Picked up the new tow vehicle today. 05 GMC 2500HD, 6.6L Duramax, all the bells and whistles. 41K on the odometer and it all worked down to $24k. It's kind of loud driving around with bells and whistles but she rides kinda nice.
Almost snagged an 06 Dodge 2500 Cummins TD with 50k on it for $20k yesterday but alas, my trigger finger was slow and another phoneslinger beat me to the punch by 5 minutes. Bastage.
I'd like to thank Big Oil for doing what they do best and making this a simple "wait it out" procedure for just the truck I was looking for at a ridiculously low price.
I used the visit today to ride some roads down to GA thinking I'd check out the truck, get an idea if I wanted to talk about it and ride on home to a friend's BBQ (nice but nothing spectacular minus the squid flogging near the border. What's that you said about my weak old 800?). Instead, I ended up making a detour to Home Depot to pick up some ratchet straps and loading the Viffer in the truck to bring both home. It was just too much truck for too little money to pass up.
So, anyone need a highly competent rockcrawling, mudrunning Jeep Wrangler? I'm going to miss her but she's gotta go.
Didn't have my normal camera with me so all I got was this awesome phone pic.
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
---Leonardo Da Vinci
Watch your head getting in. Looks like the roof is about chest level for you. Might need to have a sunroof installed so you don't get a kink in your neck.
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
---Leonardo Da Vinci
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
---Leonardo Da Vinci
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
---Leonardo Da Vinci
as a suggestion, get the ramp tops and use a 2X8 at least 8 foot in length as the height of the truck with normal ramps will bottom out the bike at the top of the ramp. I used these when I had my ranger and the 954, worked well. Stand on one and use the other for the bike.
Amateurs practices until they get it right. A professional practices until they can't get it wrong.
as a suggestion, get the ramp tops and use a 2X8 at least 8 foot in length as the height of the truck with normal ramps will bottom out the bike at the top of the ramp. I used these when I had my ranger and the 954, worked well. Stand on one and use the other for the bike.
I looked at those then walked across Lowe's, picked out a 2x8x8, laid one end on a stack of boards and the other on the floor. Then I stood on it and it bent so severely it felt like it was about to break.
Went over to Home Depot and picked up a pair of aluminum folding ramps. Even with those, it flexed pretty good when the VFR was coming down. But she's back on terra firma and ready for the week's commute.
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
---Leonardo Da Vinci
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
I'd like to thank Big Oil for doing what they do best and making this a simple "wait it out" procedure for just the truck I was looking for at a ridiculously low price.
Seamus, I hope you and your, hmm, truck have a good time together moving things around and towing and doing, hmm, truck kind of things together so that you and your, hmm, truck have a productive relationship.
The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spoone
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
---Leonardo Da Vinci
I looked at those then walked across Lowe's, picked out a 2x8x8, laid one end on a stack of boards and the other on the floor. Then I stood on it and it bent so severely it felt like it was about to break.
I missed this...boards are for buildings, not ramps.
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
This IS the time to get such a thing...all I have to do is unload a V10 gas Excursion first. I am sure it would sell fast....if the third seat area was packed with 20's, maybe!
Character is not formed in a crisis...only exhibited.
This IS the time to get such a thing...all I have to do is unload a V10 gas Excursion first. I am sure it would sell fast....if the third seat area was packed with 20's, maybe!
Sounds like your Excursion would sell fast around here with those too...but does it have 24" spinners????? There's the other sell point!
There is no 12 step program or counseling available for my addiction...thank God!
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always looking to expand the grazing area.
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congrats on the cool ride!
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