Author Topic: And you thought times were tough (Read 1826 times)

woodmills1 · « **on:** October 22, 2008, 05:28:51 pm »

Check this out. This person answered my craigs list add for slab firewood and put 4 of these loads on his honda

notice the back seat (removed) is full also

Hi-Country Orange · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:44:05 pm »

does this fall under the sport's or utility category
of s.u.v.

woodmills1 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2008, 06:21:31 pm »

I think it is WMF................warm my family

thecfarm · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:36:28 pm »

That is some dumb.I would do that in probably 10 or 15 years when it's all banged up and don't look like new.The way he's going it will only be a few years for it to look all banged up.

Don_Papenburg · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:44:22 pm »

Don't matter it's just a honda

cheyenne · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:50:09 pm »

But he saved $125.00 on fuel oil while doing a $2,500.00 upgrade to the upolestry of a $30,000.00 Truck. I'll Bet he's an investment banker....Cheyenne

zopi · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2008, 09:10:17 pm »

I always thought long division was tougher than times.

Tom · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2008, 10:05:24 pm »

I like to see a fellow put a truck to work and buy one to wear out instead of buying one to trade.

woodmills1 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 22, 2008, 10:08:05 pm »

did forget to ask him how long his drive was

hmh the new suv buy it get free oil for heatin
hmh=heatmyhouse

WDH · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2008, 11:43:20 pm »

I agree with Tom. Good to see it put to use besides hauling around someone's backside.

DanG · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2008, 11:59:14 pm »

Thats the first time I've seen one of those convertible "trucks" with anything in it. The hind end seems to be holding that load better than I would have expected.

Warbird · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2008, 12:18:53 am »

Agreed, DanG. I thought those things were all for looks. He needs to haul a few dozen more loads in it and give it its first dent. Tho even then, it would still look sorta ridiculous.

Kudos to the guy for actually using it.

Bibbyman · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2008, 05:23:46 am »

We had a contractor come out yesterday with one of those "watchamacallit" things in a Chevy brand. He was there to pick up 4 10' full 2x8s to repair an equipment trailer deck.

We all kind of stood and laughed at it. And he admitted it was a joke of a truck. But he bought it off the back side of the local Ford lot at wholesale because it was a bank repo and the Ford dealer didn’t want it on the lot.

Says he drives it during the week checking on his job sites and such and his wife uses it to haul the grandkids and bikes and stuff the rest of the time. He said he was afraid to fold down the back window and such because he figured it’d never seal again.

I had a boss one time that had a late 70’s Pontiac Bonneville with a lot of miles. He took out the back seat and used it to haul fire wood in the back and trunk.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2008, 06:51:51 am »

I've done about the same thing with my RAV4. Put the seats down and I loaded up 9 foot hardwood planks and 4 x 4' (halved) plywood sheets in there. I told the guy at the yard I was glad I bought what I did. I said a Chev would never let you do that and leave with the doors closed. He and I both laughed.

metalspinner · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2008, 09:18:19 am »

Last week in Costa Rica we saw a horse in the back of a 1980 something Nissan pickup truck.

He looked no worse for the wear.

Clark · « **Reply #15 on:** October 23, 2008, 12:23:30 pm »

Quote from: Tom on October 22, 2008, 10:05:24 pm

I like to see a fellow put a truck to work and buy one to wear out instead of buying one to trade.

I fully agree; it's a truck, not a work of art, so use it like one!

Clark

Gary_C · « **Reply #16 on:** October 23, 2008, 01:48:37 pm »

I had a next door neighbor that always had hard times. One year at the local county fair he drove up to pick up his three sheep that his kids showed in the fair with his old car. He just opened the trunk, lifted the sheep into the trunk, and closed the trunk and drove away.

Sorry, no pictures, but that guy was for years my families entertainment. From pulling an old horse drawn mowing machine with his Ford Pinto stationwagon to trying to plow his garden with a IH Scout and a 2 bottom plow, he was just a hoot. Oh and then there was the time he came home dragging a 30 foot blue spruce tree on the root ball right down the highway. He spent two days digging a hole, planting that tree, and tying it up with guy ropes. That tree turned every shade of brown there is before it finally was pronounced dead about a year and a half later. I think the cause of death was having half of it's root ball worn off on the pavement.

Warbird · « **Reply #17 on:** October 23, 2008, 02:24:41 pm »

Hah! Gary, you outta post that in the "You might be a redneck if..." thread.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #18 on:** October 23, 2008, 03:37:11 pm »

Quote from: Gary_C on October 23, 2008, 01:48:37 pm

I had a next door neighbor that always had hard times. One year at the local county fair he drove up to pick up his three sheep that his kids showed in the fair with his old car. He just opened the trunk, lifted the sheep into the trunk, and closed the trunk and drove away.

Heck that ain't nothing new. Dad used to go pick up some piglets , stuff'm in a sack and toss'm in the trunk of the old Pontiac.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #19 on:** October 23, 2008, 03:40:35 pm »

My grandfather did the plow thing with an old Jeep. Hooked it up to a horse drawn plow and my uncle used to have to ride on the plow seat to trip something. The something handle was about half broke I guess and came down and smashed his genitals one trip. That was the end of plowing.

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