The 6 door is owned by a friend of mine that I ride with. He's always wanted to build a 6 door and when one came up for sale 20 miles away he jumped on it. It's a finished truck but he has plans for it. Should look a bit different in the next year or 2 or 3 ha ha. I say that because he is about 4 years deep in a Trans Am build that is patiently waiting to be wired.
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Good ole supercharged Rover tows the boat nicely.
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There is no substitute for ~900lb/ft of torque and a suspension that doesn't allow the "tail to wag the dog"...Comment
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All new for 2018. Need some air bags or supersprings on the rear end of the truck, but happy overall with everything.
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Towing with the RV on the long trips.
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What about 2700lb/ft, and a suspension capable of 50x the tongue weight!Originally posted by RDT-G23 View Post
There is no substitute for ~900lb/ft of torque and a suspension that doesn't allow the "tail to wag the dog"...
2017 Pete 389 Glider with a lightly tickled 2000 Cat C15 (800hp and 2700lb/ft). I use this tractor for work as well, and my Raptor is not rated to tow the boat (or the G’s I had before either)..... so I built a class IV hitch kit for the Pete, and tow with it! Most Ironic thing, is that I get the same fuel mileage towing with the Pete, as I typically did with a pickup (8ish MPG)
Posted in another thread before, but definitely belongs in this thread.
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Well someone just dropped the mic and laughed his way off the stage. That’s pretty **** cool. I would love to have that as a tow rig for many reasons. Being able to travel more than a couple hundred miles without stopping for fuel one big one. What is the seating capacity of a rig like that and a general cost?Originally posted by Wayward
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Ya, if I was only towing the boat, I could make it about 2500 miles before needing to stop for fuel!!Originally posted by cedarcreek216 View Post
Being as it is a Glider (ordered from factory without engine, transmission, rear axles, gauges, seats, lights, horns, etc.. It basically just came as a bare cab and frame, and then I chose my own driveline/axle/interior components to install in it. It cost a little more to build, even though I did all the work myself. This is also a really heavy duty, and excessive spec, compared to a lot of semi-tractors. We run pretty heavy (112k lbs), and over a lot of mountains...... But, with all that said, I think it totaled out around $182k without paying my own labor to build it. Semi tractors are typically 110-190k, depending on spec.
My truck has a 2 seats and a bed configuration. The bed area can be enclosed with seat belts, so you could probably have 4 in the truck, and be comfortable and legal. You can get trucks with additional seating instead of a bed. There is also options for a bed that converts to 2 bench seats.
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You can go 2500 miles but it probably costs a couple hundred to fill it up....
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My current tow vehicle. It has been great but the insurance company just totaled it so I guess I'll be looking for a replacement.
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well ya...... about $750.00 actually. (300 gallons)Originally posted by Wake.BC View Post
But what would be the difference between that, and having to put $75.00 in a pickup 10 times on the same trip? Still cost the same, but would be a lot more convenient to stop once instead of 10 times.
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Hopefully the pickup would be doing much better than 8mpg.Last edited by Shawn Henderson; 03-20-2018, 09:15 AM.Comment
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