EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Would a Ford F250 Diesel be good to hunt with?

As long as you have good roads to drive on.  The diesels are not very quite, and them starters are expensive from all the start'n and stoppin.  I did the math and realized its cheaper to put front ends and starters in my toyota rather than the big diesels. Jus me 2 cents

Plus if you get off in the mud, diesels are alot heavier and more likely to get stuck

Stay away from mud or wet grass if you go with diesel, especially if it is a 2 wheel drive. It will sink like a rock and it'll take a dozer to get it out. I have a 99 superduty 4x4 with 35 swampers and thats just to keep from getting stuck in my yard.lol

I can take my f250 4x4 diesel any where I wanna go

i had to pull a cummins diesel off of the side of the road the other day. it had been raining earlier and he pulled over to use his phone, and got stuck, but the little toyota didnt have any problems!

Thats a dodge for ya great motor   Just needs a body and trany under it

W-tate, come to Louisiana, I'll put you in some holes where we'll have to go get you in china. lol

exactly! plus it was 2wd and had street tires. I have a buddy that has a 05 dodge hemi with 35 mud grapplers, and if he gets in the ditch he has trouble coming back out, even after the toyota already showed him how its done. I think Toyotas are the best hunting trucks: light weight, quiet, great mpg, very reliable, awesome 4x4, they are just alittle more pricey.

Don't take it the wrong way. I love my superduty, 4 inch lift with 35 swampers. I'm just letting you know that they aren't the best mud truck in the world. I had a 95 tacoma regular cab 4x4 on 33 swampers and it was pretty much unstoppable. Only way to get it stuck was to high center it.

There ain't enought room in a Toyota for me my dogs and a buddy but they are tuff littel boogers

Hey fellas, speaking of toyotas, does anyone have a good 22r engine? I have a 81 4x4 pickup I was trying to sell with bad engine, but didn't have any buyers. Thinking about redoing the motor and using it.

there used to be a place in oklahoma that you could get a fully refurbished 22re for around 1200 if you take them your old one. i cant remember the places name,  maybe you can google it!

I hunt out of my 4 dr chevy. 1/2 ton z-71s have always been popular for hunting. Closest you can get to the small size of a toyota, with a V8, and fullsize cab. Toyota's aren't down with the big people like myself. :D

My z-71s will go around a plowed corn field or what ever when its wet. Usually if they can't make it... its too wet to hunt any ways.

Only bad thing about the Z71 is  "it's a chevy" lol

Bottom line is a diesel is heavy in the front end! If yours is 2 wheel drive I'd say no, if it is a 4x4 I'd say be careful where you go!

My dad had a 2 wheel drive powerstoke and I seen it get stuck in the wet grass. I'm not even joking, front ends are very heavy. By the time we pulled it out it was buried to the rear axle.

I have a dodge 3500 4x4 on 35's with a performance trany and that barely gets me through some pastures. Diesels are not made for huntin rigs, they are made to pull your huntin rig.

On another side note, the ruts you make with a diesel (if you make it through) might upset the land-owner and as we all know none of us want that to happen.

Best huntin truck ive had was a diesel. 97 dodge 2500 single cab cummins with a 5 spd w/ 37's. Ive had two dodge diesels, a toyota, and a f150 and by far ive liked the dodge the most.

I cant take my F350 4X4 Powerstroke anywhere I wanna go. That truck would get stuck in the driveway

i can take my  hunting rig any wheres I "need" to go.. i can haul  4 guys dry  and 8-10 dogs or if its just 2 of us i have a box that goes in the back of the bronco that will haul 6 dogs,, and if i want can tow it behind  to the pasture
 need being the keyword i hate being stuck
Dexter
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Hey Dexter got a bronco just like that and been wondering how too turn it into a hog dog rig! you got any pics of the box in the back?

its i a wooden box with a rubber mat under it ill take a picture later today  its in it already

Dexter, what year is the bronco? I have an 86 ranger 4x4 with the 2.9. first year of the fuel injected. It was my first truck, it's been sitting for about 14 years.

mines a 84 carburetor style  wich i love  easy to work on  i put a starter on it  in the last three years besides regular service wich i just
 change the oil and a grease job  it never goes over th mileage on the service sticker

thanks Dexter

Been hunting out of my F250 4x4 powerstroke for about 4 years now.  Been stuck maybe only a couple times.  Just use common sense and it will be fine. ;)  Plus the crew cab is nice for a load of folks and sleeps good!

I hunt out of a 4 door 4X4 Dodge 3500 single wheel 1 ton and haven't had any problems with it.  But as already stated, you have to use common sense when deciding where to drive and where not to drive.  Knock on wood, haven't been stuck in it yet  ;D

 but Ross if i get the lil truck stuck you can pull me out  and i dont have to have a half acre to turn around,,and it didnt cost 30k ;D

That is 100% true Dexter.  I'm still kickin myself for sellin that jeep I had last year.  I try to be very sure about whether or not I can get through where I'm going before I head through the mud.  If I do get stuck it won't be an easy task gettin it out.  I don't want to even think about that  ;D

Drove a full size ram pickup when I worked for the Conservation Dept. It was a gasoline model, and it would get stuck in wet grass. Places that every other truck could handle no problems, that truck had to be put in 4wd just to have any hope of making it.

I'm not a huge fan of Jeeps or Bronco IIs. But Bronco I's? None better as real off-road utility goes. All that said, my next hunting rig will be a Toyota pickup, or a van with a lift and 4wd conversion.

Van with a conversion, that would be awesome. Go to the sky with it and put some 40s on it. May be scary on sharp turns though. Imagine it would be top heavy.

BLUE LACY
  here ya go a picture of the box in the bronco
         Dexter
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Thanks Dexter thats nice im guna have too rig something like that up! do you take the back seat out?

I HAVE 85 CHEVY BLAZER 6.2 DESIEL MILITARY POSS.TRAC FRONT AND REAR WILL GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT.I ALSO HAVE 93 TACOMA BUT LIKE THEY SAID NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH ROOM..