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03-27-2008, 06:53 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008
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 |  First truck? ok im 15 almost 16 and im looking into buying a truck. i have a horse and im a beginning hunter so i want a decently big bed to lode the dear and hay bales in. also it needs to be big enough to pull a horse trailer. i have about 5 grand tops. what truck would u guys recommend? |
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03-27-2008, 07:24 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adrian, MI.
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| Well... even though I am a bowtie man, I would recommend a ram dually. With the diesel of course. You can find them for a lot less than the other options, plus, with the diesel (even though more expensive to run) you get tons of life and strength.
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03-27-2008, 09:50 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: I live in south central PA, but grew up in Maine
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 | Welcome to the site bud: You will get a ton of opinions here based on personal biasts. Some will tear apart ford, others will try to destroy chevrolet, but when it is all said and done, after we try to convince which is the better choice, you are the one that has to be happy with the choice. For a forst vehicle, you will probably want something easy to repair and maintain, and yet decent for the job. Where parts are avalible and simple, due to lack of experience. You will also want something to do what you want it to do. Here is my personal recomendation, from a man who beats the snot out of trucks. I am a chevy boy, always have been and always will be, but taking into account what you need in a truck, as well as the aforementioned, I would have to agree with dawright_1988 here, go with the Dodge. I had an old old dodge that more then paid for itself in use! They are easy to repair, and good solid work trucks. For your budget, you could probably get a hold of one, early 90's in decent shape to do the trick. Here is my reasoning, Ford will never last, always issues, and Chevy tends to run a bit more money. Now as for the Dodge, they have issues themselves, however, stick to late eighties or early 90's and most of those issues are avoided. This was more lengthy then I bet you barganed for, however, I do hope it helps.... so welcome again.
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03-28-2008, 01:11 AM
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03-28-2008, 09:26 AM
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| Look in the newspaper and see if you can find one from a one owner going to a little dealership they will get you most of the times take your time in looking maybe buy a truck trader don't get pushed into something you really don't want. You can get a real good truck with what you have in hand just look around and again I stress take your time. |
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03-28-2008, 09:51 AM
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| thank you for all the info.  yah im kinda new to trucks so i dont really know what to look for in one. |
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03-28-2008, 10:03 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: I live in south central PA, but grew up in Maine
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Get underneath and look at the frame rails, make sure they are relativly clean from corrosion, look at the rear pumkin on the rear axle and make sure it is not soaked in its own diff. fluid, look at the bottom side of the motor and make sure it is not covered in oil, and same with the tanny. Then, look and feel the inside run of the wheel wells to make sure thay are not rusting through. I would also push on all four corners in a quick downward motion to make sure the suspension is tight and does not sqeak too bad. Good shocks will only let it "bounce" once. Then drive it, hard stops and quick take offs, make sure the truck performs right. I mean at this point, it is not yours yet, so if it breaks... then obviously not the truck for you....LOL. Pop the hood, and listen to the motor when it runs, make sure there are no major tapping or whinning noises. then last but not least, check all the lights for proper operation, and the date of the inspection sticker to make sure it was done recently. If all checks out, for a used truck, you should be fine. Just some advice there.
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03-31-2008, 09:17 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Jersey
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| I just bought my first truck about a year ago, im 17..........I had the same budget. I needed a good solid powerful work/ofroading truck. I shopped around and was ptient.i cam across a 95 chevy 2500. great shape, no problems, diamond plate tool box rails, everything..i bought it for 5,600.. its real easy to work on, and there is an abundance of parts.....shop around be patient and youl find the right one......Chevy rocks |
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