New truck to me

[gtilford]

Well for those that don't know Feb 16 I wrote off my truck, was during the snow/ice/rain that we got that morning on the way into work dog darted in front of me I headed for the ditch and just caught the passenger corner on a tree. Bumper, grill, front fender, hood and light assembly were a mess and because of its age the insurance company decided to write it off instead of fixing it. So I have spent the past two weeks looking at vehicles. I decided I wanted a pickup bed just because with working on the farm dirty work clothes in the cabin just stunk up the entire truck. Did not want to go into debt over a new vehicle so was working with limited funding, I missed a real sweet deal on a 2009 Nissan Frontier that came with a utility topper would have made a fantastic overland type vehicle. but was just a little slow on the yes. I ended up picking up a 2003 Ford yes I said Ford sport trac at a great price and will see what we can do with it. Torsion bars up front so can get a couple inches of lift there easy enough and leafs in the rear so either shackles or and add a leaf for a couple of inches there. 265/75r16 will fit stock so I maybe able to get 33's on it with those simple mods, the truck has 410 gears and the 4.0l motor so it should do ok. I might actually have to find time to get out wheeling with some of you this year again.

[the x kid]

Congrats. Sounds like a plan. The Frontier could have been good. Nice to hear someone say overland also.

[gtilford]

That is one of the photos of the frontier, like I said with that setup it would have been fantastic to setup for overlanding. Canoe would have gone up top on the rack and everything.

[the x kid]

That is one of the photos of the frontier, like I said with that setup it would have been fantastic to setup for overlanding. Canoe would have gone up top on the rack and everything.

Yup!

[BigRed44]

Congrats looks good

[ECosta]

Congrats looks good

i dont think this is the one he bought

[Scotto]

Why is that? Now I'm confused. Not that that's hard to do.


Sent from my iThingy.

[gtilford]

Sadly no I did not buy the Frontier as it was gone by the time I called about it which was less than an hour after the add went up. I ended up buying a 2003 Sport Track just because I got it at a great price and for it's entire life only had the original owner which for me was a big plus as I was able to get the history on what had already been done

[Miner]

I see a clean lifted Sport Trac almost daily. It's got a good stance and presence with the right suspension, wheel and tire. Definitely a recognizable vehicle.