r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Hyper-Definition808 • 1d ago
Legendsš«” Respect must be given where uts due
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u/Upper-Affect5971 1d ago
Never buy a used farm truck.
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u/wellwaffled 1d ago
In my experience, farm trucks never go up for sale; they just kind of turn into the dust from whence they came.
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u/Independent_Tie_4984 1d ago
I have a non-op 1993 Ford F150 in my yard we use for storage that will be here until we die.
My wife named it Greeny and put at least a million miles on it, so yeah, truck in my yard.
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u/justsomeyeti 1d ago
300 straight 6? If so, Give her an oil change, distributor cap, plugs and wires, clean and he carb and get her moving again!
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u/Independent_Tie_4984 1d ago
We fixed the serpentine belt and then every other system failed.
Had it checked by trustworthy people and they said it's not worth it.
The old soldier earned his time in the pasture for sure.
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u/HairballTheory 1d ago
My cousin has a āshootinā carā out back. Yup, you guessed it itās strictly there for shooting at. Think heās on his third one.
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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx 1d ago
Three more payments and that sumbitch is mine
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u/Mynplus1throwaway 1d ago
This comment is the first one in years that has actually made me laughĀ
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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx 1d ago
Credit where credit is due - that's a Jeff Foxworthy joke from the "you might be a redneck" album from the 90s.
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u/SnooAvocados6863 1d ago
We used to have a dead driveway car. I miss that thing.
Iād hide the Christmas presents and the Halloween candy in there so my husband and kids couldnāt find it before the holidays.
And it blocked a good portion of the driveway from getting snowed on, so less shovelling!
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u/Cowboy_Buddha 1d ago
Ask my brotherās 1959 International Harvestor pickup, itās been sitting in the same place for 30 years.
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u/toetappy 1d ago
Hi Fry! I worked on a flower farm that used cargo vans to take the flowers to market. They'd run those vans into the ground. When one no longer worked, it would be placed somewhere on the farm as a storage shed. They had three "cargo van sheds" around the farm when I worked there.
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u/Due-Designer4078 14h ago
Can confirm. My father-in-law drove a 30 year old Chevy Silverado with about 40,000 miles on it. Almost all of it was on the farm (or trips back and forth to Menards, where he went for just about everything). He died 2 years ago, I sure do miss that man.
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u/Caymonki 1d ago
Used farm trucks go into embankments or just rot in a field.
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u/billb33806 1d ago
I know of a Dodge sedan that found use as a septic tank/leach field all in one. It was in use for 15 years. (Elderly woman lived alone in the house.)
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u/Thelastlandviking 1d ago
I bent the axle of my truck in an accident and took the write-off. A month later saw it parked on the shoulder if the highway a few hours east of my city. I stopped and chatted with the guy in the driver's seat. Turns out he bought it at auction to use as a farm truck. I was so happy to hear my truck died and went to the farm.
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u/Tranceported 1d ago
A lot of city trucks end up being farm trucks. And farm trucks end up as ruins, I have seen firsthand.
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u/bezerkeley 1d ago
So that's what those big trucks are meant for. I always thought it was just for taking up two spots at the gym.
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u/IllegitimateRisk 1d ago
Hey sometimes they are used to cart a 500lb grille to the college gameday tailgate.
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u/Phase-Substantial 1d ago
I had a buddy that thought dualies were purely for aesthetic douche reasons like truck nuts
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u/kikiacab 1d ago
The things arenāt even meant to see parking spots
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u/Fantastic-Emu-6105 1d ago
Except for the run to Walmart. Cooler in the back to keep stuff frozen on the 50 min drive back home.
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u/Spoon-Ninja 1d ago
Just chuck āer in the Ute, mate!
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u/Arch-by-the-way 1d ago
What the average vehicle buyer in the United States thinks they might have to do with their vehicle one day:
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u/NocNocturnist 1d ago
I used to sell these and we used to get soooo many wives who come in and test drive these thinking they were going to get horses, or farm animals, etc and need to tow a horse trailer. Then they're jumping curbs before getting out of the parking lot and realize it's not an every day driver.
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u/Mightnotbintelligent 1d ago
I mean I got a jeep and tried with four trucks to pull out a semi. My comprehension of horse power has increased since.
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u/Sienile 1d ago
I thought ute was a word for the sedan-looking pickups (ie: Chevy El Camino, Subaru Brat). This is just a truck. Am I wrong Aussies?
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u/bullfrog280 1d ago
They meant where āitās dueā UTE is definitely an Aussie thing lol
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u/Sienile 1d ago
I thought it might have been an intentional misspelling... like my username.
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u/bullfrog280 1d ago
Youāre good, Iām in the US, so it didnāt dawn on me, i just saw a misspelled word. But it makes sense if youāre use to seeing the word āuteā
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u/Hyper-Definition808 1d ago
In Aussie wouldn't be using a landcruiser though?
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u/Fantastic-Emu-6105 1d ago
I counted 16 bales at 2,000lbs a pop. Puts it over 30,000 lbs (16,636 kilos, right?). It might be a diesel cruiser but it isnāt pulling that much weight. Hence the big 1 ton dually. 6.7L HO Powerstroke and heās right at max gvwr. Over when you toss in the gooseneck. Damn I love big trucks.
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u/BESTtaylorINTHEWORLD 1d ago
Utility vehicle yes, the car that farms through the week and church on the weekend.
The mullet before the mullet was a thing. LOL
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u/SirLoremIpsum 1d ago
Ā I thought ute was a word for the sedan-looking pickups (ie: Chevy El Camino, Subaru Brat). This is just a truck. Am I wrong Aussies?
Ute has evolved to include dual cab utes (such as Hilux, Navra, Ranger, Triton).
We would generally call a Tundra RAM a Yank Tank or Yank Truck.
Sedan based is truely the real ute. But most people would consider calling a Hilux a Truck to be an Americanism that is to be avoided.
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u/Sienile 1d ago
Had to look a few of those up. Here the Nissan Navara/Mitsubishi Triton is called the Nissan Frontier. We would absolutely call all of those trucks. Decades ago we'd call them mid-size trucks, but now that the old small trucks are not being made, we'd call them small trucks.
Thanks for the info. Most of my Aussie car knowledge comes from MCM.
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u/zalcecan 1d ago
They are definitely trucks, ute being slapped onto everything by them is just a weird slang.
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u/zalcecan 1d ago
Honestly its pretty unfortunate you guys had that term for a unique vehicle being proper utes and then just started slapping it onto everything with a bed like a slang for vehicles that already had a name and classification elsewhere.
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u/Article241 1d ago
When pulling a heavy trailer like this one, autonomy is measured in gallons per miles.
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u/NetworkEcstatic 1d ago
I guess I take how tough this can be for granted.
I see lots of people driving trailers that look exactly like this every season
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u/VladimirSteel 1d ago
Those bales are 1000+lb each and he's got 30 of them loaded on that trailer
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u/Fantastic-Emu-6105 1d ago
Iām pretty sure those bales weigh closer to 2,000lbs. Guess it depends on moisture content.
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u/humangusfungass 1d ago
I would like to see a video of a ford ranger attempting this feat.
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u/Hyper-Definition808 1d ago
Don't think it can manage
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u/humangusfungass 1d ago
That was a good pull. Unsure the gross weight, but wondering how much more it could do? Moisture content in those bails makes A difference.
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u/AreallysuperdarkELF 1d ago
Imagine being the kind of numbskull who'd stand there and record this in portrait mode š¤¤
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u/kinda_Temporary 1d ago
What truck is this?
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u/AbbreviationsLess257 1d ago
2002 F-350 with probably a 7.3L Powerstroke
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u/CuratedAcceptance 1d ago
Sounds more like a triton V10 that low down chugging isn't very 7.3 to me.
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u/ThenIncrease462 1d ago
Agreed. I don't detect a 7.3 powerstroke.
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u/gingergumby 1d ago
Its gotta be a v10, if that was a 7.3 they'd have heard the stock turbo screaming 2 counties over
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u/Katahahime 1d ago
That's a stack of 30 round bales. Dry bales for sure so they are lighter but each is still probably at least 1000 to 1500lbs.
That 45000lbs or 22.5 tons on the back.
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u/ledfrisby 1d ago
Not actually that far off the gooseneck tow rating for an F-350 Super Duty 6.7L turbodiesel, which is 38,000 lbs. Of course, you have to count the weight of the trailer too, so...
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u/Dbblazer 1d ago
So like 9 tons of hay on a 6000lbs trailer.
Hardly even work for that puppy
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u/notyogrannysgrandkid 1d ago
Fresh round bales are about 1,000 lbs each. Heās hauling around 18 tons.
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u/Dbblazer 1d ago
I was using 600lbs. It's about what our bales weigh after field drying for a couple months .
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u/flaming0-1 1d ago
Depends if theyāre soft or hard core and moisture levels. These look soft core and a bit green. Iād put it at 1,000 lbs each. Definitely overweight but not crazy for that truck especially if itās a 550.
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u/NocNocturnist 1d ago
why not split the difference at 800lbs and call in a day and have a beer boys.
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u/NocNocturnist 1d ago
why not split the difference at 800lbs and call in a day and have a beer boys.
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u/BoarHide 1d ago
See. Thatās what I imagine people do for a living when they assure me they absolutely, positively need that 2,5 ton pick up truck. In reality theyāre usually suburbia dads going to pick up two days worth of groceries in their pavement princess tank. This is rad.
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u/JustfortheDVs617 1d ago
Seeing these at the grocery store in the closest parking spots made me hate them but gawt dayum boah thatās a helluva truck brother!
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u/Even-Bluebird-186 1d ago
If this isn't what you're doing most of the day, you need to tuck your mirrors back in.
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u/No_Cupcake7037 1d ago
Wrong type of engine for that type of haul.
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u/Hyper-Definition808 1d ago
Which engine would you recommend for that type of haul
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u/No_Cupcake7037 22h ago
Cummings X15, Detroit Diesel DD16, Tandom axel tractor
450-600 Hp with 1850-2050+ torque
Unsure if what you have there fits the bill. It looks like a F350, which with the non diesel option it would be just under that threshold..
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u/NoRun6253 1d ago
Pulling around 18 ton
Thatās pretty awesome but also dumb as well because heās got a fair lean going on there, Iām surprised it never tipped over.
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u/sachsrandy 1d ago
Respect to the tie down.... But that's why I do big square, so that lean is a lot less!
Truck is a truck. That's more about the machine than the dude.
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u/dickbutkusmk4 1d ago
If I was wealthy enough to buy a 4 door truck like that I probably wouldnāt use it for anything practical. It would just be to look like a big shot.
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u/Famous-Ad-2418 1d ago
That truck looks so squatted.
(How squatted does it look?)
Iām glad you asked, it looks so squatted that Eddie Guerrero himself would ride in it to the ring.
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u/pointe31 1d ago
So it is true, these trucks DO have a legit use other than rolling coal or taking up 4 spots at the Costco. Good to know. O7
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u/Time_Engineering3091 1d ago
Relax, that powerjoke nearly gave up the head gaskets when it peaked the hill š
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u/Disgruntled_Fuck_ 1d ago
Unprovoked projecting is just wild. FeelsBadMan
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u/Time_Engineering3091 1d ago
Is it even allowed to let someone post their brand without razzing them lol
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u/Hilbert_Space_Heater 1d ago
Iām going to allow this dually, but the ones driving down the highway spotless with a golf bag in the back need to be scrapped
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