Originally Posted by
Patriot76
From my experience, regardless of the brand when ever you go to a full size pickup, whether you have a six cylinder of a V-8 the mileage will not be great. Given your priorities I would look for a pickup box trailer or build one to tow behind your present truck. Tatorjuice has a thread where he documents how he builds his. I build a lot but have not taken the time to document them. This will give you the flexibility of good fuel mileage when the trailer is not needed, the ability to haul larger loads, and a place to store scrap until you have a full load.
Using scrap trucks I have built trailers for as little as $ 20 (coupler, cutting torch gas and welding rod) and as expensive as $ 200 (includes new tires.) You could always buy the truck and when it dies, build a trailer out of it.
My recent Dodges I let them go at the correct time . The Ranger at $150 was a - how can I go wrong truck . But it's not big enough Some metal is fine but oven's or fridges it's full, not to mention mine can't really safely carry to much weight .
I hunt for scrap casually any place I go , I look ( and find ) so to keep Ranger & always have a trailer on it is not gonna work . But hell yeah I'd like a trailer to load up for a trip to the yard wile a load is in pickup bed also . I stopped using Ranger I don't want to chance a need of help from a tow .
I am renting a 10 by 5 trailer from u hall $30
I'll take cats off AL wheels off & try to bulk it to 5500 pounds and use Tacoma to take to yard
That money will go towards a full-size 8 ft bed pickup be it the Slant 6 dodge or another oldie
It has to be a 6 in-line or V-6 . I can float a 6 cylinder to decent mileage
V-8's even driven slow equal time of use my 318 dodges used 2 gallons per hour I'm done with V-8's
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