^^^^Its called sand bag the hell out of the bed in the winter! Everyone has to learn how to drive 5 speed some time

 

my dad has a 95 ford f150 4.9L 5speed 2wd and he has driven on practically bald tires some years. weight is nice but doesn't always help. the main thing is drive smart try not to go up hills if you can go down them.

 

I agree with crazzywolfie i have 700 pounds of tube sand in my bed and that helps a little, the best way for me was drivin smart, dont speed up to lights or wait to brake 20 feet before you want to stop, just easy on everything

 

well KBB says truck is worth 3800 in excellent and he wants 4500. ill offer 3800 if he dont take it im not going to get it.

 

I was actually thinking of selling my Ram and going with a Dakota with the 4.7L Powertech. Better fuel economy and good power. I'd have to have a 4x4 Quad Cab though.

I would however, very much miss the deep throaty Magnum.

 

Those 4.7's still have a nice rumble too. Buddy has one his his 5 spd dakota. Already offered to buy that off of him because he said he wants a cummins... but guess he isn't ready to sell.

 

ok just got done looking at it, it was very smooth, good shifts, motor sounds good. the only thing is that the cat rattles so im sure the cat is about on its last leg. prob going to be installing a highflow cat anyways if i decide to buy it. also the lowest he will go is 4000. still undecided he says he will get it inspected if i buy it.

 

That is quite a risky thing to offer imho for him. I expect he will take it to one of his buddies to pass it through, and you'll feel good about that now, but a year later when you take it to a local garage and find out there is actually stuff wrong, then... im sure you won't be so happy.

 

well i brought my macanic with me my neighbor. he actaully the one that drove it since i dunno how to drive a 5 speed lol

its either buy this truck or get some new gears for the ram. which i dunno because my ram is coming up on 150xxx and this dakota only has 74xxx and i can swap some parts over and make profit off the ram and save up for a new 4x4 for winter

 

$4000? Why isnt it in your driveway?