I am unemployed so assuming I have money for gas, I might as well come down on that friday. the wife coming depends on the babysitter situation so still unsure on that.

 

i was able to get the 12-13 off. so im good to go

 

thats good, i still need to put my request in.

 

better hop to it

 

aren't we headed up there the 11-13th? lol

 

I believe some will go up the 11th and camp near the trail head the 11 others may choose to come up sat mornin.

 

I will be at the dam in the morning. I hate setting up camp in the dark and I cannot get off work early on Friday.

Looking forward to it, need to weld my sliders on and get the CB mounted.

 

well we will see you there Sat. morning.

 

so any new mods happenin in prep for this trip? i been so broke mods have been on the back burner but hopefully that will change in the next few weeks

 

^ not necessarily in prep for this trip, but i'm seeing a fabricator this friday to talk about some stuff i want him to build for my truck. he's a friend's cousin so i figure why not give him some business especially if he has a tube bender in his shop. gonna have him start out with some sliders for sure and then think about having him integrate a headache bar into them. this way when i finally decide what to do with my truck in the future, i'll already have the first main bar for an exo cage if i want to go that route. i posted a simple drawing in the fab section if anyone wants to give input. if everything comes out nice, i'll have him fab some more stuff and give him more business. i was just gonna go out and buy a mig welder since i already know how to do simple metal fab, but like everyone else i've got too much stuff on my plate and too little money to build things right now. plus, i'd have to upgrade my garage with more power before even thinking of that. lesson #1: don't sell your tools when you need money, damn college bar funds

 

well, I have been sick the last few days. but me being me, I could not sit to still for to long so I went and got the vinyl for my back seats and without a sewing machine re upholstered my rear seat. looks pretty good and is a lot easier to wash than the burlap looking cloth that was on there before. still trying to get the welder so I can deal with the cancer on the fenders.

 

i still need to get the welder and a camera, lol

where are the pic. of your work on your seats

 

here is the seat. I kinda wish I had gotten the lower a little tighter. the upper is about perfect. Still waiting on money for the welder, tent, stoves, and possibly an outhouse.

 

forgot to paste the image lol. still not quite right in the head from being sick

 

look nice still.

is that not the stock seat, it looks odd. If it is not stock where did you get it or did you make it.

 

Thats kinda the funny part I am trying to figure out. I found out via expo portal that the early 4runners where shipped with out a rear seat because of taxes and that the rear seat while considered standard was really more of an assumed option. if you look hard enough you can actually find the sheet metal that was shipped with the runner making it a long bed panel truck. who ever designed my particular seat was either trying to save money or needs his head examined. the back is made of a steel frame and plywood with shaped foam. The bottom had to have been remade by someone else because it just aint right. I may actually go back once I get the welder and build the bottom to what i consider correct, or find some SR5 split runner seats. either way thank god the cloth is gone and the mess will be easy to clean up now. no puffs of dust when i through stuff in back lol.

 

that is interesting, but back on topic.

i dont see vary many confirmed members going in the list, just a lot of maybe's

 

oh I am going just gotta beg borrow and steal fuel. lol

 

im just vary excited to go wheeling.

 

im totally down, i changed to yes im a for sure thing, and hopefully ill have an aussie locker by then. but even if i dont then im still going.