Going to look at a new truck

[Patrick NC]

When I was a kid and first got my drivers license I bought a 1979 F-250 4x4 with a 6" lift kit and 40" tires. I think it had a 351m or a 400 in it. That truck got 4-5 mpg. 

[Claybraker]

My 2015 Ram 1500 diesel gets 19-20 mpg around town or 27-28 hwy. Empty, or fully loaded with 15 bales of pine straw in the bed. Yeah, it's a Pavement Princess but rides better than my 2017 BMW X3 on a rough interstate. At least I didn't have it lifted with a brush guard, winch, fancy light bar and all that other nonsense.

[Mooseherder]

My 2004 Dodge 3500 Diesel with Allison gets 17.2 on the highway loaded without trailer.  215 thousand miles.  It'll be 17 years old in April and that's a lil concerning running up and down the road between here and Maine.  I've been keeping it in good shape because the thought of replacing it is frightening and I still enjoy driving it.  My Son in Law sells both Chevys and Fords for a dealership Fleet sales dept.  He sold 9 today.   End of the year push is on.   I'll be going back to gasoline engines probably but this has been a good truck.    I'll try to make this one last 10 more years. ;D

[Southside]

Who puts a lift kit and a winch on a BMW?  :D

[Walnut Beast]

My 2015 Ram 1500 diesel gets 19-20 mpg around town or 27-28 hwy. Empty, or fully loaded with 15 bales of pine straw in the bed. Yeah, it's a Pavement Princess but rides better than my 2017 BMW X3 on a rough interstate. At least I didn't have it lifted with a brush guard, winch, fancy light bar and all that other nonsense.

Tell me how much you think all that other stuff is nonsense when you have a deer 🦌 wipeout the front of your PP 😂.  My 6k solid stainless steel bumper with brush guard and 17.5 winch from 16 years ago has saved me and the 2004 truck it was on and my current one it's on now more than once 

[Dave Shepard]

My 2004 Dodge 3500 Diesel with Allison gets 17.2 on the highway loaded without trailer.  215 thousand miles.  It'll be 17 years old in April and that's a lil concerning running up and down the road between here and Maine.  I've been keeping it in good shape because the thought of replacing it is frightening and I still enjoy driving it.  My Son in Law sells both Chevys and Fords for a dealership Fleet sales dept.  He sold 9 today.   End of the year push is on.   I'll be going back to gasoline engines probably but this has been a good truck.    I'll try to make this one last 10 more years. ;D

The next time you are going through MA in the way to Maine, you can drop it off here. I don't go far from home. ;D

[Claybraker]

Who puts a lift kit and a winch on a BMW?  :D

Probably same folks that pretend they are going to take a 60K new truck out in the woods.

[moodnacreek]

A woods truck? I once ran a trapline with a 1300 IH 4x4, 223 amc, 488 rears and 900x16 tires flatbed.

[sawguy21]

Now that was a woods truck although it probably needed all day to get there. ;D

[moodnacreek]

Now that was a woods truck although it probably needed all day to get there. ;D

It would go 48 on the road. The one before that was a '66 130 and it had a v8!

[hopm]

Had a couple of incidents with my 01 f450 yesterday. I told my brother who was watching for me as I pushed stuff back in place with the tractor forks, I was glad I never bought a new truck cause I'd be doing the same thing if I'd spent 60k.

[Walnut Beast]

The 2021 Ram Cummins 3500 has a 37,100 Gooseneck towing capacity and 22,000 conventional towing capacity. Torque is up to 1,075 now on HO

[Southside]

The last group of semis I bought were '07s, sold them when we sold the other business, anyway those had 1000 ft lbs of torque.   Ironically the price was about the same as these new pickups. 

[mike_belben]

The 2021 Ram Cummins 3500 has a 37,100 Gooseneck towing capacity and 22,000 conventional towing capacity. Torque is up to 1,075 now on HO

Yeah because theyre designed for the hotshot trucking industry thats helping to wreck rates on the regular trucking industry.  
Either way, truck prices, youtube and antifa are all the evidence i need to make a solid case that people are idiots.   

[dgdrls]

Found one even has a custom trailer;)

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[farmfromkansas]

I found my 3/4 ton Chevy was a little light for pulling my cow trailer, and flatbed trailer, and my spray rig, so started looking for a 1 ton dually, and wound up buying a F450 4x4, V10  with 6 speed manual.  It is an 05 model with 191 K.  Price was right, and bought it on an online auction, from NE Colorado.  The truck has NO RUST, first thing after getting it home blew the dirt out of the rockers and cab corners, had to use water to get it clean, but no rust inside there.  Where I picked up the truck, looked like they run about 1 cow to 80 acres, really dry country. Cool thing is, even the door hinges are tight. Ford must put a lot more  effort into their heavier trucks. 

[Walnut Beast]

The 2021 Ram Cummins 3500 has a 37,100 Gooseneck towing capacity and 22,000 conventional towing capacity. Torque is up to 1,075 now on HO

Yeah because theyre designed for the hotshot trucking industry thats helping to wreck rates on the regular trucking industry.  
Either way, truck prices, youtube and antifa are all the evidence i need to make a solid case that people are idiots.  

I take it you won't be doing any hotshot trucking after the nasty situation you went through Mike 🤬😡

[Tacotodd]

He probably won't 

[mike_belben]

I have come close many times.  Getting DOT and MC are easy.  Putting yourself in the drug consortium and doing the audits and ifta and quarterlies and all that is irritating but doable.  Paying $18 grand for the first year of insurance premiums just ends the thought every single time i call.  The numbers on part time trucking make it impossible, and full time trucking is a crummy life.  


Plus my 2ton is a DOT magnet.  Hotshots get a lot more attention that class 8 trucks these days because there are so many more incognito haulers to throw the entire book at.  Number one reason to run a pete or kw is the scales just roll you by.  I never got a single inspection in a 379 breakin all the rules.   Harrassed a lot in a 4door international being pretty legit. 



Truckin just isnt part of God's plan for me, thankfully. 

[Walnut Beast]

A friend of mine used to run several trucks and there was always some drama from him or the drivers. Guys stopping at a casino and then not getting the load there. To him not advancing enough money and the driver leaving the truck along the highway in some other state 😂😂. 

[Tacotodd]

That's just a fine example of those people not caring about the kind of job that's done!

[moodnacreek]

Found one even has a custom trailer;)

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What the H? Modern tires, chain drive, sure not a bulldog. Like the sapling chain binder, DOT certified. That virgin hardwood looks like ash but is cut walnut style up top . A field tree for sure. A lot of questions in this pic.

[dgdrls]

Found one even has a custom trailer;)

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What the H? Modern tires, chain drive, sure not a bulldog. Like the sapling chain binder, DOT certified. That virgin hardwood looks like ash but is cut walnut style up top . A field tree for sure. A lot of questions in this pic.

Moodnacreek,
Its an English truck,  H Judd is/was located west of London not certain of the truck builder but I'm still digging around for that,
Judds Sawmill History ? Spencers Wood Local History Group

[Dave Shepard]

You could always go for a clean used truck:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-dodge-ram-w350/

[moodnacreek]

Found one even has a custom trailer;)

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What the H? Modern tires, chain drive, sure not a bulldog. Like the sapling chain binder, DOT certified. That virgin hardwood looks like ash but is cut walnut style up top . A field tree for sure. A lot of questions in this pic.

Moodnacreek,
Its an English truck,  H Judd is/was located west of London not certain of the truck builder but I'm still digging around for that,
Judds Sawmill History ? Spencers Wood Local History Group

Ok, the bloody British. I wonder if they hand sawed that monster on a pit. They did that quite late.