Real weights of an arctic Fox 1140?

mkirsch wrote:

SoCalDesertRider wrote:
For the tiny tiny difference in purchase price of the F250 versus the F350SRW, it is far better to get the F350SRW, instead of the F250. Same goes for the GM and Dodge 2500 versus 3500SRW.

Trucks these days are $50,000-$80,000 new. The extra measily $500 for the one-ton SRW versus the 3/4-ton is mere peanut crumbs, in the scheme of things. Buy the right truck from the get-go!

Have you been on a dealer lot recently? A large dealer may have a dozen 2500's on the lot, and maybe ONE 3500 SRW. In "fleet truck" trim, meaning lily white, crank windows, puke-on floors, vinyl seats, regular cab...

I've sat here for years and read you guys saying, "Just get a 3500 SRW," but they simply aren't out there! The only way to get one is to order one.

If you want a truck *NOW* you are stuck with a 2500.

So order one. What's so hard about that? Then, you can have the truck exactly the way you want it!

We're talking a big-money purchase here.

This is not buying one flavor or the other of 99 cent M&M's at the grocery store checkout line, where you take whatever flavor they happen to have and be happy about it, because you certainly aren't going to wait another week or month to buy your groceries, over a piddly thing like M&M's flavors.

A $50,000+ purchase is certainly worth carefully planning and thinking about and ordering and waiting for.

Like buying a house. How many homes did you visit before finally coming to a decision and making an offer on the one you wanted, and how much time did you spend counter offering and haggling the details until you were happy and finally said go, and then how long did you wait for all the escrow process to be done, before you could finally move into it? And I'm sure it was well worth the time, cause your wife was happy about the new house!

Now days, a new truck cost more than a new house did not too long ago. I dont personally view a new vehicle purchase as an impulse decision, gotta have it right this minute, and take whatever they happen to have, whether I like it or not.

Even with a used vehicle, I don't jump on the first one I find, just because it's there. I search long and hard to find just what I want, or as close to as possible, at a good price and condition that I can accept.