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Just traded my old trusty 2001 Ford Explorer for a used Acura MDX. Kinda fancy for a hunting vehicle. I had 175K on my Ford and figured I got most of the good miles out of it. At the dealer my wife asked about my feelings of using something as nice for a hunting vehicle. I said I'd have no trouble throwing a dead deer in the back of it. The salesman laughed kind of nervous like.
Would have liked to have had a Toyota 4 runner but just couldn't see $30K for a used SUV. Got a good deal on the MDX, a 2007 with only 49,000 miles.



Next month I'll be driving that Acura to the airport, riding a Boeing 737 to SLC, driving a tiny compact rental car into Idaho, and then taking Rockchuck's string of 4-leg-drive llamas up into the mountains for a 5 day pack trip! How's that for multiple hunting vehicles?

Just picked up a 1984 ranger to add to the fleet of hunting vehicles

1959 Willy's Wagon w/ the Super Hurricane 6. Yes we climb trees and rocks.....:-)
Have used it for 11 seasons.
Cheers

2012 Lariat 4x4

2000 GMC 3/4 ton, 6.0L vortec. Just threw new Moog ball joints, pitman and older arm in it. New drivers side cat is next.

'04 F-150... I've driven the [bleep] out of it and it's had a lot of dead stuff in the back. Very comfortable hunting rig....

'61 International Scout, but it's needing work, so the trusty '06 Honda Rincon or Kawasaki Mule for cruising around the ranchito.

I wonder what color it is

The main hunting rig is an 07 dodge standard cab 2500 4x4 Cummins with a canopy. Sometimes I load the 85 samurai hardtop on the car hauler as my 4wheeler with a heater. Over the years I have used 72b2000, 65 IH 1/2ton 2wheel drive, 71 scout, 65 suburban 2 door 4x4, 86 dodge 2500 4x4, 91 F250 4x4, Ford Granada wagon, 82 Renault wagon, etc.

I need to reply regarding a pet peeve of mine! It is Grease Zerk not Zert. Named after Oscar U. Zerk in January 1929.

Mine was a blue/white 1973 Jeep J-2000 4WD pickup. Had a 460 CU engine - used a lot of gas!

Right now its my everyday driver a 1995 T100 2wd. This spring I'm planing on picking up a suv for a family hunting/camping/fishing rig. Looking hard at Jeep Cherokees, a lot of 4x4 for 2.5-4K$

97 NISSAN 2WD 4 CYLINDER TRUCK BOUGHT OFF Rock Chucker been through hell even had it stolen while turkey hunting police recovered it a couple weeks later behind a Walmart at Lake of the Ozarks while i was hunting in Montana.they had spray painted the whole thing black even the wheels.still has alot of black paint on it talk about ugly.

I bought this one new in 1975. Just use it for outdoor stuff; hunting, fishing, camping, etc. Used it for years also to drive from Los Angeles north to our cabin in the Sierra of Tulare County, 300 miles roundtrip. Still runs like a champ and has 96,000 actual miles on it.

1975 Ford F250 4x4, 360 engine. Steel Gem Top, heavy brush
guard, extra 40 gallon gas tank, a Reese 10,000 lbs trailer towing package. I've spent many a night in the bed under that Gem Top.



I figure it'll outlast me.

L.W.

Leanwolf - that truck has been a good investment for you. Many years of service from a very practical vehicle.

Nice...

This gets it done for me.

'91 diesel Burb with 1 ton axles (Dana 60/14 bolt), Detroit Lockers.