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Hello all!

 

My name is Mark and I am stationed in North Carolina, originally from Minnesota. I am preparing for a deployment and truck shopping at the same time. Once I come back, I'll have my cars paid off and a very large chunk of the rest of our debt. At that point, we are going to start saving for a down payment for a new truck.

 

At the moment my wife and I have pretty much decided on a Black '14 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT All Terrain with the 6.2. Other than that options don't really matter. We found one near us that we checked out and we loved it, it just had the 5.3, which was depressing. haha

 

A little about myself, I am a Aircraft Fire Fighter in the USMC. My hobbies include photography. I like to refer to my style of photography as; Lifestyle Photography. You can see my work on FB at: www.facebook.com/map2photo or my website: www.map2photography.com

 

I'm still doing my research on the truck, not to mention that I am already adding things to a list on my computer. I'm already feeling the mod bug for this truck. I can't wait until there is more stuff for these trucks, especially for the 6.2. Since it's so close to the LT1, the aftermarket should be relatively close.

 

Have a good one guys!

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Welcome!

 

What aircraft do you work with?

Which ever one crashes or has any type of emergency. I've worked with a bunch of different aircraft.

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Welcome!

 

What aircraft do you work with?

 

 

Which ever one crashes or has any type of emergency. I've worked with a bunch of different aircraft.

 

Ah I read that totally wrong. Just curious as I work for an aircraft engine manufacturer.

 

 

Ryan

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Ah I read that totally wrong. Just curious as I work for an aircraft engine manufacturer. Ryan

That's cool. Which aircraft do you build engines for?

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Ah I read that totally wrong. Just curious as I work for an aircraft engine manufacturer. Ryan

 

 

That's cool. Which aircraft do you build engines for?

 

Military wise C130, V-22's, global hawks, multiple helicopters (T56, AE, 250 engines)

 

 

Ryan

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