sargentrs wrote:Wow, however do you walk with such a big set?I have to be a little more diplomatic, gotta sleep some time.
..all the good comebacks i have are best left unsaid... here's the way i looked at it : sometimes you just gotta lay it on the line and deal with the drama it causes - not doing that caused me to take over 2 years to get my cab swapped over and new engine swapped in ..both of which really should have only taken a week, tops from start to fire it up and drive away..and i could only work on it outside in the driveway weather permitting .....and it made me a pretty ornery jerk to be around...now ,i'm happy. I fiddle around for a while on the bump till i've had enough ,then do some stuff she wants done after I'm done..
the big shocker to me is : now that i've risked doghouse life for good i'm actually allowed to pull the ole truck into the garage and do some work on it
So as I'm pulling stuff off, I'm taking it out of the garage, around the house, in the "basement" and scattering it around the "man cave". She never goes down there, unless there's a bad storm like last week, and that's my little corner of the world. I can get everything down there but the cab, the frame and the bed. Right now the bed's around back, under the 10' high back deck. Still gotta get the engine/tranny out of the corner of the garage then I can pull the cab and tuck it back there. Get the running gear out from under it and down in the "basement", then put the frame on the dolly. Pull all the brackets and brake lines, etc and once I'm there, I can wheel the frame out in the driveway, pressure wash it and start prepping for POR-15 and paint. Start cleaning parts and painting them down in the basement. Then I can start bringing them back up for reassembly. Slowly but surely, a little at a time. And still keep the garage usable to stay out of hot water 
It's going to take a long "time" but it keeps me occupied and I, and she, don't see mess every day when we get home from work.