I might be a redneck, because ...

I have hauled MANY appliances home after rescuing them from the neighbors' garbage.

moparman76_69 wrote: In reply to aussiesmg: That car is made of win though. I'm trying not to go buy this:

What is that thing? I want one.

Generally they were built to haul a matching RV trailer. All pretty like. One ton van with the back 1/3 cut off, shorty pick up bed and fifth wheel installed. Not really good for anything but towing. I believe only gas engines.

moparman76_69 wrote: In reply to aussiesmg: That car is made of win though. I'm trying not to go buy this:

I want one!

Woody wrote: I've been "too drunk to fish".

Whiskey wrist?

I truly and honestly want to buy a late '70s Trans Am to park in my yard. I don't really want to drive one or deal with it, but I love seeing those cars. There's one in my neighborhood that I'm sure has dropped the property values, but it makes me happy every time I walk past it.

I wouldn't go so far as to put it on blocks though. I'd at least want it to be driveable and street-legal.

I also intentionally drink Coors. I don't know wtf a "banquet beer" is, though.

cwh wrote: Generally they were built to haul a matching RV trailer. All pretty like. One ton van with the back 1/3 cut off, shorty pick up bed and fifth wheel installed. Not really good for anything but towing. I believe only gas engines.

yes, just look at the heavy/super duty rims on that one. It is made to haul some weight around. I guess because you are not supposed to (illegal) have people traveling in a 5th wheel camper, they were meant to allow the passengers to ride in some comfort in the van part.

at least all the ones I have seen are.. they are like 2/3s of a luxury conversion van with a pickup bed for towing

Gearheadotaku wrote:

Zomby woof wrote: ...I used a chainsaw while renovating the kitchen last year.

Thats GRM, not redneck. (says the guy who's roof was held by a bottle jack)

I used a leaf blower inside my house, and have used a chainsaw during renovations.

I've got an engine block as a wine rack. I'm convinced that this makes me awesome though.......an awesome redneck?!

because I'm from South Dakota.

Joe Gearin wrote: I've got an engine block as a wine rack. I'm convinced that this makes me awesome though.......an awesome redneck?!

... needs banjo FTW

My buddies yard deep in the woods

Karl's buddy wins

I was raised on a farm in Kentucky and even I have to admit that Karl's buddy has it down.

Are those pigs or dogs? Doesn't matter.

Looks like a set from the horror film 'Wolf Creek'.

Looks like Jamaica to me, except the truck is too big.

ReverendDexter wrote: I also intentionally drink Coors. I don't know wtf a "banquet beer" is, though.

awesome, that's what. There's no way I'd drive to Texarkana for the crap in the silver can though. And I drank PBR way before it was hip. I guess I out-hipsterred the hipsters.

ultraclyde wrote:

ReverendDexter wrote: I also intentionally drink Coors. I don't know wtf a "banquet beer" is, though.

awesome, that's what. There's no way I'd drive to Texarkana for the crap in the silver can though. And I drank PBR way before it was hip. I guess I out-hipsterred the hipsters.

Coors doesn't come in a silver can, that's Coors light. Snowman and the Bandit were smuggling the "banquet" beer which is in a tan can.

just for historical accuracy

Joe Gearin wrote:

ultraclyde wrote:

ReverendDexter wrote: I also intentionally drink Coors. I don't know wtf a "banquet beer" is, though.

awesome, that's what. There's no way I'd drive to Texarkana for the crap in the silver can though. And I drank PBR way before it was hip. I guess I out-hipsterred the hipsters.

Coors doesn't come in a silver can, that's Coors light. Snowman and the Bandit were smuggling the "banquet" beer which is in a tan can. just for historical accuracy

I think that was his intent - regular Coors is drinkable, Coors Light isn't worth the redemption value of the can in comes in.

aussiesmg wrote: Karl's buddy wins

yes, he does.

When my $250 Civic CVCC died, I replaced it with a $350 Dodge Reliant K which my friends named 'the white trash'. One day the last of the motor mounts broke and the engine fell out of the car, so my Dad and I used a 2x4 and a rock to lever it back up into the car, then suspended it from a 2x4 lying across the engine bay with a stout rope. A little nylon twine tied the hood down over the board, and I drove it that way for the next few weeks.

i had to do a recliner couch repair a few months back as well. whoever designed the thing forgot about geometry and strength in triangles and such and just used a piece of 3/4" ply tacked between two of the "ribs" that ran from front to back on either side of the center cushion to put the front center leg rather than spending another 45 cents and putting one leg on each of these ribs. of course with no support the plywood buckled and cracked, leaving the center of the couch sorta sagging in the middle, which caused the recliner footrests to drag on the floor and hang up when you tried to open/close them. real PITA when you're trying to watch reruns of Dallas, right?

so eventually i got tired of it and the g/f telling me we needed to go spend 1500 bucks on a new couch when the one im sitting on holds me off the floor just fine. so i took a piece of scrap 2x4 and cut it down to fit the span, and screwed the busted ply to the wood brace so that the thing couldn't buckle anymore. problem solved and i probably bought myself another 12-18 months before this couch has finally had it. at which time i'll pull a page from my grandfather's playbook and chop it up with a sawzall to make manageable pieces for removal via the door. the thing was such a bitch to get in the house, i really don't feel like putting in the effort to get it back out.