New pickup

Old gal has decided I need a new pickup. Who am I to argue with logic like that? We goes to Menards tonight and right across the street is the Dodge dealer. They were closed when we stopped, but saw some good looking red pickups. Sorta thought the Chevy dealer down the road might be open. Drove down and thru the lot. Lots of 2016-17-18-19 pickups.    Old gal Sorta lost interest in pickups when she spied a 1/2 dozen new Corvettes. Guys there ain't no way that old gal is gonna get in or outta a vette.   Sure was glad it got too dark to see much. Folks that picked up my planter were driving a 05 or 06 duramax, 4 door, 8' box. Sorta seems to be the type I'm looking for. I didn't see any Dodges on the lot similar. I Sorta hate to get rid of my 1/2 ton. Its only got 230000 miles on it. I usually put 300000+ miles on them before I gives them to the boys. 1 new Chevy pickup that I thought was mud fence ugly had a 71000.00 price tag on it. Is rather drive a red tractor than that ugly thing.

Nope just makes it easier to spot in a parking lot when Can't remember what dang row it got parked in.

Tom,

Sugarmaker. Absolutely no fords for me anymore. I owned a tire shop for 22 years. We started out using fords for farm tire service trucks. I was the operator in most cases. I spent more money replacing motors, transmissions, torque converters, starters, tow bills, etc. They were both diesel and gas. We then found a used 1 ton Chevy with a 6.? Diesel. I ran that 300000 miles and only replaced the brake pads and tires. My last ford purchase was a nicelooking 3/4 ton with a 7.3 diesel. Tranny cost me 3000.00 to fix, several weeks later the motor took a dump. Ford wanted $10000.00 to fix it. They would not let me have my truck back until they did all the ford recalls on it. These are just a few of the bad experiences I have had with ford trucks. I have never had those experiences with GM or Dodge. Don't get me started on Toyota.

**high fives Tom

Go ahead and buy an overpriced new truck. When the electrical gremlins and computer malfunctions start, you’ll have plenty to complain about. Why can’t someone just build a basic truck at a reasonable price? Most of the fancy features on today’s new truck are totally unnecessary and just something that the advertising people have convinced the brainless they need to have.

Doohhh. You shouldn't have said that.

I have had 1/2 ton F150 pickups since 1978... with a 1989 F250 thrown in there.. never had a motor or trans problem yet......... Did put rear axle bearings in one at 240K miles.

I worked for a fertilizer company thru the years, they were always ford too, and had to replace them every 3 years, if they held together that long. the boss was related to the ford dealer back then. his personal vehicles was GM. I remember having to do a lot of things to them trucks just to get them to the 3 year anniversary dates. another reason the boss told us why fords? he said they were a dime a dozen, cheaper to buy or lease, but not to keep up if kept any period of time.

There is a reason that FORD sells more TRUCKS than any other manufacturer... And they have for 40 years.  You don't get that with a bad reputation.  Im sure that every manufacturer has their share of problems , but you don't stay in business if you have a large percentage of failures.

Got to reading up on that, not so much a industrial outlet at 12.5 amps, more for like battery chargers, running lamps, running light air compressors for beach equipment, and BTW the truck has to be running. Need to run saws or major appliances buy a generator.

Edited by DMiller - 12 May 2019 at 9:21am