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deserteagle71 reacted to not2old's post in the thread Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! with
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I like vehicles with a leather interior so get stuck with all the gimmicks including a key fob. Apartment buildings can use a very... -
deserteagle71 replied to the thread Tires look brand new, but are 11 years old. Keep or discard?.I bought a bumper-pull 14k trailer in 1997 I think. Still on the original tires today. Very few miles on the trailer - tread looks...
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deserteagle71 reacted to Hay Dude's post in the thread Tires look brand new, but are 11 years old. Keep or discard? with Good Post.
5 years? Sheesh, I bet 1/2 the country's vehicles are riding on tires over 5 years old. Another step towards “the wussification of America”
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deserteagle71 reacted to Hay Dude's post in the thread Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! with Good Post.
I also think a lot of the older, simpler light trucks from the 90’s and early 2000’s were destroyed by the “cash for clunkers” program...
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deserteagle71 replied to the thread Polaris or CF Moto?.Same here in Nevada. What is it with these young guys and straight pipes (no mufflers)? With the aggressive tires they run I can hear...
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deserteagle71 reacted to paulsharvey's post in the thread Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! with Good Post.
I think as late as 2013, F150 could have them. Likely still an option on fleet orders, but Why? I wouldn't be surprised if it was an...
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deserteagle71 replied to the thread Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!.My 2006 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon has crank windows. No power windows available in that year or earlier Jeep Wrangler. Not sure when Jeep...
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deserteagle71 replied to the thread Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!.Had one of those, spec'd just as you've listed, for many years, put thousands of trouble-free miles on it. Bought it for $1200 from a...
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Completely agree. Quieter is more enjoyable to me. I have a stock F-250 crew cab long bed diesel. I have the younger generation...
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A wide front end F-550 is the sharpest turning truck on the road. They’ll way out turn a F-350 of the same wheelbase and I’m comparing...
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deserteagle71 reacted to Hay Dude's post in the thread The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor with Good Post.
Got the green light to start trucking hay to 2 of my mushroom hay buyers. Here’s 16 biscuits I delivered this morning. 13.5 tons. Scale...
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deserteagle71 reacted to RB5's post in the thread Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! with Good Post.
My biggest complaint with the current electric vehicles is a lot of them brag about zero to 60 times. Until they make a truck that uses...
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deserteagle71 reacted to 3930dave's post in the thread Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! with Good Post.
Port fuel-injection, on that era of V8, pretty much Peak IC engine reliability. Can't have that, if we are going to force people to Go...
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deserteagle71 reacted to JRH02's post in the thread Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days! with Good Post.
My current PU is a 2020 F350. I could NOT get the dealer to come up with a plain old basic rig. All they would present were PUs full of...
