Overload of the Day

[Spud_Monkey]

Oh he's just hiding the fact he's too broke being a trucker and had to have his mom haul it for him.

Got more money tied up in clamping it to the stand than securing the load to the trailer. Just one of those "F" clamps cost more than all those ratchet straps
Almost $500 in "F" clamps, could of had it delivered for less than the clamps costed
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334674624468

 

[crane operator]

Would have been a lot nicer to just have a welded tab or two and some bolts dropped in, than all those clamps.

And don't be hating on the Prius Spud, my daughter has one she drives back and forth for college, and that thing gets 45mpg pretty steady, and its a rock of a little car. I've thought about having one around the shop just as a parts runner. If you really push it, the little gas engine sounds like two cats in a bag rassling around, but if you can get past that- they're great cheap transportation.

 

[Spud_Monkey]

Would have been a lot nicer to just have a welded tab or two and some bolts dropped in, than all those clamps.

And don't be hating on the Prius Spud, my daughter has one she drives back and forth for college, and that thing gets 45mpg pretty steady, and its a rock of a little car. I've thought about having one around the shop just as a parts runner. If you really push it, the little gas engine sounds like two cats in a bag rassling around, but if you can get past that- they're great cheap transportation.

I owned a Geo Metro so been there done that on the high MPG vehicles. Except I got the greatest laugh in Olympic National Park driving back out to Hurricane Ridge from PJ Lake and it's very very steep in spots, anyways driving my Geo after my hike a Prius was coming up the steep climb and in front was the wife walking and the husband driving cause the car couldn't get up it. There is turn outs since it's so narrow, I just turned out and had great laugh.

 

[skyking1]

Wife was walking because she was terrified of the no guardrail drops, been there and done that. I know of a few people who won't even drive Chinook because of a few places with no guardrails.

 

[Spud_Monkey]

Wife was walking because she was terrified of the no guardrail drops, been there and done that. I know of a few people who won't even drive Chinook because of a few places with no guardrails.

Going up Deer Park on the other side of this one is more fun, no guardrails and you have to honk before going around one lane blind corners.

 

[Birken Vogt]

I like cheap cars too, trouble is my knees are up by my ears and my foot hits the brake when I try to push in the clutch too.

 

[Spud_Monkey]

I like cheap cars too, trouble is my knees are up by my ears and my foot hits the brake when I try to push in the clutch too.

I'm 6', you can't be that much taller than me. Though I do agree on pushing two pedals at once dilemma, though not all small vehicles have that problem.

 

[skyking1]

Heck I do that in the 1 ton GMC in work boots.
My beetle gets it done, the seat jacks up almost pickup truck high and is the second most comfortable rig we own, at least for me.

 

[Truck Shop]

First wife had a 1980 chevy chevette when I met her. 1.6L 4 spd 4 door carbureted. Took it on a trip,
Filled the tank in Florence Ore put 146 miles on it getting to Cannon Beach. I decided to top the tank
before heading home, guy at the station comes up to the window says {That will be $4.02}.

Nothing ever broke on that car.

 

[mitch504]

My brother and his wife had a Chevette of about that vintage, tiny 4 cyl. and an auto, drove it 'til they were just sick of it, it never broke either.

 

[skyking1]

LOL won't this thing DIE?
I remember my buddy's ford escort, the seat went to heck but the car kept going. I welded up the floorboards and seat frame a few times.

 

[Willie B]

A dumpster can throw Sh!t in and ignore!!

Yes, & come spring you'll be surprised by all the junk hidden under all that snow. That's why I drive a van.

 

[Truck Shop]

A veteran parts guy at the chevy dealer told me he sold very little in replacement parts for the Chevette.
It was a main reason GM quit producing it.

 

[Nige]

A veteran parts guy at the chevy dealer told me he sold very little in replacement parts for the Chevette.
It was a main reason GM quit producing it.

I can see that happening. A manufacturer in general makes little money on the sale of new vehicles, they make it on the sale of parts throught the life of said vehicle.

 

[ianjoub]

 

[JaredV]

Obviously he decided he needed more weight up front so the garden tractor was the logical thing to do. I wonder how often the loader creeped down and did he wait until it started tapping on the roof?

 

[DMiller]

There is foolish, then stupid, then brain dead!!! Is a HUGE reason that hood is up!

 

[crane operator]

 

[Truck Shop]

^^^^Looks like he needs a belt plus suspenders to hold that {big nose big buns Ford together}.
He shouldn't have trusted his pants. It more than likely became over loaded with all the Tater Salad
and KFC with eleven secret herbs and spices he loaded in the ass of that camper, oops I left out
the lime Jello with carrots-yum.

 

[DMiller]

And that was actually a F450 or bigger!! Ten lug wheels. Frames must have been Lightened a LOT to fail as that!! Had tonnage on my old 250 and frame not once ever tried to contort as that.