IMenriched
09-22-2007, 03:17 PM
hello all
I really appreciate all the input here.
Not really clear as to the resent desolvement of the old form...?? but this is good too. I just realized this line of thread area so...I'd thought i'd give it a try.
I'm new to rangers...not new to trucks...but this is MY 1st truck. growing up on a small farm has always dictated that a pick-up be present....so i've tried to help my dad and brothers keep theirs running...I was the one who changed the oil &filters ...general repair. So that's where I say I'm not new to trucks...the best ones have been fords. Dad had a 77' 250 w/400 auto 4x4 & 87' hd250 diesel 4x4 5speed. prior to the fords he had a 67'GMC 2wheeldrive and my brother with his 1st job out of high school bought a 75' cj5 jeep...i6, 3speed, lockouts...real basic, he loved it. we used it like a tractor at times.
What sold dad about a 4x4 was one time we had 2 wagons full of corn,(about200-220bu each..about 3-5 times the weight of the jeep), my brother said he would pull them to town with his jeep...dad scoffed "you'll never get'm out of the field together, we'll just use the tractor"....my brother said "I bet i can"...game on...he hooked up locked it in, ramed it the lowside and walked those wagons right out of the field drive, (which was fairly steep), on to the road. barely spun a tire....slow and steady. all dad could say "summ-bI!@H...i'm gonna have to get a 4x4truck"....the rest as they say is history, has'nt been a 2 wheel drive pickup on the place since.
my truck, my bro gave to me...it was very sick...& he is not mechnical. his nich is animals. I've been always wanting one and the price was right. got it the engine OH'd and been trying to get it reliable ever since...my wife thinks I'm nuts. 7I thought it would be some thing me & our boy could get into together...he hasn't been as enthusiatic as I was hoping for...but he won't hesitate to ask to drive it once it is running...typical.
so there ya have it a glimps of myself
I really appreciate all the input here.
Not really clear as to the resent desolvement of the old form...?? but this is good too. I just realized this line of thread area so...I'd thought i'd give it a try.
I'm new to rangers...not new to trucks...but this is MY 1st truck. growing up on a small farm has always dictated that a pick-up be present....so i've tried to help my dad and brothers keep theirs running...I was the one who changed the oil &filters ...general repair. So that's where I say I'm not new to trucks...the best ones have been fords. Dad had a 77' 250 w/400 auto 4x4 & 87' hd250 diesel 4x4 5speed. prior to the fords he had a 67'GMC 2wheeldrive and my brother with his 1st job out of high school bought a 75' cj5 jeep...i6, 3speed, lockouts...real basic, he loved it. we used it like a tractor at times.
What sold dad about a 4x4 was one time we had 2 wagons full of corn,(about200-220bu each..about 3-5 times the weight of the jeep), my brother said he would pull them to town with his jeep...dad scoffed "you'll never get'm out of the field together, we'll just use the tractor"....my brother said "I bet i can"...game on...he hooked up locked it in, ramed it the lowside and walked those wagons right out of the field drive, (which was fairly steep), on to the road. barely spun a tire....slow and steady. all dad could say "summ-bI!@H...i'm gonna have to get a 4x4truck"....the rest as they say is history, has'nt been a 2 wheel drive pickup on the place since.
my truck, my bro gave to me...it was very sick...& he is not mechnical. his nich is animals. I've been always wanting one and the price was right. got it the engine OH'd and been trying to get it reliable ever since...my wife thinks I'm nuts. 7I thought it would be some thing me & our boy could get into together...he hasn't been as enthusiatic as I was hoping for...but he won't hesitate to ask to drive it once it is running...typical.
so there ya have it a glimps of myself