The journey begins - purchased a truck.

No matter how deep you bury the past someone finds it.
Got a little ahead of yourself thinking about those drive thru buildings to load steel. Please don’t blame it on Gretchen, she told me she had to do all the backing.

 

Ya. I almost bought a star with flame paint a c15 and a moose bumper... I finally for once in my life let the little head think for the big head... best 30 day so far for this truck is 8.4 and worst is 6.9mpg. Parts are so cheap it's scary compare to my last 3 trucks and the no emission thing makes maintenance cheap as i can get a 12.7 serviced far away from the sealers. So while it doesn't score me points with the "big boys" I only spent 170 days on the road last year and I write this from my beachfront room at a 5 star resort on the Mayan Riviera. So I love the truck.. lol.

 

Elroy

That is so cool that you are doing good and don’t have to work that hard I can’t wait to be in that position soon

 

I'm 55 in a month and have watched my dad and uncles and friends dad's work their buts off to 65 and pass away at 67. Or some not even make it to 65. I've worked hard all my life and have the aches to prove it. I want to start enjoying life. Now. So, waiting for another sun rise on the beach sounds good for me.

 

Sunrise didn't happen unless there's a picture...

...or unless you missed it due to those dozen margaritas.

 

Pic I attached is the only one I got. Bar opened now so I'm done... lol

 

It is three coats of Herculiner. The back of my sleeper looked like someone used it for target practice with a BB gun. Even with the half fenders it got pelted by rocks up North. I'm hoping it will muffle the refer and APU noise as well.

How is the wrist doing? I'm going in for my surgery on Thursday and will be home for at least another two month. So here I go from my best year in 2017 to probably my worst this year.

 

I must be a different sort of driver than most. I don't believe you have to have a "hood" to dress a truck up. I've seen some #### nice Columbias, T660s, & such. Hoods are nice but there's no need to get one just to dress up a truck.

 

I agree. But on something like a columbia and t600 its easy to go past #### good looking truck and enter that's just trashy territory. Not sure how to describe it but its the same feeling i get when at a car show surrounded by nice corvettes, monte carlos, a barracuda, mustangs, etc. and then some 22 year old kid rolls in with his tricked out honda civic with huge spoiler.