Owner: Jackie Kearney

Location: Ridgway, Colorado

Found on: Craigslist

Purchase price: $2,000

Years owned: One

“What are you doing driving that big truck, little girl?” That makes me even more attached to it.

Morgan Levy

I built that bed, which folds over the middle seats. Last fall, I noticed that heat was escaping, so I covered the cab’s metal bottom and windows with insulation. Now, it’s toasty warm in the morning, even down to my feet. It’s converted into a home really well.

Morgan Levy

After Colorado, I’m driving it to Arizona and California to visit friends, then to the Sierras for a few weeks while I take a Wilderness First Responder course. After that, either Canada or Alaska to extend the ski season. Whenever I’m on mountain roads, people give me the nod of approval because it’s an awesome four-wheel-drive truck. It really crawls. But some give me this annoying stare, like they’re asking, “What are you doing driving that big truck, little girl?” That makes me even more attached to it.



I was talking about getting the brakes replaced and someone asked, “Do you think it’s worth it?” And I said, “What do you mean? Of course it’s worth it!” It’s only going to get cooler the older it gets.



This appears in the March 2018 issue

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