It's Always Something!

[BamaTJ]

I have spent about a solid month getting my rig cleaned up, painted, fixed, etc. for the World of Wheels. A lot of it was cosmetic work, but I did do a lot of maintenance and put a new tcase shifter in also. Of course the wheel fiasco killed a ton of time also. Then the week of the rear diff and front axle tube started leaking. Hook up to go to the WOW and the trailer running lights don't work. Come back from WOW and notice the front diff leaking and now the transmission at the TC. It is just one thing after another. I am approaching burnout on this thing and I still don't have wheels. I am taking the next several weekends off, might not even have it ready for Shamrock Run. Don't care at this point.

On a positive note my father-in-law works for a large light/trailer wiring supplier and he is having a custom harness made for my trailer. It is made to length, and will include connections for all the lights I have on it already. Plug and play operation!

 

[P]

Go buy a fitty and ride it in the yard for about an hour... youll feel better

 

[blacksheep10]

fittyerapy
cures what ails you

 

[BamaTJ]

Yeah I got no money for a fifty, got too much **** to fix!

 

[P]

Yeah I got no money for a fifty, got too much **** to fix!

X2

But like Steve Crawford said " Dont lay in bed wanting something., go get it! "

 

[vanguard]

I hear you brother. I've been there too.

 

[BamaTJ]

I have probably spent well over 100 hours working on my rig since Dec of last year. I have been riding twice in that time. Once in Harlan and then one day in Gdale. I was hoping for a full year of wheeling, but these little things are kicking my ass. I am burnout on maintaing my jeep. None of the leaks are big deals (except maybe the tranny?), it all takes time and sometimes money to fix though.

 

[Bones]

It's just a pisser since you spent so much time cleaning up up recently and think you should be out of the woods so to speak. Take a week or two of and you will find motivation again.

 

[P]

Yea but you spent all that time doing something you dont really do and your rig isnt really built for... show n shine .

Im sure it was a cool experience and all that, but do you really want a show car ? laughing1

 

[BamaTJ]

I did the WOW thing because Jamie asked me and I thought it would be a fun experience. After I started cleaning and found out there was restrictions for cleanlines, I immediately hated myself ;D It was a lot of fun, but I would never do it again unless had just finished building one and it had not been in the woods. I am off for the next 2-3 weekends and maybe I will take a Friday off and bust it out. ATL next weekend to hang with friends then another low key weekend after that.

 

[P]

You stay away from it for a week and youll be all good again bro

 

[InDaShop]

No kidding man, burn out sucks.

Take time away from it. Literally put it on jack stnads and leave it and all thoughts about it when you shut the lights off on it. Walk away. Go back when its been enough time. Whos to say how long that is. A week, I doubt it.

Not sure if it came across in the Bent and Twisted Giveaway thread. But I got totally burnt out on hotrods. Wasn't the shows, or the time working on them, or the culture. It was the volume of needed working on them. As soon as I got 10% into some project, my old man would show up with another, and then another, then another. There is a reason why between dad and I we have like 10 rods, and 3 MAJOR PROJECTS. That ****ing clown cant stop buying ****. We have had talks about it, and I thought it was resolved, then he slipped this weekend about a Caddy in NC that he bought. Kelly knows how much I was selling scrap, cause I would take the cars he was buying, harvest all the good ****, and cut up the rest and drop at Rose Steel for lunch money during the week. He's now brought back up the landspeed deal.
I did almost sell everything, I mean everything, parts, cars, everything. Ebay here I come type talk. I did the forget about it, turn the lights off close the garage door and walk away. I'll get back into it, but its going to be after XRRA '08 for sure.

Man, I've got a family now, and you are building a house and prolly be starting one(family) soon as well. Just relax, step away, get clarity, recharge the batteries then tackle each issue one at a time. If you look at the big picture you will get overwhelmed.

 

[6uldv8]

I'm thinking about trading Bones in for Wyatt!

 

[InDaShop]

I'm thinking about trading Bones in for Wyatt!

What did I do to deserve that curse? Now I'm going to have wear my cup on the backside when I'm around you greg.

 

[BamaTJ]

Thanks for the wisdom guys. The Sat wheelin trip sucked, I stayed at the in-laws that night and then Sunday I came down and looked at the jeep to see fluid from 4 different sources on the ground. I got so pissed, but I only went down there to swap Keith's tires back to his rig so I could return it. I go to crank his jeep and it is dead, pull the truck up to jump it off and it starts pouring. I started swapping tires but his jeep was to tall to pull inside. So there I am changing tires in the rain and wondering what the fawk I am doing. I am off of it for at least two weeks. Don't care about wheeling at Shamrock, just wanna go to Clayton.

 

[Bones]

I'm thinking about trading Bones in for Wyatt!

We are OVER!

 

[6uldv8]

ppfffffttttttt!!!!!! You're just talking big cause you got some this weekend! We'll NEVER be over!

 

[Bones]

ppfffffttttttt!!!!!! You're just talking big cause you got some this weekend! We'll NEVER be over!

You already did this on your tree in the front yard I bet haven't you?

 

[bigsilly]

I was totally burned out from wheeling last year and that is why I just took the winter off. I just left my heep sitting in the garage broke, as long as it was broke I was not even tempted to go wheeling. Getting back out there this weekend felt good.

Oh yeah, this weekend. It totally sucked. We got soaking wet and we did not get any wheeling. Slim fixed my rig, he was waiting on me at his shop when we rolled in at 1:00 a.m. friday night. When we head out to the trails we go to Black Sheep Blvd to start the day and David goes up, then I head up and then Pat. Water is going every where, it was unbelievable the water that was coming down the hills, and it was moving fast. Once Pat was up we continue on and after a couple hundred yards up the trail I look back to see Pat walking up the trail and his rig nowhere in site. His died at the top of the waterfall and would not crank. So for the next 4-5 hours we spent getting it out of the trail and headed back to the trailer tired, wet and disgusted. We loaded up and went back to the hotel and showered. We went to the video/pizza store and ate. Went back to the hotel and crashed for the night. We got up and headed home Sunday to sunny skies.

This was by far the worst weekend wheeling any of us have ever had. And to top it off when Pat got home he fawking cranked his buggy and backed it off the trailer.... laughing1

 

[BamaTJ]

Sounds like Pat might of somehow come in contact with Brennan's jeep That really sucks to drive all that way to not get any wheelin in. I am probably gonna take a break till April/May and hopefully be good to go since the weather is best for wheelin that time of year.