12-09-2019, 08:50 AM
The Tundra is finally getting long in the tooth... 157k miles... should provide me with a couple more years of trouble free service but I'm hunting around for "whats next." This truck as been 100% amazing... oil change, tires (3 sets in 100k miles... but one set was forced due to nails getting picked up on the way to VIR), still haven't needed to change the brakes though, drive it, don't pass gas stations when towing... all that I could ask for.
The only modifications made were a brake controller and a Pioneer system (with the factory backup camera added). For a while i thought the speakers were dying in the truck but after switching head units the sound clarity came back... the non premium Toyota sound system must degrade over time.
This truck is nearly unstoppable in the snow/ice. that's been great, considering where we live. I drove (in a snow and ice storm) from our house to Philly to help out my cousin and never broke a sweat. when the plows get stuck in our neighborhood I hook up all my straps and go out and snatch them... on E rated standard tires. Most of my neighbors still get stuck in their trucks... between the jeep and the Tundra we smash the snow and can get where ever we want (except when the snow is over our bumpers).
I'm following Jakes thread and watching to see when Ryans Ford implodes.... I've also been asking around and talking to some of the HC guys with "new" trucks... and the mopar king pin Jeff.
I was in love with the idea of a 3 pedal dodge 2500... but the newer 3 pedal trans weren't that great and Spencer said you cant get a true HD trans (auto) from dodge in a 2500 anymore... you have to go single/double axel 3500 or bust. prices on both good 3 pedal and 3500 single axle HD trans trucks are extremely high.
I'm still debating spending too much money on a single axle 3500 dodge vs. getting a newer Tundra and putting the 36 gallon aftermarket tank in it. we are 100% going to an enclosed trailer... and with crossing Afton Mountain every VIR event... i'd like to go diesel (EPA and no more bulletproofing be damned).
The only modifications made were a brake controller and a Pioneer system (with the factory backup camera added). For a while i thought the speakers were dying in the truck but after switching head units the sound clarity came back... the non premium Toyota sound system must degrade over time.
This truck is nearly unstoppable in the snow/ice. that's been great, considering where we live. I drove (in a snow and ice storm) from our house to Philly to help out my cousin and never broke a sweat. when the plows get stuck in our neighborhood I hook up all my straps and go out and snatch them... on E rated standard tires. Most of my neighbors still get stuck in their trucks... between the jeep and the Tundra we smash the snow and can get where ever we want (except when the snow is over our bumpers).
I'm following Jakes thread and watching to see when Ryans Ford implodes.... I've also been asking around and talking to some of the HC guys with "new" trucks... and the mopar king pin Jeff.
I was in love with the idea of a 3 pedal dodge 2500... but the newer 3 pedal trans weren't that great and Spencer said you cant get a true HD trans (auto) from dodge in a 2500 anymore... you have to go single/double axel 3500 or bust. prices on both good 3 pedal and 3500 single axle HD trans trucks are extremely high.
I'm still debating spending too much money on a single axle 3500 dodge vs. getting a newer Tundra and putting the 36 gallon aftermarket tank in it. we are 100% going to an enclosed trailer... and with crossing Afton Mountain every VIR event... i'd like to go diesel (EPA and no more bulletproofing be damned).
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