This makes me laugh almost as much as it makes me cry. There’s a guy in my neighborhood with a big black truck parked on the street, and a pair of blue TruckNutz hanging below, which I must pass and notice every night when I drive home from work. I do admit that the sheer obnoxiousness of it does at least make me smile.
But c’mon… beautiful wood burls? Is nothing sacred? I can only hope it’s injection-molded plastic wrapped in some kind of heat-shrink plastic print. I have a hard time imagining they’re CNC milling these from real wood.
EDIT: Phwew! Crisis averted. The video explains the ‘water transfer print’ method they use to print anything on their product. They have quite a number of print styles.
Okay, now back to actual woodstuffs :)
EDIT #2: Water Transfer Printing is a pretty interesting process.
-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator
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Julian
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posted 89 days ago
Haha, whats wrong with rednecks liking quality wood for their trucknuts..
Now those are ridiculous!
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Craftsman on the lake
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posted 89 days ago
Ah… thank you for the ah.. wonderful post. I think.
(chrome ones… the best)
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PurpLev
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posted 89 days ago
this is sick. I’m not even going to comment on this thread (oops)
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RBWoodworker
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posted 89 days ago
Gary!!..this was your truck!!!..lol
I was thinkin.. If he got rear-ended..that would be the quivilent of getting “kicked in the nuts”..or it a lowrider got some..he would be “dragging his nuts on the ground”
Sorry..I was laughing so hard at this post..I just couldn’t help myself..
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Innovator
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posted 89 days ago
It takes a lotta ba…
Never mind
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reggiek
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posted 89 days ago
Hmmmm…to each their own I suppose…..I call my truck she…so I don’t think she need nutz….at least I hope not….
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Peik Löf
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posted 88 days ago
They dont look as polished as my nuts
Im sure you can find something else besides nuts for your car reggie ;P
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MsDebbieP
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posted 88 days ago
I saw some on a truck last month… they were swinging freely as they went sailing down the open road.
sigh :(
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