harbor freight. The other 2 Rangers were over by the kitchen appliance company.

My truck was facing away from them.
So I got in it and turned it around.
I was positioning to take pictures of both the other trucks in a way to where I didn't get neither license tags.
Then I noticed there was a guy sitting in one of them.
At that point I didn't want to make nobody mad so I decided to forget the picture I'm going to go talk to this guy.

We talked for about 10 minutes and I told him all about THERANGERSTATION.
I even told him my screen name.

Hopefully he has already checked TRS out already today.

Sorry no pictures guys

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Today's sightings.

Saw this first 1 in the parking lot at Harbor Freight.
They was parked more in the O'Reilly Auto parts section so I do believe they was there.
Can't really tell from the picture but she's a step side.

Saw the second 1 when my brother and I was getting weighed to get paid at the junkyard/scrapyard.
He was coming in as we was getting ready to get paid.

I took this picture through the windshield that's why you can see some reflection in it

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I live in Dayton Ohio.
I pulled up the website for
LKQ PickYourPart for Dayton this morning.

Here's what I found.

It is a 1994 step side 4x4
It was made available to the public just two days ago on Saturday.

These are not the pictures on LKQ's website.
I went there and took them.

I got 2 small parts from this truck for my truck.
And to be honest with everyone, when I saw how decent of shape this truck is in, it kind of almost had me in tears that it's at the salvage yard.
I wish I would have known the person who owned it before and could have bought it before LKQ did.

 

[Brain75]

there's a 93 in my closest yard that looks like some ole widow drove it in - everything intact, no evidence of any issue, no rust, paint still good - that one hurt too..
police brotherhood/supporter/donor sticker on the camper top - not a thing wrong with it I could see.

I took these 3 pix for my "Unicorn Parts" thread... just in case someone wanted tan door 93-94 panels.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

So Brain can you tell me why they stopped using the bigger stickers and started using those small ones with the barcode on it?

I don't understand it but now that I see it in your post with the numbers and stuff under the picture can we use our phones to scan that barcode and find out what it is?

 

[Brain75]

that's an inventory system for the u-pull-it... I think it would be useless to anyone other than if they call atwood/greeley/windsor (the 3 yards close to me) or one of the other yards owned by the same mega parent and asked "if atw002282 is still in the system" - wont tell you how much it has been picked or anything else, I take a pic in case I have a failure on something and know that truck had it, call and ask if it is still there before driving an hour out of my way just to go see.

Edit:I know the big parent company owns hundreds of smaller junkyards cause I looked it up once upon a time... right now all I can find is that Cheyenne WY is owned by the same group and has the same website layout to a tee.