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    What have you towed lately

    Saving the day! My father broke his unload auger for his grain bins, so I used my "Z" to go grab my grandfather's auger. This has been more of a farm truck lately than any of the truck's we own for actual farm use!
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    First Project Truck!! 1998 Z71

    So.. it has been forever since I've updated this tread. The reason is simply because the truck has worked. Not flawlessly, granted, but it's work. Things I've done since the last update: Redid the rear brakes a second time, after the shoes delaminated (under warranty) Replaced the door locks...
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    where's my buckeyes??

    Medina, Ohio, checking in.
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    What have you towed lately

    A hay tether for my father. These are used to fluff the hay before it's baled, so it dries faster. It doesn't weigh much; I figured I'd break in my new hitch with a light load!
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    Travel trailer

    I would seriously look into a weight distributing hitch. The hitch I just put on my Z71 was rated at 6k lbs, just like factory, but it was also rated at 10k lbs with a weight distributing hitch. So maybe yours would be able to handle it just fine. I can say for a fact though that those 30'...
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    What have you towed lately

    This wasn't exactly recent (two months?), but here is my Z71 doing its thing with a farm wagon. (The wagon was empty, which was good, because I later figured out the hitch on the truck was structurally unsound!)
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    Great Lakes area

    Western Medina County, Ohio, checking in... (And rusting out, because Ohio)
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    First Project Truck!! 1998 Z71

    IFS... Why you no flex?!? Also, photobombing beagle!!
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    First Project Truck!! 1998 Z71

    Goofing around with the truck today. Can't drive it, because it has a wheel bearing out and i'm waiting for a shop bay to open up, so I did the next best thing--I pretended to wheel it!
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    First Project Truck!! 1998 Z71

    I would've done that already, but the problem was that truck had 3:42 gears in it, and mine has 3.73's. I would've had to change the front axle too, and that didn't look like any fun!!
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    First Project Truck!! 1998 Z71

    It's been a while since I've updated the thread here. The truck has been doing it's thing admirably, other than a few hiccups--namely the oil cooler line issue, and the coolant randomly disappearing one day. I've put over 5000 miles on it since December, though, and I really can't say too much...
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    GMT400 Picture Game!

    Bonus points if the hot dog is an actual dog!!!
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    First Project Truck!! 1998 Z71

    I had a bit of a scare this weekend... On my way home from school friday night, the truck just randomly shut off from 60mph. No noises, no warnings, nothing. Just, dead. Also, attempts to restart proved futile.I figured maybe the alternator had gone bad, killing the battery, so I called my...
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    GMT400 Picture Game!

    Sorry!!! I've never played this game before, lol. Next mark: Your 400 embarrassing someone else's ride. Out-pulling them, outshining them, whatever. Just making them feel dumb!
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    GMT400 Picture Game!

    Does this count?
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