Best "old" 4x4 truck for hunting? $5k range.

[HairyScandinavian]

If this was a Toyota they'd still want $2k.

 

[Steve300xcw]

. What a PITA dropping the tank. First I went to cut a hole in the bed but the cab and a frame support was blocking the pump, went to pull the bed and the bolts are already rusted shut. No other option but to drop the fuel tank 3/4 full by myself.

I have a couple of these. Makes dropping a tank or pulling shit around and into place really nice. I use the things all the time.

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[BLJ]

Those and a couple nylon straps work wonders.

 

[Poser]

You can't be serious. At this price range you don't check fluids you just drive them til they quit.

I suppose it depends on your mentality. You're buying a "beater" 4x4 to primarily take hunting. If you need a 4x4, then you are driving on 4x4 worthy roads, its a beater because you don't care what it looks like. But, that doesn't mean that you don't care if its unreliable. If that $5,000 beater fails on you 25 miles up a rough 4x4 road, you may be spending $1500+ to have it towed out there. you need a vehicle that doesn't overheat when climbing 4,000 feet in 10 miles of rough switchbacks and that you know when you shift it into 4lo, you will be able to shift it back out. Just buying a $4,000 vehicle and having confidence that it will get you there and back reliably because you put a new battery in it seems like a huge gamble.

In my mind, you buy a $5,000 beater because its relatively cheap, easy to perform the maintenance and because its old, its easy to work on and, ultimately, spending $3,000 on a $5,000 beater buys you reliability that you don't necessarily get by buying a $9,500 vehicle instead.

 

[Steve300xcw]

A tow bill is gas money plus a six pack that you'll help drink.

If fluids are milky an such than yea It'll get changed. Otherwise I'm not touching it for a while.

Maybe blow the radiator and heater core out...maybe.

Then run the thing. There will be some kinks that need worked out for sure. But I'm not going to throw the kitchen sink at a rig just to feel good.

 

[Poser]

A tow bill is gas money plus a six pack that you'll help drink.

If fluids are milky an such than yea It'll get changed. Otherwise I'm not touching it for a while.

Maybe blow the radiator and heater core out...maybe.

Then run the thing. There will be some kinks that need worked out for sure. But I'm not going to throw the kitchen sink at a rig just to feel good.

If you’re truly dead in the water with no power brakes, steering, sheered tie rod etc, then you aren’t coming off a chunky 4x4 road with steep grades and switchbacks on your buddies tow strap. Obviously, the situation varies by region, but $2,000 tow bills are a regular occurrence around here.

 

[Steve300xcw]

We have drug a few rigs outta some shit spots. Sometimes its a lot easier just to fix the rig right there where it broke though.

 

[ProRoad]

OP...do you know how a crecent hammer works or are you going to bring this beater to a shop everytime it gets emotional on you?

Depends on if it has those damn electronics. I am pretty handy with tools. I grew up in the back of a Dodge Ram Charger that needed lots of back country repairs.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

I have a couple of these. Makes dropping a tank or pulling shit around and into place really nice. I use the things all the time.

Amazon.com

Interesting gizmo, I think I need a set of those.

Those and a couple nylon straps work wonders.

I ended up using a combination of ratchet straps to finally get it situated so I could get all the hoses and wires in place before lifting it all the way up. The ratchet straps saved my butt luckily I had a bunch of sets in the boat from hauling a giant water tank.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Interesting gizmo, I think I need a set of those.

I ended up using a combination of ratchet straps to finally get it situated so I could get all the hoses and wires in place before lifting it all the way up. The ratchet straps saved my butt luckily I had a bunch of sets in the boat from hauling a giant water tank.

Theys just a badass version of a ratchet strap

 

[HairyScandinavian]

Theys just a badass version of a ratchet strap

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It's like a ratchet strap, for men!

 

[Steve300xcw]

I feel like you typed that from the passenger seat of a subaru

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Since COVID, I’ve had to buy a couple of vehicles because my step daughter couldn’t figure out how to use a vehicle without it being a bumper car with other traffic. That being said I had to look hard in post-covid to find reliable vehicles of several different makes and models in the $5K range. If it was a “4x4” and it said “Toyota” on it…they do not exist in the area I live in…or in cities 100-150 miles away for that price.

Basically from my searches, a $5k vehicle is now the shitty high school vehicular that “Runs.” Anything less…and they don’t “run.” $10K seemed to be the good starting point of minimal issues right when you buy it.

Look at 4 wheelers…$5K for a used 4 wheeler is a tough search too!

 

[Steve300xcw]

In a world where a set of tires averages near $1500, ya'lls expectations of a $5k truck are kinda high.

 

[Steve300xcw]

That said. this sammy is $5500

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[Steve300xcw]

OBS Ford F150 SB with a 300 6 cylinder and an auto with 33’s/35’s.
Put a cap on the back, plywood bed above the fender wells with drawers for hunting stuff underneath.

Hillbilly Motorhome.

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[BLJ]

Really envious of the west coast guys that don’t really deal with rust.

If that was on marketplace here it wouldn’t last 10 minutes.

 

[Steve300xcw]

If that bumper wasnt tweaked, I mighta gone an looked at it

 

[BLJ]

Don’t want to hear it.

You could see through that bumper here.