OTR Ranger (Budget Build)

[Deleted User 38384]

This is rare to happen on a Monday. I have received an email from Rough Country letting me know that the bed liner that I ordered Sunday morning has already been shipped. Best news I have heard all day.

Bed Liner ? Or,,, Bed Mat ?

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[TxOTRRanger]

Bed mat. Sorry for mixing them up.

 

[LaBalbe]

Are you kidding? Thats where they COME from...at his drop-ship warehouse (now conveniently located in beautiful downtown Green Valley, AZ).

Yeah, he tried to blame the fleet of trucks going back and forth between AZ & AK on Annie's shopping habits, but we all know the truth...

 

[AzScorpion]

Yeah, he tried to blame the fleet of trucks going back and forth between AZ & AK on Annie's shopping habits, but we all know the truth...

Oh I wasn't lying brother. Now that it's Black Friday week you should see all the Amazon Prime trucks lined up outside our house.

 

[LaBalbe]

Oh I wasn't lying brother. Now that it's Black Friday week you should see all the Amazon Prime trucks lined up outside our house.

Oh, I know. A guy I know works at the warehouse up here, and apparently they're one of many "overflow" warehouses dedicated to Annie's purchases. I told you before, you should have just bought a semi and used it to lug all of that stuff around.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

Oh, I know. A guy I know works at the warehouse up here, and apparently they're one of many "overflow" warehouses dedicated to Annie's purchases. I told you before, you should have just bought a semi and used it to lug all of that stuff around.

Here is how we can handle the overflow problem!

 

[TxOTRRanger]

I feel that this picture has a place in my build thread, Dad has been a big part in the evolution of my truck, as well as everyone here on Ranger 5G.
I took this Thanksgiving morning at Cracker Barrel and when I told Dad why I was taking a picture of our trucks. He had a big smile on his face.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

It was a cold, wet, and rainy day in North Texas yesterday. Temperature was 35 and the chill factor was 32.
This was taken right after I backed up in front of the house. Looking North East.

I took these this morning before I headed out for work. Thermometer on the truck was showing 28 degrees.

This is what it looks like when I roll out the driveway and head down the gravel road to the farm market road at which point I shut the off road lights off.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

It was a cold, wet, and rainy day in North Texas yesterday. Temperature was 35 and the chill factor was 32.
This was taken right after I backed up in front of the house. Looking North East.

I took these this morning before I headed out for work. Thermometer on the truck was showing 28 degrees.

This is what it looks like when I roll out the driveway and head down the gravel road to the farm market road at which point I shut the off road lights off.

I moved from Ohio to Texas to escape this cold shit !!! But I do Like the extra cold weather horsepower. It reached mid 40's here and my truck was loving it. The difference temperature makes on horsepower is amazing.

Have you had reason to show anyone your lights on the street yet ? I've only used mine 3 times on the street... The 1st was by accident. The 2nd was to prevent an accident. And the 3rd was to punish an asshole.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

I moved from Ohio to Texas to escape this cold shit !!! But I do Like the extra cold weather horsepower. It reached mid 40's here and my truck was loving it. The difference temperature makes on horsepower is amazing.

Have you had reason to show anyone your lights on the street yet ? I've only used mine 3 times on the street... The 1st was by accident. The 2nd was to prevent an accident. And the 3rd was to punish an asshole.

I have honestly thought about it a few times on certain people, then I can hear my late Grandpa telling me "boy don't do it, it's not right."

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I have have honestly thought about it a few times on certain people, then I can hear my late Grandpa telling me "boy don't do it, it's not right."

I agree. It's not a nice thing to do. I only apply it to the worst 1%. I give 2 strikes to everyone. It's best not to show me strike 3.

 

[AzScorpion]

I moved from Ohio to Texas to escape this cold shit !!! But I do Like the extra cold weather horsepower. It reached mid 40's here and my truck was loving it. The difference temperature makes on horsepower is amazing.

Have you had reason to show anyone your lights on the street yet ? I've only used mine 3 times on the street... The 1st was by accident. The 2nd was to prevent an accident. And the 3rd was to punish an asshole.

When we were in Arkansas I had to use mine on the streets a couple of times. Mostly because there were very few street lights and the streets there (where we lived) were very narrow and a lot of hills and curves. It wasn't uncommon to come around a corner and have a pack of deer in the street and the spots/floods really helped seeing them from afar and not plowing into them. lol

But there's always that who constantly flashes their high beams at me when mine were on low so they got the lights along with me holding my high beam stalk.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

When we were in Arkansas I had to use mine on the streets a couple of times. Mostly because there were very few street lights and the streets there (where we lived) were very narrow and a lot of hills and curves. It wasn't uncommon to come around a corner and have a pack of deer in the street and the spots/floods really helped seeing them from afar and not plowing into them. lol

But there's always that who constantly flashes their high beams at me when mine were on low so they got the lights along with me holding my high beam stalk.

Yup.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

I almost forgot to post this. I used my Rough Country lights on the road this afternoon for the first time. Not as retaliation against anyone, but as a courtesy instead. One of the truck drivers from United Sand and Gravel was about to enter onto the road, and there wasn't anything behind me so I stopped probably about a 200ft short of the gravel road the driver was coming out of, and I turned my off road lights on for about 10 seconds ish to let the driver know that they could go ahead and enter onto the road and that I would wait for them to.

 

[TxOTRRanger]

I went to Lone Star Conversions this afternoon after work and ordered a set of Bilstein 5100 shocks and struts for the truck, and a bugflector for the hood. If you look at the images that are in the head on shot with the new grill and lights on it, there are a couple of pretty good sized rock dings in the front center of the hood.
I have an appointment to have this stuff installed in the latter part of the week. Bonus, I have a week off work for vacation. There are some places around here that I haven't seen in a while, so I am going to rest some, then after I have rested, go exploring and enjoy the open road.

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