4 door pickups
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Topic: 4 door pickups
Posted By: shameless dude
Subject: 4 door pickups
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 2:44am
| ya'll ever look at the many 4 door pickups, the size of the back doors? some of the back doors are about 1/2 the size of the front ones, so I figger there prolly ain't much room in the back seat of those! I saw a Nissan pickup the other day and the back door was bigger than the front door by lots, maybe it was a Toyota pickup? I couldn't get up to that truck to see in the back seat for room. this is another reason I keep my '97 4 door pickup, it has a lot of back seat room. my 6'5" BIL says he has plenty of leg room in my truck. I think it was Dodge that had a real small back door, looks like it should just been an extended cab instead of a 4 door one. ferd back doors seem smaller on the new pickups as do the GM ones too! i'm gonna keep my older 4-door truck as long as I can just because of this. |
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 6:00am
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I have noidea what 'they're' thinkin.....There's a series of Fords with 4 doors on a 'regular' cab ! back doors are about a foot wide,maybe 14".WTH ?? Idiots... lots of extra weight ,parts,design went into that for what ??? Guy next door 'parts out' trucks. Likes chevies cause they have 2 bolts, slide off pins,good for 3-4 models, several years. Ford..4 bolts,heavy, good for 1 model, maybe 3-4 years. It's about all you see around here.. 4wd 4dr PUs....and lil riceburners. Jay ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 7:12am
| Called garbage outlets!! You pack so much in then open the doors to let the sheit fly!! My old Extra Cab the back became a tool box, seat folded up and the floor full so when I need to clean out both doors opened and start shoveling! |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 7:49am
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My '13 Ford is a crew cab and has plenty of seating room front and back, the seats will fold up out of the way; the '99 is extended cab with kiddy seat in he back, with the rear seat folded down and some padding and carpet it makes a nice place for the black lab to ride. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 8:00am
| I think what you are seeing are extended cab trucks and not the full double cabs. We have a '18 gmc with the extended cab and doors. There is adequate room for a passenger if they don't have too long of legs. Certainly a lot more convenient than the old extended cabs with one door and plenty of room for stuff when you go shopping. Also as dmiller said they tend to fill with stuff when you don't carry passengers. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 8:32am
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I agree with Hubert. I had a 1978 Supercab and it had jump seats in the back. Good for the kids.. I bought a 2001 FORD SuperCREW with BIG 4 doors. Lot more room, two medium size adults or 3 teenagers could also use the space. Seats folded down to make a platform in the back.... Now I have a 2013 FORD SuperCREW. The back doors are HUGE. Rear seat folds up to make a large area for loading things you don't want in the weather. Fold it down and 3 LARGE ADULTS can easily set in the back seat. 2013 FORD CREW is definitely the best truck I have ever had ........... going on 2 months.
------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Les Royer
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 9:14am
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I've never in my life had a need for a 4 door pickup. 99% of the time I'm he only one in it. If the nurse and I want to go to symphony, we take the car. If another couple wants to ride along, we take the Cherokee. The pickup has a specific job to do. Haul lumber. Not people. ------------- I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now. |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 11:54am
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Never could figure WHY anyone would want 4-door pu.!!!--- 4-doors and 4' bed vs 2-doors and 8' bed! My tire guy has a Chev. that is 4-door-8' bed and the doors are full sized, but MOST of them are too short to haul anything. --such a waste! lol!!!---just my 0.001!! thanks; ac fleet |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 12:18pm
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I thought that the biggest waste was when the put in all the gadgets, the carpeting, the plush seats. WTH, this is a farm truck. How do you get the cow chit out of all that?!?! I like power windows though..... Mine,,,,,,,,,,,a WORK truck. 2 door 6 cyl. 8' box. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 12:37pm
What brand & model is your 97'? |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 12:54pm
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If another couple wants to ride along, we take the Cherokee Les........ I use the 4 door to do the job of a pickup and the Cherokee. No reason to only haul lumber..... but I do my fair share of lumber / blocks / misc. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 12:57pm
| We've had an 02 Chevy four door pickup with a full 8 foot box on it since 2003. It's been one of the most reliable and useful vehicles we've ever had. Raising four kids, we've been able to turn pick up/ delivery trips into family vacations. Can't hook a goose neck trailer up to a car, nor can you fit two parents and four kids into a regular cab pickup. Center counsel in front seat folds down, so one kid always went there, and three in the back seat. Everyone buckled in. Put a big ole plastic tote in the box for luggage. It still got used around the farm. It does have carpeting in it, and it did get dirty from time to time. But it was cleanable, and we weren't trying to impress anyone with its cleanliness. Just wanted to use it as much as we could. It is a big long old boat, but let me tell you what, that length makes it ride and drive like no other. And I guess when you live out in the styx where we do, it's usually not a problem. In the Wal mart parking lot, just have to park a little farther back so I can take up two spaces. I drive a semi, so I damn sure hope that a four door long box doesn't challenge me. Darrel |
Posted By: weiner
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 1:40pm
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Pickups used to be a work truck. Now they are high over priced luxury cars with a bed on back to haul some things. ------------- Real heros wear dogtags, not capes. |
Posted By: Red Bank
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 2:03pm
| Personally I like 4 door trucks and they come in real handy during hay time to haul the hired help back and forth to the hay fields. All the trucks we have are 4 door Fords with long beds so going to town you have to watch where you park. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 2:15pm
| AC...it's a GMC. and yes the back seat area does fill up fast. but it sure is handy when out of town shopping and you can puts the stuff in the back seat area to keep it clean and dry and usually safe. my 4 door truck has the long box too, and as Darrel says the ride is great! it's also a 1 ton 4x4. it rides just as nice as my old Caddy did. if we had a long trip to go on, we'd take the 1-ton, and leave the burb home. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 2:19pm
| my '98 Chev is just an extended cab version with no extra doors on it. guess some had the extra opening door and some didn't in that year. the seat area is still full of stuff from taking it camping all summer! I spose i'll hafta clean it out someday so's I can puts winter time nessesities in there, if the machine ever decides it needs to dump a couple inches here |
Posted By: blue924.9
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 8:06pm
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I've got a 01 ram with the half width suicide doors. Nice for storing stuff. I put my tools back there during college ( also had the bed toolbox full) also nice for guns when hunting over my regular cab ford. Since the ford is 2wd I don't take it hunting. Well that and the space behind the seat is filled with subwoofers from my high school days ------------- hi my names dan, I am a young guy. i have a problem, i prefer my tractors orange and my clutches mechanical, thanks for letting me share |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 8:13pm
| We repoed a ferd 4 door several years back. The back seat was completely full of garbage, level full with the top of the front seat. That mess completely filled our dumpster. Had the useless 5.4 motor. Needless as soon as it was cleaned up it went to a dealer auction. That garbage load seems to be more the usual than the unusual. I made the mistake of buying a 3/4 ton ferd, 7.3 jokestroke motor, auto. 2 weeks after I bought it, tranny went out, 2-3 weeks that darn motor crapped out, ferd wanted $10000.00 to fix the motor. Rode like a steel wheeled tractor on rock, full 4 door, 8 foot box. Needless to say that hunk of junk went to a dealer auction too. |
Posted By: blue924.9
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 8:17pm
 The biggest cab dodge had I've been told ------------- hi my names dan, I am a young guy. i have a problem, i prefer my tractors orange and my clutches mechanical, thanks for letting me share |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2018 at 11:59pm
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Since farmers are the other 1%, I'm guessing most of the 4 door pickups are sold to people to pull their trailers with the kids in the back seat. Horse trailers, camper trailers and most important trailers hauling antique tractors (and maybe cars) to shows, with the whole family. Stopped at the Richie Bros. auction site today, they had a whole row of ferd and dodge 4 door one tons with flatbeds or service boxes, ex oil company trucks, all newer then anything I own. P.S. Nice looking pickup AND toolbox, Dan! ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 5:25am
I got a peep at a review of the new ford ranger, for '19... Only coming out as 4 door. I don't understand why they don't make a 2 door strippy, like I would buy! A 4 door 4wd wheelbarrow seems to be their answer to all their marketing research...
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Posted By: blue924.9
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 11:13am
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Thanks john. I made that haul 6 times and 4 hours one way going from college to back home for work study. The most stressful trips in my life as I had everything i owned at the time on those trips ------------- hi my names dan, I am a young guy. i have a problem, i prefer my tractors orange and my clutches mechanical, thanks for letting me share |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 12:10pm
| Not even close to the biggest cab dodge. Dodge had the mega cab just before they took the dodge emblems off and renamed them to Ram trucks. It felt like driving a school bus. Crew cab with extra almost an extra foot and an 8' bed only came in 1 ton. |
Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 12:39pm
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I have 2 of the Dodge Mega Cab trucks, and they are huge! Before I bought one, a buddy that had one said it's like a dang mini van inside lol! ------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 3:49pm
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Well boys and girls, that's why they have chocolate and vanilla ! I have two, a dually and a single rear tire, both full 4 doored 8' beds, I wouldn't have anything less, room for everyone when needed, rides great with a full load, and you can walk through the rear seat area of mine, only drawback I've seen is the tight squeeze getting into the compact car only parking places!  http://s33.photobucket.com/user/Joecdeere/media/Ford%20345C/0620151115_zpsizcv4hyb.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  https://s33.photobucket.com/user/Joecdeere/media/P1010001b3_zps9d0c6262.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">  ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 4:00pm
Joe, with either one of those you can just take up 2 or 3 spaces and if there is a compact car in the way just shove it over a few spaces.  Both of those are nice trucks.------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 4:27pm
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I have a 2015 Ford Supercab. Great when we have the grandkids and go to the cabin. Plenty of room. My son has a full 4 door because of the kids. I don't need another vechicle sitting in my drive to use on occasion. If just us and people who really just need a pickup bought them they would not make very many. The demand is there so make them. ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 4:57pm
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FORD only builds what people want and will buy. The F150 is the BEST selling vehicle in the USA. They sell about 2,000 PER DAY ! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2018 at 8:31pm
| I have two 4-door pickups. Both Dodge, or as the Italians insist, Rams. One is a Quad Cab with the smaller back doors. The other is a Crew Cab with larger back doors and more space in the rear seat. Like the Crew Cab the best. Ram also offers a Mega Cab. Back seat is like sitting in a living room. Was at a Ram dealer yesterday & noticed a 2020 model with a Quad Cab. Surprised they still offer the Quad Cab. They're fine for children but tight for adults. |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 10:23am
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Shameless, Sorry I guess it turned into a truck show?:)
2015 F250 super crew, hauling a ton of 2% sugar water.  I like the extra room. Especially for huntin duds, rifles and grandkids, or great grandkids! There not just work trucks anymore. Guess that's why Ford is moving away from cars. Also take a look at the safety ratings in crash tests. What would you want your family in? They can haul orange tractors too. Love the Powerstroke!  And campers:  Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: Roger (NE)
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 3:39pm
| Maybe it's because of my advanced age but I've had a hard time getting used to 4 door pickups. Always have had a regular cab long box for the farm vehicle. Have an oversized crossover toolbox plus L-shaped fuel transfer tank in the bed so that puts the gooseneck ball only several inches back of those items with about 4 and a half feet of box space left behind that. Have used an extended cab for pulling our campers for some time, first a long bed and now a short bed. Long bed rode nice but could be difficult to fit in some parking spaces. Around here in our small town the dealers keep one regular cab long bed in stock to about twenty 4 door short box vehicles. |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 7:48pm
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I have a '13 Ford Super Crew with the 5.5 short box and wouldn't have anything else, yes it's a small box but just enough for what I haul. And having the big back seat is nice when you do have passengers or want to fold up the seat and put something inside to stay clean/dry/warm vs. in the box. I would venture to say I bought a pickup more for the towing capability than hauling, and I also don't have a different vehicle for each purpose, it's all about what works best for you. ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 8:01pm
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Im with Bill......... drives like a Caddy, and pulls 14K trailer.... cant beat that. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 8:34pm
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I was reading an article today about Jeep introducing their new Gladiator pickup in 2019. Only picture was of a 4 door. Basically it's a Wrangler with a longer wheelbase and is 30" longer body. Don't know if it will have a two door version or not. ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |