BBlue wrote:
"It's not really a truck 'til the bed gets dirty."
How true. It is saddening to see all the potentially great workhorses on the road, doing Thunderbird duty. I haul more in our Focus wagon than they do in their 250 Super Duty. Heaven forbid they scratch the paint in the bed. What a waste.
Bill
I agree that most people use pickups as just a status symbol and an awful lot of people (around here at least) just end up in a dick waving contest to see who can have the biggest lifted diesel truck with the most power for picking up groceries in. I'd normally stay out of a truck discussion, but since you specifically mentioned F-250's, I'll post a couple pictures of mine, which is actually used as a truck should be. It's a completely stock 2010 with a 5.4 has engine, and it's been my work truck since new. I've had it for 6 years, and it's got over 200,000 miles now, mostly rough oil patch roads. My current work schedule has me 90/10 off road/pavement. It's definitely never been babied. I've gone nearly 100mph (97mph speed governor) on dirt, gravel, and ice roads with it, and loaded with my tools and other work stuff it weighs nearly 10,000 lbs. I used to get a lot of flack from other guys for not having a diesel, or a lift kit and big tires, or a new truck every couple years, but this thing keeps on working with hardly more than routine maintenance.
Here's my office/workbench.
Sorry for the hijack, enjoy getting your new truck dirty Warren.
Kristian
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