I get lots of miles out of everything. I took this picture back in late 2010.

This was my '89 5.0L LX that had 325,000 miles on it when I sold it and bought my pickup back in 2013.
Best car I ever owned and regret selling it to this day.

The truck had 20,000 miles on it when I bought it.

The only gaskets on the engine that didn't come from the factory were the thermostat and water pump gaskets. Never even had a valve cover off it.

I did replace the trans when it had 186,000 miles on it.

The mechanic that did the work told it was pretty clean for 86,000 miles. LOL

He was surprised that it had 100,000 more on it than he thought.

I'm looking for another used Mustang now. I love my Chevy truck but GM really dosn't make a car that I'm interested in.

 

Logging was a really big deal in Michigan, especially from 1870-1890 when millions of acres in the Lower Peninsula were logged off. It only took 20 years to cut down most of the trees, including white pines over 200 years old and 200 feet high. There were lumber camps everywhere and lots of stories of guys like Paul Bunyan. There's still logging going on in many parts of the state but not like it was back then. BTW, my dad's first job was driving a team of horses hauling out timber in the U.P when the railroad went through. I guess he wasn't a lumberjack but worked with them. Some of the cities here started out as lumber camps and when they ran out of trees to cut, some of the guys settled down and the settlements grew when they brought their families. And some of them have ATV trails by them.

 

There are Paul Bunyan & Babe statues in Minnesota too, though I don't have any photos of them. Legion has it the "10,000 Lakes" (actually 11,842 10 acres or larger) were formed by Babe walking around in soft ground after heavy rains or floods. Lots of timber taken from where the "Little House in the Big Woods" were. There still is a lot of timber being moved every year; mostly off of state land by private logging companies.

 

One time I used a chain to haul a dead tree back to my campsite. My truck pulled it like it wasn't even there, but some links on my chain got sanded down flat. One 3/8" link isn't even 1/4" thick now. Just because there are some things your truck can easily do doesn't mean you should do them. I should have looked for a tree a few miles closer.

 

I'm told I bought another truck

F350 w/ dump box and the V10. I'm told it runs good and drives nice. It will replace our other F350 with a dump box. That one is pretty worn out...

 

That'll do the job.

 

I hope so...

 

Cleaned it up.

 

You do a nice job. Too bad Wisconsin is so far from Massachusetts.... I'd pop in on you and hire you to clean mine up!

 

I ran my truck through a car wash a few days ago and less than 1/2 hour later it had mud splattered all over it. I'm trying to see if it's still leaking oil after I had a front axle seal replaced.