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Old 03-29-2013, 09:45 PM   #1
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How do you use your truck?

Just curious as to how others use their classic beasts.

Mine is my weekend chore truck. Tomorrow I'm hauling a load of trash to the burn hole.
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Old 03-29-2013, 09:51 PM   #2
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Re: How do you use your truck?

I'm a woodworker by trade and one of my K10's is my shop truck. It's hauled ALOT of hardwood and sheet goods and has sparked quite a few conversations at the lumber yards and hardwood distributors.
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Old 03-29-2013, 09:51 PM   #3
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Mine is my everyday driver and haul anything truck.
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Old 03-29-2013, 10:26 PM   #4
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Money pit, and "piss off the wife cause gas costs so much vehicle" lol
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Old 03-29-2013, 10:33 PM   #5
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Mine's a cruiser. I put about 4000 miles a year on it from April to October going to cruise nights and car shows.
I'd love to have one as a daily driver, also.
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Old 03-29-2013, 10:44 PM   #6
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Re: How do you use your truck?

I take my avatar truck on every estimate I go on(I'm a general contractor) since the restoration I've put 12,000 miles on her & I drive it as much as I can.
I also have a 70 stepper I drive to the motocross track every weekend& ride.
Both are fully restored and the funny thing is people ask me How can you drive that truck here in the dirt? I tell them if you can't drive it everywhere you want to go what good is it to own it? I say drive em no mater how nice or how bad they are! Cheers, Pat
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Old 03-29-2013, 10:59 PM   #7
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Mine is just for fun. Cruise around running errands.
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Old 03-29-2013, 11:00 PM   #8
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Money pit, and "piss off the wife cause gas costs so much vehicle" lol
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That sounds about right.
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Old 03-29-2013, 11:01 PM   #9
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Re: How do you use your truck?

I drive it like a rental, but that's what it was built to do.
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Old 03-29-2013, 11:01 PM   #10
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I use mine as a truck !! Hauling, towing, and whatever else needs done. And it's a blast to drive !!
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Old 03-29-2013, 11:10 PM   #11
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I just drive them.
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Old 03-29-2013, 11:14 PM   #12
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Mine is a daily driver unless I'm going into the city (New Orleans), then my wife and I switch. She loves driving it now that it has PB/PS.
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Old 03-29-2013, 11:15 PM   #13
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Re: How do you use your truck?

I don't haul anything in it, but I sure don't baby it either. She see's A LOT of WOT runs and some hard driving. She's my stress reliever at times. I'm actually surprised I haven't torched the 700R yet.
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Old 03-29-2013, 11:24 PM   #14
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Under going work now but was my work driver on the oil rig and hauled some scrap metal
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Old 03-30-2013, 12:39 AM   #15
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Mine is the Trailer Tower and snow goer,,its tough as nails with big block power and is the main work horse for my other car projects.
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Old 03-30-2013, 12:45 AM   #16
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1.1 mile a day to van pool parking lot. I do have a couple other Chevy's that sit in my garage and never get driven.
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Old 03-30-2013, 04:01 AM   #17
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I tell them if you can't drive it everywhere you want to go what good is it to own it? I say drive em no mater how nice or how bad they are! Cheers, Pat
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I agree, I had a blazer before and felt bad running it into the ground. I like them best behind the wheel, not parked....although they look great doing both.
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Old 03-30-2013, 08:39 AM   #18
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Drive mine bout everyday as its a real shop truck.
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Old 03-30-2013, 08:54 AM   #19
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Mine is a trailer queen
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Old 03-30-2013, 09:51 AM   #20
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Mine is a weekend warrior, car cruises, shows chilling type of truck....
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Old 03-30-2013, 10:09 AM   #21
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Re: How do you use your truck?

mostly drive mine to relieve stress and roast the tires off, the other is used to give my dog rides and more of a work truck for projects, my wifes was hers grandpas and mostly takes hers to shows
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Old 03-30-2013, 10:11 AM   #22
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I use mine to wipe the smile off the faces of rice burner, New camaro, and new mustang drivers.

They don't like it when a 4,000 pound truck can either beat them, or keep up with them.

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Old 03-30-2013, 09:05 PM   #23
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Re: How do you use your truck?

I use mine as trucks and general transportation,same as always. Treat them real carefully,just as always. Just don't drive on salted roads for the past 25 or so years,if it's on I want to stay nice.
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Old 03-30-2013, 09:06 PM   #24
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Re: How do you use your truck?

Mine is my daily driver and hauler. I haul some firewood in the winter and haul my equipment for cutting grass in the summer.
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Old 03-30-2013, 09:12 PM   #25
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Mine will be a Driver and a Hauler
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