Vehicle you use to haul your gear in!

[Pikeman12]

Hey guys, figured I would start a thread for the vehicles we use on our fishing trips or just plain to haul your gear with. Post a pic and tell us something about it!

 

I will start it off. I drive an 02 Isuzu Rodeo 4x4. 140k and still running great! 3.2 v6 but I have never had trouble hauling our 16 ft boat or camper on our week long sturgeon fishing trips in northern wisconsin. She does what I need her to do. Wish I could get another but finding them in low mileage is tough. 

[Jar11591]

2017 Nissan Frontier.

This is the upgrade from my 1998 Dodge Ram that was used strictly for boat hauling purposes. Sold it, and got the Nissan Frontier that's used for every day commuting and for hauling the boat.

 

[BrianinMD]

2017 F150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost and 10 speed trans. Got to love the power (470ft-lbs of torque) and how smooth it is with the 10 speed. After about 1600 miles, 55 of those highway, 140 towing my boat, I am averaging 20.3mpg.

[A-Jay]

 2015 GMC Sierra Denali - Love this line of trucks ~ this is my 4th.

This one sports the corvette-derived 6.2-liter V8 that churns out 420 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque and drives the  Hydra-Matic eight-speed automatic.  Loving the Z71 off-road package’s monotube Rancho shocks, hill descent control,  transfer case shield.  Has the Driver Assist Package which brings Lane Departure Warning and Forward Collision Assist.  It also features magnetic ride control as well as OnStar with 4G LTE and a built-in wi-fi hotspot.  Like being able to switch from 2 W , AWD, & 4 L -  4 W H. 

The rig as a whole is sort of obscene.

 

 

A-Jay

[TOXIC]

Traded in an 04 2500 HD Silverado 6.0 4X4, 4.10 gearing for a 2016 High Country Silverado 4X4 5.3 8 speed and it actually tows better than the 3/4 ton with a lot better mpg!!  

 

Old, and New:

 

[slonezp]

Nothing special about this one. 2008 Tundra SR5 bought new in 2007 190,000 miles. Engine doesn't leak or burn a drop of oil. Been an expensive year for her. Tires, brakes all around, shocks, struts, U joints, parking brake actuator. battery. Hopefully she's done until the next set of tires is due. At that time I will again contemplate buying a new one.

[mllrtm79]

2004 Explorer NBX package with the 4.6L V8. Nothing fancy, and a lot of miles, but she'll pull up to 7000 lbs. Now that I no longer live 1/4 mile from work I'm considering another vehicle (that gets better than 16 mpg) but the X will stick around for a few years to pull the boat and eventual camper. Since she's paid for it wouldn't make sense to add another payment and lose the towing capabilities. I'd need a 250/2500, Durango, or 1500 diesel Ram to get that back. 

[Burtonxj]

1985 Toyota 4Runner. 5 speed. 4 cylinders of fury. 

 

Rubicon gets a little work too

[Jtrout]

[long island basser]

2014 Chevy Silverado High Country.

6.2L , 31000 miles.

My every day vehicle, no problem hauling the 12ft porta boat or the 8ft Bass Hunter lol.

[Fir3hawk]

2012 F150 FX4 with my '04 ProTeam 175

 

 

 

[Boomstick]

'92 Cadillac Brougham. It was cheap (compared to newer vehicles, and last three newish vehicles haven't lasted me as long), large enough to fit my fishing and camping gear and most importantly, I don't hit my legs on the dash, head on the ceiling and it doesn't have some front leaning headrest digging into the bottom of my neck.

 

[fishwizzard]

Right now I lug my gear around in an '02 RAV4 with the rear seats removed.  I can get a 6'6" rod in the back and up to 7'6" with the tip sticking up into the front seat.  It works ok to cartop a kayak, but it is a touch too high to be super easy to get it up and down in any kind of wind.  

 

I keep looking for a used truck and start every reply to every promising CL ad with "Hi, I am interested in you *truck*, but I am not interested in anything with rusted out cab and bed mounts, what condition are they in?"  Maybe 1/4 of the time the seller is honest and admits to some rust and we are done.  The other 3/4 of the time they lie so I waste an afternoon driving out, crawling under a truck, scraping a big rust scab off with my nails, telling the seller they are a jerk, and driving home.  After a few of these I get discouraged and give up looking for a few months.  

 

I think I am going to give up on trucks and start looking for an E-series van.  I ran into a guy in FL who turned one into the slickest Mobile Kayak Command Center I have ever seen.  He had rod racks on the driver's side wall, a kayak cradle on the passenger side, and raised deck/storage box next to it.  He sized the box to fit a sleeping bag pad, so he could more comfortably sleep in the van for overnight fishing trips.  Being able to drive around all the time with my rigged yak in the back would increase my time on the water ten times I bet.  

[frosty]

I can’t take pictures of my truck, the vibration of the shutter will make the rust fall off...

[Redlinerobert]

My truck is identical to this vehicle, with the addition of AMP power steps and the larger tow mirrors. 

 

[JohnFromLisbon]

Right now I drive a little '04 Mazda Demio (called the Mazda 2 over here in Europe, but really it's just a fat Ford Fiesta). It's not gonna win any beauty contests, but it's small and boxy and I can carry 4 or 5 rods, two tote bags full of lure boxes and a cooler with ease.

 

Although I have finally convinced the missus that we *need* something like an XJ Cherokee if we want to travel comfortably with two dogs and a canoe

 

Now all I need to do is find one at a reasonable price - which easier said than done...

[DogBone_384]

‘17 inferno orange Tundra.  The color jumped out and forced me to buy it.

[It'sJason]

I use a 1998 Jeep XJ (cherokee). It isnt pretty by any means, but runs perfect and is exactly what I wanted in a fish-mobile. I can hop in with wet waders and muddy boots, throw a scummy float tube in the back or kayak on top, and not think twice about ruining some nice new interior. Got a secret hole up a nasty rocky or muddy road? It's an XJ, no problem, it'll get there. And it will tow a small boat just fine.

Bought it for $700 and had it back on the road in 3 days (perks of being an ex-mechanic).

 

[JohnFromLisbon]

That is one good looking Cherokee!

[It'sJason]

Take special note of the dents, missing fender flare, missing center cap, and left over decal adhesive on the fuel door too, all optional extras! And I assure you, it looks just as bad, errr good, from all other angles!

[JohnFromLisbon]

I know. Somehow that just makes it look better, it adds character 

 

The XJ is getting really expensive over here, some I've seen are going for 7 grand. Granted, most of them are later models, come stock and with dealer warranty, but still... The same happened with the Land Rover Defender about 10 years ago, and more recently with old Toyota (Hilux) trucks.

 

That being said, that Etch-a-Sketch design can't be beat 

 

[Hurricane]

2016 Toyota 4Runner...