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09-20-2016, 10:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Pembroke, NY
Posts: 181
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Towing with old iron.
Who else is towing a travel trailer with a 15+ year old truck? I've been towing with my 2001 F-150 since I rolled it off the dealer lot 15 years ago. I feel kind of out of place when I see so many people towing with late model trucks only a few years old. I guess it doesn't really matter since I still consider it my "new" truck! I always park it indoors, never drive it in the winter, and perform all routine maintenance. It is pretty much new with only 100,000 miles on it... LOL
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2001 Ford F-150 4x4 5.4
2012 Prime Time Tracer 2670BHS (sold)
2017 White Hawk 28DSBH (*Special Ordered w/ almost all the options in 10/16. Delivered on 5/19/17)
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09-21-2016, 03:38 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Virginia`s Eastern Shore
Posts: 17,091
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Not 15 but 12 yrs old and 113,000 miles on big red. My work truck is also 12 yrs old with 163,000.
How many miles on your tow vehicle poll
http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f1...icle-8280.html
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2017 Coachmen Catalina 283RKS
2018 Ford F250 Super Duty 6.2l CCSB
2010 Jayflight 28BHS (sold)
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09-21-2016, 03:46 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: James Island, SC
Posts: 22,772
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Mine is 10 and just about turned 120K. Still running better than it ever did.
Actually better than me!
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2011- 351RLTS Eagle, MorRyde suspension/pin box,
2017- F350 6.7 PSD Lariat FX4,SRW, SB,CC
Hughes PWD SP-50A, TST TPMS
Gator roll-up bed cover
B&W Turnover ball, Companion Std hitch
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09-21-2016, 05:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Pembroke, NY
Posts: 181
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I've only got about 105,000 miles. Only drive it in the summer towing the TT and Farmall's on my 18' utility trailer. The truck has some sort of trailer hitched to it 95% of the time. She's an old work horse! Funny when I look at the original window sticker I wonder what that money could buy today in a new truck, and the answer is "not much". LOL
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2001 Ford F-150 4x4 5.4
2012 Prime Time Tracer 2670BHS (sold)
2017 White Hawk 28DSBH (*Special Ordered w/ almost all the options in 10/16. Delivered on 5/19/17)
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09-21-2016, 05:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Campbell Hall
Posts: 2,835
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14 Model years old. Just modified my 2003 F-350 chore truck to be a tow vehicle.
A shade under 135,000 miles.
Montblanc will have it's "Second Marriage" (can't call it a "maiden voyage" can we?) this weekend.
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TT 2015 19RD "TheJayco"
TV 2003 F-350 "Montblanc" - Housebroken chore truck
Sitting in The Cheap Seats.
And proud of it!
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09-21-2016, 06:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Detroit
Posts: 294
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Not 15, but it is almost 12 with 188k on the clock.
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2005 Ford Excursion 6.8L, 4.56
2016 Eagle 324BHTS, P3, PP 3P
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09-21-2016, 07:52 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Lake Hopatcong
Posts: 25
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2002 Avalanche 2500 with 110,000 on the clock towing a 10,000 lb loaded 314BHDS. Still going strong 8.1 496 CI big block!
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09-21-2016, 07:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Mills River
Posts: 270
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Going on 14 years old.
2003 with about 140,000 miles
Stupid phone inserts pics upside down.
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09-21-2016, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Denver
Posts: 1,580
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I was planning on keeping my current truck pretty much forever until I started towing 8000 lbs with it. My next truck will be my 'forever' truck. I'll tow with it till the wheels fall off.
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2016 27BHS Elite
2012 F-150 EcoBoost / Max Tow (Sold)
2017 'Blue Jeans' 6.2 F-250 Lariat 4.3 gears.
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09-21-2016, 08:18 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: FL
Posts: 11,281
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Quote:
Originally Posted by norty1
Mine is 10 and just about turned 120K. Still running better than it ever did. snip
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Same '06 truck with 335k mi.
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Sherm & Terry w/rescue Eydie (min Schnauzer) & Charley (std Poodle)
SOLD:2015 Jay Flight 27RLS, GY Endurance (E), Days: 102 '15, 90 '16, 80 '17, 161 '18, 365+ '20
SOLD: 2006 Ford F350 PSD, 4WD, CC, LB, SRW, Camper pkg., 375,000mi
Full timing: Some will think you're crazy, some will be envious, just enjoy the freedom!
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09-21-2016, 08:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Salt Lake City
Posts: 227
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12+ years from when I got it, 198K miles...
2006 Honda Ridgeline...just started towing with in Oct 2014
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Charles in SLC, UT (formerly in Cincinnati, OH.)
2014 F-150 XLT, 3.5EB , HDPP
2011 Jayco x23B
Blue Ox SwayPro WDH
2006 Honda Ridgeline (retired TV)
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09-21-2016, 09:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Pembroke, NY
Posts: 181
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Here's my "old iron". Purchased new in 2001. Upgraded Load Range "E" tires, upgraded shocks, Ford SuperDuty Transmission oil cooler mod, SCT Tuner with custom towing tune, Flowmaster exhaust, towing mirrors. Future mod this winter: 4:10 gears in preparation for towing a White Hawk 28 DSBH next spring.
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2001 Ford F-150 4x4 5.4
2012 Prime Time Tracer 2670BHS (sold)
2017 White Hawk 28DSBH (*Special Ordered w/ almost all the options in 10/16. Delivered on 5/19/17)
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09-21-2016, 10:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: bozeman,montana
Posts: 273
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2000 dodge ram with 239000 miles. I am consistently the oldest truck by far in the campgrounds most trucks are just a few model years old that I can see. someone has money! it still looks good and runs good.
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2014 ram 2500 6.4 hemi, 2014 jayco eagle touring edition 28.5 rkds, 2017 jayco 145rb baja edition
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09-21-2016, 10:36 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Newark, NY
Posts: 15,765
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We believe that newer isn't always better. Six year old Tundra with 99,000 on the clock. Previous 'Yota had 150,000 on her. I remember my younger years when I just got plain bored with my wheels. That doesn't happen much any more. If it ain't broke, don't replace it.
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Think you're too old to cry or swear out loud...walk into your hitch in the dark.
2012 Jay Flight 19RD
2016 Ford F150 XLT 2X4 SC 3.5L Eco Max Tow
2010 Tundra TRD DBL Cab (Traded)
2 new fluffy Corgis, Bayley and Stanley
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09-21-2016, 10:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Campbell Hall
Posts: 2,835
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFlightRisk
We believe that newer isn't always better. Six year old Tundra with 99,000 on the clock. Previous 'Yota had 150,000 on her. I remember my younger years when I just got plain bored with my wheels. That doesn't happen much any more. If it ain't broke, don't replace it.
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A Toyota with under 100K on it? Come back AFTER it's broken-in.
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TT 2015 19RD "TheJayco"
TV 2003 F-350 "Montblanc" - Housebroken chore truck
Sitting in The Cheap Seats.
And proud of it!
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09-21-2016, 11:18 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Pembroke, NY
Posts: 181
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I actually like having one of the older trucks in the campground. It's almost like a badge of honor!
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2001 Ford F-150 4x4 5.4
2012 Prime Time Tracer 2670BHS (sold)
2017 White Hawk 28DSBH (*Special Ordered w/ almost all the options in 10/16. Delivered on 5/19/17)
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09-21-2016, 11:48 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 20
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We replaced our old and gold 2001 GMC 2500HD (8.1/Allison) with a 2015 F350 Powerstroke last year. Great truck with low miles (about 77,000) but I was planning a cross country trip and just didn't trust the old iron although it was in great shape and probably would have been ok.
If GM still made the 2500 or 3500HD's with a big block gasser and the Allison trans, I would have bought another one instead of the diesel.
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2015 26RKS
2015 F350 SD 6.7
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09-21-2016, 12:28 PM
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#18
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Helena
Posts: 195
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GMC Sierra 1/2 ton 4 wdr with oversize tranny cooler. Tows our Whitehawk fully loaded thoughout the mountainous west. About 130,000 and going strong.
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09-21-2016, 01:53 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Winnipeg
Posts: 942
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Our old truck was a 2004 Silverado, 5.3 V8, with 183,000 km (~114,000 miles). Had to get rid of it because the repairs started being more than the truck was worth -- a suspected blown head gasket. Too bad, it was a nice truck.
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Geoff & Jill
& Sierra, the little white monster
2013 Ford F-150 XTR SC Ecoboost
2015 Jayco Jay Flight 24FBS
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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09-21-2016, 02:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Helena
Posts: 195
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Just a photo of my 1999 Sierra. Still a nice looking rig!
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