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p m

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It reminded me when one fuck of my friends borrowed my green D1 to tow a 10,000-lb field kitchen trailer. Fortunately, the tongue weight was so huge that the little Disco almost lifted the front, so he abandoned the idea. Otherwise, I'd end up not only with a fucked up motor, but also transmission.
Now I only have an inop electric brake controller hitting my left shin every time I get into the truck...

If that 03 D2 was in fact used to tow this trailer, its value is negative.
 

Drillbit

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It reminded me when one fuck of my friends borrowed my green D1 to tow a 10,000-lb field kitchen trailer. Fortunately, the tongue weight was so huge that the little Disco almost lifted the front, so he abandoned the idea. Otherwise, I'd end up not only with a fucked up motor, but also transmission.
Now I only have an inop electric brake controller hitting my left shin every time I get into the truck...

If that 03 D2 was in fact used to tow this trailer, its value is negative.

Your friends wasn't bright enough to lock the t case? :rofl:
 

p m

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Your friends wasn't bright enough to lock the t case? :rofl:
No.
Afterwards he told me that his _other_ friend towed the same trailer just all right with his VW Touareg. I asked if his _other_ friend still owned this vehicle, and the answer was "...mmm....no, he sold it about a month after the trip."
 

Tugela

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This "trailer" is amateur stuff. In Seattle the food trucks themselves are as much an attraction as the food they serve:

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jymmiejamz

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I want to open a food truck that sells meatballs, similar to the Meatball Shop in New York. I would call it "Jimmy's Ball Shack," and the slogan would be "I'll put my balls in your mouth."
 

az_max

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A friend's daughter is doing the food truck thing around the Findlay, Oh area. (Chelsea's Real Food, if you're in the area). She's got about $50k into a new trailer with new appliances plus a 3/4ton truck to haul it around with.


That Airstream on the flatbed looks like shit. I sure hope that pic was taken during the build process.
 

kennith

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I always thought it would be nice to open a small restaurant. I know my way around a kitchen, and I've got a number of recipes that combine to produce a reasonably signature experience; certainly enough to fill a proper menu with consistent concepts that work well together.

I couldn't live that way, though.

Hell, I don't even eat the stuff. It's more of a challenge, to me. People love what I make, but I can't be bothered to cook for myself. When I do, it's just another experiment. I work my way through things until I come up with something that I like.

After that, I find something else to do. Eventually, the result finds itself on a table in front of people who generally enjoy the hell out of it.

The idea of a mobile kitchen is pretty cool. I've always been somewhat fascinated with food trucks.

Cheers,

Kennith
 

DiscoPhoto

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I always thought it would be nice to open a small restaurant. I know my way around a kitchen, and I've got a number of recipes that combine to produce a reasonably signature experience; certainly enough to fill a proper menu with consistent concepts that work well together.

I couldn't live that way, though.

Hell, I don't even eat the stuff. It's more of a challenge, to me. People love what I make, but I can't be bothered to cook for myself. When I do, it's just another experiment. I work my way through things until I come up with something that I like.

After that, I find something else to do. Eventually, the result finds itself on a table in front of people who generally enjoy the hell out of it.

The idea of a mobile kitchen is pretty cool. I've always been somewhat fascinated with food trucks.

Cheers,

Kennith

your menu would be way too fcking long.
 

az_max

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In Phoenix, some lawmaker must have a cousin/brother/dad who owns a commissary. If you own a push cart, food truck, mobile kitchen or similar you must have it cleaned and stocked at an approved commissary. People with food trucks on the far edges of the valley are at a disadvantage to have their food trucks cleaned to Maricopa County standards.
 

kennith

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your menu would be way too fcking long.

At least it would be written properly.:D

My ideal menu, however, would exist on a single primary page. If I were to store less food, I could provide a more varied and high quality menu, even if it's shorter. The prices could be kept a bit lower as well.

The back of the page would include drinks, desserts, and a few things kids actually want to eat, rather than sticking the little buggers with a choice between a half-ass grilled cheese or one of those red rocket doggy dick hot dogs.

Cheers,

Kennith