need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
#51
RE: need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
Here ya go. Put one in your basket today!
http://www.bighornoutdoors.com/jzcart/showitem.php?id=2742
Plenty of room for the kids and gear!
http://www.bighornoutdoors.com/jzcart/showitem.php?id=2742
Plenty of room for the kids and gear!
#52
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 137
RE: need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
I would like to put the quality issue into perspective. For example, Toyota's sales goal this year for the '07 Tundra is 200,000 units, which they will probably achieve. Ford sold 800,000 unitsof the F150 in2006. Ford has sold 4x the trucks than Toyota. If you hear people complaining about a Ford truck more than aToyota, it is because their are more Fords. Ford will have 4x the issues. I use Ford as an example because they have had the best selling vehiclewith the F150 for a long time now.
I don't care what everyone drives. I personally like the newToyota and Nissan. A person needs to make an informed decision on their own needs. By informed I mean don't be seduced by the fancy advertising. Toyata says you can pull 10,500 lbs properly equipped. They don't tell you that the GVW of the vehicle is still 7000 lbs. Payload is a meager 1750 lbs. You cannot pull a gooseneck or fifth wheeltrailer carrying 10,500 lbs since 20 % tongue weight is transferedoverthe bed. That would put you at 2100 lbs, 350 lbs over. That's not including you, passangers, tools, materials, or additional accessories.
I don't care what everyone drives. I personally like the newToyota and Nissan. A person needs to make an informed decision on their own needs. By informed I mean don't be seduced by the fancy advertising. Toyata says you can pull 10,500 lbs properly equipped. They don't tell you that the GVW of the vehicle is still 7000 lbs. Payload is a meager 1750 lbs. You cannot pull a gooseneck or fifth wheeltrailer carrying 10,500 lbs since 20 % tongue weight is transferedoverthe bed. That would put you at 2100 lbs, 350 lbs over. That's not including you, passangers, tools, materials, or additional accessories.
#53
RE: need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
Its not a pickup unless it has a solid front axle.
I've been a die hard Ford guy my whole life, and when I went to town to buy a new Ford this is what came home with me.
2007 Dodge 2500HD, 5.9L Cummins - My best tank so far has been 19.2mpg, and my worst tank was 13.7 when I was pulling a 12,000lb load 110 miles. This truck is going to get up to 22mpg once it gets broken in, right now I only have 1780 miles on it. It rides just as good down the highway as my 2003 F150 SuperCrew, and if you lined it up on the asphalt with any gas 4x4 stock pickup, it'd smoke it.
Hardcore - When did you ditch your doors and add the BFGs to your Blazer? I'd be willing to bet that is a fun ride on the trails in your new home state of Colorado!
I'll come wheeling with ya as soon as I get my truck camo-ed up. We'd hate for the Chevy guys to see a Ford pulling ya
That rig gets 20mpg as well, all you have to do is pop it in neutral an push it down a hill
I've been a die hard Ford guy my whole life, and when I went to town to buy a new Ford this is what came home with me.
2007 Dodge 2500HD, 5.9L Cummins - My best tank so far has been 19.2mpg, and my worst tank was 13.7 when I was pulling a 12,000lb load 110 miles. This truck is going to get up to 22mpg once it gets broken in, right now I only have 1780 miles on it. It rides just as good down the highway as my 2003 F150 SuperCrew, and if you lined it up on the asphalt with any gas 4x4 stock pickup, it'd smoke it.
Hardcore - When did you ditch your doors and add the BFGs to your Blazer? I'd be willing to bet that is a fun ride on the trails in your new home state of Colorado!
I'll come wheeling with ya as soon as I get my truck camo-ed up. We'd hate for the Chevy guys to see a Ford pulling ya
That rig gets 20mpg as well, all you have to do is pop it in neutral an push it down a hill
#54
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 137
RE: need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
I bought the same thing a week ago. Mine is white though lol. First tank I got 17.5. I am still on my second tank with 800 miles. My lie-o-meter is saying 20.0 mpg. It is about 1-2 mpg off.
#55
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: IOWA/25' UP
Posts: 7,145
RE: need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
Rammer, that blue ford could sit in my driveway anyday; sweet truck. Here is my blazer info
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2271913
Look me up anytime out here buddy and we will go 4 wheellin' or elk hunting.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2271913
Look me up anytime out here buddy and we will go 4 wheellin' or elk hunting.
#56
RE: need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
Whatever you do get a crew-cab or four door...
I have an 07 chevy 1500 crewcab, and love it... mileage isnt bad at 16 mpg for a 6.0L @367hp..... but you can get them w/ the V6 that will have much better mpg.
Plus, Car&Driver ranked it higher than Nissan & Toyota[8D]
I have an 07 chevy 1500 crewcab, and love it... mileage isnt bad at 16 mpg for a 6.0L @367hp..... but you can get them w/ the V6 that will have much better mpg.
Plus, Car&Driver ranked it higher than Nissan & Toyota[8D]
#58
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location:
Posts: 28
RE: need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
You need to check out the Pictures on this site 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER all the way!!!! 27,000 loaded out the door and you won't find a better off- road vehicle for the money I also tow a 22 foot deck boat with it and it is smooth.
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/trail-report-photo-section-gps-coordinates/22760-chicago-clan-gets-sloppy-lots-o-pics.html
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/trail-report-photo-section-gps-coordinates/22760-chicago-clan-gets-sloppy-lots-o-pics.html
#59
RE: need TRUCK recommendation for bowhunting
As someone who purchases 20+ trucks a year.....I can tell you what my next one (and subsequent) will be........Toyota. I've got 104,000mi. on the current Tundra....and I'll rotate it to the field in about 15,000 more miles.....where it will be utilized until it reaches 200K+. I've replaced......Tires...and 1 set of brakes.
If I'm not mistaken.....it's built right here in the good ol USA.....by US workers....and the wages those US workers earn are helping drive the US economy as much as Detroit wages (except the Toyota's probably outselling them). The tax base generated by the Toyota plants are doing the same.
I have to make a business decision when it comes time to buy vehicles. That's all it is, to me. if I got the same bang for our co. buck buying something else....I would. I see a big ol new tundra in my early '08 future.
If I'm not mistaken.....it's built right here in the good ol USA.....by US workers....and the wages those US workers earn are helping drive the US economy as much as Detroit wages (except the Toyota's probably outselling them). The tax base generated by the Toyota plants are doing the same.
I have to make a business decision when it comes time to buy vehicles. That's all it is, to me. if I got the same bang for our co. buck buying something else....I would. I see a big ol new tundra in my early '08 future.