Truckin' and Trailerin' our Cub Cadets

[mhomrighausen]

Marty G. Congratulations!!!

 

[kide]

Marty - that's a '16, off the lot and I don't know about your area, but about every 4th Z-71 is friggin' Deep Ocean Blue, which wasn't apparent to me until I sat at a 4 way stop and met two others (4th corner was open.. True story.
I went back to my dealer about a week later, they had 3 of 'em in Deep Ocean Blue on the lot and what really PO'd me is that while mine came with the 170 dollar Black Bowties front and back, the other three had the built in the dash brake controller, which mine didn't have..

 

[dfrisk]

Gerry - Hardest decision when buying a new truck for me is "What Color"?. My '78 F-150 came off the lot used, 2 yrs old and 27,000 miles. Drivetrain was straight out of a UPS package car, durable, reliable, and best mpg potential. 300-6, NP-435 creeper lo 4-spd, NP-205 gear type cast iron case T-case, Dana 44 front and 9 Inch rear axle. Bad news it was Kelly Green metallic with a light mint green roof, double white pin stripe, stainless steel Dog Dish hubcaps on white painted wheels, a Custom so vinyl seats and floor mats, in matching green. It was a pretty truck, just I'm not a fan of green, and who thought the mint green roof was O-K?
I poured over a sales brochure for 3-4 months on what color to get on my new '87 F-150 order out. I got the same drivetrain except for the Borg-Warner T-case, and 8.8" Ford axle. It was almost red and white Combination Tu-Tone but would have been too much like the company truck I drove at work, Porno-red interior. It ended up medium blue metallic with silver gray metallic cab roof and center body color. 8-spoke gray wagon wheels with stainless trim rings with red pinstripes, all the shiny chrome and stainless available, and rear over-load springs, front quad-shocks and f&r sway bars. I priced it out at Four different dealers. Three of them Ordered it and one even came in before My truck did. Talk about P-O'd!
Last truck I only priced at two dealers. The dealer 5 miles from my house wouldn't deal so I bought at the dealer 20 miles from home with the Big truck shop and 24-7 parts dept. Had enough Tu-tones, went solid bright red, XLT with air conditioning, no sliding rear window, cloth seats in a nice medium gray but black vinyl rubber floor mats.
I heard on another forum, Ram pickups for '18 won't have a manual trans option, so no more manual trans trucks made. Means I'll have to keep my '96 running hopefully a L-O-N-G time yet.

 

[mgwin]

Gerry,

That's a bummer about the brake controller.
I ordered the Max Trailering Package.
This came with the integrated trailer brake controller, overload springs, trans. cooler, and engine oil cooler. It also has a trailering mode selection (whatever that is).

I haven't seen any trucks like yours around here. Maybe they put all the same style trucks in one area.

Around here, all I could find were 5.3L engines (I wanted the 6.2L).
Also, almost every truck had a short bed, and I wanted a standard bed.

My favorite color is blue, so that was settled right away. I don't care if everyone has one like yours, it's still pretty!

Had to order mine in order to get every feature I wanted.
I had to order an 18' because they stopped making 17's around May.

Hopefully, this will be my last truck, so I ordered it exactly like I wanted; everything but the kitchen sink. And there's a place for that!

 

[mhomrighausen]

Around this part of Iowa it seems almost all brands are white, gray or black.

 

[dschwandt]

Grey or black?
not mine!!

 

[kide]

Dennis - 4 months? I spent a short afternoon cruising dealers with the next door neighbor, had to choose between dark maroon red and the blue, and shook hands on the deal before 5 pm. I am the reason they put all the impulse items close to the cash register!
Marty - I'm glad I stayed with the 5.3, love that engine ( 327's always ruled). I'm putting lots of miles on and getting pretty good mileage.

 

[kharvey]

If we are showing our trucks here is my new used Ram 2016.

 

[mgwin]

Gerry,

What are your numbers on the mileage?

So far, I am averaging 21 mpg driving around here. (no trips yet)
I'm pretty tickled with those numbers for a 6.2L. The window sticker, and online had it rated at 15 city/ 20 highway.

If I can get 21 mpg city, I can't wait to see what it gets on the highway!


Marlin,

Around here they are mostly just white and black.

 

[kide]

Marty - about 20, lots of in-town and fast two lane back road travels. Best I've seen in the averages was 27 (for 25 mile setting). I've found out it'll do 21-22 consistent if you get it just fast enough for the OD to kick in, like 50 MPH, and just stay in that range. I never seem to stay in that range.

I've never gotten great mileage - my Explorer SporTrac was good for 15-16 , mostly because of the appendage at the far end of my right leg (Zoom Zoom)..

 

[dschwandt]

Well, it's off to northern WI this AM w/the Ram/camper to pick up a new to me Cub hauler.

Film at eleven

 

[kmcconaughey]

David, you wouldn't by chance be heading to Colfax, WI would you?

 

[dschwandt]

Kraig, Bloomer.
Just got home couple hrs ago w/this...
20' Aluma w/new tires, off C/L
Should hold a small feet of Cubs!!
1500# tare wt.

 

[digger]

David S.
That's a cute little trailer.
If you need it hauled somewhere, let me know and I'll bring my 40' aluminum to handle it for ya.

 

[dschwandt]

Yeah, I know, I shoulda kept this one!!

 

[digger]

 

[kmcconaughey]

David, very nice trailer!

Charlie,

David, about how many Cubs do you think you could have hauled on that semi trailer?

 

[dschwandt]

Kraig, The upper deck was 11' and the lower was 37'
I'm not good a math!!

 

[kmcconaughey]

...so in other words: "Lots!" or "Plenty!"

 

[eford]

Are we talking assembled or disassembled?