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RE: [RC] Advice on trucks..... - Debbie Parsons

Get a truck that doesn't attract little old men gunning it out of church 
parking lots . . . !!!

Debbie
(I probably shouldn't torment my Tevis crew chief!)



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From    : Chipnml@xxxxxxx[mailto:Chipnml@xxxxxxx]

Sent    : 6/27/2008 9:36:40 PM
To      : ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject : RE: [RC]   Advice on trucks.....


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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