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On 10/16/10 2:06 PM, YukonBound wrote:
"Harry®" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message ... On 10/15/10 1:24 PM, John H wrote: Should I, or should I not? I've about decided that diesel pickups are too damn expensive. I'm looking pretty seriously at this: http://tinyurl.com/27ehnzo Any comments? Any experience with this beast? Consumer Reports gives it a great rating, and the damn thing will tow over 10K pounds. Definitely. It makes perfect sense to spend $34,000 on a used truck three model years old and pay $700 more to get it here. Go for it! -- Not to mention it's only a 2WD model. If I was going that deep in the hole.... especially for a used truck, it would be 4WD And what would A RAV 4 grocery hauler station wagon driver know about trucks? -- Duh..... I only bought the RAV4 18 months ago after the lease on my Ford Ranger 2WD expired. After driving front wheel drive vehicles since 1984...... that truck made me nervous in the snow. The rear end sure liked to jump out..... I had 100 lbs of bagged sand in the bed although I only had the original equipment all season tires. What would an ID spoofing moron who lives in Florida or Georgia know about snow? We had a significant amount of snow here last winter. I was very glad we had a 4WD vehicle in our "stable." -- Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People! |
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I'd be nervous of him handling anything that big towing a travel trailer larger than his current one. Well, I'm sure John has driven an M35-A2 Oshkosh down places that wern't considered a road before. Pulling a truck and a camper or boat should be a breeze. |
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On 10/16/10 3:22 PM, Tim wrote:
I'd be nervous of him handling anything that big towing a travel trailer larger than his current one. Well, I'm sure John has driven an M35-A2 Oshkosh down places that wern't considered a road before. Pulling a truck and a camper or boat should be a breeze. Depends on the driver and the circumstances. I've seen large travel trailers and large boats literally virtually jackknife on the road in front of us when the driver swerved for one reason or another. In my opinion, too many trailer towers drive too damned fast for conditions and their abilities. 60-65 mph should be the legal limit when you are towing a trailer and there should be a mandatory road safety course plus a notation on your license before you can tow anything bigger than the smallest trailer. -- Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People! |
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On Oct 16, 2:30*pm, Secular Humouresque wrote:
On 10/16/10 3:22 PM, Tim wrote: I'd be nervous of him handling anything that big towing a travel trailer larger than his current one. Well, I'm sure John has driven an *M35-A2 *Oshkosh down places that wern't considered a road before. Pulling a truck and a camper or boat should be a breeze. Depends on the driver and the circumstances. I've seen large travel trailers and large boats literally virtually jackknife on the road in front of us when the driver swerved for one reason or another. In my opinion, too many trailer towers drive too damned fast for conditions and their abilities. 60-65 mph should be the legal limit when you are towing a trailer and there should be a mandatory road safety course plus a notation on your license before you can tow anything bigger than the smallest trailer. -- Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People! In Illinois the max speed for anything pulling a trailer is 60 mph. I will agree that there are alot of simpletons out there who go too fast on the interstates and demand too much out of their towing vehicle. I blame that alot on the pick up builders advertizing outragous pulling capacities with minimal safety equipment like... brakes. especially on the trailer. |
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"Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... On 10/16/10 2:06 PM, YukonBound wrote: "Harry®" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message ... On 10/15/10 1:24 PM, John H wrote: Should I, or should I not? I've about decided that diesel pickups are too damn expensive. I'm looking pretty seriously at this: http://tinyurl.com/27ehnzo Any comments? Any experience with this beast? Consumer Reports gives it a great rating, and the damn thing will tow over 10K pounds. Definitely. It makes perfect sense to spend $34,000 on a used truck three model years old and pay $700 more to get it here. Go for it! -- Not to mention it's only a 2WD model. If I was going that deep in the hole.... especially for a used truck, it would be 4WD And what would A RAV 4 grocery hauler station wagon driver know about trucks? -- Duh..... I only bought the RAV4 18 months ago after the lease on my Ford Ranger 2WD expired. After driving front wheel drive vehicles since 1984...... that truck made me nervous in the snow. The rear end sure liked to jump out..... I had 100 lbs of bagged sand in the bed although I only had the original equipment all season tires. What would an ID spoofing moron who lives in Florida or Georgia know about snow? We had a significant amount of snow here last winter. I was very glad we had a 4WD vehicle in our "stable." -- The RAV4 works fine with all season tires. If we got a couple of heavy snow years in a row I'd spend the $1k on four snow tires mounted on steel rims. |
New truck?
On 10/16/10 5:58 PM, YukonBound wrote:
"Secular Humouresque" wrote in message m... On 10/16/10 2:06 PM, YukonBound wrote: "Harry®" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "Secular Humouresque" wrote in message ... On 10/15/10 1:24 PM, John H wrote: Should I, or should I not? I've about decided that diesel pickups are too damn expensive. I'm looking pretty seriously at this: http://tinyurl.com/27ehnzo Any comments? Any experience with this beast? Consumer Reports gives it a great rating, and the damn thing will tow over 10K pounds. Definitely. It makes perfect sense to spend $34,000 on a used truck three model years old and pay $700 more to get it here. Go for it! -- Not to mention it's only a 2WD model. If I was going that deep in the hole.... especially for a used truck, it would be 4WD And what would A RAV 4 grocery hauler station wagon driver know about trucks? -- Duh..... I only bought the RAV4 18 months ago after the lease on my Ford Ranger 2WD expired. After driving front wheel drive vehicles since 1984...... that truck made me nervous in the snow. The rear end sure liked to jump out..... I had 100 lbs of bagged sand in the bed although I only had the original equipment all season tires. What would an ID spoofing moron who lives in Florida or Georgia know about snow? We had a significant amount of snow here last winter. I was very glad we had a 4WD vehicle in our "stable." -- The RAV4 works fine with all season tires. If we got a couple of heavy snow years in a row I'd spend the $1k on four snow tires mounted on steel rims. After last year, I wouldn't be without a 4WD vehicle. We had several significant snow storms. Now that I no longer need a tow vehicle to pull a fairly heavy boat, I'm thinking of trading in my 4Runner for a compact pickup truck with 4WD. Ford, GM and Toyota make nice vehicles in that range. -- Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People! |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:49:27 -0400, Harry®
wrote: I'm just wondering how they pack all them horsies into 5.7L. I'm guessing overhead cams and fuel injection. |
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