Thread: The "Ranch/Farm/Work/Hunting/Tow" Truck !!!!

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Well North being at the bottom of the world (due to the mass weight of people that live there), and Sweden being in the North, I would say it must be, yes .


Mick

Originally Posted by 32t

I have no proof but this idea has entered my mind!

My diesel truck gets approximately 25% better mileage than its gas equivalent. When I buy diesel it is about 25% more in cost!????? Is this just coincidence?

Here is my ride. A year or so ago and from the good side. I would have to untape the overdrive wires to short them and change the setting. The fuel gauge has not worked for years and I reset the trip odometer every time I fill it up. If it is below 32'F I have to open the hood and assist the fuel shut off selinoid on. It works during the summer when it is warm and i didn't fix it again last summer. I laugh and say it is my anti theft device.

I could go on and on about things wrong with it. My wife keeps telling me to get a new one. I stopped in a dealer a while ago and asked myself if I would spend $40,000+ to drive the new one rather than the old and the answer was no.

This is the first vehicle I have gotten tired/bored of driving but with 350,000 miles on it I wonder why? How many hours have I sat there?

A few years ago I switched the cushions from the drivers to the passenger seat side.

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I finally broke down and bought a new one! On the way home after making an offer the rear brakes went out! I say it was mad at me but my mother said it gave everything... I am having a hard time getting rid of it. the reason I thought about this tonight is I am finally starting to clean it out. The most interesting thing that I have found so far is an unopened letter from my mother to my son. Dated Nov 15 2003. It fell down the crack in the back seat. He will be 20 this month. He didn't appreciate it as much as I but it was a fun letter from grandma about deer hunting, snow, and owls she saw on her walk.

Yesterday to make a long story short i used it to back my pop up camper into our parking space. I zipped it right in. The new trucks are to high in the rear. I have found that on all of them not just the Ford I bought. I can't see the dang camper out the rear window. Also I can't reach the bottom of the box from the side standing on the ground. they are making trucks into cars! I refused to buy the Chevy because of their Onstar and the NSA. Dodges are more expensive. I am getting use to this one but I doubt that I will be writing a glowing review of this one 15 years from now.

Well, here was mine... a 1995 Toyota half ton pickup, 4 cylinder, manual tranny, 4WD. I unfortunately ended up having to sell it because I couldn't fit a car seat in the back, and had to take my son to and from daycare. I did everything in that truck, and anywhere I ever wanted to go it would take me. That thing once pulled my cousins Silverado up a 150 yard muddy 50 degree incline with his parking brake set... it was like I was pulling a wagon.

I used to have people stop me and ask "does that truck have the 22RE engine in it?" to which I'd respond in the affirmative. They always replied "man, that's the best engine Toyota ever made".

I had several people offer me cash for it with no test drive. As a matter of fact, when I finally did sell it, I had 7 people in line to buy it 10 minutes after listing it on Craigslist.

God, I miss my Yota...

Glen, that truck looks to be in great shape for a 20 year old vehicle. My daily driver is a 1997 f150 that I bought new, has holes where the cab corners used to be, bottoms of doors and tailgate no longer have sheet metal, drivers door skin flaps in the wind-no metal left to attatch it to.

Here's a photo of my "nice" truck. 1955 M38A1 army jeep, less than 16000 miles. Fun for grouse hunting.