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2014-03-13 Thread Robin
This message is from: Robin rbc...@yahoo.com In the U.S., Ford is the top selling truck or at least it was 8 mo ago when I bought a new truck and I think that has been a trend for a number of years. I had a 2005 F350 diesel (which was supposedly not a good year because of the 6.0 L engine) for

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2014-03-12 Thread Mary Ofjord
This message is from: Mary Ofjord ma...@boreal.org The 100 answers is probably correct. I just purchased a new truck, so went to our good mechanic and asked advice about models and brand names. Some comments he made are as follows: 1-Ford parts in fixing and replacing are almost the most

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2014-03-12 Thread Marsha
This message is from: Marsha mski...@yahoo.com Ah Jerry I am a Ford person also and finally graduated to an F250 diesel but my husband is a Dodge guy who routinely out pulls/out everything my Ford. So I agree with your sentiments. Hope you are doing well Marsha Korose Mathias, WV Sent from

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2014-03-12 Thread Teressa
This message is from: Teressa tere...@kodiakfishco.com My husband is a Dodge guy. He is a motor head - can listen to an engine and tell you what is wrong with it. He likes the Dodges and finally persuaded me to trade up to a diesel dually 4wd 350 with a crew cab and a flatbed and gussied up

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2014-03-12 Thread Bonnie MacCurdy
This message is from: Bonnie MacCurdy bonniemaccu...@sbcglobal.net When I was looking to buy a new truck in 2006 I did the same thing Brian Jensen did. I went to all the local mechanics and asked them which trucks came in for repair the most. They all said Fords came in more than the others. I

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2014-03-12 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com It is possible that more Fords are sold? 1-Ford parts in fixing and replacing are almost the most expensive of the trucks. He had more Fords in the shop than any other brand. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management:

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2013-06-30 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com Someone mentioned they loved their truck with the Cummins Diesel. At the time I was shopping for my 2007 truck (fall of 2006), I was told there had been problems with the Cummins diesels and that they were no longer the great engines they

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2013-06-30 Thread kelly
This message is from: kelly ke...@landsdrop.com I really like my Ford F-250 diesel. I bought a new one in 2008, because in 2007 they changed the diesel fuel so that it's ultra-low sulfur and I heard that this was ruining a lot of the older engines, so i bought a newer truck designed to

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2013-06-29 Thread Melinda
This message is from: Melinda melinda.schumac...@gmail.com Gee, please include me in your reply to Robin, if Robin doesn't mind. I am considering buying a truck and trailer also. Thanks, Melinda Central Ohio On Jun 29, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com wrote: This message

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2013-06-29 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com I would advocate that the discussion go to the list? Any agreement? Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l

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2013-06-29 Thread Beth Sandy - Starfire Farm
@angus.mystery.com fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: RE: Trucks This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com I would advocate that the discussion go to the list? Any agreement? Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com

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2013-06-29 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com Here is what I sent Robin. I might be able to find my specifications list if anyone is really interested. A friend who hauls horses a lot specified it for me. We took almost every option. There are probably used versions of this truck out

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2013-06-29 Thread ruth bushnell
This message is from: ruth bushnell fjo...@frontiernet.net Here, here -- keep the trucks on the list! We're having to consider a new 'hauler' as well!!! Sandy we have a Dodge Ram 2500 w/a Hemmi engine, and it's been a wonderful rig! switched from Ford's some years ago because they had

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2013-06-29 Thread Linda Lottie
This message is from: Linda Lottie horselo...@hotmail.com I just got a Ford 350 to pull a three horse trailer. I pu the trailer on Tueswill check back later in the week and tell u how I like pulling it:) As for the truck? I love it Gas engine - getting between 15 - 18+ miles a

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2013-06-29 Thread Jo Wilgus
This message is from: Jo Wilgus rjrfj...@verizon.net we have a chevy 3500, dually, diesel, allison tranny. love it. got it to pull the LQ trailer, i am quite sure it could pull the house too. i feel strongly that people lean toward one particular make of truck. we happen to be CHEVY folks.

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2013-06-29 Thread fellersg1 .
This message is from: fellersg1 . gefell...@gmail.com Stick with Ford or Dodge. I have had both and have been happy with both. I currently have an GMC. I have hated it from the first week. Its interior is very poorly designed. You can't get to the area behind the seat without sliding the seat

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2013-06-29 Thread Me Kint
This message is from: Me Kint me.k...@yahoo.com From Mary's iPad PLEASE REMOVE ALL E-MAIL ADDRESSES BEFORE SENDING OR FORWARDING THIS EMAIL. On Jun 29, 2013, at 15:38, fellersg1 . gefell...@gmail.com wrote: GMC. I have hated it Before Ram we always had GM products, but the last one

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2013-06-29 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com I pull a 4-star 3 horse gooseneck trailer and fairly frequently I have 3 horses in it, one of which is a 1500 pound warmblood.  I have to trailer to the farrier once a month plus any other clinics, etc I do. The trailer weighs I think about

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2013-06-29 Thread Robin Churchill
  From: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 4:44 PM Subject: RE: Trucks This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com Here is what I sent Robin.  I might be able to find my specifications list

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2013-06-29 Thread divingduoandcorgis
people :-)    Beth, Bob, the Corgis and the Fjord - Original Message - From: Linda Lottie horselo...@hotmail.com To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Cc: fjordiss...@yahoogroups.com, fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 3:52:59 PM Subject: Re: Trucks This message

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2013-06-29 Thread Jo Wilgus
This message is from: Jo Wilgus rjrfj...@verizon.net There are 3 people in our neighborhood who are waiting to get their new Fords. i guess Ford is giving them new trucks, same years of which you speak. they say the problem has been fixed in the new models. it is all personal preference.

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2007-05-23 Thread Don Brackett
McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:09 PM Subject: Re: Trucks This message is from: Mark McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Jane, I pull a goose-neck slant-load four horse trailer with a GMC 2500 HD with the 8.1 liter (496 cc) gas engine

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2007-05-21 Thread Mark McGinley
This message is from: Mark McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Jane, I pull a goose-neck slant-load four horse trailer with a GMC 2500 HD with the 8.1 liter (496 cc) gas engine and the Allison transmission. This trucks max trailer weight rating is 12,000 lbs. and that is the gross for the trailer

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2005-10-19 Thread Pat Holland
This message is from: Pat Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've got a bumper pull 2-horse and I pull it with a 4x4 Dodge Ram with a full-size back seat, a short box and a Hemi! If Kay speaks up about her vehicle I guess I have to get on board too! Mines

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2001-05-20 Thread Curtis Pierce
This message is from: Curtis Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joel said: I would love to have a Cummins but they make you buy the Dodge with it. Joel, Last year Ford (the owner of the Cummins Company), notified Dodge that it was using Cummins engines in the Ford trucks for the 2001 model year and that it