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400,000 miles on the old war wagon! #6549671
06/04/19 11:06 PM
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Before Friday I'll have 400k miles on my '02 Cummins extended cab, I'd like a newer one, but dang they want 15k$ more for same truck now, I have no rust holes, repairs are cheaper than new payments, I guess I'll have to see how far she goes!

Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549673
06/04/19 11:09 PM
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I know what ya mean about cheaper to repair than to buy. My old Tacoma turned 655,000 this week. Still humming along.



Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549676
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That's a good amount, a guy in my town has a '03 dually, used to run campers from Indiana to California, the Cummins failed at 800k miles I think, he's sposed to have a million miles on it now.
I was wanting a 2012-15 ram, that should cover my driving till I get too old
I drive a lot of gravel hunting n trapping, I use galvanized roof flashing to protect the paint on wheel wells, remove those Shields and my running boards every year or two to apply grease on any bare metal, bolt, screw holes, , drilled a hole in top of rocker panels, pour oil in to try and protect them from inside rust.
Use ice liquid car polish, I think that really helps

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Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549688
06/04/19 11:26 PM
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You really take good care of it to prevent rust. The frame rusted pretty good on my Tacoma and I had it reinforced. We don't normally have much of an issue with rust in this area. The frames on the Tacomas were bad for rusting.



Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549694
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This truck I bought used, 62k on it, it had dealership rust protection looks like, before I bought it I think he drove it when salt was on the road, then parked it in a dirt floor machine shed, it took almost a year for that greasy dirt smell to wear off, Lol
The frame has some rust on it

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Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Paul Dobbins] #6549731
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Paul did your tacoma not fit into the years they had the frame recall on? Impressive to see a dodge with no rust holes. My 07 was great till a year ago then it exploded with rust.

Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: DWC] #6549750
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With the cost of new pickups I honestly do not see how one can justify paying it. While not a pick up I recently noticed a new Jeep that looked kind of cool. Thought maybe it would be a good rig for trapping. The cab looks like an old style jeep and the vehicle has a short open pickup style bed.
Jr. stopped to look at one. The tag on that was $58,800.00.

Holy Crap! For a toy truck!

I suppose if one is making a ton of money they can justify the cost of new trucks. For me a new vehicle is not considered a good investment in any way, shape or form.
Trying to find a used Toyota, well you might as well go new with the prices on used trucks.
Crazy world.



Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: DWC] #6549763
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Originally Posted by DWC
Paul did your tacoma not fit into the years they had the frame recall on? Impressive to see a dodge with no rust holes. My 07 was great till a year ago then it exploded with rust.


It did, but because we don't get the rust they do in the northern states, it didn't rust out during the extended 15 year warranty on the frame. It rusted out at 15 years and 6 months. It was 6 months out of warranty. It's a 2000 model.



Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549793
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Paul, is that a 4 cylinder? How about a mileage record of some kind? I had 5 Toyota trucks between 1985 and 2002 (Tundra). Bought a Ford in 2002. It's not a Toyota.

Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549796
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I got right at 350,000 on my 2010 F-150. AC stop working last week, bad time for that.

Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549809
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River, my typo. Mine is also a 2010. Traded the Tundra for it. Had the known transmission seal failure just repaired(75K). 2010 was the last of the 5.4L engine and steel body, except the hood.

Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549812
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I can not get over 200.000 on anything before it rust out! Even with an undercoat.


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Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549830
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Those are some amazing amount of miles.


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Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549838
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Way to go on keeping those older vehicles running.


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Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6549853
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Rust not mileage kills our vehicles here. I am going to try to make 1 more trapping season on my 1997 F150.

Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: 3togo] #6549855
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Originally Posted by 3togo
Paul, is that a 4 cylinder? How about a mileage record of some kind? I had 5 Toyota trucks between 1985 and 2002 (Tundra). Bought a Ford in 2002. It's not a Toyota.


It's a six cylinder. The Toyota place where I have service done has a record that's as thick as a book.



Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Paul Dobbins] #6549895
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Originally Posted by Paul Dobbins
Originally Posted by DWC
Paul did your tacoma not fit into the years they had the frame recall on? Impressive to see a dodge with no rust holes. My 07 was great till a year ago then it exploded with rust.


It did, but because we don't get the rust they do in the northern states, it didn't rust out during the extended 15 year warranty on the frame. It rusted out at 15 years and 6 months. It was 6 months out of warranty. It's a 2000 model.

Dont feel to bad about that, they likely would not have put a new frame in a truck with that many miles, they would of just bought it at a book value (low) and scrapped it.

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I have 363, 000 on my 94 z71.

Boss, my company '08 tacoma has almost 300k on it. Half way there.


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Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6550180
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419K on a 2000 F150 4x4. Just use it as my trapping and hunting truck. Think it gets more miles than my everyday drive truck.

Re: 400,000 miles on the old war wagon! [Re: Tactical.20] #6550256
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I pour warm water over the sides of the truck after driving in salt, you also need to flush the rear wheel area with water till all the sand comes out,
Ice wax is very good at protecting body
If I knew how, I would post a picture of the truck, it's white to help in winter when hunting coyote

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