Best "truck" detector.

[Wyomingmedic]

Folks round these parts all have "truck guns". Basically, a very reliable and stout rifle that can be thrown under the seats and not worried about.

I want to find the same thing in a detector. I drive 1K miles a week, and generally end up in some desolate town which is 100+ years old. I have free time in the evenings and think detecting would pass the time.

I WON'T be taking my super nice machine, so I need a cheaper one which can take some abuse. What do ya'll recommend?

WM

 

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[dieselram94]

A Tesoro, they have lifetime guarantee.

 

[dimedigger]

i second that

 

[63bkpkr]

Easy, purchase a very hard used suit case add some pieces of foam to the inside and take any detector you want! Drive and have fun later with no fear..............63bkpkr

Oh, I do not think Any Detector will take a lot of abuse


Watch Your Pride

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I have a Minelab Musketeer Advantage that is equivalent to a truck rack rifle. All analog but rugged and indellicate. As deep as any but very little notching ability.

 

[Keppy]

The trouble with the Musketeer they quit making it some time ago,...... It is hard to find one............ Then if it breaks down you might not be able to get it repaired

 

[Wyomingmedic]

I really like the look of the Tesoro made stuff. It has a very rugged industrial look that reminds me of government specific radio equipment.

I think one of them would be a fine addition to the truck. It could hang from the topper ceiling until needed.

It would help pass the time on these remote jobs.

WM

 

[truckinbutch]

I carried a Bounty Hunter Landstar a million miles in my 18 wheeler . Steady low end vibration would actually rub the print from paperback books i carried . That detector is still working almost 20 years later .

 

[liftloop]

prizm series coin-master very well built
seen some ran hard on e.bay still worked like a brute
and still bringing a fair price...

 

[Keppy]

I Was a 18 wheeler driver also retired in 1998... And carried a Tesoro .. and at times a Garrett 250 .. both are compact & small and worked fine for me......... I can't get that trucking out of my blood at 72 ............ I still drive part time hauling trees....... But i am home every night no more motels for me....I still carry one of them with me when i hit the road...

 

[Keppy]

You have room for any detector in that truck..................... ......./

 

[truckinbutch]

2.7 million mi . No chargeable or moving violations . My '93 KW 900L double bunk carried me into the Cat Million Miler Club . Ran that 460 PEEK 1.4 million without a rebuild . Never was on a 'hook'. Another 300k before I retired and sold her . Never did motels . I lived where I worked .

 

[Wyomingmedic]

Neat to see so many OTR drivers here. My grandfather drove triples for CooP and ABF for 30 years. I remember riding around with him during summers.

My "truck" is a 1/2 ton service truck. Don't think I could get a big tractor to any of the places I go to. Too vertical LOL.

Thanks for the recommendations and stories. I always enjoy that kind of stuff.

WM

 

[Keppy]

Well now and then these days i do drive a 1 ton dully pickup with a gooseneck flat trailer..... If the order only calls for 3 or less trees........

 

[Keppy]

2.7 million mi . No chargeable or moving violations . My '93 KW 900L double bunk carried me into the Cat Million Miler Club . Ran that 460 PEEK 1.4 million without a rebuild . Never was on a 'hook'. Another 300k before I retired and sold her . Never did motels . I lived where I worked .

..... That is a darn good record........ The state boy in the airplane got me twice.....when i was on the road.... Then i went as a city driver ..And then i got a couple of chargeable's......

 

[truckinbutch]

Neat to see so many OTR drivers here. My grandfather drove triples for CooP and ABF for 30 years. I remember riding around with him during summers.

My "truck" is a 1/2 ton service truck. Don't think I could get a big tractor to any of the places I go to. Too vertical LOL.

Thanks for the recommendations and stories. I always enjoy that kind of stuff.

WM

Don't be too sure about where a big truck can go . I traversed a lot of those remote mountain canyons in the western lands to where the dozer would help me on in to where the helicopter would pick off my load .

 

[truckinbutch]

..... That is a darn good record........ The state boy in the airplane got me twice.....when i was on the road.... Then i went as a city driver ..And then i got a couple of chargeable's......

Most of mine was specialized/heavy haul . 16' wide , 100,000+lbs payload it takes a REALLLLYYYY STUPID liberal to dispute your right of way . Especially when you got a cop, or several , and 3 escorts telling them to get the F out of the way .