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[BKeith]

Very nice!

 

I'm just mighty glad I don't have your payments and insurance bill.

[ipeeinmywetsuit]

Very nice!

 

I'm just mighty glad I don't have your payments and insurance bill.

Haha the insurance and payments are not much more then what I paid for my Honda Civic... however gas money is a different story :/...

 

Anyways I'm glad you guys like the new truck. I couldn't be happier with it!!! Now I just have to keep saving for the boat.

I live in southern california. So that means reservoirs like El Capitan, Diamond Valley Lake, Hodges, Lower Otay, and Sutherland. Most of these lakes I have to travel to and they vary from small to large. Since they are reservoirs they tend to get very windy in the afternoon for the rest of the day. I have to do a good amount of research before I know what kind of boat I am going to start with.

[BKeith]

Gas is why my 4WD, 350 Chevy mainly is only used when towing the big boat.  I mostly use my 93 Toyota 4WD pickup towing the jon boats.  I've ported the head, raised compression and did a few other mods and it gets 32 mpg on the two lane roads where I keep it under 65.  On the interstate it still gets 26 @ 75 and about that just running around.  The chevy gets about16, and 13 running 70 with 3,200 pounds of boat behind it, but I haven't been into that motor "yet".

[rb56]

i don't trailer or go off roading, but i just prefer to have a 4x4. i can't justify having it and would love better mileage, but 4x4 does a lot when it's need. even some dirt roads when wet pulling a trailer can be bad. there's some snow and ice here and it helps with it, also if i just happen to slide off enough and lose traction it keeps me from looking like an idiot if i stop on the shoulder to pee    and wind up with flashers on spinning.