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.

 

Spent 30mins this afternoon prepping for T2S prep. Hopefully this will make truck and honey-do mods go a little quicker in the coming month..

 

Tight squeeze and it still needs to go up 3/8” to clear the mountain hatch.

Might just need to run two fridges in Sedona. Instead of the cart girl on the golf course, I’ll be an alcohol ambassador on the trails.

 

I support this idea

 

This sounds like a wonderful plan

 

New spare tire superstrut rack is tighter than the fridge. We’re in the mm’s here.

Figured these T-bolts would come in handy some day

Left these intentionally long for potential future upgrades


Just waiting on the Amazon man for the final piece. Main question is whether to paint it black or leave the zinc

 

Should probably put some outriggers off to the side to prevent the tire bouncing back and forth but this should be adequate for the road in and out of Sedona


Endcaps/bumpers for the strut should arrive tomorrow along with a few new quick fists to relocate whip storage from inside the bed onto the rack.

 

I’ve seen tennis balls used as end caps, genius!!!

 

Might be a good idea! And that is genius I’m afraid of the ones sticking out the back. Can sense a gash in the forehead coming

 

It is only skin and blood

 

Don’t need another reason to piss off my wife, Sid. Looking at a scar from drunken stupidity/poor engineering is a sure fire way to do that. Tennis balls it is!

 

I saw it from a hvac guy who uses a lot of strut, I think he was trolling at one point(which I love) and had like 30 tennis balls all over his install. Cut a X and slide it on

 

Any connection to Trail Mater on YouTube?

 

Haha I wish! That guy has a sweet rig and does some great recoveries. Would be a dream job for me (I think). Grass might not be greener though

I follow a few of those guys: trail mater, Casey ladelle, Matt’s Offroad

 

Yeah....some of my favorite YouTubers.

 

New to me fridge lids were popping open every so often so I upgraded the springs in the latches. Used a pair of end nippers to cut them down to size.. only shot two across the garage

 

Like Subarus?

 

yup. Big, strong, high leverage.. Subarus