Thread: Trucks.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Never been much on 'late model' stuff. When the kids were little, I could fit about 8 in the back for jaunts around the neighborhood.

Sweet. '34?

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

Sweet. '34?

No. A '31. Last year for the Model A and first Ford with a steel top. Pretty original, the wheels are from a '33.
Kids are grown now so me and Kyle ride around. He loves to yank on the Wolf Whistle!

Maybe this isn't what your looking for , but I just got this one in November when I retired, I have not owned my own truck for 35 years , always had a company truck , the last 20 years being a dodge and all have been diesel and one ton 4 wheel drive , I had most all of them at one time or another , the company got me one every year and passed mine down so I got to drive all of them. The dodge deisel was the better one I had , but now I went gmc for my first owned truck. It's has the 6.2 liter 425 hp 3/4 ton 4wheel drive , and it is a fine driver just not good on fuel , but being is was in the oilfield for 40'years I love it when fuel gets used at a high rate! lol But still the gmc is a truck you can depend on. Tc

what about this beast?

Had an old international scout down at the farm that was roughed up like that ,, my dad bought it new in 1970 and we beat it up down there until 2 years ago , now gave a Polaris ranger for that ,, the old "binder as we all called them trucks is now dead and burned in the back 40 to rest until someone finds her a thousand years from now. Thanks for posting that , I had almost forgot her. Tc

Also for those who don't have a hardon for Japanese vehicles , I bought my wife a Nissan Armada Platinum edition, 3 years ago and when I offered her a new vehicle she told me she didn't need another , we love that SUV I,m sold on them ,, and she was driving an Escalade before that Tc

Originally Posted by edhewitt

what about this beast?

There goes Ed and his ute!

I am thinking an International CXT would fill the bill!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I am thinking an International CXT would fill the bill!

Well that settles it. Thats what I am getting. I might need a brighter color though so that way people can see me and my small truck coming. Im thinking neon green with chrome flames going down the side. Obligatory truck nuts too. Oh and the train horns so that way they can hear me when I honk.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

for $1000 per year in fuel (over a few years)you could probably buy an old "farm truck" for the times you actually need it, and keep a more reliable/comfortable car for everyday use, I know that counters what you are saying with regards to off street parking etc but weighing up the costs might be worthwhile?

I did the cost comparison. Minimum insurance with only liability costs about $600/year for second vehicle. Tabs/tax $50. One off street parking spot for me. [My wife gets the other!] If I make a mistake during a snow emergency it is a minimum $250 to get it out of impound and they are tearing up the streets in my neighborhood this year so it would mean walking possibly blocks to have on street parking. I got rear ended late this last winter. The insurance company would pay for a rental while it was in the shop and got mad when I didn't do it right away. They wouldn't pay for a truck because I don't own my own business and don't "need" one. Every time I thought about having my truck in the shop for up to a week I remembered that I wanted to tow a boat or haul something. My truck was very drive able and the car that rear ended me was totaled.

So when I add it all up not counting the cost of the second vehicle itself. I figured I would go with the truck. My goal was under $30,000, 4 wheel drive, V8, extended cab. I ended up with a Ford F150, $30,300 if I remember right. The GM products would have won out but I refuse to buy anything with their OnStar.