Grassland
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**Current mods/gear:
LEER basic topper with budget roof rack.
RCI full skid package in aluminum (front, trans, transfer case, fuel tank)
Billy 5100s front and rear.
New 4 leaf spring pack
Yukon Duragrip LSD in the rear
BFG KO2S in 34x10.5R17
Single swing case.
SCT X4 with a canned tune
Possible future mods
Fix leaking rear main seal
New passenger side speaker harness
Ported Intake manifolds
Custom tune
Removed mods
Decked Drawers
3" lift blocks
Depending where you are in North America, "mid-size" trucks such as Tacoma, Colorado etc have very steep price tags, and don't get the large breaks off MSRP that many volume selling full size trucks do. As well, the payload is often lower, going along with the smaller volume these trucks have. 2019 ZR2 Colorado gas V6 is over 50k MSRP locally, and Tacoma TRD Pro is 45K MSRP locally, as a point of reference.
Sometimes good value can be had in a lighter duty full size truck, particularly the 2015+ aluminium F150s that are significantly lighter than the 09-14 models. I look at these as trucks you would treat with the mid size mentality, and use in the same roles, with the same performance limits. They just happen to be larger trucks.
With this in mind, I chose to keep my 2014 F150 SCAB 4x4 3.7 V6 and think of it as a larger mid-size truck. (This was the first truck I purchased for my business, which I took out of service after 4 years)
I picked this truck up July of 2014 for $31988 or something just shy of 32k. MSRP was $40400. For fleet purposes i had to get an Add a leaf installed after less than 2 years. I also went to 235/80R17 Load E tires for work. The Topper and drawers were added for work as well, so when it was time to swap this truck out for something more capable in fleet duty, the truck was halfway to an overland vehicle already, and most importantly, paid off. I also added the full aluminium RCI skid package to my truck "to protect from jobsite debris" before the truck was pulled from service, and the stock shocks were bagged, so switched them to bilstiens across the board.
Once it was in for personal use, I swapped to 34x10.5R17 KO2 tires, and reprogrammed the truck with an SCT X4 tuner. Compensating for the larger tires, and putting the 91 performance tune on to fix the horrible factory shifting and throttle lag.
One picture is in work duty with 235/80R17, the other is with the larger tires
LEER basic topper with budget roof rack.
RCI full skid package in aluminum (front, trans, transfer case, fuel tank)
Billy 5100s front and rear.
New 4 leaf spring pack
Yukon Duragrip LSD in the rear
BFG KO2S in 34x10.5R17
Single swing case.
SCT X4 with a canned tune
Possible future mods
Fix leaking rear main seal
New passenger side speaker harness
Ported Intake manifolds
Custom tune
Removed mods
Decked Drawers
3" lift blocks
Depending where you are in North America, "mid-size" trucks such as Tacoma, Colorado etc have very steep price tags, and don't get the large breaks off MSRP that many volume selling full size trucks do. As well, the payload is often lower, going along with the smaller volume these trucks have. 2019 ZR2 Colorado gas V6 is over 50k MSRP locally, and Tacoma TRD Pro is 45K MSRP locally, as a point of reference.
Sometimes good value can be had in a lighter duty full size truck, particularly the 2015+ aluminium F150s that are significantly lighter than the 09-14 models. I look at these as trucks you would treat with the mid size mentality, and use in the same roles, with the same performance limits. They just happen to be larger trucks.
With this in mind, I chose to keep my 2014 F150 SCAB 4x4 3.7 V6 and think of it as a larger mid-size truck. (This was the first truck I purchased for my business, which I took out of service after 4 years)
I picked this truck up July of 2014 for $31988 or something just shy of 32k. MSRP was $40400. For fleet purposes i had to get an Add a leaf installed after less than 2 years. I also went to 235/80R17 Load E tires for work. The Topper and drawers were added for work as well, so when it was time to swap this truck out for something more capable in fleet duty, the truck was halfway to an overland vehicle already, and most importantly, paid off. I also added the full aluminium RCI skid package to my truck "to protect from jobsite debris" before the truck was pulled from service, and the stock shocks were bagged, so switched them to bilstiens across the board.
Once it was in for personal use, I swapped to 34x10.5R17 KO2 tires, and reprogrammed the truck with an SCT X4 tuner. Compensating for the larger tires, and putting the 91 performance tune on to fix the horrible factory shifting and throttle lag.
One picture is in work duty with 235/80R17, the other is with the larger tires
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