| I own a 98 Dodge Ram and my truck has seen quite | | | | to take better care of this one now that I'm older |
| a crazy time over the past 10 years. It started out | | | | and have more vehicle ownership experience. Here |
| as a sparkling clean machine that I first learned how | | | | are some ideas that I'm going to be sure to do, to |
| to drive in. Freedom was the open highway and I | | | | help protect the value of my new truck over the |
| would usually be found in the road to and from the | | | | forthcoming years: |
| beach with my surfboard in the bed. | | | | - Get a truck bed liner to line the bed and inner rail |
| Then came college and I started to play a lot of | | | | areas. I still play music and load all sorts of materials in |
| music. The bed was full of guitar and drum on a | | | | and out of the bed every week. With a bed liner, I |
| weekly basis and we traveled all around the California | | | | can protect the bed from scratches and dings, so |
| coast playing shows, so the Dodge really held up | | | | down the road I will have a shiny conditioned bed. |
| when we needed it to. The amount of friends, girls, | | | | This will help preserve the value of the vehicle. |
| and randoms that piled in and out of that truck has | | | | - Find a truck tool box that's the right size for where |
| really left its mark. Who knows what some people | | | | the bed meets the cab. I have created all kinds of |
| have spilled in the cab of that truck :) | | | | dings inside my truck and in the bed over the |
| The next phase that came after college was my first | | | | landscaping years and a nice and tidy tool box would |
| full-time job, and I had a construction landscaping job. | | | | help me tremendously. And, it will lessen the damage |
| It paid pretty well, but my truck got even more beat | | | | that I will likely put on my new truck. |
| up. | | | | - A set of truck seat covers to cover the seats. So |
| So where it stands now, there has been several | | | | no matter who jumps in or out of my vehicle, I will |
| years of wear and tear inflicted on my truck and the | | | | have a protected interior. If I decide to sell the truck |
| resale value is not looking so good. I'd like to | | | | down the road, I can simply remove the seat covers |
| purchase a new Dodge Ram and I'm going to be sure | | | | and the seats will look as good as new! |