As long as there's some chatter out there about trucks, I'd like a little
advice, since it seems I am unwillingly in the market for a new truck. I
was hit broadside about a month ago while coming home from a ride, and my truck
is totalled. Luckily, my horse, my dog and I all came through with no harm
done, even though Dezi had to stand for over an hour in a trailer that had been
pushed up and over the top of my truck and was tilted at a 45 degree
angle. Unbelievably, he stood calmly while the trailer was stabilized to
keep it from tipping over, and then lowered down. Then he calmly walked
out and started eating grass. Of my three horses, he is the one I would
LEAST have expected to be so unruffled. So now that the initial shock is
over, I'm dealing with trying to get decent compensation from my insurance
company (note: insurance companies are NOT your buddies, they will do everything
they can to intimidate you and force you to make decisions that you're not ready
to....I could go on and on about that), and when I do, I'll be looking for
another truck.
My truck was a 1992 1-ton Dodge dually with a Cummins
turbo-diesel engine. I would like to get another Dodge since I'm in
love with Cummins, but am wondering if I really need a 1-ton (I got a
really good price on this one when I bought it new). I haul a 2-horse
slant with a dressing room, but not built in LQ. At the most I would
upgrade to a 3-horse slant with a small "weekender" type LQ....but not
anything bigger. I did like the stability of the duallies, but
am thinking I could probably get by with a 3/4 ton. Any
thoughts? And if you want to see a picture of my poor deceased
truck, I'd be glad to email you privately. Unfortunately I didn't get
pics at the accident scene, I was pretty wigged out at the
time!
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