Type of Truck Owners

BDBWTE · October 4, 2003

Okay today at work I was thinking while welding back together a broke 245 Esco Ripper about the different type or truck owners..

1) You have the people who buy their truck for no other purpose than to lift, lower and modify to make a custom truck..

2) The people that buy their truck to do mods then also to use occasionally.

3) The people, mostly farmers, that buy nice expensive trucks work them but ont he same note keep them mechanically in tune and wash it occasionally.

4) The people that buy a truck as an extention of their man hood do nothing to it and do nothing with it. IE peole that have no cratches in their beds and their reciever still has a nice glossy coat of black paint still. Are a few give aways..

5) People that buy their truck so "use". They use their trucks for around the house things, IE landscaping customizing the home. Which would include the occasional pulling of a bobcat, hauling wood, squares of shingles, washer driers...etc.

6) The the peole that "use" their trucks in the 1970's sense. The use their trucks a a work tool and usually overload it and the truck is always or mostly hauling a load and the guy has 5 or 6 different hitch setups, yet washs sometime this truck and keep it in good over-all mechanical condition....(This definition would apply to me)

7) Finally you have the people that use their trucks as work trucks only and typically don't give two s**ts about the truck. Overload it to the point of bending, breaking, or just tearing up a truck. Don't care about maintance because it's not their truck. (This definition applies to some of our workers..)

Tell me if I missed any definitions or a sub category of one. And which one you would consider yourself to be in..

BDBWTE

SnakeEyeSS · October 4, 2003

Die hard #3. I hual 4-5 times a week, occasionally near payload, , in city traffic mostly, and take darn good care of it. I take care of it mechanically as good as always, as good as my BMW. It dosen't let me down, and even though the paint is going now because of its new life(top of fenders, bed), it still looks great when washed

actually I've gone 300 pounds or more over payload more than a few times and it didn't phase the truck. It seems that the stance is exactly the same as 150 pound in bead as 1,500 pound in the bed. That is what I can't figure out, after 200 pounds is seems to stop squatting.

Wingnut · October 4, 2003

You left out "toy hauler"....That would be my number.

....and number 5 I guess.

Oh, and if you thought up all of that while welding.....I'm not sure you would be welding up anything of mine. ...I like my welds in a straight line.

Lance Link · October 4, 2003

Count me as a #5, I think. I think there's a lot of people on this board like me, actually. My truck is hardly babied- I frequently tow a trailer (6,000+ pounds), haul dirt/gravel/rubbish in the bed, etc. At the same time, though, my truck is religously maintained. Full service every 3,000 miles, washed inside and out at least once a week, fresh wax whenever possible, etc. I use the truck for what it's designed for but I still like to go out on the town with it on Saturday nights.

frdfandc · October 4, 2003

You left out "toy hauler"....That would be my number.

....and number 5 I guess.

Oh, and if you thought up all of that while welding.....I'm not sure you would be welding up anything of mine. ...I like my welds in a straight line.

Same here as above. Primarily a #5 but with toy towing occationally. (see signature pic)

pacodiablo · October 5, 2003

I could fit into multiple categories. The Ranger is used for a varity of tasks. Everything from errands, to hauling tractors, to commuting, to hauling mulch & other stuff. Ours is maintained well and washed when it needs it. It has never been waxed and probably never will be. It will probably end up with typical oxidized Ford paint, but I don't really care as long as there is no rust.

Our old Ranger was a farm truck for a while, then it was used more for general stuff like errands and Home Depot runs (when we moved to the city). It was flawlessly maintained and as a result didn't give us any trouble (aside from failing emissions tests).

General Lee 01 · October 5, 2003

Speaking on a "soon to be truck owner" basis....

I think I'll be mixed between #2 & #5.

SilveradoWV · October 5, 2003

I use my truck in alot of ways. Pretty much all I haul in the back are groceries LOL, since I have an ARE Fiberglass bed cover. Therefore my hitch reciever has seen ALOT of use because anything we need to haul that wont fit in the bed under the cover, goes in the trailer. This is anything from toys, wood, cement, anything.... My truck also has to be a car since me nor my parents have a car (they have a truck too). So when we go on a trip or something, the truck goes. I do try to wash and wax it whenever I get a chance but that doesnt happen too often this semester. I havent overloaded it yet, and do not plan to unless something comes up that is a Have-To situation.

tmf6902 · October 5, 2003

I am a 2

422 SS · October 5, 2003

Number 6 for me.I also use it to haul my race car trailer.

99silveradoz71 · October 5, 2003

#5, but the truck is kept up very well too. I usually wash her once a week if I'm able to.

MCourson · October 5, 2003

The '94 is a #5, the '03 is a toy hauler.

ugeesta · October 5, 2003

I'm a #5 also. This next weekend it's time to haul the 4 wheelers up to the mountains and bring back a couple elk

HillHound · October 5, 2003

Multiple categories so u can decide! I use it to run errands and drive it to work too, but don't use it in my line of work. Tow my utility tractor alot on short trips and haul firewood. Most of the long distance towing have been atv trips with 4 or 5 quads and the same amount of passengers. Nothing real heavy-duty though.

Hell-I suppose I'd even admit I'm a #4 occasionally! The hitch is rusty and the bed liner is pretty cut up at least so noone can say too much, but you don't see many women or younger kids driving 3/4 or 1 ton pickups!

sirlan · October 5, 2003

Not sure where I'd fall -- #5 I guess. I've used it to haul topsoil, gravel, posts, gates, etc. I don't get to do that often but I enjoy every opportunity to actually "use" my truck. I also want to lift it. I just wish there was somewhere around here to get it muddy.