Research Complete...Pulled the Trigger

seamus · 08-10-2008, 03:16 AM

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.

NorthernRR · 08-10-2008, 07:23 AM

Nice. should be a good truck for you. The VFR looks right at home in there.

ND4SPD · 08-10-2008, 07:36 AM

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.

SheepOfBlue · 08-10-2008, 08:19 AM

Cool one down one to go then the RR gets track plastic

Oh and what roads in Georgia

always looking to expand the grazing area.

Baketech · 08-10-2008, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by seamus

Didn't have my normal camera with me so all I got was this awesome phone pic.

Dood...time to hit the gym, you're getting a little squishy around the middle....no offense....

seamus · 08-10-2008, 09:15 AM

Family life is making me soft. And pale.

Sheep, I'll outline my route in Google and send it to you.

Hammer · 08-10-2008, 09:26 AM

Very nice, looks and sounds like a good score.

bwhip · 08-10-2008, 10:09 AM

Congrats, looks nice!

figment · 08-10-2008, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by seamus

... And pale.

congrats on the cool ride!

SheepOfBlue · 08-10-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by seamus

Family life is making me soft. And pale.

Sheep, I'll outline my route in Google and send it to you.

....or you could cruise your new ride up to the Hazelgreen store and show it off (I am helping my brother today)

seamus · 08-10-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SheepOfBlue

....or you could cruise your new ride up to the Hazelgreen store and show it off (I am helping my brother today)

Are you crazy? Have you seen the price of diesel?!

J/K. Doing yard work today that I blew off yesterday to go look at this truck.

edit: Actually, does your brother happen to have any ramps for sale? I've got a VFR in a truck and no ramp to get it out yet.

CBR929RE · 08-10-2008, 01:32 PM

every time I've seen you tow its been with a minivan not the jeep. so you should sell the minivan.

SheepOfBlue · 08-10-2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by seamus

Are you crazy? Have you seen the price of diesel?!

J/K. Doing yard work today that I blew off yesterday to go look at this truck.

edit: Actually, does your brother happen to have any ramps for sale? I've got a VFR in a truck and no ramp to get it out yet.

He has mine that I used before getting the trailer and I can likely get him to bring it down tonight or Monday....

seamus · 08-10-2008, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SheepOfBlue

He has mine that I used before getting the trailer and I can likely get him to bring it down tonight or Monday....

I'm going to buy one. Will need it from now on anyway.

SheepOfBlue · 08-10-2008, 02:08 PM

Nope he doesn't and I got that one at tractor supply

Hammer · 08-10-2008, 02:15 PM

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.

CBRVFR · 08-10-2008, 03:48 PM

Nice truck, and a good deal.

That particular 800 has eaten many a squid. I've seen it.

seamus · 08-10-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Hammer

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.

Shenders1 · 08-10-2008, 07:32 PM

That's a screamin' deal.

You think you like it now? What 'till you hook a trailer up to it. You'll have to have about 10,000 lbs behind you before you even notice it's there.

Next step: Convert it run on biodiesel and start trolling around behind restaurants.

luvtolean · 08-10-2008, 08:33 PM

Sweet buy man.

jose_jimenez · 08-10-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by seamus

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.

Wow dude

oldfogey · 08-12-2008, 08:23 AM

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.

seamus · 08-12-2008, 08:42 AM

Thanks, OF. I'm hoping for the same

It's going to be difficult to establish the same relationship with the truck that I had with my Jeep but I think I'm ready to make the commitment.

SheepOfBlue · 08-12-2008, 09:37 AM

I got saved from a Surburban 2500..... my cubemate bought it this weekend. The paid for truck stays (and gets new tires

)

luvtolean · 08-12-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by seamus

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.

DrHall · 08-12-2008, 10:09 AM

Nice truck, congrats my friend!

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!

08-10-2008, 03:16 AM	#1
seamus is feelin alright Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Rocket City Age: 34 Bike(s): 1KRR; VFR; FMX650 Posts: 5,451	Research Complete...Pulled the Trigger 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. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Ducit Amor Patriae Richard Herald, The Gentle Giant The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools. --- Thucydides

08-10-2008, 07:23 AM	#2
NorthernRR Join Date: 12-18-2006 Age: 28 Bike(s): 1KRR, VFR, CRF450R, EX500 Posts: 1,394	Nice. should be a good truck for you. The VFR looks right at home in there. __________________ See you at Indy

08-10-2008, 07:36 AM	#3
ND4SPD I'm BATMAN!!! Join Date: 12-12-2006 Bike(s): Trek Posts: 8,023 Images: 25	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. __________________ "This is your life - are you who you want to be?" Learn all you need to know about Mac OS X

08-10-2008, 08:19 AM	#4
SheepOfBlue SRA President Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Age: 46 Bike(s): CBR1000RR, RC51, VT500FT Posts: 6,374	Cool one down one to go then the RR gets track plastic Oh and what roads in Georgia always looking to expand the grazing area. __________________ A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way

08-10-2008, 09:15 AM	#6
seamus is feelin alright Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Rocket City Age: 34 Bike(s): 1KRR; VFR; FMX650 Posts: 5,451	Family life is making me soft. And pale. Sheep, I'll outline my route in Google and send it to you. __________________ Ducit Amor Patriae Richard Herald, The Gentle Giant The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools. --- Thucydides

08-10-2008, 09:26 AM	#7
Hammer For Sale Join Date: 12-17-2006 Location: Indiana Age: 39 Bike(s): 05 Suzuki 600 Posts: 4,889 Images: 1	Very nice, looks and sounds like a good score. __________________ SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES. NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS

08-10-2008, 10:09 AM	#8
bwhip Every ride a gift... Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Idaho, USA Bike(s): 1098S-SXV550-849-Ruckus Posts: 3,897	Congrats, looks nice! __________________ My Gallery

08-10-2008, 01:32 PM	#12
CBR929RE Go Sox! Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: at home Age: 28 Bike(s): 01 R/B/W CBR929RR Posts: 3,312	every time I've seen you tow its been with a minivan not the jeep. so you should sell the minivan. __________________ if you can't fix it with duct tape, you haven't used enough.

08-10-2008, 02:08 PM	#15
SheepOfBlue SRA President Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Age: 46 Bike(s): CBR1000RR, RC51, VT500FT Posts: 6,374	Nope he doesn't and I got that one at tractor supply __________________ A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way

08-10-2008, 02:15 PM	#16
Hammer For Sale Join Date: 12-17-2006 Location: Indiana Age: 39 Bike(s): 05 Suzuki 600 Posts: 4,889 Images: 1	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. __________________ SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES. NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS

08-10-2008, 03:48 PM	#17
CBRVFR Godspeed, #20 Join Date: 12-13-2006 Age: 55 Bike(s): VFR750 SV650 TZ250 Posts: 5,021	Nice truck, and a good deal. That particular 800 has eaten many a squid. I've seen it. __________________ "...the TV also never took away the screwdriver and shoved it up the repairman's ass." Our own Mr.2nd Amendment, explaining the difference. Perfectly. Rich Herald, the Gentle Giant

08-10-2008, 07:32 PM	#19
Shenders1 2 Cylinders, 4 Valves, No Waiting Join Date: 01-14-2007 Location: South Lyon, MI Age: 43 Bike(s): Ducati HM Posts: 968	That's a screamin' deal. You think you like it now? What 'till you hook a trailer up to it. You'll have to have about 10,000 lbs behind you before you even notice it's there. Next step: Convert it run on biodiesel and start trolling around behind restaurants.

08-10-2008, 08:33 PM	#20
luvtolean Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Bike(s): 2008 BMW GS-A Posts: 6,322	Sweet buy man. __________________ Someone needs to present the facts and the physics rather than just the rhetoric. Poor old Carmelo doesn't understand the physics of a motorcycle. - Jerry Burgess, on spec tires and changing engine rules

08-12-2008, 08:23 AM	#22
oldfogey Senior member Join Date: 12-14-2006 Location: St Albans, UK Age: 55 Bike(s): Honda VFR800i, BSA Posts: 1,151	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. __________________ A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have - Gerald R. Ford

08-12-2008, 08:42 AM	#23
seamus is feelin alright Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Rocket City Age: 34 Bike(s): 1KRR; VFR; FMX650 Posts: 5,451	Thanks, OF. I'm hoping for the same It's going to be difficult to establish the same relationship with the truck that I had with my Jeep but I think I'm ready to make the commitment. __________________ Ducit Amor Patriae Richard Herald, The Gentle Giant The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools. --- Thucydides

08-12-2008, 09:37 AM	#24
SheepOfBlue SRA President Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Age: 46 Bike(s): CBR1000RR, RC51, VT500FT Posts: 6,374	I got saved from a Surburban 2500..... my cubemate bought it this weekend. The paid for truck stays (and gets new tires ) __________________ A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way

08-12-2008, 10:09 AM	#26
DrHall A Redneck Who Has Truly Arrived Join Date: 08-21-2007 Location: SW Florida Age: 49 Bike(s): DUC MTS 1000sDS, RC51 Posts: 998	Nice truck, congrats my friend! 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! __________________ the percentage you're paying is too high priced-you're living beyond all your means, and the man in the suit has just bought a new car with the profit he's made on your dreams....