New Wheels...

Bryan finally found a truck. He's been looking since about a week after ours was "liberated" by some kind #$*&!)@#&^. We got the insurance payout Thursday a week ago and the race was really on to find one so we didn't spend an arm & a leg on a rental car.

He had to search several states and finally decided the F450 would better suit our needs due to the high payload of these beefy trucks. Now we can load the camper with fresh water and head out to parts unknown and 'rough it'. :-) And funny thing - the F450 were the same price (or cheaper) than the F350's... As we searched for financing, we found out why... maybe. No one & I mean NO ONE, will finance a truck over 1 ton (meaning over an F350). Ford Financing will if its NEW... So... there you go.

Anyway, Bryan went to Dallas this weekend to visit his Mom and decided to look at a truck he'd found online in Granbury. I guess it was pretty good 'cause he bought it. Now he has to leave earlier than planned on Monday & drive it back the 663 miles to Bernalillo so he can be back at work on Tuesday. Lucky him.

Anyway, here are some of the photos of the truck from the dealership. I'll post a few more once it gets here.

Stats: 2008, Ford F450, 6.3 Turbo Diesel, crew cab (4-door), DWR (dually), 4WD, Lariat package (leather seats, GPS, etc). The great thing about it is it already has the tow package, the camper package, running boards, beefed up transmission, etc that we had just put on our old truck so that's one thing we don't have to buy again. Now we just have to buy a new hitch so we can tow the Jeep and camper tie-downs and we'll be set. Camping in Pecos this October!!! YEA!!!!!