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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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is it just me?

all the 4x4s at my school look nicer than they run, i believe when you building a wheeler, it should run better or as good as it looks, like i have a truck with a rebuilt motor, and drives pretty good but the bed is shot, not the fram just eh tin

like my f150 the bed is all beat in, from hauling rick after rick of wood, i mean its so beat you can see the fram rails, not like ever things beaten that bad

the front windshield is cracked, heck the tailgate like a year after we bought the truck got back into by a box truck, we got i replaced, just the metal, and lock has never worked right

the interior is all bernt but it runs pretty darn good

hey but i do have a question, im the back seats they fold down, iwht that metal exposed, like a metal floor stuff
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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I dont follow...
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:22 PM
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it seem like more and mor today, ppl are puting mor money into appearances than into actuall drivabilty, like that limo 4x4 that would tip over in like a second
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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People shuld put more moneee into edjukashun. Most people have "pavement puonders" or "show trucks." Sad but true.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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sorry im just bad typer, i type to fast sometimes
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:35 PM
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I agree, now that I understand.

Well just have to show them up on the trail (if we can get them to bring their trailer queens on a trail)...
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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if you look at the black F-250 snow fighter in my gallery you will see a good example of a beat to crap truck that looks like its one step from salvage, but despite its homely looks its one tough hunk of metal that runs like a champ and has made some high dollar 4x4s look stupid when it pulled them out of some deep holes, then drove through the same hole just for spite!!!....id personaly much rather have a ugly truck that's capable of more than it gets credit for than a truck that takes all the prizes at shows but cant perform if it had too...thats my 3 cents.....
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:43 PM
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chrome looks like crap when it gets muddy, ill take soemthing that matte black (dull black) over chrome truck ne day, hey okc, how do you make the back end heavier, cuz it seems that ford back ends are pretty light?, well atleast on my truck
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 10:53 PM
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hey okc, how do you make the back end heavier, cuz it seems that ford back ends are pretty light?, well atleast on my truck
thats the truth, especially when there is no bed like on mine!! personally, im boxing my frame and replacing the crossmembers with 4x4 steel tubing, then im building a custom rollcage integrated with a small steel flatbed, i think that will give me plenty of weight in the rear.....for you i would say put a nice thick rollbar in the back, and a 35 gallon fuel cell in the rear too, that would help some anyways.....
 
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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Old Feb 23, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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nah, i have 2 300lb bags of compact saw dust, from huge dust collectors at my dad cabinet shop
 
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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 12:18 AM
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If i had pics of my two trucks they are not pretty looking but get the job done i like my trucks to be functional over showy.
 
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