1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

I hear this in my head....
https://youtu.be/dNibWP8f5PQ

 

“I ain’t rich, but lord I’m free”

- George Strait
- also Bernie Madoff victims

 

That would be awesome but I know it's unlikely the AZ/CA crew would drive that far.

I still think Moab should be our next spot. That or the San Juan mountains.

 

I've been thinking about it. If we get a weekend where it's not hot as the devils anus, I'd like to go take a look around and talk to the staff about a large group. May have to just suck it up and do it.

 

Seems like a lot of effort. More of an idea man and you’re invited bud

 

I would be so happy with San Juan Mountains.

 

Probably a good idea but its already hotter than fuck and no a/c in my jalopy until I do the timing belt. here's some group info from their website:

 

This is the way @Voss. It would be "easy" for me to tag a moderator into here but, well, we know that's not always a great idea for all the reasons. Things've been going well in here lately but, you know.

If you post a thread somewhere else anywhere else on the forum, you'd get interest, we'd bump it for ya', and I'd be happy to invite a moderator to add a new forum section, starting with that thread.

Or I, or another homie, could start your thread if you need me to but, ultimately, you'd be the guy that needs to say how long the trip will be, starting where, starting when, and what not. And, in case you haven't thought of this, there's a chance you'll get waaaaaaay more trucks than you have in mind.

That used to happen when we'd plan day trips in SoCal-- maybe 8 trucks would commit online, and more than 25 would show up. Planning that's done on an unrestricted public forum can be its own kinda crazy.

 

Wise words have been spoken

I’ll start a thread for San Juan Mountains as 1st Gen getaway. Love for all but as you said, having a lot of people in one location isn’t really ideal.

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/1st-gens-to-san-juan-mountains-colorado.143519/

 

24hrs/1400+ miles (EDIT-one way)/optimistic 13mpg/$800 gas @ 3.50 average
Truck that has a 50-50 chance of completing trip
(maybe I underestimate what she's actually capable of)

Those mountains are beautiful though, wow.

 

i got to ride the train between durango & silverton when i was younger. It was pretty cool.

 

Sedona is somewhat half way to San Juan Mountains for me… hummm

 

Same. Thank god we bought the drug rug ponchos while we were in Silverton. Came a storm with winds and hail and low temps in the open train car on the way back to Durango. It was awesome.

 

Oh, stop your whining! I’m going.






Actually, no I’m not. My truck wouldn’t make it as well.

 

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As a pre-Texan driving an off-brand Tundra, every time I see rusty hardware on a southern truck it confuses me.
The promise Yankee auto enthusiasts are raised on is a complete & absolute absence of rust anyplace south of Maryland.
Soon y'all are going to tell me that fairness & the American dream are also untruths.

Life was so much simpler when I was young, invincible & knew everything.

 

Utah.... Now it all makes sense.

 

I was implying youre the animal that goes to the vet.

 

Fuck em.
There's plenty of other states members that's will.

 

Have you considered a mixed-use property?
Personally, I'd try to buy a closed service station & add an apartment to it. A 2 lift garage would be just about right with lots of cement for a yard & maybe some random pots of fleurs for that homie touch. Probably comes with 2 bathrooms, no shower & 2 big tanks you have to remove from underground.

 

Humidity makes surface rust. It's mostly dusty not crusty nor cancerous. It's benign AF.

 

Dude... This is exactly what I've been dreaming about doing for the last year or so in the hill country

 

All this Dakota talk has me sad. I miss mine. My first truck and my first vehicle I ever purchased on my own. It was a great little truck while I had it. Never gave me any trouble. Green 4x4 regular cab with the 5.2 V8. Dammit, I miss it.

 

https://youtu.be/BjbC6M17kOk?si=7HCr_i_Te6m4yKBE
They race all the new midsize trucks and the winner races a single cab Dakota RT

 

That tail gate is not original to the truck. That's the tailgate that nick got me for crackie.

Crackie still has the original V6 tailgate. I'm keeping that

 

No kidding. I had a 92, 93, and a 99.

The 93 was one of my favorite trucks.

 

Funny you should say that, while I was watching a train roll by Monday I thought how Ide just like to hop on and GTFO.... anywhere. Then I thought, I wonder if anyone here has jumped a train before, HOBO style.
Is that what you did? Or was it a legit trip?