The new ride came in
Well, my new ride came in... can’t wait to put it to work...
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blofgren wrote:
ford truck guy wrote:
ACZL wrote:
Shoot, you'd even be hard pressed to get a stick in a semi nowadays.
When ordering new trucks, IF I want ALL the new safety stuff, crash avoidance, etc, It needs to be ordered with automatic...
Out of 58 trucks, I have I think 4 automatic...
Yep, still many manuals out there in the big truck world. I know of a couple of companies that will not buy automatics; the manuals are much cheaper to buy and maintain.
I still like my manual transmission, I find automatics boring after a while. Maybe someday that will change.
I kept looking for a nice 01.5 to 02 Sport long bed but I finally caved in with an auto.ford truck guy wrote:
ACZL wrote:
Shoot, you'd even be hard pressed to get a stick in a semi nowadays.
When ordering new trucks, IF I want ALL the new safety stuff, crash avoidance, etc, It needs to be ordered with automatic...
Out of 58 trucks, I have I think 4 automatic...
Yep, still many manuals out there in the big truck world. I know of a couple of companies that will not buy automatics; the manuals are much cheaper to buy and maintain.
I still like my manual transmission, I find automatics boring after a while. Maybe someday that will change.- Beautiful truck!!!! :C
ACZL wrote:
Shoot, you'd even be hard pressed to get a stick in a semi nowadays.
When ordering new trucks, IF I want ALL the new safety stuff, crash avoidance, etc, It needs to be ordered with automatic...
Out of 58 trucks, I have I think 4 automatic... I'm talking the smallest is 33,000# GVW up to 80k with the auto's being on 4 of the 33kblofgren wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren wrote:
Real trucks have cab lights....;) :B
#fakenews !! :B
My days of cab lights are behind me.... just like my days of manual transmissions are way, way behind me !
GrassHopper, you just wait til MaMa wants a "BIGGER" RV!!! BlackBetty 2 will be born with 5 BIG beautiful CabLights. :B
Words of experience!
But it sure won't have a manual transmission.
Yep, unfortunately for you guys I got one of the last ones built... ;) :B
My big trucks ALL have manual... I am SOOOOOOOOOOO DONE with driving them....- Shoot, you'd even be hard pressed to get a stick in a semi nowadays.
FishOnOne wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren wrote:
Real trucks have cab lights....;) :B
#fakenews !! :B
My days of cab lights are behind me.... just like my days of manual transmissions are way, way behind me !
GrassHopper, you just wait til MaMa wants a "BIGGER" RV!!! BlackBetty 2 will be born with 5 BIG beautiful CabLights. :B
Words of experience!
But it sure won't have a manual transmission.
Well maybe he will want a 2018 RAM. :BFishOnOne wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren wrote:
Real trucks have cab lights....;) :B
#fakenews !! :B
My days of cab lights are behind me.... just like my days of manual transmissions are way, way behind me !
GrassHopper, you just wait til MaMa wants a "BIGGER" RV!!! BlackBetty 2 will be born with 5 BIG beautiful CabLights. :B
Words of experience!
But it sure won't have a manual transmission.
Yep, unfortunately for you guys I got one of the last ones built... ;) :BCummins12V98 wrote:
ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren wrote:
Real trucks have cab lights....;) :B
#fakenews !! :B
My days of cab lights are behind me.... just like my days of manual transmissions are way, way behind me !
GrassHopper, you just wait til MaMa wants a "BIGGER" RV!!! BlackBetty 2 will be born with 5 BIG beautiful CabLights. :B
Words of experience!
But it sure won't have a manual transmission.ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren wrote:
Real trucks have cab lights....;) :B
#fakenews !! :B
My days of cab lights are behind me.... just like my days of manual transmissions are way, way behind me !
GrassHopper, you just wait til MaMa wants a "BIGGER" RV!!! BlackBetty 2 will be born with 5 BIG beautiful CabLights. :B
Words of experience!
