I Gotta Ask...

[Atcer2018]

Mostly because there has never been anyone but me and a girlfriend/wife/hunting partner in it at any given time,

Does the wife know about the girlfriend? Just curious LOL

 

[Tulecreeper]

Does the wife know about the girlfriend? Just curious LOL

Not this time...yet.

 

[gwilburn]

I didn't say there was no option to get 4 doors. I just said not all of them come with 4 doors. I had the option, but mine didn't come with it because I didn't order it.

Not all of them come with 2 doors... Pretty sure Ram dropped the regular cab.

 

[Tulecreeper]

Not all of them come with 2 doors... Pretty sure Ram dropped the regular cab.

I have one.

 

[mikeru]

Not all of them come with 2 doors... Pretty sure Ram dropped the regular cab.

You can still find them. On 1500's only the 1500 Classic in Tradesman trim is available with a regular cab. On HD's I believe you can still get them in the Tradesman and Big Horn trim levels. That's for '23 model year. No idea about 2024 models though.

 

[392DevilDog]

Ignore me! Ha! I can use a car

 

[ppine]

Do what ever you want, and stop worrying about other people.
Truck advertising is very effective. Now everybody wants a truck.

 

[BossHogg]

but there isn't a TT on the market that I can't pull with what I have.

I have a Montana 3790 fifth-wheel RV that you can't tow, at least legally. Even if you could pull it up a mountain pass I would hated to be in the cab with you to see how you would control the speed decent down the pass with a gasser.

 

[Tulecreeper]

I have a Montana 3790 fifth-wheel RV that you can't tow, at least legally. Even if you could pull it up a mountain pass I would hated to be in the cab with you to see how you would control the speed decent down the pass with a gasser.

I said nothing about a 5th-wheel. You know the difference, I assume.

 

[BossHogg]

I said nothing about a 5th-wheel. You know the difference, I assume.

I don't know how far you want to beat this subject but you said TT and I assumed you were referring to a travel trailer, you did not specify if it was a gooseneck, fifth wheel, or a bumper pull. Travel trailer, camper, or RV are all generic terms referring to the same thing. Size, features, weight, tow vehicle connection are not implied.

The context of this is all based on your first post where you said "bought their truck to use as an actual truck" and the claims you made which in your use case is OK but your use case doesn't fit my use case or many other's use case. The answer to your original question is a truck is used by different people in different ways, not just your way.

 

[Docwagon1776]

News alert: My truck bed is full of brush from tree trimmings and will be full of firewood after that's done.

I even hooked an electric chainsaw sharpener to the battery yesterday and sharpened up a Stihl before getting back to cutting.

Just in case anyone was concerned I might be using my truck for an un-manly purpose lately.

 

[turkeybird56]

News alert: My truck bed is full of brush from tree trimmings and will be full of firewood after that's done.

I even hooked an electric chainsaw sharpener to the battery yesterday and sharpened up a Stihl before getting back to cutting.

Just in case anyone was concerned I might be using my truck for an un-manly purpose lately.

skeery, lol...

 

[turkeybird56]

delete

 

[TotallyHucked]

Why is keeping a truck nice and clean a bad thing? These things are too expensive to not care for. Mine stays nice and shiny but I'm not afraid to work it either. I've already gotten it stuck on our property and towed several trailers with it in the 3 months I've had it. But no way I'm gonna neglect it like it sounds like the OP does

 

[Tulecreeper]

Why is keeping a truck nice and clean a bad thing? These things are too expensive to not care for. Mine stays nice and shiny but I'm not afraid to work it either. I've already gotten it stuck on our property and towed several trailers with it in the 3 months I've had it. But no way I'm gonna neglect it like it sounds like the OP does
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Who said anything about neglecting? I keep it mechanically sound and clean on the inside because that's where I have to sit. The outside...meh.

When I bought this truck I sold my 2000 Silverado that I had driven for over 23 years. I washed it about 2 weeks before I sold it, but before that I don't remember when the last time was I took a rag to it and I think the last time I waxed it was in about 2015. It's a truck. Keep it running, keep the inside straightened out, do the outside when you can't stand it anymore.

 

[Tulecreeper]

I don't know how far you want to beat this subject but you said TT and I assumed you were referring to a travel trailer, you did not specify if it was a gooseneck, fifth wheel, or a bumper pull. Travel trailer, camper, or RV are all generic terms referring to the same thing. Size, features, weight, tow vehicle connection are not implied.

The context of this is all based on your first post where you said "bought their truck to use as an actual truck" and the claims you made which in your use case is OK but your use case doesn't fit my use case or many other's use case. The answer to your original question is a truck is used by different people in different ways, not just your way.

You started this, friend. I said TT - which in my circle of RVing companions means travel trailer - you brought up 5th-wheel and 3500 as if we are in competition as to whose drags in the dirt more. The two are not the same. Yours is connected with a 5th-wheel hitch, mine is a bumper-pull. Then there are motorhomes, which are self-propelled. All of which are collectively called RV's but not to be confused with each other. I have been full-time RVing for a long time and no one in my community conflates one with the other.

 

[mikeru]

Who said anything about neglecting? I keep it mechanically sound and clean on the inside because that's where I have to sit. The outside...meh.

When I bought this truck I sold my 2000 Silverado that I had driven for over 23 years. I washed it about 2 weeks before I sold it, but before that I don't remember when the last time was I took a rag to it and I think the last time I waxed it was in about 2015. It's a truck. Keep it running, keep the inside straightened out, do the outside when you can't stand it anymore.

You may not neglect it mechanically and you may not neglect the interior, but you definitely neglect the exterior. No need to become defensive about it. By your own admission you neglect the exterior, so just own it.

 

[Tulecreeper]

You may not neglect it mechanically and you may not neglect the interior, but you definitely neglect the exterior. No need to become defensive about it. By your own admission you neglect the exterior, so just own it.

Absolutely...it's a truck. And not defensive. I give a scrubbing when the black mold starts to form on the hood and the cab. Usually takes a year, or so.

 

[TotallyHucked]

Absolutely...it's a truck. And not defensive. I give a scrubbing when the black mold starts to form on the hood and the cab. Usually takes a year, or so.

That is the definition of neglect as far as the paint goes lol. I work in the automotive aftermarket dealing with car restoration, no way I could allow any vehicle to get that bad

 

[Tulecreeper]

That is the definition of neglect as far as the paint goes lol. I work in the automotive aftermarket dealing with car restoration, no way I could allow any vehicle to get that bad

OK, and? I sold my 23-year-old Silverado in March and other than the paint had just barely started to oxidize it was fine.