What IS a P/U Truck ??

I guess my F250 3/4 ton with a 6.5 foot bed and 4 wheel drive is considered a grocery getter.  Damn I got ripped off when I thought I bought a real truck.

Wayne180d wrote: I guess my F250 3/4 ton with a 6.5 foot bed and 4 wheel drive is considered a grocery getter.  Damn I got ripped off when I thought I bought a real truck.

Yeah, that's a really cool idea.  I was rilin' up gassy's beer, not dissing your extension.

Its a good thing his opinion doesn't really matter to anybody.

@steve(ill); That extension is pretty boss. I've never seen anything like that around here. That's a great idea. The steel is strong enough to support the length without reinforcement? Is it 2" box? 1/4" thickness? Thanks.

Y’all wait to see where this thread go’s, if you want to start discussing what the D.O.T. considers a ‘pickup’ vs a ‘commercial’ vehicle.

 I've never seen anything like that around here. That's a great idea. The steel is strong enough to support the length without reinforcement? Is it 2" box? 1/4" thickness? Thanks.

Edited by steve(ill) - 10 Aug 2021 at 8:30am

Tbone !!! Your going to rile him up AGAIN !! ............... might be easier to cut the canoe in half !! 

Gee if size matters I hauled a small 20 ft auger in the bed of my 3500 crew cab with 8 ft bed, stuck it in one corner under the tool box, put the spare tire on it, left the tailgate down, and  put ratchet straps out to the end of it. Hauled it 60 miles that way. In hindsight it would have been easier to have taken the 20 ft trailer.

steve(ill) wrote: Of course mine is HOME MADE and will carry several hundred pounds... but similar to this. I have hauled couple dozen 12- 14 ft 2 x 6 with it. ... not daily, but thats not what i bought the truck for.

 

FreeGas... do you and the Tail Gate 2 x 4 boys think all this stuff up during LUNCH HOUR ? 

Another useless post that starts with no common sense. The stupidity is great keep up the good work Freedguy! You never let us down

If you want to define a pickup, alot has changed my grandfather had side board on the box and he would haul a cow or as many fat pigs as he could squeeze in, then he would clean it out and another day he would shovel it full of cob corn and go grind feed and bring bags of feed home from the mill. When I was a kid in the 70's hardly anyone in town had a pickup unless it was work related, now there is at least 1 in every driveway. People use them to pull boats, campers, atv/utvs on a trailer or snowmobiles in winter. You don't need an 8 ft bed but most like to have 4 doors. Even if you are hauling a antique tractor to a show. One time an 8 ft bed is necessary is if you want a 2 ft wide tool box and an L shaped fuel tank and gooseneck hitch.

Jordan(OH) wrote:

That's the bus for a very small school!!