I'm hardly ever stuck. I guess I just kinda know where I can drive, and where I can't.
Farmers also "Got by" with carburated engines, points ignition, bias ply tires, leaded gasoline, poor brakes, weak batteries, bad lighting, and other various things that I'm glad I don't have to worry about today. You can bet every one of them would have been in the showroom for the most basic model available today, and have thought they died and were in heaven.
I "had to have a manual" because I don't think the auto transmission Ford had for the 7.3l was as durable as the manual. They've come a long ways in 15-20 years. In fact you haven't been able to buy a manual in a Ford for about 10 years. That, and a manual transmission (along with driving junk) is a bit of a theft deterrent. If the thief can't shift it, he can't drive it. You want to attack my need to "prove my manhood" you'd be better off attacking the fact that I had to have a diesel.
My dad had a 1976 F250 4wd, a 1980 F350 4wd, 1986 F250 4wd, a 1988 F250 4wd, a 1990 F250 2wd that I drove to school before I bought my own 1971 2wd F100, a 2000 F250 4wd, and now a 2018 F250 4wd. My grandpa took over my great grandpa's farm in 1979 and he had a square body chevy with a 6.2l with 4wd and a 2000 F150 7700 4wd that I inherited. So no, not many 2wds in the family.
Now, my neighbor has a 2012 F350 and he has diff lock in his pickup. He says he uses the diff lock more than 4wd. That is interesting to me. I imagine he can do about anything with a pickup with 4wd and diff lock.
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