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Old 12-20-2013, 12:11 PM
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What Have You Done With Your Truck Today

my favorite thread from all 67-72 and 73-79 so i figured we needed one for the 61-66's lets see em all boys.... I might as well get this started I delivered 2 rick of firewood this morning drove 65-75 mph down the highway with no issues old FE chugged right along did her job well
 
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Old 12-20-2013, 09:36 PM
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I'm surprised to be the first respond to this. Glad to see someone actually using their truck.
 
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Old 12-20-2013, 09:54 PM
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That's a pretty good load on the old girl......

Mine is parked in the barn for the winter.... too many other projects. Someday...
 
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Old 12-20-2013, 10:24 PM
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did a second trip today seems like people wait till the last minute before a storm to call and buy wood we had 10 rick in the yard yesterday afternoon and we are down to 2 rick and one of them is possibly sold tomorrow here is the second load and i filled with gas yesterday and topped it off today..... loaded with 2 rick each time traveled 51 miles bought 4.5 gallons so avg today and yesterday still getting over 11.5 mpg loaded half the distance
 
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Old 12-21-2013, 07:36 AM
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Looks like she was riding low. What quantity is a rick?
 
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Old 12-21-2013, 08:56 AM
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8 ft long x 4 ft tall x length of wood .... approximately 2200 lbs for green oak per rick and the truck is setting dead level
 
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Old 12-21-2013, 11:41 AM
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My mistake. It must have been the picture angle. Tough trucks...that's why we like Fords. Thanks for the education on the rick specs. Always interesting.
 
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What did I do with my truck today? Filled it with gas like I do every day! LOL!
 
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just watched the ice build up on it today for the most part at least.... everything around is shiny with ice 1/2" thick..... did find out something interesting though no matter how hard they try chickens cannot run on ice it is quite hilarious....
 
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just watched the ice build up on it today for the most part at least.... everything around is shiny with ice 1/2" thick..... did find out something interesting though no matter how hard they try chickens cannot run on ice it is quite hilarious....

LMAO!!! Too much idle time?
 
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Old 12-21-2013, 07:47 PM
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Nothin to do with my slick but I wrapped up my twin stick t case for my bumpside and started sanding my hood for my dodge truck. That's some nice pictures of truck being worked had some nice loads on it.

 
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I brushed some weird, fluffy, white stuff off of it.
 
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was the white stuff kind of wet-ish and cool to the touch perhaps? lol
 
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Nope. Around this part of Montana, it is bone dry to the touch.
 
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hmmm interesting but then again i don't know too much about it other than eskimoe's have 23 words for the stuff
 


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