Tow Mater

Latest purchase for the truck arrived but need to make a run to the hardware store to pick up a couple air fittings. The laziness in me is excited to try it out but the instructions say to connect all 4 tires prior to inflation/deflation. 1 tire at a time sounds good to me

 

My laziness has been piqued…

 

Mine too. Picking up fittings tomorrow

My neighbor caught me at the wrong time today. Morrflate uses some crazy thread paste one their hose kits so was trying get those cleaned up for the new fittings. Came over and said “is that the auto deflate/inflate tool?” “Yup” “oh a guy I went wheeling with last week had one and it took him as long as me to inflate his tires”. “Well he must have a sucky compressor or not know what he’s doing”

 

This is why I’m glad my neighbors don’t talk to me

I can say that my new setup is pretty much money

 

Can confirm this gets you within 2 psi up or down and can load one tire at a time (first reading check it’ll reset to a more accurate cumulative PSI).. so easily passes my laziness to productivity ratio. Plus I like the idea of not removing valve cores or screwing things off/on valve stems multiple times. Has a nice hanging spot too

 

Added this guy. Still waiting on an additional wire hider to show up so I can get it finalized. Used my Klein angle gauge instrument thing for maybe the 3rd time ever but was nice to be able to get the angle aligned with the rake of the truck and not just guess


Also tested out this guy. Was out recently and one of our group members was chatting with another group but I couldn’t reach them. FOMO kicked in so I ended up picking this guy up on Black Friday. Compactenna works well for daily use but sometimes you want a little more. Maybe now they’ll be able to hear me..


2m

70cm

 

Mater’s trying to clean up the salvage yard a bit. I have about 25 of these 20bin organizers for nuts, bolts, bits and bobs. This rack will hold 20 (10 bins on each side) and will roll under the workbench.


If anyone would like to do this, here’s how to do it.

• First buy the rack

$137 Winco 10-Tier Aluminum Sheet Pan Rack with Brake

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003HEYM1O

• Buy some bins (Stanley bins work as well):

https://www.harborfreight.com/20-bin-medium-portable-parts-storage-case-93928.html

• Cut one side of connecting rods so all four are 16 3/4” (double-check this if using Stanley bins)
• Pick up some 5/16 or 1/4” all thread and run it through (Milwaukee insider if your friend here)
  
• Use washers and nylocs to keep everything tight.
  
• Happy organizing. Many people remove bins and custom 3d print larger bins to fit in their place.