We bought a 2004 Ford Ranger V6 4x4. Small & very useful machine. Got a custom canopy ($2400-worth) with toolboxes in the side, interior light, ladder rack, and paid extra for it to match the Ford paint, etc. Looks professional and the toolboxes on the sides give you very good access to your tools and supplies. Put a power inverter in the cab & routed an electrical cable to the back of the canopy. Mounted a slim garden hose reel to the ceiling inside the canopy to easily reel up a outdoor cat5 test cable.
Drawbacks are: - when it rains you can't leave the side boxes open - for stuff way up in the front of the bed, you have to crawl into it (not so easy for me, fairly easy for my 22-yr-old son who uses it) Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998-5555 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Harnish" <rharn...@onlyinternet.net> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Service vehicle > We bought our tower crew a 2006 Dodge Ram Extended Cab Truck, w/full Service > Box on EBay for $8000 in August. It was a previous ATM service vehicle with > 100,000 miles on it but was extremely clean. We did change a universal > joint in a power shaft but other than that, there wasn't much wrong with it. > Gas mileage is not so good, but it has been a great vehicle so far. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:57 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Service vehicle > > 4 door Toyota Tacoma 4WD, 6ft bed: City 16/Hwy 20 Hugely expensive @ 28K > new. When you go to buy one, tell them you will wait the 6 weeks it > takes for one with nothing on it (service truck). My dealer rolled over > and sold me a truck with everything on it for the gadget-less price. > > I added a ladder rack: > <http://www.kwikstand.info/US%20Rack/Side%20Mount%20Ladder%20Rack/ladder2a.j > pg> > I like this one because I can make it disappear when needed. > > I also have a RAM mount: > <http://www.ram-mount.com/nodrillsystems/nodrillbases.htm> for my laptop > so it does not slide through my windshield. > > This setup seems to work pretty well for me. Low maintenance, US Built, > good mileage, warm storage/people space in the back seat. > > ryan > > Josh Luthman wrote: > > What does everyone use for a service vehicle? We have an 1999 f250 > > that is at the end of it's road. It has the cabinets and ladder racks > > to put al our stuff in. > > > > Our tower climber for those picky tower owners has a brand new Dodge. > > If you haven't seen these check them out. If we could afford these I > > wouldn't be asking :( > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
