New Truck time

brain55 · Dec 8, 2012

3 different times over the last 20 months. There is an Enterprise next door, they just call over and give them a PO, I do have to put up a $50 deposit with Enterprise.

Bob77064 · Dec 8, 2012

My dealer worked on my truck out of warranty and gave me a rental car to drive, no charge.

murphy1244 · Dec 8, 2012

brain55 said:
3 different times over the last 20 months. There is an Enterprise next door, they just call over and give them a PO, I do have to put up a $50 deposit with Enterprise.

What was wrong with it?

brain55 · Dec 8, 2012

murphy1244 said:
What was wrong with it?

Normal 6.4l stuff, bad high pressure fuel pump, failed piston squirter, wiped cam, broken rockers, turbos. And in between that stuff I had a bad 4wd module and shift motor.

murphy1244 · Dec 8, 2012

brain55 said:
Normal 6.4l stuff, bad high pressure fuel pump, failed piston squirter, wiped cam, broken rockers, turbos. And in between that stuff I had a bad 4wd module and shift motor.

Don't sound like a truck I want to buy.

brain55 · Dec 8, 2012

murphy1244 said:
Don't sound like a truck I want to buy.

Well considering that I tow 17,000 lbs with it everyday I expect some attrition. Even though the 1-tons are rated to do that now, I feel much better using an F450. Who is to say I wouldn't have had problems with another manufacturer. In those 20 months I put 60,000 miles on that truck. I work it hard. I like having a pick-up it keeps me under the radar a bit more with the CHP. Much more truck I'm in CDL land which I'm not ready for yet.

murphy1244 · Dec 8, 2012

brain55 said:
Well considering that I tow 17,000 lbs with it everyday I expect some attrition. Even though the 1-tons are rated to do that now, I feel much better using an F450. Who is to say I wouldn't have had problems with another manufacturer. In those 20 months I put 60,000 miles on that truck. I work it hard. I like having a pick-up it keeps me under the radar a bit more with the CHP. Much more truck I'm in CDL land which I'm not ready for yet.

Then what kind of rental you get? A truck to tow with???

brain55 · Dec 8, 2012

murphy1244 said:
Then what kind of rental you get? A truck to tow with???

I wish, that would have been nice, but part of the cons of deciding to go with a GN style trailer. I looked into trying to get a truck I could use to tow my trailer but since it was grape harvest season here there wasn't much I could do this last time. There weren't any trucks around. So I fixed tractors out of the trunk of a Mazda 3, lol.

RollingsFarms · Dec 8, 2012

I agree that dealer is a big deal when buying a truck, tractor, car, atv, etc. In all honesty the main reason I bought my 2011 GMC Sierra was the fact I'm friends with the salesman, who I also bought my mom's car from and he's just as good a year after the sale as he is the day you sign the papers. Problem is the dealership he works at has one of the absolute SLOWEST service departments I've ever seen in my life! you see people walking back and forth, all around, but nothing is ever getting done! you call them to make an appointment and they say "bring it in first thing in the morning". I show up at 7:30 when they open the doors and drop my truck off or my moms car, come back around lunch time and they still haven't gotten to it! Rediculous. so much for making an appointment, huh? so you complain and they say "oh, no one gave us the work order, we didn't know you were waiting." Who in the world is making the appointments then and how are they not getting back to the service department??? This happened to me 4 times. That was one of the reasons I left GM. My local Honda ATV dealer used to be excellent, they recently have let go of the people that were great to deal with and hired incompitent fools and their service has taken a nose dive. I'll never buy a Honda ATV again for that simple fact. I'm not a hard person to deal with when it comes to service, but I am the biggest butthole you'll find if I make an appointment and you don't keep your word, or you tell me "we'll call you when it's ready" and I'm sitting here for a week to get a call and when I do call you it's "oh, I'm sorry we forgot to call you". I raise **** then.

Duffster · Dec 9, 2012

brain55 said:
Much more truck I'm in CDL land which I'm not ready for yet.

Aren't you already there?

murphy1244 · Dec 9, 2012

Yea, How can you tow 17000 and NOT have a CDL?

joe t · Dec 9, 2012

brain55 said:
I wish, that would have been nice, but part of the cons of deciding to go with a GN style trailer. I looked into trying to get a truck I could use to tow my trailer but since it was grape harvest season here there wasn't much I could do this last time. There weren't any trucks around. So I fixed tractors out of the trunk of a Mazda 3, lol.

Enterprise rents F250 and F350s. Think the 350s are set up to pull a gn.

joe t · Dec 9, 2012

I pretty much understand if you have a dually and a GN set up to pull over 14000 (like dual tandems) you hit CDL territory.

One of the downsides to owning a dually if you do anything commercial.

Pretty much can't tow a backhoe without a CDL.

Diamondpilot · Dec 9, 2012

joe t said:
I pretty much understand if you have a dually and a GN set up to pull over 14000 (like dual tandems) you hit CDL territory.

One of the downsides to owning a dually if you do anything commercial.

Pretty much can't tow a backhoe without a CDL.

I have a trailer that is 18, 000# gvwr and one that is 25, 000# gvwr that are both bumper pull (2 5/16" ball)

Chris

timswi · Dec 9, 2012

murphy1244 said:
Yea, How can you tow 17000 and NOT have a CDL?

Around here that wouldn't trigger a CDL unless there were air brakes involved and it's commercial...At least that's the way I understand it...Otherwise all of the 70 year olds with the $250,000 Class A's would have CDL's...They don't.

ededic · Dec 9, 2012

2007 GMC Sierra Denali 6.2L and 6spd Automatic. Averages 16.4MPG pulling or not.

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sklunk · Dec 10, 2012

murphy1244 said:
If I were to buy a new truck, what should I buy?? And why should I buy it? I need a truck for light to middle towing, Hauling firewood and easy cruising.

If you can wait a few months to actually have the truck in your driveway, the new Chevy and GMC trucks are being unveiled this Thursday:

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They are supposed to be the quietest and most fuel-efficient you can buy (of course each new design from each manufacturer says that!)

Diamondpilot · Dec 10, 2012

timswi said:
Around here that wouldn't trigger a CDL unless there were air brakes involved and it's commercial...At least that's the way I understand it...Otherwise all of the 70 year olds with the $250,000 Class A's would have CDL's...They don't.

Air brakes have nothing to do with it. Many RV's have air brakes.

Its true that if you are commercial you need a air brake endorsement but for non commercial it has no bearing.

Chris

Diamondpilot · Dec 10, 2012

ededic said:
2007 GMC Sierra Denali 6.2L and 6spd Automatic. Averages 16.4MPG pulling or not.

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Pulling what, your kids little red wagon? No matter what pulling any load is going to affect mpg. Your dash is lying to you. Hitch up your load and start with a full tank of fuel then tow it 100 miles and fill up again and do the math. Pulling any load over 8, 000# you will be lucky to see double digest no matter what brand of truck.

Chris

CJONE · Dec 10, 2012

murphy1244 said:
So I'm back to lookin at Fords again... I hope they got over their front end problem.

So far my 08 F-150 has had 0 front end parts. Well I will admit I just put front brakes on it at 99400 miles. Tried to get to 100k but oh well!! IMHO that is really good considering the amount of towing the truck does. Guessing 20-25000 miles of the 100 have been towing. CJ