Second vehicle just for work/hunting

[Opah]

To be comfy cozy I take My 2005 GMC Yukon XL 8.1 3/4 ton 4X4 dual transmission snow bus
DVD, 7 CD player heated seats. I bought this truck for the wife.
For My Longer trips that I am Base Camping I take my T97 Toyota Tacoma V6 strong good milage, tows my trailer well.
And For the get the hell out of Town, over river I have my 95 S10 ZR2 rock crawler 4.3 200 HP with an amazing drive train.
The wife has her camry no one drives but her.

 

[5MilesBack]

I used to say $8500 just to get them to leave me alone. I’ve recently upped that number cause I’m afraid someone would take me up on it.

I had a guy offer me $10k for my 1989 Toyota about 10 years ago. I laughed at him then. These days, I'd laugh even harder. It's still my daily driver unless there's at least 3 of us, then I drive my '01 F-350 CC. I take both up for hunting.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

To be comfy cozy I take My 2005 GMC Yukon XL 8.1 3/4 ton 4X4 dual transmission snow bus
DVD, 7 CD player heated seats. I bought this truck for the wife.
For My Longer trips that I am Base Camping I take my T97 Toyota Tacoma V6 strong good milage, tows my trailer well.
And For the get the hell out of Town, over river I have my 95 S10 ZR2 rock crawler 4.3 200 HP with an amazing drive train.
The wife has her camry no one drives but her.

AKA, GUNDOGLOVER, on other forum.

 

[Sapcut]

I highly recommend a Land Cruiser and/or LX470 if you can find one. Maybe find one in Arizona or Colorado when you go that way. That is one of only a few vehicles made you can depend on at 15-20 years old.

I’m just not sure which is the “second” vehicle. They are great for everything.

 

[Silveroddo]

I’d get a car to drive to work and in the salt and keep the miles off the new pickup, keep the truck out of the salt, and use the pickup for trips and whatnot. It’s pretty expensive to daily drive a new pickup just to get your butt to work. Couple guys I work with are on their 2nd and third new trucks (trade at 40k), I’m still on the same ‘07 impala, my weekend/hunting pickup sees about 10-12k miles a year. You used to be able to buy a fleet impala that had 80k on it for 6500, drive it to 180k, put a grand into it for brakes and tires and misc and sell it for 2500 and start the cycle over again. Those cars are bringing closer to 8-10 these days.

 

[Joseph Floerke]

Used vehicles are sure worth a lot of money right now.

 

[rodney482]

I picked up a little shitbox 2009 Mercury Mariner premier 4x4
Loaded w 135k miles
4cyl 26mpg
Everything works
It was $4000

 

[Silvereagle50]

I picked up a little shitbox 2009 Mercury Mariner premier 4x4
Loaded w 135k miles
4cyl 26mpg
Everything works
It was $4000
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Great buy.


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[rodney482]

Great buy.


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Has a broken tail light. Found one $40 on ebay

 

[Vandal 44]

I have owned this 1996 Bronco since 1999, I am the second owner. It’s not the most practical but it’s a keeper

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[rodney482]

Update…. After driving this little beater 2 weeks.. sold my 21 Trailboss and put all the equity in my bank account. Lol

 

[007hunter]

Update…. After driving this little beater 2 weeks.. sold my 21 Trailboss and put all the equity in my bank account. Lol

Not sure if you are located in the rust belt but keep an eye on rust on the underside. I had a 2004 and drove it up until 2 years ago when it wouldn’t pass inspection because if the rust underneath. Everything else was immaculate for being old. I loved having a vehicle I could beat on.

 

[rodney482]

Not sure if you are located in the rust belt but keep an eye on rust on the underside. I had a 2004 and drove it up until 2 years ago when it wouldn’t pass inspection because if the rust underneath. Everything else was immaculate for being old. I loved having a vehicle I could beat on.

This one came from southern TN. Frame looks great

 

[sasquatch]

You drive 9 hours to hunt every other weekend? I hope your walls are absolutely loaded if thats the case cause that is some dedication.

That’s damn near normal in a lot of places man. We drove 6 one way my whole childhood too deer camp. And the hunting was absolutely horrible. I mean lucky to see a deer all season horrible.


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[wind gypsy]

That’s damn near normal in a lot of places man. We drove 6 one way my whole childhood too deer camp. And the hunting was absolutely horrible. I mean lucky to see a deer all season horrible.


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Yep. Not as extreme but our family land and cabin is over 3 hours one way. Parents are up there probably 45 weekends a year. That is to northern MN from the Twin Cities, there's lots of people with cabins up there from Chicago..

 

[WV Mountaineer]

I have a 2011 f150 in the body shop as I type this. Cab corners, rocker panels, and bed work due to salt damage. It’s going to cost me about $5k. I hope to drive it another 10 years while hunting or doing personal things. I also drive a different truck for work.

with the cost of vehicles, it’s impossible to trade out and come out ahead. I don’t like personal debt. So, I’ll continue to buy older more affordable trucks and put money kbb no to them to make them dependable and presentable.

I bought a 2006 f250 out of NC about 5 months ago. I put an additional $6000 in it bulletproofing the diesel motor. I opened up the exhaust side and had a professional diesel mechanic do a valve job on it to increase performance. All told I have about $14000 in it. But, it’s rust free and would pull a tank. To replace it with a more modern option would have saw me spend 2.5 times that and have to finance.

Deaks are out there. But, vehicle payments are about as beneficial as a. Axe to the head. That’s my thoughts. Buy cheap and invest I. Driving it. It’s great not dealing out $1000 a month for a vehicle payment.

 

[Kimber7man]

I’m fixing to buy our company’s 2005 Tundra crew 4 door 4x4 when they get a new surveying truck next January. This one has about 150k and had the frame coated in the recall.