Thread: 1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn Build

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Ditto, I'm intrigued

It's like an over sized pine box derby car except made from valve covers. I didn't realize this was a thing until I searched for a pic of it.

Valve Cover Race Rules

The pic I've added is from the show on Saturday, but from a few years ago. On the left is a friend of mine, Richie. There were a lot of kids that raced them too. They had a blast!

I started thinking I'm kind of glad I haven't finished the bed on this dude yet. I've been using the snot out of it hauling all kinds of odd stuff. My parent's have an old barn that the roof went to crap on and it finally fell in after a big wind storm sometime this summer. Of course this was a building we used for storage. It has the Farmall H my Dad, Grandpa, and I repainted when I was in 4-H. The rest is just extra parts and stuff I need to go through and liquidate any how. Now I have no choice. I'd like to get the Farmall out of there before it is toast. Dad tore it down many years ago to rebuild the engine and he never finished it. I'd like to get it at least in my shop before snow flies so I can determine what I want to do with it. I'm hoping to build a lean to up before it gets bad out but we'll see how that goes....

I called a few places to see about getting a dumpster dropped off. The cheapest place was $480 plus about $150 more for other fees. I opted for the cheaper option B. I'll just load the orange truck and take it to the dump when it's full. The landfill is only about 4 miles from Mom and Dad's place, and they only charge $21/ton. Today's load was only $19 and was 1500lbs. I doubt I get to the $600 mark doing it this way. I'll probably throw bigger pieces on my trailer after I haul scrap in.

Hey what does that tare out at??? Just curious.

Originally Posted by 34_40

Hey what does that tare out at??? Just curious.

Mike, it was 8460 rolling in. 6960 rolling out. So take me out and the truck is around 6659 and that's with an almost fuel tank.

Last time I went to our land fill it was a lot more than that. Another reason not to live here!

$117.50/ton!

I'm lucky to have a burn hole at my place in the pasture. It's crazy how much stuff has been burned in there over the years. It looks like you don't need a four lane highway there yet

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

I'm lucky to have a burn hole at my place in the pasture. It's crazy how much stuff has been burned in there over the years. It looks like you don't need a four lane highway there yet

That was a back road that rarely anyone uses. That's the only reason I did the pic op on it. Less worry of any issues. You can see for a mile or more. I used to use this spot to test trucks after I got done with them.

Yesterday we took the orange truck to our local car show in town. I didn't win anything but the kids enjoyed looking at all the cars and trucks. They even had semis from the ATHS there. One of the members came down to where we were at and was talking to my brother and I about joining the ATHS. He said they are trying to get more pick ups involved in it. He said most people don't realize that the trucks in ATHS is any truck that was built in the USA and was worked in the USA. We'll see, it might be fun.

ATHS??? Huh?

Originally Posted by 34_40

ATHS??? Huh?

What he said.

Originally Posted by johnboy

What he said.

What he said X3

https://www.aths.org/

AHhhhh... thanks for the link.