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Towing a jeep in a lowered truck is not a fun way to spend memorial day weekend

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Old May 26, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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Im also interested in the Jeep. I live in Shreveport and have been looking for one. What all does it need done to it? I also have a hauler so transport wouldnt be an issue
 
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Old May 26, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 05DodgeRamHemi
Please do not pull somebody's else ****! I am the son of a family owned business, and with our trucks. I've finally had enough, and I refuse to use my truck that I'm paying for to haul their stupid ****. If they want something moved so bad, they can rent a vehicle. DO NOT use your vehicle for somebody else, you bought it for yourself. They aren't going to help you flip the bill when something goes wrong for the wear and tear on your vehicle for driving them around. It's not a ******** thing, but I'm so tired of people thinking you owe them something because they have a car and you have a truck.
hahaha sounds like someone is the only one who has truck amoung a family with only cars
 
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Old May 26, 2009 | 03:29 PM
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The Jeep is a 96 Grand Cherokee Limited, its got the 5.2 V8 with 128,xxx miles or so. I took it get an alignment done and received a 1100 dollar repair estimate for the front bearings and some other bull**** and now theres some problems with the rear differential that I dont know the specifics of because I really didnt feel like looking at another 1000 dollar bill. If you anyone is seriously interested I live a couple minutes from downtown Dallas and PM or just ask about anything.
 
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Old May 26, 2009 | 03:33 PM
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I'm not surprised about the UHaul problems. I was considering renting a trailer like that to haul an ATV, but they limit the speed to 45 or 55mph. No thanks, I'm not driving 45-55 on a 300 mile trip. Looks like you could have used a receiver with a bigger lift on it to make it more level.
**** that **** seriously. That piece of crap trailer had a 45 mph limit on it but for an 6 hour drive im not going under 60.
 
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Old May 26, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Animal Mother
**** that **** seriously. That piece of crap trailer had a 45 mph limit on it but for an 6 hour drive im not going under 60.
Yeah, I would be too, but that basically releases them from liability if something goes wrong. Even if the trailer breaks in half, flips your truck, and kills you, they can say you were driving it too fast and it's your fault. They know that nobody is going to drive 45 with it unless they are using it to haul stuff a few miles down the road.
UHaul suc*s. I had scheduled a rental truck last time I moved, and after I reserved it, they told me I couldn't keep the truck overnight. Instead, they wanted me to rent a storage unit, unpack the truck into the storage unit, then repack it the next morning into the SAME truck I had used the previous day. I told them where to stuff it, canceled my rental, and went with Budget instead (where I got a nearly brand new truck that was a lot of fun to drive). After all the horror stories I've heard with badly maintained UHaul trucks, I can't believe they are still around.
 
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Old May 26, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 05DodgeRamHemi
Please do not pull somebody's else ****! I am the son of a family owned business, and with our trucks. I've finally had enough, and I refuse to use my truck that I'm paying for to haul their stupid ****. If they want something moved so bad, they can rent a vehicle. DO NOT use your vehicle for somebody else, you bought it for yourself. They aren't going to help you flip the bill when something goes wrong for the wear and tear on your vehicle for driving them around. It's not a ******** thing, but I'm so tired of people thinking you owe them something because they have a car and you have a truck.
i havent had my truck but for a couple months and i've already been asked to pick up this, tow that, help so and so move apartments. **** that noise! family or not, nothing's free. my payments aren't free, my gas isnt free, my time isnt free, and my vehicle registration at $457/yr sure as hell isnt free! I'll tow this and that, but i charge the same as u-haul would. that pretty much shuts them up get ur own truck ***hole.

BTW, your ram is killer! I love the blacked out look, super clean!!
 
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Old May 27, 2009 | 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by xill
i havent had my truck but for a couple months and i've already been asked to pick up this, tow that, help so and so move apartments. **** that noise! family or not, nothing's free. my payments aren't free, my gas isnt free, my time isnt free, and my vehicle registration at $457/yr sure as hell isnt free! I'll tow this and that, but i charge the same as u-haul would. that pretty much shuts them up get ur own truck ***hole.

BTW, your ram is killer! I love the blacked out look, super clean!!
I have a feeling that's what i'm going to be paying this year...are you in CA?
 
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Old May 27, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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Thanks! You made some great points too Xill. It's really annoying how people think you owe them something. I can't count how many times our staff have asked me to help move them, and they didn't even pay me for gas. I finally snapped last week lol. I'm officially done moving people with my truck. If you want my help moving your **** into a Ryder, fine. But I'm not using my vehicle anymore.

I wasn't sure if the town hall messed up, but I only paid $230 for registration on a 2005 with 26k miles?
 
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Old May 27, 2009 | 12:57 AM
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man gotta love tx my registration is like 60 bucks
 
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Old May 27, 2009 | 01:00 AM
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And I'm still not done about this lol...

These people that you move mostly, are the same ones that love to poke fun of you behind your back because you drive a gas sucking truck, and how much smarter they are for driving a car with 35mpgs. Then when push comes to shove, and they need to move, suddenly they have no way to move...lmao.
 
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