What kind of truck setup for the oilfields ??

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  1. Gdog66223

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    Yes I agree you look at it different if your in the construction business.... but still $15 an hr really isnt that much of money when it takes so much to eat on and buy gas with.
     
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    I forgot to ask: what rear end ratio are you running and/or what do you recommend?
     
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    Tall rubber with 3.90-4.10-4.30. 46k with full lockers or at least 1 locker

    With 4.42 and .73 od 65 is 1600
     
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    We have H rated 11R 24.5 14.2k front 44k mack rears 4.42 18 speed mack trans. 1.2 or 1.3m and its tighter than fleet trucks with 300k. 242 wb 48 flat top. It rides better than any 379 or w9 I've been in. She rides like a baby carriage lol
     
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    But it was also only a 2 owner truck that never left Texas. Not a single bit of rust.

    We just got it in June and hasn't given us a single prob. Paid 26,500 for it. Worth every bit of it plus 99 no nanny box required