North West BS Thread

Agree!
Glad they took care of you, got pics yet!?

 

Truck just pulled into the bay. 95 minutes after my appt. I just went up and kicked someone in the ass. Trying to be patient.

I actually called LS yesterday. Was ready to give them a try. They had a generic A/T in stock and the Toyo M/T. Hard pass on both. The Toyos were going to over $500 a corner. Nuts

 

Wow, that's crazy

 

Hell yeah brother!

 

Schwab has gotten expensive and their service has taken a hit. First time in 20 years I didn’t go to them. Discount tire did same setup I wanted from LS for $600 less.

 

I’ve found that Schwab is very location dependent. I’ve been to some bad ones for sure but one here in North Idaho is pretty good from the experiences I have had. Might also help that we have a family friend that works there.

 

I have a buddy that’s been at Schwabs for last 10 years. He says it is not the same anymore since it’s been sold. Same name because it’s popular, but new owners business practice is far from the original Schwab business practice. Being rural out here there’s not a lot of competition so they are safe. Bigger areas are losing customers according to him.

 

Finally. The shoes the truck should come with from the factory. Those small, P-rated Michelins on a Pro is like going to a track meet wearing flip flops. Added about 1/2” of height, which is right with expectations.

 

Looks awesome!!

 

Me so very happy with my me-so lights installed!

Any one have any pictures of how they ran wiring across the engine bay for ditch lights and got wiring down from the lights themselves? Looking for some as getting these wired up is the next mod.

 

I'm still waiting on my ditch lights

but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ56wbYjYpI&t=780s

 

Not super happy with how the wires are bent but it’s in and working. Out of daylight so going to go drink beer and work on it tomorrow and get the ditch lights connected.

 

Alright kids. Belly up to the bar. Weekend plans and drinks!

G&T for me. Went well with the pizza.

Weekend is pretty open. Meeting from friends for wine and dinner tomorrow night, but that’s it

 

Cheers! Enjoying a Great Notion Stout right now with pizzas in the oven.

Weekend plans are to finish wiring ditch lights. Work on caulking and touch paint on the master bedroom base I installed last weekend. Take the kids out to give mom a couple hours of peace and quiet. Maybe some other chores around the house.

 

Love that candle! Nice company name too

Staying dry tonight but the bar opens up tomorrow at noon! Having a bunch of friends over for a sledding party, gonna be fun.

 

We’ve built a few of their recent ones - Kalama, Ballard, i think bellevue too

 

Cheers.
I’ve got to finish the powder bath vanity and then finish the master bath vanity this weekend. Next Saturday I’m on a plane to Tampa so lots to get done this weekend.

 

I finally got the boys up to the mountain. Had planned on going all week but with the pass closed, then smothered with rain, we waited until yesterday. My 3yo is in love and doing well on the chairlift and the 16 month old lasted for about 15 laps on the Magic Carpet. Headed back up tomorrow.

 

Your 3 year old’s face is the best!

 

When are we going to see these pictures with the new bumper and some sliders?

 

Just did my ditch lights today lol I got the HD Harness from diode dynamics. Makes wiring easy minus feeding the harness through the firewall. I didn’t permanently mount the switch since I’ll be doing a switch pros setup soon. Also did the fogs and amsoil oil change with the aluminum filter cap. Hopefully tomorrow l’ll knock out the under-seat storage.

 

Cheers from Wapato point.

 

Cheers!
Lake Chelan? You're in my neck of the woods

 

Yep, for the weekend.

 

Haha. I’d love to know that as well.

Sliders are on hold for now. I still need a decent step into the cab for my M-in-L.

The bumper is interesting. I’ve signaled to the wife and she didn’t flinch, so it appears I won’t be sleeping on the couch. I’m going with the Warn Semi-hidden system and a 12K winch. The mount is backordered until a week from never. Still figuring that one out. I’m watching the winch on Amazon and will spring when the price drops. I’m hoping to have it all here and installed before the summer.

We shall see

 

Count me in!

South of Albany Oregon.

R65.

Pic below was a snow shoeing trip last weekend.

Camped overnight at 5K feet elevation. 20° overnight temp.

Toasty warm with our furnace

 

I know this is all in my head, but I swear my truck knows it has good tires. It has been driving all weekend with a strut.

Also figured out why it took two guys to raise up my spare. There’s very little clearance with these slightly larger tires. I dropped it to make sure things were fine and had to call the wife out to help crank it back up. I had to crawl under on my creeper to hold it exactly in place.

 

It took two guys at the tire shop, to get mine in place also.

Very happy with my Nokian Rotiiva AT plus tires. Have about 12K miles on them in the last 5 months. Worked perfect all last weekend in the snow.

 

12k miles in 5 months? Dang…do you ever shut it off!?

 

Only for gas and oil changes.