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Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
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10/11/11 02:17 AM
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scot
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What would you consider optimum daily driver that you have no problem using to fill feeders, retrieve deer, etc?
Stuck between the jeep and small 4x4 truck.
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: scot]
#2650371
10/11/11 10:33 AM
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CitySlickerHunter
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"I can't be over gunned because the animal can't be over dead"-Elmer Keith 10/30/2012 I VOTED for The American
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: CitySlickerHunter]
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10/11/11 08:00 PM
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Capt. Andrew
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Fishingcharterspi.com Fishing South Padre Island TX Snook,Redfish,Trout. Cast n blast available
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: Capt. Andrew]
#2651896
10/11/11 08:03 PM
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txshntr
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Small truck. Easier to load and unload corn, deer and carry a ladder if you need it. Jeep is more fun to hunt out of though.
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: txshntr]
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10/12/11 01:13 AM
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txvarminter
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Really like the Wife's Tacoma.
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: txvarminter]
#2655347
10/12/11 09:15 PM
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furdown
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I love jeeps but for a daily driver I would go with a toyota
�There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never cared for anything else thereafter.�- Ernest Hemingway
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: furdown]
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10/12/11 10:55 PM
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Canazes9
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: Canazes9]
#2659615
10/14/11 12:47 AM
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sportsman
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Another vote for a toyota.
"If you can afford alcohol and cigarettes, you don't need food stamps "
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: Mountain hunter]
#2666604
10/16/11 03:02 PM
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kagomez85
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My ole Z71 has been gettin the job done for awhile now!!!
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: kagomez85]
#2666843
10/16/11 05:29 PM
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aeb
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Seventeen year-old 4X4 Chevy 2500 Extended Cab with 200,000+ miles. Semi-camo paint job as do most of the GM trucks of that generation. Has enough ground clearance to go anywhere. Don't have to worry about scratches from the brush either.
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: aeb]
#2677836
10/20/11 02:41 AM
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donswin
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I've had a Jeep. Getting anything in the back was a chore. It was a lot of fun though.
I love my Tacoma crew cab. It goes anywhere I need to go & hauls everything that is necessary. I've even cruised through mud where heavier 4X4 trucks got stuck.
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: donswin]
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10/20/11 12:21 PM
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Medinabuck
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Maybe I'm the only one with a Frontier but I would buy another. It's a crew cab with plenty of room and hasn't let me down yet. (148K)
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: Medinabuck]
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10/20/11 01:26 PM
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TxAg
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My 08 Toyota Tundra does double duty and does it all well. Only downside to working your daily driver out in the brush are the South TX pin stripes and the occasional dents/dings.
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: TxAg]
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10/20/11 11:56 PM
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LandPirate
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I use my '07 GMC crew cab 4x4 2500 HD for daily use and all of my hunting, fishing, camping activities.
Mike Buda, Tx Hunt near Freer
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: LandPirate]
#2690962
10/25/11 01:49 PM
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redchevy
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My '11 1/2 ton z71 is getting it done just fine, as well as my 1 ton dodge did. You dont need some little 4x4 rig to take to the lease. The lease I hunted on for the past 20 years prior to getting our own place we drove nothing but 2wd trucks, and if the property owner hadnt put in speed bumps to stop erosion in the road I could have drove my car.
I have driven my car to our ranch with no issues.
matt
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: redchevy]
#2691485
10/25/11 04:55 PM
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scot
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Thats what I am currently doing the problem is the roads aren't great, then secondly if I actually kill something I have to walk back to camp which can be about a mile, get a jeep then go back, then from camp walk out to the gate back to the car so it would just be much easier to have a truck.
75% of our place is fine with a full size 2wd truck but there are a few places that get real interesting/totally impossible without.
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: scot]
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10/30/11 04:43 AM
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Mason
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Newer long bed taco. Found mine rebuilt/salvage for a bit over 14k. Gets 19-25 on the highway/14-17 city with 33's and is still big/narrow enough to handle most ranch duties.
-Mason Wreck 'em Tech!
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: kagomez85]
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10/30/11 05:34 AM
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Mr. 2 Million
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My ole Z71 has been gettin the job done for awhile now!!! same here
David
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: Mr. 2 Million]
#2705081
10/30/11 01:34 PM
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Suburbob
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92 4runner. Use it around the metromess most of the year, send it to Lomo Alto during season. Stick shift, 3" lift, 31" bfg's, a/c, roof rack, corn feeder on back. All you could ever want. Paid $2800 as rigged. Cheaper than a quad, and a heckuva lot warmer.
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
[Re: Suburbob]
#2712770
11/01/11 11:56 PM
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thewrap
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My old Ford did fine till I needed 4x4 then traded up. As far as I'm concerned you can't beat Ford 4 wd
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Re: Daily Driver/Lease Vehicle
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#2744055
11/12/11 12:14 AM
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