foxrunfarms02
Junior Member
Hello,
My name is Tony. I'm new to the forum, but not to being a Dodge owner. I live on a small hobby farm in WI and use my truck often for lumber yard or feed supply runs, pulling equipment home from auctions, a rolling toolbox, or a go - for. My parents always bought Dodge vehicles from the local dealer in town and I continued that.
In high school I had an 02 Dodge Dakota.
Nothing was wrong with the truck and some days miss it but I traded it for an 09 ram 1500.
I loved that truck, the look, the roomy cab, the 5.7 hemi. Unfortunately every month it was going back to the dealer for one thing or another. Twice it got stuck in 5th gear. After bad dealer support, and getting sick of the warranty run arounds I traded it in on a brand new 2012 Silverado.
I was not a fan of the 5.3 vortec. The crew cab was nice for the family and getting groceries, but the box was super small. It reminded me a truck someone would go golfing with. Pile the buddies in and just enough room for the golf bags in the back. I had 0 issues with the truck. I had 230k miles on it, and it was my daily driver.
Unfortunately about 4 years ago while at work unloading a piece of equipment on the side of the street with a vest on, signs out, cones surrounding the truck and trailer. A high school kid drove through the cones, ran me over and dragged me( ironically it was a Dodge dakota). I spent 2 weeks in a truma center, 4 months in bed, and 2 years off of work with 3 different surgies. Through out that time the truck sat and really started to rot away, especially the frame. With my lasting limitations and restrictions from the accident my old employor let me go and I found a job much further away. I needed a more fuel efficient vehicle and found an awd crossover as a daily driver. I kept the truck to do truck stuff but it was having problems so I sold it privately and was just going to get a farm beater.
Last fall where I work we take our fleet trucks to a local mechanic who does things cheaper than the dealer. He had a purple lifted 2nd gen sitting in the driveway. It was 1994 and screamed 90's with the color, lund add-ons, and tear drop rims. He must of noticed me checking it out and asked if I knew anyone interested in something like that.
Apparently the original owner bought it new and lifted it up. He was a major bar hoper and got some dwi's. He blew the rear end out in it, and there it sat. He needed money for tickets and didn't have the time or money to fix it. The mechanic bought it and rebuilt the transmission and used it as a week-end/play truck. I test drove it. It was hard getting in and out with my limitations and didn't like the way it handled with the lift and tires. For a couple of weeks I looked around for something used on marketplace. People were nuts asking 4k for something with a bad engine, or transmission, 300k miles, and bodies rusted out so I decided on the dodge.
It only has 109k miles on it, and so far just need the licenses plate lights looked at and it only blows on the floor. It's a little too nice to be a beater and plan on giving her the tlc she deserves. I'm happy with it, the wife is happy with the long bed, she calls it the Joe Dirt truck......plum crazy purple, and has the foot print gas pedal. My son is the cool kid when I take him to and from school with it on my Fridays off. So far I'm happy with it, and it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling from a more simpler time.
My name is Tony. I'm new to the forum, but not to being a Dodge owner. I live on a small hobby farm in WI and use my truck often for lumber yard or feed supply runs, pulling equipment home from auctions, a rolling toolbox, or a go - for. My parents always bought Dodge vehicles from the local dealer in town and I continued that.
In high school I had an 02 Dodge Dakota.
Nothing was wrong with the truck and some days miss it but I traded it for an 09 ram 1500.
I loved that truck, the look, the roomy cab, the 5.7 hemi. Unfortunately every month it was going back to the dealer for one thing or another. Twice it got stuck in 5th gear. After bad dealer support, and getting sick of the warranty run arounds I traded it in on a brand new 2012 Silverado.
I was not a fan of the 5.3 vortec. The crew cab was nice for the family and getting groceries, but the box was super small. It reminded me a truck someone would go golfing with. Pile the buddies in and just enough room for the golf bags in the back. I had 0 issues with the truck. I had 230k miles on it, and it was my daily driver.
Unfortunately about 4 years ago while at work unloading a piece of equipment on the side of the street with a vest on, signs out, cones surrounding the truck and trailer. A high school kid drove through the cones, ran me over and dragged me( ironically it was a Dodge dakota). I spent 2 weeks in a truma center, 4 months in bed, and 2 years off of work with 3 different surgies. Through out that time the truck sat and really started to rot away, especially the frame. With my lasting limitations and restrictions from the accident my old employor let me go and I found a job much further away. I needed a more fuel efficient vehicle and found an awd crossover as a daily driver. I kept the truck to do truck stuff but it was having problems so I sold it privately and was just going to get a farm beater.
Last fall where I work we take our fleet trucks to a local mechanic who does things cheaper than the dealer. He had a purple lifted 2nd gen sitting in the driveway. It was 1994 and screamed 90's with the color, lund add-ons, and tear drop rims. He must of noticed me checking it out and asked if I knew anyone interested in something like that.
Apparently the original owner bought it new and lifted it up. He was a major bar hoper and got some dwi's. He blew the rear end out in it, and there it sat. He needed money for tickets and didn't have the time or money to fix it. The mechanic bought it and rebuilt the transmission and used it as a week-end/play truck. I test drove it. It was hard getting in and out with my limitations and didn't like the way it handled with the lift and tires. For a couple of weeks I looked around for something used on marketplace. People were nuts asking 4k for something with a bad engine, or transmission, 300k miles, and bodies rusted out so I decided on the dodge.
It only has 109k miles on it, and so far just need the licenses plate lights looked at and it only blows on the floor. It's a little too nice to be a beater and plan on giving her the tlc she deserves. I'm happy with it, the wife is happy with the long bed, she calls it the Joe Dirt truck......plum crazy purple, and has the foot print gas pedal. My son is the cool kid when I take him to and from school with it on my Fridays off. So far I'm happy with it, and it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling from a more simpler time.
