Pulling a jeep/buggy isn't that hard for a gasser, remember that time my 8.1 left your 7.3 at the light coming back from Harlan? Don't be scared of running a gasser, I've heard a lot of positive things with the new 7.3 Ford gasser GM 6.6 gasser and Jerrod is pulling his camper with a 6.4 Hemi...
I heard Kentucky Speedway was full of Super Duty trucks waiting on microchips not too long ago. Hopefully they got that figured out and you don't have to wait to long for it.
Your breaks wore out because that truck doesn't have a decent transmission and you had to ride them all the way down Pine Mountain. As far as that 7.3 out running me that's not how I remember it at all.
I have a 04 8.1/Allison and wouldn't trade it for anything. Pulls my 30' toy hauler and my 14k equipment trailer just fine for as much as I pull either one. I drive too far to work everyday to justify even an economical halfton so I just use a small car for my daily and my truck is for work/play.
Found it on Facebook Marketplace, most of the important welds I've seen so far look decent but I need to re weld an angel iron on the ramp because it's broke. Always heard good things about SureTrac and I'm also in the Cincinnati area and see a good bit of them.
One thing that will really help no matter where you are is to keep whatever you're doing clean and maintened well and that will help but not completely prevent DOT off your back.
Just picked this 14k 20' SureTrac up today. Pretty excited to start hauling some equipment on it. Never used this style ramps before but they seem like it'll be nice.
Just giving them ****, and it's pretty common for people to make outlandish HP claims with LS motors and they commonly say they just have a can and a tune.
My favorite wheeling videos on YouTube these days are of guys in stock Willy's riding through the woods. I think Jpetrowich is the main guy and there's a dude with Grampas Jeep that really got me hooked. It's amazing what they'll do with some lockers.