New Tow Vehicle

I just caught the line you were reffering to, nice.

Tull,

I always enjoy seeing boats hooked to company trucks. Beers at the White Lake Inn again this summer sounds fun.

Damn. nice set up.
I'll have to hook up my BFN to my F-350, but it will look funny considering it's a dump truck.

I know who's buying the beers at the White Lake Inn this spring.

Steve

James,

That looks way too cool!!
Nice combination!
I wish you lots of fun with it.

Kristof

From a F-150 to a F-350? No wonder you're happy!

john

You Ford guys geta raise?

john

TRBenj wrote: Randy_in_Ohio wrote: Tim is right about everything but the gas mileage Randy, I admit I have no idea what the 5.7 gets for mileage. My comment was based on the I-Force vs. VVTi ('05-current) 4.7 only, which is what I think Chris is comparing. Chris, I think it would be reasonable to expect 17-18mpg (highway) from a 1st gen Tundra in the summertime, regardless of which V8 it has. I get 18-20 in my 4Runner with the same engine.

the hp changes in the vvti to from the non wvvti I force are basically non existent. apparently it is 35hp, but you wiull not find it anywhere other than on the info from Yota. Those that have owned the 03-04 v8 4runners have not noticed any increse in power or faster accelleration from their 05+ v8 4runners.



Our 04 4.7 4runner gets the same 18-20 mpg yours gets. And it also runs 0-60 a bit quicker than the mags tested them at when they were new. I used to have the times, but maybe we just got a "hot" one?

That said, I love the new tundra. HAd the 5.7 been available in 04, we probably would have gotten a sequoia, but the 4.7 in the sequoia is too overwhelmed, even with apparently a few extra HP in the sequoia vs the 4runner. It just did not have the pep that the 04 v8 4runner we test drove, and then bought.

But, we really like the new 08 sequoia, and it may be her first non 4 runner yota purchase.


what kind of mpg have you been getting in the tundra as of late?? I know th e tranny is the same, and I think the gear ratio is the same, just a rear IRS (which I wish they had not done) vs the solid rear axle in the tundra. A rear coil spring solid would have been a better choice in the new Sequoia. Yota did a great job making the 03+ 4runner ride great with coils in the back and a SRA.

Behl

It's definitely a gamble, similar to day trading.
We do most of our trucking in our home state of Michigan. We rarely, if ever, fuel our trucks out of state. Ohio, if I'm not mistaken, is a little cheaper.

Steve

We just put an order in for diesel fuel to fill our in-ground tank.
Yesterday we were quoted $4.13/gal, and our sales person said to wait until Thursday, when it should go down $0.05/gal. We ordered it today at #3.98/gal.
That doesn't sound like much, but it saved us $1200 on the 8000 gallons that we ordered.

Steve

NAUTI84 wrote: 81nautique wrote: Real PITA when your filling up a motorhome I love the look on my wife's face when I jump back in the MH and hand her that $200 gas receipt.

First year we had the MH we logged over 8000 miles, last year 2100 and this year so far we only have 3 trips planned for about 1300 miles. Between the insurance and the maintenance upkeep these things cost too much money to just let them sit in the driveway. Really a shame because when you travel with kids and pets it's the only way to go.

You can still have it make sense if you factor in boarding the dog, hotel costs, feeding four people 3 times a day, etc but there was a time when we came out ahead of the game, that's long gone.

81nautique wrote: Real PITA when your filling up a motorhome

I love the look on my wife's face when I jump back in the MH and hand her that $200 gas receipt.

I don't understand what the hell difference it makes. If you're paying with a credit card, let the damn thing go until it's done. It's PRE-paid. I won't go to the Speedway or Pilot here, because they both pull that crap.

Rob

I was thinking of getting a used diesel instead of the Tundra. All I can say is I'm glad I didn't go that route. Diesel was $4.29 a gallon yesterday at the station near me.

I am still loving this Tundra, fun truck, lots of power and not using much more fuel than my old V6 Tacoma. Can't wait to pull with it this summer and everyone will be able to ride in one vehicle

The same station will have different limits for different cards. Like $50.00 for VISA and $75.00 for Master Card

I think I just paid for part of the new refinery that Marithon is building in Louisiana! The pay at the pump has a $75 limit on credit cards. It normally takes two of my cards to fill the tank but today I reached the $75 limit on both cards. $4.099 per gal!!