How often do you drive your 5 ton?

[Goliath P. Jones]

Like the title says, how often do you drive your 5 ton? Just curious as I have the urge everyday to fire mine up and take it for a drive. Lol, if I need to go to lowes, or to the local gun store, grocery store, just for a drive down the road. Granted I don't actually drive it to all these places, but I want to. Why? Just because I could I guess. So it got me wondering how often are other people getting to drive theirs? I know the guys with construction businesses or heavy equipment business probably use theirs more.

 

[Spyderman]

I drive mine just about every day. Its my dailey driver.

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[simp5782]

I drive some type of MV everyday

 

[Snughill]

Parades and Ice cream runs

 

[Ajax MD]

I drive mine a few times per month to keep things lubricated and batteries charged.

I live in a heavily suburban area with oblivious drivers so when I venture out, I need to be extremely vigilant. About a mile from home, I had a driver in a nearly new Jeep Grand Cherokee veer over the center line and side swipe me. He sheared off his mirror and and side trim. The explosion of glass and plastic was impressive. I pulled over but the driver just kept going and never returned. That's the kind of stupidity I'm dealing with.

I've run my truck in a couple of parades and I use it to haul tons of pellet fuel to the house for winter heating. I'd drive it more often if the spaces were a little more open where I live.

 

[Goliath P. Jones]

I drive mine a few times per month to keep things lubricated and batteries charged.

I live in a heavily suburban area with oblivious drivers so when I venture out, I need to be extremely vigilant. About a mile from home, I had a driver in a nearly new Jeep Grand Cherokee veer over the center line and side swipe me. He sheared off his mirror and and side trim. The explosion of glass and plastic was impressive. I pulled over but the driver just kept going and never returned. That's the kind of stupidity I'm dealing with.

I've run my truck in a couple of parades and I use it to haul tons of pellet fuel to the house for winter heating. I'd drive it more often if the spaces were a little more open where I live.

I fire mine up and move it up and down my gravel road almost daily just to keep it ready to go with the fluids and batteries. That's insane that a driver side swiped you and kept going. Lol. But I definitely understand what you mean about operating in confined traffic areas with oblivious people. When I drove it down the highway last time I was almost amazed at how many people would cut me off, swerve in and out of traffic in front of me, slam their brakes on to make an exit with no warning or blinkers. Enter from the on ramp at break neck speeds just to return to a crawl totally unaware that I was right there. How do they not see, care or respect a 22k pound giant. I tell my sons all the time, I'm not sure mentally where people are when they are driving, but certainly its not behind the wheel of their cars.

 

[BKubu]

It varies by the time of year (I never take my trucks out when there is salt on the road), but I'd say that I drive a truck (not necessarily the 5 ton) almost every weekend. The 5 ton is in the rotation. The 5 ton probably gets driven twice a month, sometimes more, but rarely less.

 

[Ajax MD]

The other thing is, if the truck is started, the truck must be driven and spend time at normal operating temperature. No long idles without some driving.
I don't "short cycle" my trucks.

 

[Goliath P. Jones]

The other thing is, if the truck is started, the truck must be driven and spend time at normal operating temperature. No long idles without some driving.
I don't "short cycle" my trucks.

That's good information to know, I will be sure knowing that to take it out for a drive longer than just my gravel road to keep it up to par. Also the guy that I purchased it from said to be sure to keep it under 2100 rpm to avoid damaging the engine. Is that accurate? I am assuming if it's correct its to avoid from floating the valves.

 

[GopherHill]

I fire mine up and move it up and down my gravel road almost daily just to keep it ready to go with the fluids and batteries. That's insane that a driver side swiped you and kept going. Lol. But I definitely understand what you mean about operating in confined traffic areas with oblivious people. When I drove it down the highway last time I was almost amazed at how many people would cut me off, swerve in and out of traffic in front of me, slam their brakes on to make an exit with no warning or blinkers. Enter from the on ramp at break neck speeds just to return to a crawl totally unaware that I was right there. How do they not see, care or respect a 22k pound giant. I tell my sons all the time, I'm not sure mentally where people are when they are driving, but certainly its not behind the wheel of their cars.

How does the air horn affect them?

 

[Goliath P. Jones]

If they notice it at all, it usually results in a kind gesture of the middle finger from them to me. Lol.

 

[BEASTMASTER]

i drive mine every wed and sat to go up to the lottery store and get my useless powerball tickets . then i always run into someone that wants to chat about the truck , or take a pic with their kid in the truck. it's the social thing to do , right ?

 

[Goliath P. Jones]

i drive mine every wed and sat to go up to the lottery store and get my useless powerball tickets . then i always run into someone that wants to chat about the truck , or take a pic with their kid in the truck. it's the social thing to do , right ?

Hopefully the kids are the next generation of military vehicle collectors, it's how they come to appreciate them. Definitely the social thing to do.

 

[Ajax MD]

That's good information to know, I will be sure knowing that to take it out for a drive longer than just my gravel road to keep it up to par. Also the guy that I purchased it from said to be sure to keep it under 2100 rpm to avoid damaging the engine. Is that accurate? I am assuming if it's correct its to avoid from floating the valves.

Sorry, it's not clear to me which truck you have. If you're referring to the Cummins NCH250, yes I think the absolute redline for these is 2200 rpm. I don't know exactly what happens when you overspin these engines, I only know that It's Very Bad.

A knowledgeable member here stated that the optimum RPM range to avoid lugging or overspeeding the engine is between 1600 and 2000 RPM, if I recall. Lugging the engine is just as bad as overspeeding it.

 

[Goliath P. Jones]

Sorry, it's not clear to me which truck you have. If you're referring to the Cummins NCH250, yes I think the absolute redline for these is 2200 rpm. I don't know exactly what happens when you overspin these engines, I only know that It's Very Bad.

A knowledgeable member here stated that the optimum RPM range to avoid lugging or overspeeding the engine is between 1600 and 2000 RPM, if I recall. Lugging the engine is just as bad as overspeeding it.

Mine is the nhc250 engine. I'll definitely have to be sure to keep it under the redline and not lug it either.

 

[Steelreaper80]

Like Simp I drive my M925A2 a LOT but it is working pulling a load regionally. 100-300 miles 1 way multiple times a month. In the winter it sits a bit more but still gets driven.

 

[Jericho]

It’s my summer daily driver winter tree skidder. Gets better mimiage than my f250

 

[mzak88]

liquor store runs