Jason Foster

If it is worth it, then it is worth it.

I just want to go back in time. https://www.motortrend.com/features/60s-muscle-cars/

I have always been self sufficient. Ever since I was a young man, a kid even, I would refuse to pay anyone for something I could do myself. The first job I ever tackled on my own was fixing the crank on my bicycle. I was 12. From that point on, the toys got bigger and the repairs did as well. Instead of hiring someone, I bought tools and learned how to do it. That progressed to the point that I now have a shop, $20k (probably more) worth of tools and have enough trade knowledge in my head that I can do just about anything. Is it worth it? To me it is. I have literally built houses, cabinets, plumbing, electrical work, I have rebuilt a few engines that actually worked afterwards and I have never paid anyone a penny for it. On top of that, it has built wealth for me. I will die with more money left in the bank than I can spend unless the country falls apart and the dollar tanks. But even then, I will have the knowledge and the tools to keep going. Do it all again. Until I get old and spend $3000 to get my Oliver detailed. :)

I feel the pinch too. Everything has gone up except my pay and I am still paying for two houses waiting for the bigger one to sell. Hopefully, the economy will get better after the election.

I may actually do a camo wrap so I can lose it in the woods.

I ceramic coated my truck at home. It is a chore but it looks nice. I believe it cost me less than $100 for the product and about 3 hours of time. I already had the equipment, so no extra cost on that. If I did the Oliver, I figure 3 to 4X that at $400 and about 12 hours. If I paid myself $100 an hour for my time, it would only come to about $1600 total. That is being generous. It would likely take less time and less money. My truck was FILTHY. My Oliver had some swirl marks from the factory, so they paid to get mine polished. I took it to a local boat detailer and he put a nice ceramic coat on it for $1300. $3000 is too much in my opinion, unless they come to your house and your trailer is horribly oxidized. If I can't do it myself, I will take it to my boat guy.

Good to know.

Awesome trip report. I much prefer mountains over flatlands and snow over sand, but I always enjoy a road trip.

Absolutely one thing I love about my trailer.

I guess I'm going to have to brave the fire ants and crawl under mine to see what the clearances are. My curiosity box is humming.

I hate these things. Takes a lot of elbow grease to remove them. I'm sure there is a product out there that will make it easier for $ but I'm a bit cheap.

I wonder if installing some kind of urethane bump stop and limiter straps would help.

I am one of the few that think the Cybertruck is kind of nice looking truck in an ugly sort of way.

I buy a heavy duty high performance grease and use it for everything from lawnmower to HD truck. I like simplicity.

This is cool in an academic sort of way, but I am a bit old school when it comes to my vehicles. I will likely be one of the few holdouts of the century who will still prefer diesel.