Old truck appreciation (and high mileage)

[bisblue]

Enough of these 80k show rigs the dealer maintains . How about some love for the old and not so old faithfuls out there. They seem to be getting more and more reliable...

Here is my Llama hauler, about to hit 355k. 2001 2500 diesel, pictured pulling my turbo diesel grocery getter.

 

[Southern Elk]

1994 Chevy 3/4 ton. 140k miles. New engine at 120k miles.

 

[hank4elk]

The new one,2001,135k

the old faithful.1998, 335k.

 

[npaden]

2005 chevy 1/2 ton. Traded it in 2012 with 225,000 miles on it.

2012 chevy 1/2 ton. Traded it in 2021 with 215,000 miles on it.

Hoping to get a few more miles out of my new 3/4 ton chevy diesel!

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Brown Sugar, 95 K2500

 

[Birdbander]

2014 F150
270,186 miles
I like to hunt & fish a LOT, plus have a 50 mile one way drive to work.

 

[MTLabrador]

I occasionally miss the old 94 Ranger, then I remember that it’s nice to not break down every few months.

 

[hank4elk]

I had 500K + on my '82 Toyota 4x4 when I sold it to get the '98, the '82 was purchased with funds from my '65 F-250 that had 565k on it.

 

[marksjeep]

94 F150 with 90k on the clock all shined up...

 

[AlaskaHunter]

93 F150 4X4 I purchased when I moved to Alaska from Idaho.
Bought is new for $16,400 in 1993.
Four things I did not like:
1) Bench seat with me 6' 4" can not switch drivers comfortably with a shorter driver.
2) Manual hubs.
3) No air conditioning..moving to interior Alaska I thought I would not need it...
4) Hydraulic slave cylinder would rupture if driven when colder than -40F which was a cold snap winter temperature in the 1990s.

Trucks do not rust out in interior Alaska as the winter temperatures are too cold for road salt to be effective so they just use gravel on the roads.

 

[bisblue]

I had 500K + on my '82 Toyota 4x4 when I sold it to get the '98, the '82 was purchased with funds from my '65 F-250 that had 565k on it.

I feel like over 500k on a 60s Ford is way up there! How many motors?

 

[Bsquad]

93 F150 4X4View attachment 210762 I purchased when I moved to Alaska from Idaho.
Bought is new for $16,400 in 1993.
Four things I did not like:
1) Bench seat with me 6' 4" can not switch drivers comfortably with a shorter driver.
2) Manual hubs.
3) No air conditioning..moving to interior Alaska I thought I would not need it...
4) Hydraulic slave cylinder would rupture if driven when colder than -40F which was a cold snap winter temperature in the 1990s.

Trucks do not rust out in interior Alaska as the winter temperatures are too cold for road salt to be effective so they just use gravel on the roads.

How many miles on that workhorse?

 

[AlaskaHunter]

How many miles on that workhorse?

200k...not many highways in interior Alaska. Original 302 V8 engine and manual transmission.

 

[hank4elk]

I feel like over 500k on a 60s Ford is way up there! How many motors?

Original and I bought it at a military auction from the Navy. Only had 175k on it. Rare 4x4 too.
I had a '65 F-100 at the same time that was clean ,original. 175k on that one and it is in a collection now.
Service them regularly and they will treat you well, trucks that is.

 

[Beignet]

Old Red. 1996 Tacoma with about 245k on the ticker right now. Topper is all rigged to camp out of. I love my little truck.

 

[Rzrbck918]

Original and I bought it at a military auction from the Navy. Only had 175k on it. Rare 4x4 too.
I had a '65 F-100 at the same time that was clean ,original. 175k on that one and it is in a collection now.
Service them regularly and they will treat you well, trucks that is.

I mean...not just trucks.

 

[shannerdrake]

I'd love to post, but I only drive newer model F-150s and I can't fathom one of them hitting these mileage figures.

 

[44hunter45]

Not mine.

This is my son Stephen standing next to the trusty Hollis Adventure Rental known as "Martin". Complete with bullet hole in the rear passenger door from a previous renter.

He creaked and groaned like I do getting out of bed, but never failed us.

 

[RobertD]

The only pickup in the "faculty use only" parking lot

260k, engine got swapped at 180

When I grow up it will go from daily driver/hunting rig to just hunting rig

 

[Ben Nicholson]

2010, 345,000 miles.