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My mechanic kid was just by, yakking at me about work.
He does truck suspensions, lots of them. F-150's to FD ladder trucks. Heres what he says about the little ones, F-150's and GM 1500's. The F-150's shorter than the 8' bed now have struts instead of coils. All the 1500's have struts now. Very light duty tie rods. Some disappointed guys thought they could put a plow on these trucks, but they aren't suitable for plowing. He's a GM guy himself, but if he gets a truck it will be a Ford. He barely mentioned Chryco, and my brain basically shuts down then anyhow, but I can ask if anybody cares. So if you're shopping for a truck, know what you're getting. I didn't get all the details, but that's the gist of it. What surprised me is all the lame trucks he sees with 2 seats and 4' bed. I say lame because to me a PU without an 8' bed is lame, but that's just me. I want to be able to throw sheetrock and plywood in there. --Vic |
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:37 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: I say lame because to me a PU without an 8' bed is lame, but that's just me. I want to be able to throw sheetrock and plywood in there. My Tundra has a 6 ft bed and handles 4 x 8 sheets easily with the tail gate down. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:37 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: I say lame because to me a PU without an 8' bed is lame, but that's just me. I want to be able to throw sheetrock and plywood in there. My Tundra has a 6 ft bed and handles 4 x 8 sheets easily with the tail gate down. How very wonderful for you. |
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message . com... On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:13:05 -0400, Wayne.B penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: |On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:37 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: | |I say lame because to me a PU without an 8' bed is lame, |but that's just me. I want to be able to throw sheetrock and plywood |in there. | |My Tundra has a 6 ft bed and handles 4 x 8 sheets easily with the tail |gate down. Sheetrock. 4' X 12' 4' x 12' sheets are reserved for the 'pros'. |
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1/2 ton P/u's have always been pussy trucks. Basically car components
in a truck body. Nothing new here. Buy Ford. F250. My .02 JR On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:37 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: My mechanic kid was just by, yakking at me about work. He does truck suspensions, lots of them. F-150's to FD ladder trucks. Heres what he says about the little ones, F-150's and GM 1500's. The F-150's shorter than the 8' bed now have struts instead of coils. All the 1500's have struts now. Very light duty tie rods. Some disappointed guys thought they could put a plow on these trucks, but they aren't suitable for plowing. He's a GM guy himself, but if he gets a truck it will be a Ford. He barely mentioned Chryco, and my brain basically shuts down then anyhow, but I can ask if anybody cares. So if you're shopping for a truck, know what you're getting. I didn't get all the details, but that's the gist of it. What surprised me is all the lame trucks he sees with 2 seats and 4' bed. I say lame because to me a PU without an 8' bed is lame, but that's just me. I want to be able to throw sheetrock and plywood in there. --Vic HOME PAGE: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth -------------------------------------------------- |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... My mechanic kid was just by, yakking at me about work. He does truck suspensions, lots of them. F-150's to FD ladder trucks. Heres what he says about the little ones, F-150's and GM 1500's. The F-150's shorter than the 8' bed now have struts instead of coils. All the 1500's have struts now. Very light duty tie rods. Some disappointed guys thought they could put a plow on these trucks, but they aren't suitable for plowing. He's a GM guy himself, but if he gets a truck it will be a Ford. He barely mentioned Chryco, and my brain basically shuts down then anyhow, but I can ask if anybody cares. So if you're shopping for a truck, know what you're getting. I didn't get all the details, but that's the gist of it. What surprised me is all the lame trucks he sees with 2 seats and 4' bed. I say lame because to me a PU without an 8' bed is lame, but that's just me. I want to be able to throw sheetrock and plywood in there. --Vic Even worse for the little 'Ranger' trucks. I have to use two 2" x 6" boards stretched widthways in the pockets so that plywood/gyproc sits up over the wheel wells. |
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:36:33 -0300, "Don White"
wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message .. . My mechanic kid was just by, yakking at me about work. He does truck suspensions, lots of them. F-150's to FD ladder trucks. Heres what he says about the little ones, F-150's and GM 1500's. The F-150's shorter than the 8' bed now have struts instead of coils. All the 1500's have struts now. Very light duty tie rods. Some disappointed guys thought they could put a plow on these trucks, but they aren't suitable for plowing. He's a GM guy himself, but if he gets a truck it will be a Ford. He barely mentioned Chryco, and my brain basically shuts down then anyhow, but I can ask if anybody cares. So if you're shopping for a truck, know what you're getting. I didn't get all the details, but that's the gist of it. What surprised me is all the lame trucks he sees with 2 seats and 4' bed. I say lame because to me a PU without an 8' bed is lame, but that's just me. I want to be able to throw sheetrock and plywood in there. --Vic Even worse for the little 'Ranger' trucks. I have to use two 2" x 6" boards stretched widthways in the pockets so that plywood/gyproc sits up over the wheel wells. Truth be told, if I wanted to have something for light duty hauling, that's the type of truck I'd get. Pretty easy on the gas, isn't it? As it is, if I can't tie it up on the roof of my car (I'll pick up a few 2x4's to support sheets that flex.) I just get it delivered. For what I do now though, I can't justify a single duty truck. --Vic |
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... Truth be told, if I wanted to have something for light duty hauling, that's the type of truck I'd get. Pretty easy on the gas, isn't it? As it is, if I can't tie it up on the roof of my car (I'll pick up a few 2x4's to support sheets that flex.) I just get it delivered. For what I do now though, I can't justify a single duty truck. --Vic The 3.0 V6 is a bit thirsty and underpowered at the same time (148 hp) I can't justify mine either since I sold my sailboat last August, but I still have one year to go on the Rangers lease. We just signed the papers for a 2007 Dodge Charger SXT for my son tonight. Maybe he'll let me drive that on occasion. |
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Don White wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... Truth be told, if I wanted to have something for light duty hauling, that's the type of truck I'd get. Pretty easy on the gas, isn't it? As it is, if I can't tie it up on the roof of my car (I'll pick up a few 2x4's to support sheets that flex.) I just get it delivered. For what I do now though, I can't justify a single duty truck. --Vic The 3.0 V6 is a bit thirsty and underpowered at the same time (148 hp) I can't justify mine either since I sold my sailboat last August, but I still have one year to go on the Rangers lease. We just signed the papers for a 2007 Dodge Charger SXT for my son tonight. Maybe he'll let me drive that on occasion. "We just signed the papers?" |
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"BAR" wrote in message . .. Don White wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... Truth be told, if I wanted to have something for light duty hauling, that's the type of truck I'd get. Pretty easy on the gas, isn't it? As it is, if I can't tie it up on the roof of my car (I'll pick up a few 2x4's to support sheets that flex.) I just get it delivered. For what I do now though, I can't justify a single duty truck. --Vic The 3.0 V6 is a bit thirsty and underpowered at the same time (148 hp) I can't justify mine either since I sold my sailboat last August, but I still have one year to go on the Rangers lease. We just signed the papers for a 2007 Dodge Charger SXT for my son tonight. Maybe he'll let me drive that on occasion. "We just signed the papers?" Yeah... I bought it..... he'll eventually buy it from me. I should have said I bought it. Since he's only had his drivers license for less than three years, insurance premiums are too outrageous for him to buy any kind of half decent car himself. |
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