Pickup Trucks

Everything in NY is pricey but that's actually a good price for 2 cars fully covered and no I don't have insurance on tires but we use that insurance company for everything abs they took care of me..

 

I got everything with the same as well. Never thought to claim tires though

 

We learn somethingnew every day

 

Bit with a deductable I dont have any tires that would make sense to claim.

 

How much does 4 new tires run you

 

Got 6 bridge stone deulers for the sequoia for $600 so two would cost 300. Deduct able is 500 and thats low!

Saturn I just bought 2 for $115

 

That's cheap for tires. Lucky you

 

That sounds outrageous to me. My 2 commuter cars and a S-10 pickup are all fully insured for about $400 every 6 months so $800 per year for all three. Of course I have to buy my own tires every few years.

 

Well the saturn is a small car with cheap tires. Thats what I was talking about with small cars. There a common size too...many older hondas had the same size.

I buy many tires off amazon or ebay. As for other tires I know a guy and pay wholesale

 

Well the saturn is a small car with cheap tires. Thats what I was talking about with small cars. There a common size too...many older hondas had the same size.

I buy many tires off amazon or ebay. As for other tires I know a guy and pay wholesale

 

It may sound crazy but it's actually a good price where I live..a pack of cigarettes cost $12.00 here in NYC it's $15.00

 

I quit smoking when they were around $1.50 but these days they are close to $5 around here.

 

Never smoked in my life but I think you can gett off brands at gas stations for $3.50-4.00 and get the big brands like Marlboro for $5+ a pack from what I remember in gas stations.

To me its like burning money.

 

I'm glad I don't smoke cigs

 

and that it stinks really bad.

 

The problem I have with new trucks (besides the price tag) is that I'd baby it; at which point it doesn't get used like a truck.

Old truck, new dent: just do one of these and keep truckin. Maybe one day...

 

I'm gonna get myself a nice used truck or maybe dump truck to make my life easier and not worry about a thing if something happens to it. Throw a plow on it and make some money with it also...

 

Yea the keep it nice thing would be my problem too.

I toss the wood in my old chevy. I dont try to dent it but am also not super careful about scratches or dents. I thought about painting it years ago but then I would baby it so I am not painting it.

 

Tundra (with overloads if possible)... I don't care what other guys think... I live in Iowa where everyone has a farm truck and they all buy new ones every other year. I have tons of friends that would argue chevy, dodge, or ford all day long. I listen to all of them complain when something brakes on their truck large or small... My dad has 112K miles on his tundra that previously belonged to his work and has never had any problems... Zip Zero Zilch! We are a toyota family and I can say the same about the other 12 yotas we own. Besides tires, and a few brake jobs we haven't had any problems with any of our toyotas. If I had that kind of scratch for a truck I wouldnt even hesitate to get a tundra. They ride nice, they are comfortable and their engines are up there with most 3/4 ton pickups in power.

My advice for a growing family is the Crewmax with 5.5' bed. The bed is big enough for all your tools and then just hook a utility trailer to it for the wood hauling. If you get home late from cutting you can just unhook the trailer and unpack the bed (if you dont have a tonneau cover on it), and you'll be ready to go to work the next day. Also you wont risk banging up your nice truck with wood if you are loading it to a trailer.

Also a word to the wise... Get a 2013-2014 with low miles and get it certified/warrantied to 100K miles. You get 36k miles warranty on a new Toyota truck so buying used will get you the fully loaded truck you want with more warranty. If you buy it at 15-20k miles on the odometer you'll get 80-85K mile warranty instead of 36K mile warranty.

2cents from some Iowa hillbilly.

 

just build one online for under $42 brand new...