Camping

One day My mate messaged me and asked “Bro wanna do a challenge” I replied to that message with “Yea sure, But what type of challenge” He said “You have a 2000 dollars as a budget to build a truck to go off roading and camping in” I replied with “Challenge Accepted” I didn't hazatate and went straight onto Facebook Marketplace. I found a 1998 Toyota Hilux surf for 500 bucks. They said it did run but needed a new battery. The next day I got in my Nissan Skyline with a trailer and a battery and set off to get the truck. When I arrived I could already see it. It was sitting in his front yard, I pulled up the driveway and honked the horn. He came out of the garage so I opened my door and got out of my Skyline. He said “Here the truck go take a look around if you want” I looked around and the truck looked pretty good, There were a couple dents but that was it, I handed him the money and he said “You gonna tow the truck with your skyline?” I said “Nope you will see” I Grabbed the new Battery and put it in the truck, It started right up and ran pretty good. I moved it forward in front of my skyline and then got out. I said to him “Let me just back the skyline out” I drove the car out and onto the road. I unhooked the trailer from the car and then got him to help me push it up his driveway. I hocked it onto the truck and then drove the skyline onto the trailer. I said “That's how I'm getting it home” I backed the truck out of the driveway with the trailer and then drove home.



 As soon as I got home I got straight to work on the truck. I started by cleaning it, I cleaned the interior first and it ended up spotless. Then I cleaned the outside and it turned out pretty good. I took every seat out besides from the driver seat out of the truck and sat it down next to the wall. I then took all the carpet out of the truck and started planning. Knowing I had 1,500 Dollars left to spend I went out to the store I had a list in my mind, I got to the shop and went and bought a camp stretcher and some wood. All up I spent 300 dollars. I drove to another shop and brought a mini fridge and a power supply. I spent another 200 on them. I went back to my house and started to lay everything out. I put the camp Stretcher next to the driver seat so I had more room in the back. I used the wood to build a bench behind the driver seat and I put the mini fridge on it. I called that a day and went to bed, I woke up the next morning and Hoped in my truck and went straight to the 4wd Shop and brought set of 4wd wheels and tyres on sale for 500 bucks, I also got A front bumper a winch and a light bar, That was the last of my money. I had them install it for me, It took them around an hour. As soon as they finished I paid and went out to my local Off-road Trail. I took it around the track 2 times and it ran pretty good. It was 12 oclock so I went to the closest Burger King and got 2 Cheeseburgers and a frozen Coke. I went home and called my mate. He said “I’ve Finished my truck. I told him “Yea I have when we are going” We talked for a little bit after that and had agreed on meeting up the next morning but he also told me not to bring any sort of food or gear. I went to sleep and woke up the next morning. I got in my truck and drove to the warehouse, I got there after him. My mate said “Okay you have a 300 dollar budget to get everything” I took the 300 dollars and went straight in, I grabbed a trolley and I already had a plan. My plan was to spend 100 dollars on food and water. And rest for sleeping bag and other things

 1 hour later

 I walked out of the store I had spent all 300 dollars, We set our trucks up and set out, We got to our first spot, We were out at a river bed. We pulled into a little track, He stopped and said to me “Get ready it gets hard from here” I put my truck in low gear, The first obstacle was a mud pit My friend had told me it was deep. I was ready, I went into it slow and then went full throttle, I made it though and so did my mate. We did a lot of 4 Wheel driving, Night started to fall so we stopped to set up for the night, I grabbed a hand saw I had brought from the shop and went out to find some wood, I found some wood and took it back to the site. My mate grabbed some dry leaves and paper, We started a fire, It was going for a bit but then it started to go down, We decided we would go to sleep now. We woke up the next morning ready to go, We got in our trucks and set off. The first obstacle was a cliff ride where the track was right next to a cliff, I was planning to go slow, We got half way round and my throttle got stuck. My truck went straight off the cliff, I think I got knocked out…. When I woke up all I could see was metal. I started to feel pain in my leg I could hear someone yelling with a helicopter in the background, I blacked out but when I woke up I was in the hospital from that day on Life was different.