MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS

gmcsmoke wrote:

wirenutz wrote:
my 1 ton weigh's 6,000

lol what 1 ton weighs 6000 pounds?

LOL my 3/4 ton weighs 6985# must be a LD one ton. :B

gmcsmoke wrote:

wirenutz wrote:
my 1 ton weigh's 6,000

lol what 1 ton weighs 6000 pounds?

A DW reg cab diesel would weigh that amount.

As far as one ton goes, MANY of the newest 35 badged trucks, including the newest rendition by Dodge, fall into the DOT class 4 truck catagory, so many are not what I would call a one ton, but a ld mdt in the class 4 range. The badging and what one calls a rig is as noted by some, not very appropriate!

Marty

mrkoje wrote:

wirenutz wrote:

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nothing here about driving or buying a newer one ton truck with a $45,000 dollar price tag, with no air ride seats, no air ride chassis, no storage, no rear seat that converts to a bed, if your feeling a little but hurt about your over priced light duty truck, and don't have a freight liner sport chassis or a medium duty truck
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WOW such hostility!

Agreed! He's posting on a public forum and then yelling at people who are only trying to offer help, support and advice based on personal experiences.

gmcsmoke wrote:

wirenutz wrote:
my 1 ton weigh's 6,000

lol what 1 ton weighs 6000 pounds?

I wondered the same thing, thus the reason I gave a weight of mine, but remember, this topic is about MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS, not useless 1 ton dually's...our opinion is not welcome on this thread...let's' go get a cup of coffee......

2oldman wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:
May I be so bold as to ask which 5er you're towing, or better yet, the GVW of it?

I answered most of that on page 1. I usually run about 14.5 gross.

This term I keep hearing: "one ton". Sure doesn't mean much anymore, at least not to me.

In agreement with you about 1 ton's today., sorry that I overlooked the answer to my question...


thx,
Jim

wirenutz wrote:
my 1 ton weigh's 6,000

lol what 1 ton weighs 6000 pounds?

wirenutz wrote:

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nothing here about driving or buying a newer one ton truck with a $45,000 dollar price tag, with no air ride seats, no air ride chassis, no storage, no rear seat that converts to a bed, if your feeling a little but hurt about your over priced light duty truck, and don't have a freight liner sport chassis or a medium duty truck
...

WOW such hostility!

I think the Sport Chassis is cool and if I had a huge 40ft or larger 5ver then it would be nice to have one. There is sort of the "cool" factor as well as the air ride suspension and seats are nice.

HOWEVER, I would be more at looking at the trade off for the money I am willing to spend. If I am only willing to spend $30-35k and my choices are 1998-1999 Sports Chassis with 140K plus miles on them with the old Cat engines VS. a 2010+ 1ton DRW with 30k miles then I would gravitate to the newer model. (Edit: You could most likely pick up a brand new 1ton DRW for a tad more)

But hey, if you're cool with dropping $35k on something that's 14-15 years old with old technology and HP and Torque ratings that are comparable or inferior to the newer 1ton light duty trucks then that is your choice. Just think though 5 years from now that MDT will be 20 years old and if it comes time to sell it you better be looking for someone with cash only because not a lot of banks if any will loan on that old of a rig. It doesn't matter if you're paying cash or not - the age limits your marketability if you wish to get rid of it in the future.

If I had $130k to spend on a TV ... well then damn right I would buy a NEWER Sport Chassis.

I ( as in ME only not you) don't think the value is there to spend that much money on 14-15 year old rig that will no doubt require more maintenance and probably cost you more in the long run than a newer 1ton. But hey what do I know .. I don't have a Sport Chassis or a 40ft 5ver but I do know some stuff about selling and value for the dollar.

Best of luck to you.


Edit: I forgot to mention that on another thread here is seems to be said more than a few times that the older FL60 70 and 80s were bad with cheap cabs, cheap interiors and horrible wind noise while going down the road. Again, I don't know if it's true or not but it would sure be hard for me justify paying almost the same money for an old old rig when I could of bought a brand new or almost brand new rig for the same money knowing that both of them are capable to do the job.

old thread on sport chassis

NC Hauler wrote:
May I be so bold as to ask which 5er you're towing, or better yet, the GVW of it?

I answered most of that on page 1. I usually run about 14.5 gross.

This term I keep hearing: "one ton". Sure doesn't mean much anymore, at least not to me.

wirenutz wrote:
from the original post; we are looking to move up to a medium duty truck, our fifth wheel is an 2007 forest river "all american sport" toy hauler at 38 feet long and 14,000 dry weight, so who has one and what do you have, nothing here about driving or buying a newer one ton truck with a $45,000 dollar price tag, with no air ride seats, no air ride chassis, no storage, no rear seat that converts to a bed, if your feeling a little but hurt about your over priced light duty truck, and don't have a freight liner sport chassis or a medium duty truck, what caused you to post in the first place, I just wanted to hear from the freight liner and other medium duty truck owner's is all, this really seams to be getting out of hand here people

Sorry, but you have yet to give a GVW of your 5er...AT 14,000# (dry), I was really just curious to know what loaded weight might be...again, just curious....but, it's irrelevant to your post anyway....Figured at no heavier than it is, you have a 5er that could be easily towed by a newer 1 ton dually..I will stop talking about these "light duty" trucks:)


oh...and no, I don't feel hurt at all, but appears you seem to be offended by being offered another choice, odds are you could easily purchase a "news" 2012-2013" 1 ton dually for $45,000 and even less, but now you're tossing out barbs as to feelings being a little hurt about "our" over priced light duty truck...at 14,000# GVW, 37,500# GCWR, guess you can call it light duty....BUT you have no idea what I paid for mine, so $45,000 sounds a bit overpriced to ME...but as you stated, you didn't ask for our opinions, for that, i apologize for having posted on your thread....won't ever happen again if I see you post., I'll understand you're only talking to a few and some opinions are not wanted and it's apparent when you need to offend others to drive home a point...I gotcha:).

Back to the MD and HDH's....I apologize for hijacking your thead..

from the original post; we are looking to move up to a medium duty truck, our fifth wheel is an 2007 forest river "all american sport" toy hauler at 38 feet long and 14,000 dry weight, so who has one and what do you have, nothing here about driving or buying a newer one ton truck with a $45,000 dollar price tag, with no air ride seats, no air ride chassis, no storage, no rear seat that converts to a bed, if your feeling a little but hurt about your over priced light duty truck, and don't have a freight liner sport chassis or a medium duty truck, what caused you to post in the first place, I just wanted to hear from the freight liner and other medium duty truck owner's is all, this really seams to be getting out of hand here people