Starting the new truck hunt
We currently pull a Flagstaff 26RLWS, 30' and 7500lbs or so, with a 2002 Chevy 1500HD. Ole Red is getting a little long in the tooth and it's time to consider a new tow vehicle. Looking at Ford, Chevy...
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donn0128 wrote:.troubledwaters wrote:
Show me someone's personal vehicle that has holes in it and then we'll talk.
Or how about any of you Chevy or Ram owners that would let me dump a load of blocks into your $50,000.00 truck with a loader raise your hand.
OK, I just unloaded 5000 pounds of inch and a half minus rock out of the bed of my Ram. No scratches or dents. Could you say the same for an aluminum bed? I doubt it. BTW this is my personal truck bought specifically for hauling my fiver, not a work truck. I like many people buy and use their trucks for everything. Not garage queens.
Buy what floats your boat, and if that happens to be an aluminum Ford glad for you. All I did was point out how unhappy the park rangers were with the choice thrust upon them by the powers to be at the State motor pool. The truck is driven by only a few employees, and while it is used for work they do take pride in their equipment.
Ok... Your motive is loud and clear! Here's a video of a Ford bed that hauled 100k pounds of rock for 1 day.
Enjoy... Link
Just so you know I know a rancher that has a F150 that repairs our fences and on any given day has barbed wires rolls and T Posts in the back of his bed. The bed surface probably has very little paint left, but the bed material itself is held up very well.
