What does your truck do for a living???

[AStrand]

Is there any way you can redo the front of the garage and make it larger?

That's what I had to do to mine. I cut out the 2x4 studs and built a 2x8 header to support the wall and it gave me just enough room to close the door.

 

[TWilkening]

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I use mine mostly around the farm. It pulls a horse trailer quite a bit. I also drive it when I need to take long trips, as it gets much better mileage then my 93 W-250 with a 360, 5 speed, and 4. 10 gears.

 

[icman95]

I wish. The major problem is that my house is a raised ranch. This puts the garage under my bedroom. The doors are wide enough to fit my wife's Durango, but the dually won't fit. The length of the bay becomes a problem, though for the Durango. Part of the finished basement sticks out into the garage and the ceiling is a bit lower than you would expect. Before the Durango, my wife had a Mitsubishi Mirage that fit in there nicely. The previous owners had a minivan in the other bay, but that was smaller than either of our vehicles. I once had the nose of the Durango in the garage for service, but couldn't open the hood all the way due to the low ceiling. Any mods to the garage would involve changing the whole house's foundation and structure. This makes it very impractical. Oh well, I'm lucky to have a garage at all. Some of my friends don't have one and it is kind of a pain in the neck for them. Besides, I can't really expect the average house to have one that fits a dually.

 

[Grizzly]

I wish.



Besides, I can't really expect the average house to have one that fits a dually.

My DRW fits in my garage, but I built my own house. Each house I build, the garage keeps getting bigger.

 

[DodgeWarlock]

My 90 is currently making a bald spot in the yard after saving the lives of me and my boys. Some idiot backed his semi out in front of us with no flaggers#@$%!. The semi didn't budge, my baby took a KO, but we were not hurt. The bumper and frame missed the trailer, but the cummins took the hit. Thank you, Lord. I have new job in mind for it now:-laf. The wife commutes her 01 60 miles a day and it's been our only "driver" for about 6 months. It' also our heavy tow vehicle for our 20ft 14,000 gvw flatbed. Finally "miracle cured" a 97 LHS with a blown head gasket so I have something to drive.

 

[AFurrh]

Mine doesn't make me any money, but it sure lets me do all the things I enjoy. I just turned over 50,000 miles, of which a little over 13,000 was pulling one of the trailers. Most of its trips are less than 20 miles, commuting or shopping. We make several long trips a year, 3,000 plus miles, and really enjoy the long distance comfort compared to our other vehicle, a Suzuki Grand Vitara. After many trips in each, I'm still amazed that the Suzuki, at half the weight (and comfort) of the Ram, gets about 22. 5 mpg, while the Ram (no trailer in tow) is averaging about 20 mpg (highway mileage only). The "lifetime average" with the Suzuki is 22. 1, while the trucks lifetime average is 14. 77. I take the truck any time I can!

 

[icman95]

My DRW fits in my garage, but I built my own house. Each house I build, the garage keeps getting bigger.

I'm with you. I have no plans to move anytime soon, but I already have a picture in my head of my next garage. It won't just fit my drw, but my 33 ft 5er as well. Ahhhh... . isn't it nice to dream?

 

[John Boyce]

I use my truck to commute to work in Bismarck, and we also use it to drive out to our place in the badlands of western ND. This photo is of my almost new truck on the spot where our new house now stands. The Dodge Cummins is a great vehicle for the trip (about 130 miles each way). It's smooth and strong on the interstate, has great traction on the unpaved roads, and has lots of room in the quad cab for people and stuff, and in the long box for cargo, and we hauled a lot of it out there as the place was being built.



John.

 

[ArthurMiller]

We pull trailers fron Indiana to where ever and our own 5'ver to warm country for the winter.

 

[Greenleaf]

Mine both set in the drive way or garage. They are both first gens and will soon become a classic. If I wrecked one, I would get nothing for it and have much invested.



I drive a Ford Ranger instead.