Boys & Their Toys
Back before my husband went to Afghanistan he drove a 1999 3/4 ton extended cab white Ford. Apparently he LOVED that truck. The only thing he hated was the fact that it was just 2 wheel drive so it sucked on ice. Then somehow jump forward a while (don’t know the time) and his sister-in-law & brother-in-law drove it. But sadly after 350,000 miles or so though, she died.
Oh that’s not totally true, she’d run REALLY hard, that is once you got her running (why I’m referring to the truck as a her I’ll never know but go with it!) and you couldn’t drive over 45mph (which if you google that for my lovely fans that don’t drive in miles per hour that’s 72.4205kph 🙂 now I would round down to 72kph or up to 73kph?) And even then you couldn’t be guaranteed she wouldn’t die somewhere along the way.
So the truck had been sitting in our fence row pretty much ever since we moved to our house. Hubby has spent a little time trying to get it back up and running but didn’t have all the equipment needed to really get it running properly. So finally I begged pleaded convinced he decided to put it up on Craig’s List to see if we could get rid of it. He’s been wanting a 4-wheeler so he put it up for a swap.
67 text messages later (not all from the same person obviously) we wound up with this:
The Beast
a 1989 Chevy Half ton with a 5″ Lift kit and huge tires. Oh and did I mention it’s 4-wheel drive? and only has like 250,000 miles or so…
Little did I know The Beast would soon be in my future.
Our pond doesn’t really hold water… except of course for a short period after it rains. And what should you do after it rains? Go muddin’ of course. Because, duh that will so seal up the pond… just ask hubby :).
I really thought we had a black truck though… maybe I was mistaken! :). This was after the third trip into the pond. Don’t worry, it went again… Just had to make sure we really knew what color it was supposed to be.
My mother-in-law says you have to grow old but you never have to grow up.
And ok it was kind of fun swirling and swinging around the mud, especially because I walked away clean! That was the best part!
What can I say… Boys will be Boys!
Awesome!!!! Looks like soooooooooo much fun! 🙂
Men always call their trucks or cars she, or old girl.
Looks like he got a decent trade. At least it is up and running. My garage has a 1924 TT Truck in it that hasn't been taken out in years.
Deanna
You know its funny because when I told W a couple weeks ago your pond did bot hold water he said “I bet if they start muddin in it, it will” I guess our guys think alike
I love that body style and that truck definitely looks fun! Boys definitely have to have their toys!
I'm such a girl when it comes to mud… I'm cringing just looking at that dirty Beast! haha!!
Looks like he had a blast!!
What your grandmother said. ;o)
And yeah. Boys and their toys. :o)
Have a great Friday!
We used to have our own “BEST”
It had a huge lift kit with 44 inch Super Swamper Tires. That truck owned my heart (for real).
3 kids later and we have no best. We just have a 4-wheeler which is fun but not nearly as fun as mudding in a truck. Your Hubby is right, the “Beast” is AWESOME!!!
Hahaha looks like a blast to me!!