I had a `72 Dodge 1/2 ton with the 318, 4 speed. You could almost pull stumps in `granny gear’. In fact I did pull a small Russian olive out of the ground with a chain.
My current is an `83 Chevy shortbed with the 305 auto. That truck has paid for itself hundreds of times over, no exaggeration. It has hauled everything from bricks, to a rebuilt engine for a Buick Regal to building materials and construction waste.
I was driving on Wacker (?) or some boulevard in Chicagoland years ago and other motorists were signalling me, I felt like I was in the movie `Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ going the wrong way on the interstate.
Found out later that trucks weren’t allowed on that freeway. How screwy is that?
Yeah, there’s nothing like driving a fuel efficient car most of the week, then getting in your truck and stomping on a V-8. The downside is prying those tiny cars out of your wheel wells ....
I drive a 2013 Mazda 2 (which actually sits a good bit higher than the 1997 Protege’ it replaced), so I know all about looking up at F150’s and Silverados as they go by. But I occasionally get out my 1991 F-350, dually, 4WD, 7.3 liter diesel, flatbed and drive around looking at all the ‘little people.’