hdonlybob Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Very nice truck.. Good for you.. I really miss my 610. A great all around HDT. Enjoy Quote 1989 Safari Serengeti 34'Towing a 1952 M38A1 Military Willys Past HDT owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLghtning Posted April 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, hdonlybob said: Very nice truck.. Good for you.. I really miss my 610. A great all around HDT. Enjoy Thanks, I think we are really going to enjoy it. I keep looking out my front window seeing it sit there and thinking, wow I really own a HDT now. haha. This site was instrumental and educating me on everything about them. Quote Dan (Class of 2017) - 2012 Ram 3500 & 2005 Alpenlite Valhalla 29RK Contact me at rvsolarconsulting.com or Two Wheel Ramblin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 4/10/2017 at 9:55 PM, Buscrusher said: This is one of those "couldn't rip the grin off your faces if you used both hands" deals! Something that just now occurred to me...maybe you can score a Gear Master to help her get the hang of the gears when she gets her nerve up to drive... http://www.gearmaster.com Hello Buscrusher, please let me know when you decide to sale your GearMaster II. I seriously need one for my 13 speed truck. (619)-836-5203 stephenagbale@yahoo.com Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLghtning Posted September 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 12 hours ago, stephen said: Hello Buscrusher, please let me know when you decide to sale your GearMaster II. I seriously need one for my 13 speed truck. (619)-836-5203 stephenagbale@yahoo.com Stephen It's funny to see my thread bumped from 4 years ago. Buscrusher, I don't think that person was offering up a GearMaster II, just letting me know what they were and this was 4 years ago. I almost gave in so many times to getting a Gear Master II which I think I would have appreciated, but never did. I never did see any come up used in the time I owned the truck and was keeping an eye out for them. Overall I got very comfortable with shifting the 10 spd. I would occasionally have my moments when I was rushing things or getting flustered, but if I slowed down and just took my time, I had no issues. I never did get my wife comfortable with shifting the truck and that ended up being why we got rid of it plus we wanted a pickup for a truck camper. We tried a few times and she finally gave up and refused to try again. She did drive an iShift truck at at the ECR and enjoyed it, but just decided the manual wasn't for her and wouldn't try again. I actually took other friends out and got them to figure out the basics. We sold the HDT last year and the new owner loves it to pull his very large Momentum Toy Hauler. I definitely miss driving it and I really miss hauling a 5th wheel with it. There just is no comparison with towing with an HDT vs a pickup. That 610 singled short was the perfect size for what we used it for. It was fun reading my story again about picking it up. Funny tidbit, my friend Scott that helped me drive the truck back to GA. Him and his wife decided to go full time 2 years after we did and we are actually hanging out with them right now in Salida, CO. They've had 3 RV's in 2 years and just got back into a 5th wheel after a large Class A DP. He was considering a HDT himself, but I think he's found a Ram 3500 he's going to get. Quote Dan (Class of 2017) - 2012 Ram 3500 & 2005 Alpenlite Valhalla 29RK Contact me at rvsolarconsulting.com or Two Wheel Ramblin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 Good hearing from you again, Salida is a nice place to base. Lots of good rads for motorcycling nearby. The ride up to Cripple Creek is one of my favorites. We have a couple friends who live just west, in Poncha Springs. Both riders. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio1@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLghtning Posted September 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 1 hour ago, rickeieio said: Good hearing from you again, Salida is a nice place to base. Lots of good rads for motorcycling nearby. The ride up to Cripple Creek is one of my favorites. We have a couple friends who live just west, in Poncha Springs. Both riders. Hi Rickeieio, Yeah, we tend to spend a lot of time here during the summer and love this area. We bounce between Salida, Poncho Springs, Buena Vista areas. My friend Scott is a rider too. We are both working on getting bikes again. Quote Dan (Class of 2017) - 2012 Ram 3500 & 2005 Alpenlite Valhalla 29RK Contact me at rvsolarconsulting.com or Two Wheel Ramblin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky242 Posted September 13, 2021 Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 Congrats on your new truck, nice story Quote 2000 Volvo VNL 610 2011 Cedar Creek 36RE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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