Vehicle Confession Time

Mike Finley

How many of you drive way more truck then you need? How many will admit it?

How many will admit why.

I have secretly encrypted this post so no wives can ever view it and use it against us.

ARCS

I would say that 90% of the time my F 350 is more truck than I need but it is the 10% of the time that if I had a F 150 I would have destroyed it with the load I put in it. I just wish that when I was using it as just a driver it got better than 10 miles to a gallon. I have thought a couple of times about getting a ranger for the days I do not need such a truck, but I just know the day I was driving that one of the guys would call and say since you are near the lumberyard, could you bring us a pallet of quickcrete, and I would end up loading it up and busting something, so I drive the 1 ton everywhere I go.

Mike Finley

I hear that. I see a 4 cylinder ranger in our future as a 2nd truck. Of course a couple of instances of crap, we could have done this or that if we had the real truck with us and there goes the ranger.

RobertCDF

Now that I spend almost all day in my truck I sometimes wish I had something a little smaller for the estimates. But I like my diesel and even if I still had my old ranger I dont think I would drive it.

I would love to have a dodge durango with a diesel motor. That would be cool.

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Chris Johnson

I agree with ARCS, I also have a 3500 Chev which I only need 10% of the time, but anything less than that and I destroy them with the loads I can carry. My wife is okay with that, you can send her the post.

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Kingfisher

Have a 2000 chevy 1500 long bed w/v6. I kill it with a heavy load every now and then but the main thing is the milage. I got the v6 for better milage and it sucks city driving in tampa from job to job is around 11 mpg had the best I have ever gotten is 19.5 mpg one highway trip. Track the milage every fill up always the same.I will have a v8 next time maybe diesel, probably a 2500hd but not a 3500 has to be a long bed maybe an extended but a crew long bed it too long. Was hoping that jeep was going to build their fullsize truck this year but it's shelved. It was to have a turbo 4 cyl. diesel and get 22 mpg with decint power. But on the up note my chevy is running strong at 118,000

joasis

I have a Duramax, and it is well justified, due to the loads I am pulling every week. If not, I would have a smaller truck for sure...and since the diesel gets 17 and up per gallon, it is my personal truck too...signage is good advertising when you pull up at a restaurant or where ever.

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MinConst

My Tundra is just enough for my needs. Pulls the trailer and hauls small loads. Long things I put in the trailer. So I think I am just about right. No need for a bigger one here.

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KillerToiletSpider

I bought a loaded Sierra Z-71. I don't think I actually need heated leather seats in a work truck, but I like them.

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mdshunk

Yes, with the price of gas, it might be time to downgrade from the old Pontiac T-1000. I'm thinking more along the lines of a pedi-cab.



Honestly, though, I have vehicles that nobody's even turned a key in for a month, and that's a sin.

Tom R

Here's the two jalopies I'm stuck with now, - - but I keep tellin' her it'd be nice if I had a damn car, too . . .

Magnettica

I drive a Ford E-250 van and it is a waste of money when I'm not using it for work. But hey, for work is why I bought it. The 2006 comes stock with the v8 unlike earlier models where u actually had a choice of a 6 cylinder.

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steve-in-kville

I'm driving an '06 GMC Canyon and I wish I would have bought a full size. 80% of the time, it fits just right. But its the other 20% that makes me wish I would have went bigger. I have a nice ARC cap w/boxes that work real nice.

Its also my daily driver. Plus I also serve as an officer for our local volunteer ambulance, so I carry some gear as well as have my two-way radio installed. Oh yeah, its got some flashy-blinkies too, but they're concealed.

steve

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myshtern

We've got a 2006 GM 1500 w/ the V6
Holy S*&T have I overloaded that thing a few times

It's got the power to do everything we need it just lacks 4wd and I feel like some of those leaf springs are going to just snap when I go over a speed bump with 2,000lb on the back

AtlanticWBConst

We have an older 14' Box truck that we now just park and use when we really need it. (Less gas and repairs)
I drive a '01 Dodge Ram 2500. It is Packed with tools and ladders that I don't use on a regular basis. I have no choice tho. One of our areas of work is to do heavier maintenance (what the staff can't do or don't want to do) for about 8 investment-owned large complexes. We get "emergency" calls on a weekly/daily basis for: "sudden" broken doors, broken windows, plumbing leak damage, roofing issues, etc...
I always end up being the guy to go out, since everyone else is scheduled to be at a project.
Many times I have no idea what I am gowing out to accomplish, until I get there. So sometimes I need tools and materials for metal work, concrete work, wood, exterior, roofing, etc...(having the right tools and materials in the truck has saved me so many times especially, if I am at the call late).
Examples: At a door break-in till 9:00 pm last Thursday. At a call for "noise" in wall yesterday (unsecured hot H2O plumbing lines expanding and contracting)

Result is:
one year: 24K miles on it.
Gas mileage = + $ (company pays for it all).



(needs a re-organizing)

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tinner666

I use a new '95 F-150 at 13mpg for most thing now. I still use the '82 Ole' Yaller for the heavy lifting at 9mpg. Here's a pic of Ole' Yaller with 3 tons of crusher-run in it.
When I called the quarry, the lady said $15.00 a ton, or $10.00 per PU load. I crossed the scales at 13,983.
She looked at the numbers, then the truck and nearly busted a gut! She said "Yep, that's a PU load! $10.00 please."


The wife drove it a few times to pick up loads there. Once, the manager saw the loader with a full 10" bucket dumping a load in the truck and came across the lot screaming for him to 'Stop, Stop, Stop!"
We've picked up 40-50 loads like this.

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