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Old 04-09-2009, 10:01 PM
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Default new addition to the family (post your tow rig)

my 1st tow rig showed up tonight finally after 1 week of past due shipment i thought i was going to go nuts!

2002 gmc dually quad cab. had a few miles on her but got a good deal on it and is in good shape body wise. new injectors etc...

now i just need to find a trailer


Old 04-09-2009, 10:30 PM
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congrats!! now i envy that! I currently daily drive my tow truck, so I'd go nuts if it was a oil burner.. but i still envy them.
Old 04-09-2009, 10:43 PM
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You are a gangster. Nice truck!!!

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Old 04-10-2009, 06:28 AM
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Nice truck Derek; are you wanting an open or enclosed trailer? Sometimes there are some for sale in Mitchell. I could do some looking if you let me know what type you want.
Old 04-10-2009, 07:15 AM
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You your corvette brothers are hooked on tracking when they BUY A BIG TRUCK.
Old 04-10-2009, 08:40 AM
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Old 04-10-2009, 09:19 AM
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you are sliding WWAAYYYY to fast into track-rat-ville.
Old 04-10-2009, 09:34 AM
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Finally!

Nice, and congrats!



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Old 04-10-2009, 09:47 AM
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Diesel is the only way to tow. Nothing like being able to out accelerate a ricer while your towing a trailer loaded with your race car.


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there is that little part of me that wishes it was a Diesel, but then I realize just how much i drive the thing without the trailer
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Hey Derek - nice truck!!!

I don't have a tow vehicle or trailer, but I'm considering going the next step.

The F650 below is for sale by a guy in my neighborhood and he says it's got 9 TV's in it. He's asking $140,000 for it.

Butt....maybe I could work a deal. Whadya think?



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Old 04-10-2009, 11:59 AM
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Old 04-10-2009, 01:19 PM
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For towing my karts. I still need to get a trailer for the Corvette but it isn't close to track ready yet.


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nice truck!

depends on what's being towed. If just a single car open trailer or the boat, the tahoe gets put to work:


the tahoe is probably getting replaced soon. I should be getting a work vehicle in the next year (i'm greasing the feathers for a crew cab, short bed 2500 diesel!)

but for the real trailer, dually/diesel all the way!

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Originally Posted by dvandentop

now i just need to find a trailer :*****
I've got a trailer but nothing to haul it with

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My 08 Silverado VortecMAX haulin' the 87.

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Old 04-10-2009, 08:25 PM
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My 1999 150,000 mile Yukon tows like a champ! Just made the 10 hour each way round trip from VA to OH through the mountains on the WVA turnpike. I'd love to get a big diesel, but thanks to the Corvettes I'm poor.

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Originally Posted by jabrun
Nice truck Derek; are you wanting an open or enclosed trailer? Sometimes there are some for sale in Mitchell. I could do some looking if you let me know what type you want.
looking for a enclosed , borrowed an open trailer that is an older one for mam but those are a bitch to load up to deffinately enclosed
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Originally Posted by SIK02SS
nice truck!



is that a 3 car enclosed hauler?


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