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Taylorce1,

Did you fix and keep your work truck? A clutch is nothing too serious. Worth fixing, they're good trucks.

I use mine for logging my land of green birch and hauling my dog team around the state. I've also towed a bunch of vehicles and heavy loads of building materials. They're good trucks.

I broke the weld on the flat bed mounting plate on rough stuff loaded down with lotta weight. Also high centered both axles on stumps with 6000 lbs of green birch. Never hurt them. Lotta full throttle 4lo runs through mudhholes and up hills with all that birch. Transfer case nor axles ever balked under the brutality.

Weak link was my torque converter. Went out at 216,000 miles. Went to a billet triple disc converter and tranmission overhauled with all heavy duty stuff. Never had buyers remorse on that one.

Now to fix all these scratches and dents from bustin brush.

Or maybe not? Nothing more embarrassing than those city slicker/townie trucks all douched up with aftermarket stuff, and not a single scratch in the mirror finish paint.