Steven and I had searched for months for a new (to us) Toyota truck. It all started about 4 years ago when Steven sold his old Toyota truck to a friend in order to buy my engagement ring. I still say that the Toyota reincarnated (as my ring) is far shinier than it ever was before.
All was well and fine not having a truck while we lived in the townhome. Then we thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and buy a house...a house house...with a yard...and yard work. You realize pretty quickly how useful a truck is when you have a big pile of tree limbs to haul away.
Luckily, shortly after buying our house, we got a roommate, Will, who had a Ford F150 that he let us borrow for tree limb hauling and what not. Super helpful. Unluckily he moved out a year or so ago and we've been limping by on borrowed trucks and making things fit into the Subaru ("Excuse me Mr. Lowes guy, can you cut that piece of plywood in half...yeah...we need it to fit into the the back of a wagon. Thanks.") ever since.
We finally gave in and searched craigslist for used Toyota trucks. It took us forever but we finally found one that fit all of our requirements and was within our budget. The downfall was...it was in Cashiers, NC and everyone else wanted it to. We dropped everything one random weekday and drove 5 hours to Cashiers to check out this fabled truck. Of course we decided to buy it. That would have been one hell of a trip for nothing otherwise. It is a 95 T-100 v6 manual with 155something miles on it.
Our fleet was complete again.
Not long after that, the plastic bed cover came off because it was holding water and would eventually rust the bed. Our plan was to apply that awesome bed armor that's become popular. It looks like a thick coat of rubber that acts like a tough skin for the metal. It costs a couple hundred to get it done professionally or $70 and an afternoon to do it by yourself. Which do you think we did?
That's right. We did it the hard way.
Little bit of tape around the edges and off I went.
This stuff was a runny mess of rubber goo.
One coat was nothing but after a second, much thicker coat, we were money.
That stuff is tough and rough. Now our bed is free of rust and and all rust is prevented. Well done, T, well done.
Liz DiNatale
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