1994 Top Gun- What Truck?
04-18-2012 | 12:02 PM
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Hey just think, when you get rid of the Top Gun and step up to a 42X, you'll get to do this all over again.. 
You'll be towing out of class for sure with a 1 ton. If you get a Sportchassis or equivalent, then you're done. Better power trains then you'll ever get with a 1 ton. You probably won't want to modify anything, like most people do with the 1 tons, including myself. After market inter cooler's, chips, exhaust systems, injectors, turbos, all ads up. And you don't have to buy one new. There's lots of great deals on used ones. I'm just speaking from experience and so is h20 toi. The 2 of us along with another friend got tired of having these same discussions and throwing away money on the smaller trucks and modifications and decided to buy Sportchassis. All of us are very happy with them and haven't looked back since.
You'll be towing out of class for sure with a 1 ton. If you get a Sportchassis or equivalent, then you're done. Better power trains then you'll ever get with a 1 ton. You probably won't want to modify anything, like most people do with the 1 tons, including myself. After market inter cooler's, chips, exhaust systems, injectors, turbos, all ads up. And you don't have to buy one new. There's lots of great deals on used ones. I'm just speaking from experience and so is h20 toi. The 2 of us along with another friend got tired of having these same discussions and throwing away money on the smaller trucks and modifications and decided to buy Sportchassis. All of us are very happy with them and haven't looked back since.
04-18-2012 | 12:36 PM
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Only on OSO will a F450/F550 not be enough to move a 38 TG, you "need" a sportchassis or F650! Let's not forget most will want/need 4x4 for those slippery ramps, so for around $100k you should be able to find a used truck to tow the flat bottom TG with! 
Hell, you might even want to consider a full size Pete with 4wd conversion to pull such a monster!
Hell, you might even want to consider a full size Pete with 4wd conversion to pull such a monster!
04-18-2012 | 01:11 PM
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Only on OSO will a F450/F550 not be enough to move a 38 TG, you "need" a sportchassis or F650! Let's not forget most will want/need 4x4 for those slippery ramps, so for around $100k you should be able to find a used truck to tow the flat bottom TG with!
Hell, you might even want to consider a full size Pete with 4wd conversion to pull such a monster!
Hell, you might even want to consider a full size Pete with 4wd conversion to pull such a monster!
04-18-2012 | 01:52 PM
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Only on OSO will a F450/F550 not be enough to move a 38 TG, you "need" a sportchassis or F650! Let's not forget most will want/need 4x4 for those slippery ramps, so for around $100k you should be able to find a used truck to tow the flat bottom TG with!
Hell, you might even want to consider a full size Pete with 4wd conversion to pull such a monster!
Hell, you might even want to consider a full size Pete with 4wd conversion to pull such a monster!
We are not saying that a one ton won't tow it, what we are saying is that if you step up you can get a way better tow vehicle that won't cost that much more in the long run, drives better, pulls better and is just plain fun to drive. and if you ever need to tow something bigger your covered.
It just so happens that i have an F450 a Sportchassis and a Peterbilt, but when i head out to havasu next week it will be in the Sportchassis.
