Pick WinterDeere's next truck

[Snobdds]

Funny how fast things change.

I had a '92 Chevy Silverado Extended Cab, medium bed, cloth seats, automatic, 350 V8 that I bought used in '93. Prior owner was the KY Secretary of Agriculture. At that time, it was considered a "Country Cadillac." Extended cab pickups were a recent thing.

It was a good old truck and served well to haul stuff and pull some boats around, etc. But there's just no comparison to those 35 year old trucks and today's vehicles. We've come a long way, Baby!

I remember vividly. I was 12 in 92 when my dad got a new Ford F250 with the extended cab and 460 V8. That was best of the best in 92.

The funny thing is, we hauled the same loads today as back then and the truck did fine. I don't remember hearing my dad when towing saying it was gutless or weak in any way.

Perception in time is a funny thing. If it's the best at the time, there is no longing for anything more.

 

[Snobdds]

You aren’t washing underneath in winter, I’d guess.


“Dodge”
RAM stupid!!!!

Calling a dodge a dodge in a Ram body is grounds for hanging.

 

[WinterDeere]

You aren’t washing underneath in winter, I’d guess.

I do run thru the car wash when I can manage to catch it without a long line, which is almost never soon enough after a big salt/storm event, and pay the extra $4 or whatever it is for undercarriage wash. But no, I'm not going to turn my own driveway into an ice skating rink or make a mess of my own garage, washing under there myself.

Then again, given the places I see rust, I'm not convinced an undercarriage spray would really make all that much difference. Why do my doors seem to rust from inside to out? Why is the inside wall of my bed rusting in the corners of the bed, an area totally shielded from underspray by wheel well covers. Is hosing off the underside really going to change that?

I suspect that hours of salty water spraying off tires at every odd angle has a way of working salt spray into places that will never be really successfully cleaned by a car wash or hose sprayed under the truck for a minute or three.

“Dodge”
RAM stupid!!!!

Meh... symantics. I still buy it at a Dodge dealer. I still service it at a Dodge dealer. If you need financing, it still comes thru Chrysler Capital Group. I traded my old Dodge Ram for a Ram Truck, and they look and feel the same. Most of the parts list is still the same, and even most of the same controls. Interior controls have a lot in common with my Dodge Charger and Durango, even down to the same infotainment system.

You can change the badge, but it's still a Dodge to everyone but fanboys and Chrysler tax accountants.

 

[Jstpssng]

It makes you think you have to start from step one...What is a truck?

Image stolen from Machinerytrader.com

 

[Jstpssng]

That said, I do try to kick most of the snow off my boots before hopping in, as much as is practical with two quick kicks of the feet.

I do also, but vibram soles hold a lot of snow and mud. One spring I looked at the rocker of my company truck and it was all dented up; I must have been kicking my steel toes against it.
Those soles also tend to put holes in floor mats over time from going from accelerator to brake; another reason to have mats.

I’ve looked and and considered those folding and locking hard tonneau covers on each of my last two trucks

Mine is a rollup which came with the truck.

 

[Eagle1]

Just ask this guy for some tips....

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037620456589533596

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Brand loyalty is amazing. The fellow in back of the building my business was in everything he had was Dodge. You couldn't give him anything else and he had a landscaping business. For whatever reason they did have electrical gremlins, otherwise ok.
When AMC went out I went with Chevy & that's all my in-laws would ever have.
I bought this F150 because it was so inexpensive and my neighbor friend will only have Ford. '96 F350 Powerstroke 7.3 diesel is what he's had since new. Oil change takes like 15-16 quarts!