This is the shop truck that we've had at work for a few years. It has 460,000 miles on the odometer but you'd never know it.
Of those 460,000 miles we can take credit for over 150,000, accumulated over the last 3 years. Combination of highway hauling, pulling a stump grinder, local deliveries, and a little bit of everything else. Unloaded it can average almost 20mpg if I drive it right.
I think it's the best truck ever. Regular cabs are cool. 3500 regular cab work truck with the big Cummins is even more cooler.
Sadly, it's time for it to go. Boss man likes the crew cab in the fleet better and trucks are worth too much right now for him to not sell one of them.
I drove it home tonight; going to use it to make deliveries tomorrow, a "farewell tour" of sorts. I'm... surprisingly emotional about it.
You'll be missed, White Truck.
When I was a youngster an excavator in our 'hood had the 70's square body 4x4 Chevrolet 3500 and it was red with the business hand lettered and pin striped like crazy. I thought it was a cool truck - probably road like crap - solid axle + leaf springs? LOL
How is there no rust???? My condolences, I'd not be happy to see that go either.
The funny thing is that with nearly a half million miles that truck will likely bring big bucks! Every time I drive my Cummins powered truck it puts a grin a mile wide on my face!
Datsun310Guy said:
When I was a youngster an excavator in our 'hood had the 70's square body 4x4 Chevrolet 3500 and it was red with the business hand lettered and pin striped like crazy. I thought it was a cool truck - probably road like crap - solid axle + leaf springs? LOL
My first job was painting propane tanks and they gave me a big block 1 ton srw 4x4 70's Chevy (propane powered) to do the job. It was a beast but perfectly positioned to reach propane tanks back in farms all over southern Iowa.
I just changed out my work truck; 2018 F150 5.0 with 162,000 miles and I'm pretty emotional as well. Surprising since it's not "mine" but it's been mine since 18 miles.
