Hay Dude
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- Joined
- Aug 28, 2012
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- Location
- A Hay Field along the PA/DE border
- Tractor
- Challenger MT655E, Massey Ferguson 7495, Challenger MT535B, Krone 4x4 XC baler, (2) Kubota ZD331’s, 2020 Ram 5500 Cummins 4x4, IH 7500 4x4 dump truck, Kaufman 35’ tandem 19 ton trailer, Deere CX-15, Pottinger Hay mowers
Speaking of Weenie tractors, it aint the truck, its the man driving it.Sounds like a gender issue to me. Maybe you need professional help.
Most short bed trucks I see are weenie half ton anyway and it seems that all have crew (4 door cabs) too. You need a 4 door short bed truck, buy an SUV instead.
Minimum truck I require is a 1 ton.
I look at the weenie trucks as a status symbol more than anything else. Like the suburbanite that has to have a diesel tractor to mow his lawn.
I guess if you can float it, all good. me. I haul with mine, usually a tandem axle gooseneck and it's usually overloaded too.
No weenie truck with a weenie motor is gonna haul around a tandem axle GN very long without puking.
I would never buy a Dodge 1500 or 2500 for that matter. Dodge went to inboard mounted coils on those trucks and coils are about ride quality, not cargo. Coils belong on a Impala, not a truck. If I was to ever buy a Dodge, would have to be a 1 ton with leaf springs put back and a Cummins diesel under the hood.
I don't do weenie motors well and I certainly don't do clutch packed 8 and 10 speed slush boxes either. Might work for a while but when the warranty has expired and you need to fix one, better be hitting up your retirement savings because they are not a cheap date to repair.
Its not anything about the size of what you drive.
Seen a few truckers get yanked out and beat up by just a ordinary guy driving a car.