naturist
Lynchburg, VA
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Tom & Ray, the Tappet brothers, once got a call from someone who was annoyed at getting only about 8,000 miles out of the brakes on their relatively new car. After some questioning from the boys, it was discovered that the guy drove while resting his left foot on the brake pedal. It took the lads a few minutes to convince the guy that both his brake and gas mileage would improve a lot by placing his foot on the floor.
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Retired JSO
North Georgia Mountains
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specta wrote:ktmrfs wrote:Our 2004 duramax went to our son with 115K miles on it. It's now up to 260K miles, still on the original brake pads, still only uses 1qt of oil between changes, 7500 miles or so, a few maintenance repairs, but that's about it. Vehicles have gone a long way since the 60's when one was lucky to hit 100K before it was off to the junkyard.
I have a 1976 Ford and thank Heaven they don't build them like they used to.
Although I do love the truck. ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
I bought a 76 Ford Elite and ordered a 76 F250, dual tanks automatic and 390 engine. The Elite would jump in reverse from park and F250 kept blowing modulator valves . Swore I’d never buy another ford until, I ran through 70,s, 80’s, 90’s in dodges and Chevrolets. Had 4 super duty’s since 2002.
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oldcat1
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Rig in sig. 56K miles. Nothing but tires, oil and filters. Zero problems. At 72 years old, last truck I will own.
2013 GMC Sierra 2500HD 6.0
2014 Surveyor Sport 220RBS
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Me Again
AZ - Summer in NW WA
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specta wrote:![[image]](https://i.postimg.cc/bwQm6ZXd/IMG-1108.jpg)
![[image]](https://i.postimg.cc/6pNk5Jt2/IMG-1111.jpg)
Still running the factory brakes.
New fuel pump at 180,000.
Miscellaneous items and regular maintenance.
Doesn't use a drop of oil between oil changes
and that's carrying the 4000 lb camper fulltime.
It sure has been and still is a great truck.
I had an 11.5 Lance back in the late 80's and early 90's.
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2021 F150 2.7 Ecoboost - Summer Home 2017 Bighorn 3575el. Can Am Spyder RT-L Chrome, Kawasaki KRX1000. Retired and enjoying it! RIP DW 07-05-2021
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Grit dog
Black Diamond, WA
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The old camper hauler pics are cool!
Maybe we can pickup (no pun intended, lol) where the broken Ram TC hauler left off since it got padlocked? Seems this old iron can handle a load!
2016 Ram 2500, MotorOps.ca EFIlive tuned, 5” turbo back, 6" lift on 37s
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Is that truck rated to carry that camper weight?? Looks like a short bed truck without dully wheels and I doubt it can handle that!!
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Grit dog
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Likes to tow wrote:Is that truck rated to carry that camper weight?? Looks like a short bed truck without dully wheels and I doubt it can handle that!!
If you’re referring to the green truck, simmer down. There’s a statue of limitations on how old of iron that self appointed unobservant weight cops can complain about and that one’s past the time limit to be eligible for anyone to complain about…lol
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rjstractor
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Likes to tow wrote:Is that truck rated to carry that camper weight?? Looks like a short bed truck without dully wheels and I doubt it can handle that!!
If you're talking about the OP's truck, it's a long bed 2500HD with a 6.0 gas engine. I had a similar truck, an older generation with a lower GVWR compared with the OP's. Despite this, it's payload rating was nearly 4000 lbs. With 240K on the clock I would say the truck has "handled it" just fine!
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Cummins12V98
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Likes to tow wrote:Is that truck rated to carry that camper weight?? Looks like a short bed truck without dully wheels and I doubt it can handle that!!
The green truck posted just above is a LONG bed. Hey bags will carry anything!
2015 RAM LongHorn 3500 Dually CrewCab 4X4 CUMMINS/AISIN RearAir 385HP/865TQ 4:10's
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Huntington WV
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Me Again wrote:specta wrote:
Still running the factory brakes.
New fuel pump at 180,000.
Miscellaneous items and regular maintenance.
Doesn't use a drop of oil between oil changes
and that's carrying the 4000 lb camper fulltime.
It sure has been and still is a great truck.
The truck in this picture does not seem capable of carrying a camper of this size, especially 240,000 miles?
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