I want a truck (I think?)
I keep wanting a truck. 3 times in the past 3 months I've wanted to have a truck to haul shit. Home ownership is a bitch.
The problem is I need to sell 1 or more cars to accomplish this. Option 1: Sell E91 wagon. Own: E46, Cayman, Truck The truck would need to be reasonable to drive any time it might snow. I kind of want a Colorado or Tacoma, but the 2017 Ridgeline :ack: is the most car-like and actually has the more reasonable AWD system for snowy roads. But they're all too expensive for me if I keep the Porsche. My neighbor has a 2012 Tacoma with a manual transmission. It's a cute little truck that I could see owning, but the 4WD system is lame. It's basically 2wd: a locked center diff with open front and rear differentials. Good enough for snow? Maybe, but a step down from any modern AWD system, so I could see myself wanting to keep the wagon. Option 2: Sell Cayman. Own: E46, E91 Wagon, Truck I'm finding myself more and more thinking that sports cars are dumb. Where I live, anyway. The Cayman is awesome, but it's like driving an F1 car at 25 MPH. I keep feeling like I'm using 10% of the car's potential 95% of the time. I take joy in owning the right tool for the job, and the Cayman rarely feels like the right tool for my day to day activities. I don't get excited to drive it to work often, and when I do I end up driving way too fast. In this scenario I'd be keeping the wagon so the truck's 4wd snow performance wouldn't be important. I could buy any old cheap truck for hauling shit. But with the truck always clogging up my driveway and rarely being driven, I'm pretty sure I'd be asking myself over and over, do I really need a truck AND a wagon??? Option 3. Sell Porsche AND wagon. Own: E46 + Truck If I could find a truck that I was happy to drive in the winter, I could go down to 2 cars. This would make me very excited because I have a 2 car garage, and my driveway makes parking a 3rd car annoying. And for a winter vehicle, the Ridgeline :ack: is actually winning due to the reasons above. But shit, I can't get excited about a Ridgeline. Should I go for a Raptor? So I can drive it around in 2-inches of snow and feel manly? :bustingup or maybe a Colorado ZR2 |
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I Uh WTF |
The wagon is basically a truck already, so it seems to me that if you want to get a truck you should sell that.
When you say "haul shit" I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but it sounds like you need (or think you need?) a pickup truck. At the same time, maybe something with an enclosed back end would be useful for biking related tasks? And are you sure a utility trailer and a hitch for the wagon isn't enough? In conclusion, the obvious answer is "used G wagen." Or used Defender 110. Or this. https://bringatrailer.com/2017/10/14...3a1-scout-car/ I was going to say that the new Jeep pickup thing is on the horizon, and I'd wait and see what that looks like. With a cap on it, it might serve more than one purpose. But checking it looks like production isn't going to start until 2019. If you want to sell the Porsche, that makes sense, but I wouldn't replace it with a truck. I would replace the wagon with a truck and then make the choice about the truck at some point in the future. |
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I want a Colorado the most. Or a manual transmission Tacoma. But they have their own issues. Odds of me ending up with a truck are low. Can't come up with a plan I'm happy with. |
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A hitch and small utility trailer for the wagon make the most sense.
But, yeah, I want a truck, too. A Ridgeline is a very sensible crossover Swiss Army knife thing. My MIL had one. But it’s not really a truck, so it might not scratch the deeper itch. FIL has a Ram; that is a real truck. It does not fit in his garage. We’re strunggling with how to schlep the tandem kayak we just bought, along with bicycles and a roofbox. We have a hitch on the X, so I’m eyeing trailers as well. We have a hitch-mounted bike rack and a J-rack for the kayak on the roof bar. But the kayak is a PITA to hoist onto the roof rack. And who wants to drive on the highway towing anything? Blah blah. Stuck. |
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But she also mentioned that it ends up touching the car before hitting the rollers and that sounded awful to me - so maybe these suck. :dunno: |
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U-Haul pickup.
$19.99/day. Done. :D |
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BTW, I LOVE my 1/2-ton shod with BFG All-Terrains.
It's a beast in deep snow and a capable tow vehicle. |
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At least, in NV they are. |
Uhaul charges by the mile as well. I get mine from Enterprise (they rent trucks and box vans), like $49 / day with unlimited miles.
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UHaul also rents utility trailers. :beatdeadh
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The wagon was a dumb idea from the start. ;)
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OK the shorter version of my way-too-long original post is: If you're buying a truck, do you try to find one that also makes a good winter vehicle? Or do you go for a utilitarian beater? |
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I like doing things myself... but when it stars to cost more than having someone else do it for you it's just ridiculous. |
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The Ridgeline is interesting, but for the ugly, and the bed that is so small I'm not sure why you'd bother. That Colorado zr2 looks pretty cool, but you can get a lot of full-size truck for that kind of money. Keep in mind that trucks with "trucky" 4wd systems aren't really great in normal inclement weather. They don't want to be in 4wd on any sort of dryish road. Also, there is no weight in the back so traction can be an issue. edit: I really don't know how people own homes without a truck. Mine comes in handy all the time. edit II: I don't know how much firewood you are thinking of hauling or how regularly, but you'll never even get a half-cord of wood on a utility trailer, or in a Colorado size truck. |
Home Depot rents trucks by the hour if there is one closer than the U Haul place, but I'd just toss the wood in the back of the wagon and call it a day.
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A tarp would work as well. I'm sure we've hauled wood in the 5 and the 3 wagons we had. But just from our shed in Rappahannock up to the house. When we got the tractor and a trailer, that was a much better solution. Edit: Now you can add tractor to the wishlist. :) |
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I have a steep yard and it's difficult for me to get anything heavy up or down to the lake. No room for a car. And soon I'm going to cut down several trees so I need to get the wood up somehow. I figure that thing would break after about 3 months of use and be a general pain in the ass though. The other option is a gas powered winch to drag the logs up. |
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Aren't the "trucky" 4wd systems kind of silly unless you're off roading? Plus they generally come with open front and rear diffs, so it's still just 2wd. It doesn't seem like the functionality most people would want. I think the up side is durability, but other than that... |
That trackbarrow thing is crazy.
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Now I see why you want one. It comes with a manual transmission. :lol:
Edit: We've had one of these for years. Won't help with a huge incline, though. https://www.amazon.com/FoldIt-2200-U...it+garden+cart |
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[pic too big]http://www.arcticchat.com/forum/attachments/general-atv-discussion/188169d1266967976-need-small-trailer-behind-atv-dscf7009.jpg[/pic too big] Edit: I give up someone please edit the pic size for me... It's a ATV hauling a utility trailer full of firewood http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_bas...ct_logging.jpg or better yet this one: http://www.atvsource.com/images/arti...log_loader.jpg |
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Edit: Woa, I didn't need to know that this exists. https://www.mucktruck.com/images/IMG...&shrink=false& |
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His actually has a platform to stand on and "ride" along. I think it's this one:
http://smhttp.39172.nexcesscdn.net/8...q/mqpbuggy.jpg |
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I can't imagine you could push all that much snow with that thing before the wheels slip. The barrow only weighs 300 lbs. Seems like a snowblower is just better all around. |
That pic certainly doesn't make it look very effective. What I really want is a plow for my truck, but I think I need a bigger driveway first. :)
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We should split this into a new thread about coveted power tools.
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Once I was given a zero-turn lawn tractor I found the urge to buy things for it fairly irresistible. Things like a gas-powered leaf vacuum. And now my wife wants to buy a wagon to tow behind it.
Bren, I have no desire for a plow but I've got the long driveway. :lol: |
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We had just bought this before we sold the house in the mountains (and the garden tractor). Sigh.
https://www.deere.com/en_US/products...ar_blades.page |
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