Poll: Which Truck?

[goddessfarmer]

Assumption: Both will do the farm job.

Truck A: Dodge Dakota Club Cab - $25,506, 6850lb rated tow capacity, utterly useless back seat that will be removed for easy accumulation of crap, seats 2 (or 3 in a pinch) nearly identical to my dearly beloved 12 yo Dakota which goes everywhere on the farm.

Truck B: Dodge Ram 1500 regular cab - $21,274, 7500lb rated tow capacity, seats 3, 3" too tall to fit in barn cellar, 10" shorter front to back (good thing), better turn radius, more bed space, less tool space in cab.


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Comments

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

what could $4000 buy you?

650 more pulling lbs, larger bed, more people inside easily? sound like wins to me.

raise the barn? ;> what else could be stored in the barn instead?

which has better mpg? does that matter? diesel?

which one has the better mean time to failure? or better consumer reports/etc rating?

but really, which one do you LIKE more. what else can you do to haggle that price down? trade ins? find another dealer? love that dealer? make'm work for it.

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[goddessfarmer.livejournal.com]

See, I would get the RAM - for all of the reasons you cite above. (read those numbers carefully - the higher tow weight and more room across the seat is the less $$) MPG's are the same. My current truck doesn't get put in the barn cellar very often anyway. Both are Dodge. And I have some very good reasons for not believing anything from consumer reports, but that's a great big rant. OH, and these prices are really good ones already.

[sarahshevett.livejournal.com]

Well then in that case, I'd get the Ram. But, I like a big truck .
Of course, I have both, only use the big one for big farm stuff, and drive the little one everyday.
And I'm not in love with the Ranger.
Have you driven them both?

[sarahshevett.livejournal.com]

oops. I meant Dakota. My bad.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

well then. i'd spend some of the $$$ saved on a rhinoliner, and leave it parked outside :) it's a truck. put a car in the cellar or something :)

haul more wood stuff. yay.

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[deguspice.livejournal.com]

I definitely recommend a spray-on liner for the truck bed. I think I went with Line-X for my truck.