My Traveling Poll, Results.....
I just arrived yesterday in Elkhart, IN the RV Capitol of the world. I traveled from SoCal starting last Wednesday and traveled thru CA, AZ, NM, OK, MO, IL and IN. I noted every RV hauler and hotshott...
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On this side of Texas we have a ton of hotshotters. Most are running drilling equipment to the oil fields or industrial equipment out to the plants. Most seem to be heading out to the plants in Texas City, Baytown, or the Ship Channel. There are a ton more Rams than any other model. I mean it's like clear as day. Like Ray Charles can see it and he's blind and dead (God rest his soul). Not many are running with Ford and most I see are 6.7's. Rarely do I see a GM and when I do it's normally the 15'+.
I live near a drilling pipe manufacturer and pretty much all of the hotshotters pulling out and in are Rams. Most new guys are running either the '98-02' or the 06'-08'. I'm surprised at how many 5.9's are still running. They look like they've been through hell and back, but they're still going. The old guys are normally running 14'+. About 75 percent of them are duallys. I noticed that quite a few of them are running with paper tags, so business must still be good even with low oil prices. Starting to see a lot more standard cab duallys so I guess they're trying to save money where they can.
A neighbor who's a hotshotter just picked up a new 3500 High Country. I guess he liked it so much that he picked up another one 2 weeks later for his brother. Those are some beautiful trucks. When it comes to the vehicle of choice for landscaping crews around here, Ford wins hands down. Just about every company is running a F-Series truck or a E-Series van.
I live near a drilling pipe manufacturer and pretty much all of the hotshotters pulling out and in are Rams. Most new guys are running either the '98-02' or the 06'-08'. I'm surprised at how many 5.9's are still running. They look like they've been through hell and back, but they're still going. The old guys are normally running 14'+. About 75 percent of them are duallys. I noticed that quite a few of them are running with paper tags, so business must still be good even with low oil prices. Starting to see a lot more standard cab duallys so I guess they're trying to save money where they can.
A neighbor who's a hotshotter just picked up a new 3500 High Country. I guess he liked it so much that he picked up another one 2 weeks later for his brother. Those are some beautiful trucks. When it comes to the vehicle of choice for landscaping crews around here, Ford wins hands down. Just about every company is running a F-Series truck or a E-Series van.
