Let's see your tow rig!!!

mikebrsa · Jun 25, 2012

old tow rig recently got killed by a 16yr old driver that ran a stop sign so after fighting with the insurance company I finally got a new tow rig.

liv2mx · Jun 25, 2012

just picked this up to haul my buggy in.

TacomaJD · Jun 26, 2012

liv2mx said:
just picked this up to haul my buggy in.

You can make damn good money hot shotting in those dock high straight trucks. :****:

drich394 · Jun 26, 2012

liv2mx said:
just picked this up to haul my buggy in.

does it require a CDL ??

liv2mx · Jun 26, 2012

not if it is titled as a rv.

Jeep Family · Jun 26, 2012

drich394 · Jun 26, 2012

liv2mx said:
not if it is titled as a rv.

Very nice, wish i could talk the wife into one of those!!

liv2mx · Jun 27, 2012

i have looked at every option.i have a excursion and a open trailer.dont want the buggy on a open trailer,so to buy a enclosed and set it up for weekends of wheeling and sleeping it was not cheap. this rig can sleep in, keep the rig inside,all my tools and have a party place in the back if it rains and can haul 2 rigs inside, then pull a trailer also.so splitting fuel money with others makes the long trips down south alot easier to do. i am really happy to of found this rig.have to get it set up and it should be a sweet hauler.these things are cheap if you shop around.less then a used pickup all day long.

TBItoy · Jun 27, 2012

TacomaJD said:
The main thing about debadging mine that's stopping me is the fact that I buy/sell/trade spur of the moment on often occasions...and I really don't want to fawk with putting all that junk back on there a few months or so down the road if something comes up and I decide to sell. I like the option of easily putting it back to stock form which is why I kept factory wheels and used blackouts on the taillights vs. that VHT nightshade stuff to tint them.

Ah, that makes sense.

I plan on keeping my truck 'forever' and just rebuilding/replacing stuff as it needs it. I've had my truck for 3 years and now it's got 180K on it, I average 60K a year and couldn't see myself driving that much in any other vehicle (except maybe a CTS-V, but I ain't got the cash for a Dmax and a V)

Sawzall's truck is BADASS. I see it pretty much every time I'm going through Lafayette drool

Neal3000 · Jun 27, 2012

liv2mx said:
just picked this up to haul my buggy in.

What kinda fuel mileage does that thing get?

TacomaJD · Jun 27, 2012

TBItoy said:
Ah, that makes sense.

I plan on keeping my truck 'forever' and just rebuilding/replacing stuff as it needs it. I've had my truck for 3 years and now it's got 180K on it, I average 60K a year and couldn't see myself driving that much in any other vehicle (except maybe a CTS-V, but I ain't got the cash for a Dmax and a V)

Sawzall's truck is BADASS. I see it pretty much every time I'm going through Lafayette drool

I hear ya, mine has 105k miles on it currently. I've had it a year this month and only put just over 11k miles on it...I have a little Saturn I drive to work and other long trips. I just cruise around in ol red if I'm towing or huntin' for :cougar:

.... :****:

****, 60k miles a year = a damn hefty annual fuel bill

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drich394 · Jun 27, 2012

liv2mx said:
i have looked at every option.i have a excursion and a open trailer.dont want the buggy on a open trailer,so to buy a enclosed and set it up for weekends of wheeling and sleeping it was not cheap. this rig can sleep in, keep the rig inside,all my tools and have a party place in the back if it rains and can haul 2 rigs inside, then pull a trailer also.so splitting fuel money with others makes the long trips down south alot easier to do. i am really happy to of found this rig.have to get it set up and it should be a sweet hauler.these things are cheap if you shop around.less then a used pickup all day long.

Im going to keep my eye out for one as this is the ideal setup!!,

TacomaJD · Jun 27, 2012

liv2mx said:
i have looked at every option.i have a excursion and a open trailer.dont want the buggy on a open trailer,so to buy a enclosed and set it up for weekends of wheeling and sleeping it was not cheap. this rig can sleep in, keep the rig inside,all my tools and have a party place in the back if it rains and can haul 2 rigs inside, then pull a trailer also.so splitting fuel money with others makes the long trips down south alot easier to do. i am really happy to of found this rig.have to get it set up and it should be a sweet hauler.these things are cheap if you shop around.less then a used pickup all day long.

Party place in the back in case it rains....hell yea, glad to see someone with their priorities in order!!! :****: :drinkers:

TBItoy · Jun 27, 2012

Re: Re: Re: Let's see your tow rig!!!

Neal3000 said:
What kinda fuel mileage does that thing get?

I made a couple runs in a similar one, got about 5-6 loaded. 8-10 empty.

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drich394 · Jun 28, 2012

not too bad for a big bitch..

liv2mx · Jun 28, 2012

yea i have only drove a couple hundred miles in it so far.8 to 10mpg. same as my excursion.(i have the v10) i paid 10,500 for it. been looking for over a month.cant set up a nice enclosed for that.

drich394 · Jun 28, 2012

How wide is you buggy, or whats the inside width in the box, and what are you useing for ramps?? -- Im running 2" on my 78HP60 on 8.5" wide wheels -- i wounder if I could fit in one..

liv2mx · Jun 28, 2012

the door opening is 96. they do make them 101. my buggy is 86 so lot's of room.made some ramps to drive in and out.going to build some stairs also and put in a side door to the box.

TacomaJD · Jun 28, 2012

Little comparison...I got to thinking about removing the molding and debadging....but for some reason I think I like it better with it all on there :dunno:

added a backglass decal too lol

5BrothersFabrication · Jun 28, 2012

My '85 F-1fiddy, Windsor, C6, 32"s, 8mpg. Nothing special.

My buddy's '03 3500 competition pulling rig/my out of state crawler hauler. Cummins, 6spd, 18mpg, BIG turbo, modded head and intake, fuel turned up, straight pipe, 22.5"s... Nothing special.