On Dec 17, 1:18 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message

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On the other hand, if I could get out of my lease early, I'd buy one of
the regular cab EF? 4 cylinder manual versions they're selling here for
less than $13K.
My towing needs are pretty modest now with the aluminum Princecraft.

Speaking of Rangers, I am seriously thinking of taking the hit and trading
mine back for a full sized truck again.
I had determined that I really didn't need the last one I had, a Ford F-350
PS diesel and traded it for the '07 Ranger "Level II" 4x4. Although it's a
nice little truck and is adequately powered with the 4.0L V6, I still miss
the oomph of a V8 or diesel. It also gets about the same mpg as the F-350
diesel, in fact if anything, it gets slightly less miles per gallon overall.
With it's small fuel tank it seems like I am always looking for a gas
station. The F-350 was good for over 400 miles per tank. Economy wise, the
two trucks are probably equal since diesel is more expensive than gas.

My son, who had a F-250 with the gas guzzling V10, traded it for a F-150 4x4
with the smaller V8. I rode it in the other day and was very impressed with
it's ride, room and power. My brother has a newer Ram 1500 4x4 which also
is a nice riding truck although the gas mileage of the mini-hemi leaves
something to be desired.

I am also going to checkout the GMC trucks, only because I've never had one.

Eisboch

What cracks me up is these 150 class trucks with the huge tires and
lift kits sitting two feet off the ground from the factory. As if
these white collar weenies around here were gonna' take em' off road.
Even worse is a clean Hummer, what a frekin' waste. The one constant
there was in the paint of all my jeeps was scratches