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2001 Super Duty 7.3 My DD and Toy Hauler 135,000 mi.
 
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After almost a year of ownership, I Finally hooked up to my new to me 34' gooseneck trailer. I installed Reese fifth wheel rails and a gooseneck plate in the truck this weekend. This trailer is beefy! I'd Like to mount a small truck bed camper up front and a winch in the back and still have room for 2 Jeeps.
 
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I have airbags in the rear already, they werent inflated.

Wait a minute... I've seen a trailer like that before. It was bumper pull, though. New trailer looks great, Skoots.
:sonicjay: can't wait to have a running Jeep that I can put on it now lol

Thank god I came and got my camper before you got any ideas. :sonicjay:
I should have slept in it while it was there!
 
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2005 F350 6.0, maunal trans 4x4
39' enclosed oversized tall gooseneck

ALL FOR SALE

 
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The way Ive always seen it is, I can either drive something Im comfortable in, does what I need it to do, and I like that gets shitty mileage.. OR I can drive something Im unsatisfied with just to save $300 or so dollars a year.
Why are people concerned with mileage?

Quite simple really, it adds up.

Not considering other costs if you are only saving $300 a year by having better mileage than you really are not driving all that much.

My commuter car sees 26,000 miles a year minimum, typically it sees about 36,000 miles a year.

36,000 miles / 15 mpg = 2400 gallons of fuel. @ $4/gallon = $9600
36,000 miles / 28 mpg (my cars average) 1285 @ $4/gallon = $5,142.86
36,000 miles / 27 mpg = $5333.

So on my commuter just 1 mpg is $200 for the year.

My truck in 1 year of ownership has seen 14,000 miles. Before the one year mark is up I already have 2 trips planned that will total another 1500-2000 miles.

15,000 miles @ 17 mpg (about my real world average over ownership thus far) 882 gallons of fuel. Diesel has been $4 the entire time I have owned this truck. $3528 in fuel.

15,000 miles @ 10-12 mpg (my brothers real world honest average in his 6.0 chevy) = 1500 gallons of gasoline @ say 3.69 $5535 in fuel.

I get 10-13 towing. He gets 8-10mpg.

That's $2,000 not 200.

15,000 miles = $300 in oil changes and filters in my diesel.
15,000 miles = $150 in oil changes in a gas truck.

That is why mileage matters.
 
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