@jamesqf
Sounds a lot like here, I'm mid state MI, so not really in the snow belt, unlike where I picked these trucks up at, guy said he has atleast 12-18inches of snow on the ground during the winter and 110+ inches of snow fall. My area is probably around 1/2 or a little less than that for a "normal" cold year even though it has been pretty warm the last few years. The major difference I see is if we have a 100 degree day, the night is still like 85, and since there are lakes all around, it is a humid heat. I went on vacation once to CO, it was like 75F at home, and 95F there in a drought. It felt so much better in the dry 95F weather!
@elhigh
My dad has impressed quite a few full sized pickup people, but the average person things a loaded truck is flat across the bed walls full of wood and my dad heaps it and pulls a trailer. I won't go into the safty side of it, it isn't exactly quick to stop or take off, but slow and defensive driving works very well. We don't go though the city or anything, so it is basically all open country roads with farm fields all over.
Anyway, quick update, the trip took a little longer than expected, but I got to use a plasma cutter, OMG I NEED ONE! 2WD truck is a 1 ton long box, non-duels (idk if the rear end is or not, but only single tires are on it). Driver's front top control arm is rusted in 2, so that made keeping the chains tight fun on the flat bed trailer.
The blue 4x4 with the bad frame has a pretty solid cab! Just as I was hoping, however the rear end might need work like the silver truck
. The Pinion bolt is loose, and is really sloppy in the housing. I'm pretty sure it was loose when the guy drove the truck 15+ years ago, so the splines are probably worn quite badly. Only thing that kept the nut on was the bashed in spots on the nut to keep it from coming loose, It is catching on the last thread it seems like.
I took photos, my cousin got a couple of interesting videos of us loading, so in time more stuff! The Mazda did well on the trip and no break downs this time since we used the trailer
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Going to have to say for $550 I got a steal of a deal, just hopefully I can get a title for the blue truck. I don't think it is too hard in Michigan compared to other states.