Time for Tons

[mr.mindless]

reality will hurt when you have that breakage you can't or don't want to fix in a parking lot.

Now that you mention that:

I remember one of my last trips driving the Dakota before I got a tow rig, when I spent the weekend running for parts and then cobbling together a driveshaft in the parking lot instead of wheeling...

[JEEPWERX]

Agreed.
Keep the truck.
Find something else to sell.

Glass pack is louder... i know that's what I just installed.

[Harrison]

Don't do it!



but I'd love to see you do it. It's just a huge commitment... and fraught with even more room for trouble than the tow rig.

That's what I've been telling myself for a long time. But I was extremely lucky my truck let go 30 minutes from home. If it was further, I'd have been really stranded and really stretching a favor from a friend to come rescue my Jeep on my trailer. If I just have my Jeep and it totally shits at Rausch, I ride home with someone else and borrow a truck to get it later. If it shits on the way home, I just hope I'm within 100 miles from home and use AAA or cheat and string a couple tows together or something. Seems simpler to me...

[Wingman]

Forget the diesel and buy a cheap, reliable gasser.  Or a RV camper!  Hannah will thank you...

[M4wdFab]

wheeling tires on road is no good for 500mile+ trips silly


fix your hawg, bank on money saved with fuel source

[Ryan]

Old diesels are nothing but trouble.

Should have kept the Suburban... 

[Harrison]

The thing is, with the exception of the headgasket and subsequent motor replacement that I actually made money on, I had all of the "old diesel" and transmission (assuming single Jeep towing) issues mostly sorted out within a few months. It's everything else around it that's been a headache.

[Hannah]

Fix truck or get a slightly better one that may or may not be just as annoying

[M4wdFab]

Fix truck or get a slightly better one that may or may not be just as annoying

smart girl


get another parts truck, make money on it again after you take what you need.

[jaysenodell]

Fix truck or get a slightly better one that may or may not be just as annoying

smart girl


get another parts truck, make money on it again after you take what you need.

And keep Hannah.


Between wheeling, cookies, and truck advice I think you've hit the jackpot.

[Harrison]

Fix truck or get a slightly better one that may or may not be just as annoying

smart girl


get another parts truck, make money on it again after you take what you need.

She is, and she is right. I'm just disgruntled and need it off my radar for a while.

[JEEPWERX]

Burn it

[Wingman]

[mr.mindless]

Shoulda bought rywans class C!

[etk300ex]

1/2 ton gasser is where's it's at!