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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: flyingbrick on January 04, 2008, 05:29:24 PM
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I have known for a wile i was going to need to do something about my vehicular-status, as i am about to start my career as an electrician. I have to decide to either get a roof rack and trailer for my jeep or sell her and buy a truck (it would be nice to have a ''hard'' vehicle again). I just don't know what to do, and would not mind some advise from someone out side my family/friends.
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Keep the Jeep, buy an old Astro van :thumb:
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Keep the Jeep, buy an old Astro van :thumb:
never!! i disown vans, and the insurance is rape up here i am paying $900 a year for the jeep alone, and $1200 for my bike Canadian by the way.
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I second the Astro! :thumb:
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SWEET!! :stick:
I think we've dicussed this before! I say keep the jeep!
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It really depends on if you have to use your own tools and if you have a soft top. I would hate to loose my tools to some opportunist thief in a soft top. I work commercial construction and I'm lucky enough to keep my tools in a lock box on the site. I love the Jeep on the jobsite, I can park any-were (including on top of excavation spoils) and putting the top down after working in the summer is great. If you travel to several residential jobs everyday then you might want to get a light truck with a cap or a toolbox. I had a Ford Ranger when I did residential. If you have minimal tools you can just remove the backseat and use toolboxes or a grip (canvas toolbag). I say use the Jeep until it becomes a hassle to haul your gear...a couple months as an electrician you should be able to buy a small truck and install a toolbox in the bed and still keep the Jeep. A roof rack and a trailer would be cool too but I would imagine mpg would suck with weight on it. I have thought of those trail racks that look like a platform that connects to your trailer hitch and maybe welding on a lockable Knack toolbox. ???
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I have thought of those trail racks that look like a platform that connects to your trailer hitch and maybe welding on a lockable Knack toolbox. ???
That would probably work well, just get a locking drawbar pin and you'd be set.
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Well i have a soft top half-cab now and doing anything is hassle cause i have my spare tire in the ''bed'', i know i could use the practicality of a truck, but would miss the jeep and friendships that comes with it.
I just can not work out having 3 vehicles with insurance being so much here in Manitoba, I don't think i can even find the room for a trailer
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Keep the Jeep and sell the bike!
How many months riding do you get out of the bike? And $1200 a year for insurance...ouch!
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Those are some killer insurance prices. I pay $137/6 Mo for basic Liability. $1200 for a bike is crazy even if it's $1200/year.
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Well we have MPI (Manitoba Public Insurance) which is owned my the government... so we all know how that works, they don't like ''sports cars'', 4X's or bikes, cause i only payed $1100 when i bought it 2 years ago.
oh and there is no other company, it is MPI or no driving legally at least. don't you love the ''freedom'' of where i live?
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Have you considered a small trailer with a job box? Or do you have to haul 10 ft sections of pipe too? I've got a couple plumber friends, but they have company vans.
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yeah sometimes i have to lay pipe so i don't think i can get away with a short trailer, i might be able to do it with a roof rack but that would be real awkward since some types of pipe weigh about 90lbs per bundle.
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Well, if you get a decent roof rack, they should be able to support 300-400lbs. Pull the rear seat and then you have room for a large tool box.
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i have a half-cab right now and my tools barely fit back there, i can't even think about bringing a jenny or heavy duty heater due to the lack of room.
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i have a half-cab right now and my tools barely fit back there, i can't even think about bringing a jenny or heavy duty heater due to the lack of room.
Honestly, it seems that you need a proper work vehicle and if you're not going to sell the bike, it means the Jeep.
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Hey, that is a nice looking alternative for a trailer. Problem is that flat towing is not legal here in Belgium so to transport your Jeep you need a capable towing vehicle and a trailer. The price of the trailer is not a real show stopper but the taxes for the legal towing vehicle would be the same as my monthly mortage of my house. So try to sell that to the wife :nono:
How is that thing called so I can some more info of it to see if that is legal here.
Cheers,
Steve
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Honestly, it seems that you need a proper work vehicle and if you're not going to sell the bike, it means the Jeep.
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alright thanks Jeffy, it is not that i want to sell the bike but, all it would really do is lower my yearly costs it does not take up room really. i am just going to keep fighting with it for now and just see where i am in a month or so.
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Some times you gotta do what you gotta do.
That being said, I have a Ranger and a Jeep. I like both, but having a Jeep is more for fun and a truck, especially extended or crew cab is really an all purpose vehicle.
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Well i guess i'll have my answer some a$$%*#&^* poured some sort of pop in my engine, and i don't know how long i was driving around with it as i only check my oil once a week or so, i had to stop writing this cause the tow truck came to take it to the insurance impound for an inspection. That hurt seeing it turn left behind a tow truck... But on the other and i'll either get a new engine or she'll be written off.
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Well i guess i'll have my answer some a$$%*#&^* poured some sort of pop in my engine, and i don't know how long i was driving around with it as i only check my oil once a week or so, i had to stop writing this cause the tow truck came to take it to the insurance impound for an inspection. That hurt seeing it turn left behind a tow truck... But on the other and i'll either get a new engine or she'll be written off.
What would pop do to an engine?
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well it is winter so not as much as had it happened in the summer but mess up the barrings, lifters and just leave a real nice sugary mess everywhere. My dip stick had caramelized sugar on it and my valve cover was caked in a cream colored foam, and it sounded like most if not all the lifters were full of something other then oil.
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well it is winter so not as much as had it happened in the summer but mess up the barrings, lifters and just leave a real nice sugary mess everywhere. My dip stick had caramelized sugar on it and my valve cover was caked in a cream colored foam, and it sounded like most if not all the lifters were full of something other then oil.
Bah, drain it out refill with 3.5 quarts of oil and 1 quart of auto trans fluid. Let it idle for 30 minutes and drain it back out. I'd be suprised if anything permanent happened.
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Bah, drain it out refill with 3.5 quarts of oil and 1 quart of auto trans fluid. Let it idle for 30 minutes and drain it back out. I'd be suprised if anything permanent happened.
+1 the ATF should clean it up nicely.
If this is the second time, why didn't you consider getting a hood lock after the first time? Less then $30 insurance.
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One more thing, make sure you change the filter before and after the ATF treatment.
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If this is the second time, why didn't you consider getting a hood lock after the first time? Less then $30 insurance.
I was the first time anything like this happened to me and the awkward thing is my hood lock broke about 3 week ago, and i have an alarm but i guess it either did not go off or they were real soft with the hood. The next vehicle (or if i get my jeep back) is going to get a hood pin to make sure nothing happens again.
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well i got tired of borrowing cars from family and friends, so i cashed my savings bond and bought my self a 2003 Ford Ranger till i can fix the Jeep to sell... I needed a more family friendly vehicle anyway...
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Nice truck! It'll make a good wheeler too!! :hitit:
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Nice truck! It'll make a good wheeler too!! :hitit:
I wish she's 2wd, so i guess ''prerunning'' will be my new sport, bit i live in the prairies so i have a lot of space for that. :weee:
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Well my life just got more messed up as i am 80% sure that the frame on my ''new'' truck is twisted, but we have a long weekend here so i have to wait till Tuesday to take it to a shop and have them put it on the rack to double check. it if is twisted i am going to go back to the dealer i bought it from to raise hell, worst case scenario I'll call some friends and have his sellers permit pulled. man i am so mad at myself for not seeing it before i bought it. :brick:
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Well my life just got more messed up as i am 80% sure that the frame on my ''new'' truck is twisted, but we have a long weekend here so i have to wait till Tuesday to take it to a shop and have them put it on the rack to double check. it if is twisted i am going to go back to the dealer i bought it from to raise hell, worst case scenario I'll call some friends and have his sellers permit pulled. man i am so mad at myself for not seeing it before i bought it. :brick:
What would make you think it's twisted?
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The bed is offset and on an angle from the passenger side to drivers side and finally, got to drive on a flat road and shes pulling to the right just a little, I talked to my dad (who was the head driver of a towing company) and he said when a truck goes through a ditch the frame will twist like that. oh and before you ask the bed is solid mount so it is not a wasted rubber mount.
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Well i took my truck to a frame shop to inspect it I'll get an answer as to how bad it is today, as for the jeep it is running much better, i did the ATF trick should not take much more to get it running.
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well i got my truck back with some semi-good news the frame is not overly twisted but my body it all out of alignment, and more good news my jeep is up and running again.