My first truck was a 3/4 ton.Ill repeat what the dealer told me.You have a much heavier rear end.8 ply tires, sure they cost more, but you get more tire for your money.5 speed transmission,old design cast iron with PTO option.Low first gear for starting big loads.Front end is heavy duty with grease fittings.It was a 77 no air polltions junk on the engine.I drove it for 90000 miles until road salt got the chassis.I bought my sons 96 Ford F150 when he bought a new gmc 3/4 ton GMC with a plow.6 years later The Ford 1/2 ton needs new spring hangers and the scrawney chassis is in bad shape.Ive looked a new 1/2 ton trucks, none have a decent chassis.I can fix the Ford and get a few more miles out of it but Im looking at 3/4 ton trucks.Friend says they ride hard but Ive been on 4 trips to get lumber for picnic tables with my son and see no problem with the ride.Ive noticed that you can buy a new 3/4 ton truck for less money than some 1/2 ton pimp mobiles.I drive less tha n 4000 miles per year.Haul some hay, grain, lumber and firewood.Deliver a picnic table for customers who dont have a truck.You do need power steering and power brakes on a truck.The most important job for my truck is to take my boat to the water to go fishing.You can put a ton load in a 3/4 truck and it wont squat.My friend had a hard time moving his Ranger with 8 bales of mulch hay on a level field.The rental companies in the rust belt know that a 1/2 ton truck dosent have enough chassis to haul a big load.The chassis on an F150 is 1/8 thick thats .125.The Ford Ranger chassis is .100 thick.In 1997 Ford went to the famous spark plug spitting Trition engine.I hear they just got rid of it this year.I dont want a new truck, thats wasted money.Truck loses 1/2 its value when you leave the dealers lot.Everybody drives a used truck any way.We were loading a picnic table on a Dodge truck.The owner says the truck has needed 3 water pumps in 66000 miles, the engine ,transmission and rear end have needed work.My 3/4 ton truck got good mileage if I didnt leadfoot it.My sons trucks get 15 mpg, he drives a lot faster than I do.If your fixed on gas milage buy a moped.
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