I sent the seller of the white 1998 Ranger an email and left a message both at home and on a cell and haven’t received a reply. Maybe it’s not the right truck.<\/p>\n
Even though this makes me a little nervous, I increased the price criteria to $5,000 and spotted a 2003 with 167000KM and a topper. It’s a bit bigger than what I want since it has an extended cab (four doors), but it looks great, is only about 3,300lbs, and it’s my favourite colour of all the Ford Rangers, dark green.<\/p>\n
I just emailed the seller (no phone number in the ad) and made a conditional cash offer pending an inspection. The truck has been listed for a month and revised a few times, so I low balled and offered $3,500 to be reviewed upwards or downwards based on the results of the inspection. I really don’t want to go above $4,500, but since the tow package isn’t going to be as costly as I had budgeted, I’m willing to stretch. Plus it’s fairly recent and has relatively low mileage.<\/p>\n
Whichever Ranger my toad ends up being, it’ll essentially be an RV once I’m through converting the back. It’s going to have a bed, desk, potty, rudimentary plumbing, and a 12V electrical system (deep cycle battery connected to truck alternator for charging with both a 12V outlet and an inverter for 120V power).<\/p>\n
I’ve had the name of my next RV in the back of my mind for a while now, but I’m sure I won’t be replacing Miranda or RVing beyond her lifespan. So I’ve decided to use that name for my new truck and that has completely changed the search.<\/p>\n
Just as I wasn’t looking for an RV back in 2008, but ‘Miranda’, I am now not looking for a truck, but ‘Moya.’ This green Ranger looks more like a Moya to me than did the older white one…<\/p>\n
I can’t believe that I have less than 48 hours to go before I leave for Calgary and the pickings are so slim! I still have the topperless ’94 at the dealership to fall back on, but it’s less than ideal.<\/p>\n
Appendage crossing has resumed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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