I am totally lost as to what we're discussing here anymore lol. Beating your crap?
Clearly I'm looking too far into this... ok, moving right along.

Recapping our lead story, daily driver pickup truck starts great in cold weather.

 

Lmao, gonna stop posting in this thread before I get banned

 

[QUOTE=TRENT310;14040719]I am totally lost as to what we're discussing here anymore lol. Beating your crap?
Clearly I'm looking too far into this... ok, moving right along.

Recapping our lead story, daily driver pickup truck starts great in cold weather.[/QUOTE oh i must of missed the daily driver part too .. sorry best of luck with those extream cold starts .. my truck will never endure such pain thats for sure . it will stay tucked away in its heated garage . ill drive my rusted out one doored beater first ... im gone to feed the newfs .. good luck to all happy hew year ...

 

I think it important to know the capability of the cold start unassisted. there are times where one would not be able to plug in.

Know that it will along with what the owners manual indicates is important.

Know how much it smokes or how much it coughs lets you know as well.

 

This is hardly extreme... Welcome to Canada.

I don't need my truck to last 10 years. I will drive it into the ground and buy another one. These trucks are anything but rare or limited production, they make them, and they crush them every day. If I flip this truck into a ditch tomorrow and I live to tell the tale, there will be at least 20 more fleet special crew cab long bed trucks sitting side by side at the dealer.

By the way, my truck sleeps in a heated garage most of the time. But ya enjoy your rusted out beater!

 

LOL I am missing out ..... this is a good thread

I am super smart so I only go to -35. -36 would be crazy
I have not plugged my truck in one time this winter ..... and no heated garage for me .... no beater either.
Life is tough enough .... why would I drive a nice truck in the winter?

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Last time I checked they were special order only TRENT

 

Thats a chit load of Super duties. Black and white. Shew.

 

Well I don't see any place to plug any of those super duties in during the winter, what a dumb ford dealer, do they park them all winter and only sell in the spring??

 

[QUOTE=TRENT310;14042218]This is hardly extreme... Welcome to Canada.

I don't need my truck to last 10 years. I will drive it into the ground and buy another one. These trucks are anything but rare or limited production, they make them, and they crush them every day. If I flip this truck into a ditch tomorrow and I live to tell the tale, there will be at least 20 more fleet special crew cab long bed trucks sitting side by side at the dealer.

By the way, my truck sleeps in a heated garage most of the time. But ya enjoy your rusted out beater!
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excellant we all know now .. youre truck appreciates the garage . i only keep my trucks two years usually so resale is important . i can drive a beater and still feel good about myself ... as anyone who knows me knows im down to earth .and money is no issue . being smart about youre stuff will only put more money in youre pocket to spend on other things .. sorry feller you seam perplexed about my ideas. trust me they are good sound investments .. have a nice day .. i await youre next rant ..

 

Exactly, that way you know if you have a problem when it does something different than normal.

 

You say money is no issue but resale value is important to you?
Being smart about your stuff puts more money in your pocket you say? You sell your trucks every two years,you have to get screwed everytime.I dont get it.

I just dont get it.If you only keep it for two years why would you want to drive a beater most of the time and not drive your beautiful 50k truck?

 

I'm not ranting at ya, I enjoy this discussion actually. You should see my actual rants!

I agree that taking care of things instead of neglecting them will go a long way.
But at the same time, there is a difference between taking good care of equipment and just plain not using the equipment. However I purchased the equipment to serve a purpose, benefit myself, and make certain tasks easier. If I am not using the equipment, it is doing me no good, then I wonder why I am using an inferior tool to accomplish something when I have something better. There are some operating costs which remain constant regardless of use, so better make the most of it.

Say I buy a skid steer. I could park it in my garage all day and all night and rarely use it, and only have about 70 engine hours by the time 2 years rolls around and I go to sell it. I performed all the seasonal maintenance work during that time regardless of the fact that I rarely used it. So that skid steer has a very good value out on the market, but I have not made the equipment pay for itself during that time I have owned it. The economics do not make sense there. That power tool should be out on the job site every day making it worth while.

Land is an investment, my truck is a money pit and that's fine with me.
In my current life situation, I don't have a wife or kids or a family or pets to feed and take care of. Everyone has different priorities and that's fine, and people's priorities may change as they go through life. So your truck, to you, is a tow vehicle and you drag your boat around with it and otherwise you don't really need the truck. That's fine, I got no problem with that, but why should you have a problem with me (or others here) using the truck as a daily driver? This whole discussion, while I feel it has been generally level headed despite our differing thoughts, pretty much sparked from your comment that driving our trucks in cold weather (which is perfectly normal and expected here) was "dumb as hell". So you can't go and state that and then wonder why you have struck a nerve with a few people here.

 

i didnt say most of the time .. i said `36 below .please say as i say if youre going to quote me .. i wish i only paid 50 k . you dont get screwed if you buy from the same year after year , build a long lasting relationship year after year . and you will get decent trade in . they know youre loyal so will they .. my truck is a purpase buy . it pulls my 42 foot fiver .my boat . and takes me hunting . it will have low miles at trade in . ill get good money .. quite franky i enjoy driving my sts v caddy so much .i really dont care about not driving the hell out of the truck .. thats the truth it is what it is .. besides im working 12 hrs a day most of the time so driving around really is limited . im usually stuck in one of my e 350 vans most of the time unfourtuanately ... although those fords have performed close to flawlessly for most part .. this will be my last post on this thread . enjoy youre truck do with as you all may . as someone had stated before . its there truck theyl do with it what they please . i say good point ... have nice weekend . sorry for the long post .

 

Sure,ok...Still doesnt make any sense..Your trading a two yr truck in with what 15k miles on it?(guessing) Your getting screwed for no reason.To each his own.