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It does suck painting in the cold! Hook looks nice in the black! . . I'm curious to see how everyone paints theirs differently. Different paint strokes for different folks! :laugh:

LOL. Ya, took 2 days for a couple coats of primer, painted a couple coats of black today, let is mostly cure so they don't stink, then brought them downstairs by the wood stove.
 
LOL. Ya, took 2 days for a couple coats of primer, painted a couple coats of black today, let is mostly cure so they don't stink, then brought them downstairs by the wood stove.

I spray it outside real quick, then run it back inside and hang it. . . I just tell everyone to deal with the stink!

Hey, I gotta deal with my wife's finger and toenail painting. . . That'll gag a maggot. :biggrin:
 
I spray it outside real quick, then run it back inside and hang it. . . I just tell everyone to deal with the stink!

Hey, I gotta deal with my wife's finger and toenail painting. . . That'll gag a maggot. :biggrin:

I did spray it outside then brought it in the garage. When I painted the 390 muffler yesterday, I heated it up with a propane torch, then sprayed it, worked awesome!
 
Do I win a prize if I break mine first :D

Kidding. Havent even got it painted. First time I been outta bed in 3 days. Yay!
May venture out to clean it and prime it today
 
Who's got some fancy hook video or pictures? With all this bad weather around the country, something must have needed yanked out or pulled down. :popcorn:
 
Mines painted. And ready to go. But only the duckboat is hooked to the truck for tommorow :)

I dont wanna scratch my hitch now! :D Working on finding a suitable Eagle scout to splice one of my ropes.

Ill try to find something to use mine fore this weekend Nate!
 
you could send me one Nate and i'll give you your choice of video.

1- a '73 chevy pulling a '93 grand cherokee through the mud pit

2- a '73 chevy pulling a '95 cherokee through the mud pit

3- a '73 chevy pulling a '87 J20 through the mud pit

4- a '73 chevy pulling an escort through the mud pit

5- a '73 chevy and a '87 J20 hooked to each end of an escort tearing it apart

yup, i love my truck! i even have a license plate that says so.
 
Hey Nate, painting in the cold sucks, takes forever to cure. Just brought the hooks in from the garage so they'd fully cure down by the wood stove.

FLAT BLACK!!

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WOW nice hook! :big_smile:
 
Nothing yet Nate. We had a cold snap and a good dump of snow, the hook has been living next to me on the front seat of the truck, but no dumb ass's stuck in any ditch's!!! Darn, last year I got to pull at least one person out, was funny as all hell, a guy with a full size mid 80's Dodge van stuck on a hill, he had guys throwing pieces or carpet under his rear tires when I showed up, it was spitting them out like nobody's business!! So I hooked on and pulled him up the hill, he yelled at me to stop but I knew it wasn't a good spot to stop so I kept going and he hit his brakes, all 4 of his tires were dragging and I kept going for another 50', I was laughing my ass off seeing him skid around everywhere behind me crapping his pants.
 
Nothing yet Nate. We had a cold snap and a good dump of snow, the hook has been living next to me on the front seat of the truck, but no dumb ass's stuck in any ditch's!!! Darn, last year I got to pull at least one person out, was funny as all hell, a guy with a full size mid 80's Dodge van stuck on a hill, he had guys throwing pieces or carpet under his rear tires when I showed up, it was spitting them out like nobody's business!! So I hooked on and pulled him up the hill, he yelled at me to stop but I knew it wasn't a good spot to stop so I kept going and he hit his brakes, all 4 of his tires were dragging and I kept going for another 50', I was laughing my ass off seeing him skid around everywhere behind me crapping his pants.

I usually don't hope that my buddies run into dumb people, but I'm making an exception this time!

I hope you find another just like that guy this year, just so you can use the hook. :laugh:
 
I usually don't hope that my buddies run into dumb people, but I'm making an exception this time!

I hope you find another just like that guy this year, just so you can use the hook. :laugh:

LOL, mee too, I was hoping, but its absolutely pouring with rain right now, normal winter weather here, so all the snow will mostly be gone by tomorrow.
 
LOL, mee too, I was hoping, but its absolutely pouring with rain right now, normal winter weather here, so all the snow will mostly be gone by tomorrow.

We're supposed to get snow, freezing rain, snow. . . All in the next 24 hours. I guarantee there's gonna be car accidents here. :dizzy:
 
We're supposed to get snow, freezing rain, snow. . . All in the next 24 hours. I guarantee there's gonna be car accidents here. :dizzy:

Ya it usually happens here too. But this time people got smart, it was unusually quiet. We get so little snow here, it pretty much shuts down the city, people just stay home.
 
Ya it usually happens here too. But this time people got smart, it was unusually quiet. We get so little snow here, it pretty much shuts down the city, people just stay home.

You must be in the "banana belt" part of the sound. My faller buddies further up the island have to come south to Washington because the
north end of the island gets pretty cold.
 
You must be in the "banana belt" part of the sound. My faller buddies further up the island have to come south to Washington because the
north end of the island gets pretty cold.

It does get colder up on the north end more, but I don't think its a huge difference, its been 0 and below for the past week, hit -5, that's usually about as cold as it gets here, and not too often, supposed to get to +8 this weekend. Oh, that's °C BTW.
 
Nothing yet Nate. We had a cold snap and a good dump of snow, the hook has been living next to me on the front seat of the truck, but no dumb ass's stuck in any ditch's!!! Darn, last year I got to pull at least one person out, was funny as all hell, a guy with a full size mid 80's Dodge van stuck on a hill, he had guys throwing pieces or carpet under his rear tires when I showed up, it was spitting them out like nobody's business!! So I hooked on and pulled him up the hill, he yelled at me to stop but I knew it wasn't a good spot to stop so I kept going and he hit his brakes, all 4 of his tires were dragging and I kept going for another 50', I was laughing my ass off seeing him skid around everywhere behind me crapping his pants.

LOLOL!!!! Will, you do have a dark side buried under that laidback demeanor!!! gotta late Christmas present for you bud!!! a black 7900 top cover its not perfect,,, but it will work may need a little TLC
 

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