My experience with this truck was great! I dealt with the diesel version and it was always reliable. I know it would've been off the garage jacks more if my boyfriend at the time didn't drive it so hard (ripping through fields and trails, pulling cut up I-beams in a trailer, and bogging through a fresh pool of mud). He wasn't kind to it and yet the truck (surprisingly) held up well. Don't get me wrong - it had it's fair share of repairs - but this all happened when he came into possession of it AFTER it sat in a field for 2 years untouched. How crazy is that? It's still in good shape and he does constant tune-ups on it just because he loves it so much. I want one of my own actually! =)

My boyfriend owned a truck like this but it was diesel. It was perfectly reliable after sitting in a field, untouched for 2 years (when he asked the owner if he could have it). It ran well, sounded good, he did regular work on it and fixed any whatsits it had wrong. He drove it hard, loved to bog down in mud, rip through hilly trails and pulled I-beams he cut up in a trailer - he worked this truck ridiculously hard. Because of this it had its fair share of repairs, and then some. However, I know if he treated it kinder it would've been perfectly fine, it was all winter! Therefore I'd rate this truck a 4.5/5 so long as you don't mindlessly abuse it! =)