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THE CALM ONE!!!!
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The Truck Thread
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JamesTX
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MasterBlaster
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Waycool. 
Burnham
Woods walker
My new FS work truck
I'm sad to see the old one go...it was a beast and a half, but it never let me down and I asked a lot of it at times. But the fleet replacement cycle rules can only be pushed back so much, I kept it longer than they wanted me to by a year and a half.
It was a 2001 Dodge 2500 4x4, extended cab, pushed by the 8 liter V-10 gasser. Oversized rail top tool boxes and a Warn 12M winch made for a pretty effective package.
The new truck has been dubbed "poxy little truck" by my friend Pete McTree, after he had to listen to me whine about it's imminent arrival during the WCGTG
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It's a 2009 Chevy 1500 4x4, extended cab, small block V-8. I've been truck down-sized in an attempt to improve fleet mpg figures
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Anyhoo, I swapped over the same tool boxes and winch, in a new Warn mount. It's a ok rig...but strikes me as low slung. Has enough umph to get itself around, but I won't expect to tow much more than a pair of snowmobiles or ATVs.
Here's pics of the new and the old.
I'm sad to see the old one go...it was a beast and a half, but it never let me down and I asked a lot of it at times. But the fleet replacement cycle rules can only be pushed back so much, I kept it longer than they wanted me to by a year and a half.
It was a 2001 Dodge 2500 4x4, extended cab, pushed by the 8 liter V-10 gasser. Oversized rail top tool boxes and a Warn 12M winch made for a pretty effective package.
The new truck has been dubbed "poxy little truck" by my friend Pete McTree, after he had to listen to me whine about it's imminent arrival during the WCGTG
.It's a 2009 Chevy 1500 4x4, extended cab, small block V-8. I've been truck down-sized in an attempt to improve fleet mpg figures
.Anyhoo, I swapped over the same tool boxes and winch, in a new Warn mount. It's a ok rig...but strikes me as low slung. Has enough umph to get itself around, but I won't expect to tow much more than a pair of snowmobiles or ATVs.
Here's pics of the new and the old.
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sotc
Dormant hero!!
I want your job
MasterBlaster
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And it didn't cost you (Burnham) a penny, sweet.
Burnham
Woods walker
It cost all of us who pay fed. taxes a tiny fraction of a penny or two .
And I thank you all
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Willie, I'll let you know when I'm done with it, and you can apply.
.And I thank you all
.Willie, I'll let you know when I'm done with it, and you can apply
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sotc
Dormant hero!!
Sweet!
brendonv
Tree Hugger
Burn, you don't even need a plow for that one....it'll push snow with it's bumper!
Amazing how low they make trucks now for safety.
Nothing like new car smell though! (never experienced it myself sadly)
Amazing how low they make trucks now for safety.
Nothing like new car smell though! (never experienced it myself sadly)
OTGBOSTON
punk in drublic
Poor Burnham HAD to get a new truck:roll:
Those dodges sure are high off the ground.
I'm likin' the rover Buzz, very cool!
Those dodges sure are high off the ground.
I'm likin' the rover Buzz, very cool!
SkwerI
Treehouser
Steve, I suspect it's the 5.3. My old man has that motor in his Chebby pickup and gets over 20 mpg highway.
Burnham
Woods walker
It has the 5.3 liter. Does anyone know what that translates into for c.i.d.?
When it was virgin, so far as loading it up with the boxes, tools, saws, winch, rigging hardware, signs and stands, and my personal gear, etc., it ran like a scalded dog. I expect that is somewhere in the neighborhood of 750 lbs. that it's hauling around every day. Now it certainly give satisfactory performance, but it's easy to tell it's carrying a load. Didn't matter what I put in, on, or behind that Dodge...same deep torque every day.
I was getting 11-12 mpg from the Dodge V-10...looking like 17-20 with the Chev.
When it was virgin, so far as loading it up with the boxes, tools, saws, winch, rigging hardware, signs and stands, and my personal gear, etc., it ran like a scalded dog. I expect that is somewhere in the neighborhood of 750 lbs. that it's hauling around every day. Now it certainly give satisfactory performance, but it's easy to tell it's carrying a load. Didn't matter what I put in, on, or behind that Dodge...same deep torque every day.
I was getting 11-12 mpg from the Dodge V-10...looking like 17-20 with the Chev.
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Jonseredbred
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About 327 cubic inch.
A liter is 61 CI (I think)
A liter is 61 CI (I think)
SkwerI
Treehouser
They don't publish the displacement in cubic inches any more, but I think it's around 330. My 5.4 Ford motor is about 340 I think.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
5.3 l is 323.3 c.i.
I never did like half-tons. You did good with that V-10. We had one at my first job, it got about half that. When it ran, it was a good truck, but it had a lot of engine and trans problems. The twin to it was a Cummins, and it only had to have a clutch and a muffler in the same time span, and it wouldn't have had to have the clutch with better drivers.
I never did like half-tons.
You did good with that V-10. We had one at my first job, it got about half that. When it ran, it was a good truck, but it had a lot of engine and trans problems. The twin to it was a Cummins, and it only had to have a clutch and a muffler in the same time span, and it wouldn't have had to have the clutch with better drivers.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Yes, 1l is 61 c.i. That engine is probably a dod engine as well. Displacement on demand. That's why they get such good mileage.
Burnham
Woods walker
Thanks for the info on displacement, guys. That's about what I expected.
And I already took off the plastic air dam that drops the apparent clearance up front another 4 inches! That thing wouldn't have lasted long in the woods.
Safety, huh? I thought they made them low so the soccer moms and cadillac cowboys didn't have to climb up to get in.
And I already took off the plastic air dam that drops the apparent clearance up front another 4 inches! That thing wouldn't have lasted long in the woods.
Safety, huh? I thought they made them low so the soccer moms and cadillac cowboys didn't have to climb up to get in.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
Dad's got a truck now:
MasterBlaster
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Excellent.
