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    warzone?

    Didn't there used to be a forum here called the warzone where people could bash each other incessantly? I like to watch those fights from the sideline and sometimes will lob in a well timed cheap shot myself. From reading these forums, I guess that there's too much love among the members...
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    5.8 windsor

    I've had great luck with the 351 windsors. Stock, they weren't the best choice for towing heavy trailers but they were very dependable and would take a lot of abuse.
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    Gooseneck ball position

    My gneck ball is maybe an inch in front of the rear axle and it works well for me. As the others have said, adjusting the weight on the trailer is often the most important thing...
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    gas vs. diesel hauling

    That's cool. I guess those numbers have crept up over the years. Sounds good. I guess my figures were out of date. Happy towing!
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    gas vs. diesel hauling

    13,000 sounds very borderline for a SRW pickup. I would have expected that you'd be over GVWR (and very close to, if not over GAWR) when fully loaded but I guess different trailers are balanced more towards the rear. What is the GAWR on your SRW SD? I was thinking that it was less than...
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    gas vs. diesel hauling

    There's nothing for you to convince me of because we're in 100% agreement. By your numbers, the PSD has 25% more torque at 2000rpm than the 8.1. That supports my butt-O-meter from pulling similar trailers with 460 (two of mine) 454 (one of mine) and 8.1 (buddy). To overcome the lower...
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    gas vs. diesel hauling

    This is good info, but to me, I really don't care what an engine will do at 4500 rpm or even 3200 rpm because I don't want to run at those rpms! Big numbers at high rpm will give you good acceleration, but once I'm up to speed, I want to run somewhere around 2000 rpm. To me, the diesel's...
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    Is this for real?

    I'm pretty sure I remember that they had a "light duty" F250 even before that. Back in the old "F150, 250 and 350 looked the same days". But since the light duty 250 and "heavy duty" 250 looked darned near the same, it didn't strike you as odd to see a LD 250. I have only seen one 97/98 LD...
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    Purdy IH

    Looks great! I too, would be scared to use it. That first ding would hurt! :)
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    What's this tractor worth?

    Here she is. Check out the front of the hood: "US AIR FORCE". She used to keep the grounds at an air force base that was closed. Bought her at auction. :thumbsup:
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    What's this tractor worth?

    I think your $5K is about right. I bought a very clean 40hp Case/IH a few years ago with 1000 hrs for $5,500. But it is only 2WD. I've always heard that compact utility tractors are good for about 4000 hrs, plus or minus...
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    trucks that arnt made any more

    Mercury pickups!?!?!?! How could I have never heard of them? Some of those on the web site aren't that old!!!! They appear to be rebadged Fords so maybe if I saw one on the street I'd think it was a Ford, but I'm really suprised that I've never even heard of them! Also, Duke is right -...
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    Does PSD get better mpg

    My truck is pretty close to what you describe. When hauling a big load of hay, feed, etc on the flatbed, the mpg drops some, but not as much as pulling the same load on a trailer. Maybe 11/12 around town and 14/15 on highway. 18/20 on highway running empty. My flatbed is 8x10 but it is not a...
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    Welcome all TDS refugees

    Sign me up as the latest migrant from TDS. After the TDS 2/27 changes I noticed that things sure slowed down and wondered where everybody went! Managed to find a reference to this site just yesterday. Glad I did. It sounds like there was a little unnoficial recruiting of members...

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