Pickup Trucks

How much wood you haul at a time also will factor in and if you want a trailer later. I've filled my bed with green white oak til it wouldn't stay on it any more without side boards. Probably close to 2 ton. Handles it fine. Not sure how good a 1/2 ton would do loading the bed full of green oak.

 

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The half tons today are more truck than the 3/4 ton of 10 years ago. I think a half ton is all the truck you need, you just need to watch the payload. Some half tons can haul over 3k lbs. There are some that have extremely low payloads (under 500lbs), the truck is basically loaded to the max with passengers. Something else to consider is the towing capacity. Also don't ask the dealer what the payload is on the truck or how much it can tow. Most of them don't have a clue. You need to do the research and figure that out yourself. Figure out what brand truck you want and what options you want then go on cars.com and search for the best price on a truck like you want. Usually the bigger the dealer, the better the price is, and the smaller the dealer the higher the price is.

 

The body is just aluminum. Ford ran a 2014 F-150 through the Baja but it had an aluminum body, and 2015 frame, suspension and the new 2.7 engine. Once they were done with the Baja they through a windshield in the truck to make it street legal and drove it back to Michigan. If the aluminum body held up in Baja it should be fine for normal daily driving.

 

One thing to consider, those Toyotas get horrible fuel mileage. 20 MPG with my '06 Cummins Ram (and that's a 7300 lb. truck), while the Toyotas I've seen get 15 or less (way less when loaded or towing). A friend of mine hauled a 4000 lb. trailer from Iowa to Ca. and averaged 7 MPG.

 

but the lie-o-meter in the dash shows the tundra getting 19mpg

 

I drove a 5.7 equipped Toyota Sequoia from NorCal to San Francisco, and back, and could only manage about 14 MPG (hand calc'd), and that was freeway driving while trying to get good mileage. If I had driven normal, it would've gotten even worse mileage. They do make nice vehicles, though.

 

Some cars like the Corvette have an aluminum frame. I've heard bad things about aluminum trailers.

 

I think someone mentioned it already, but this is a good time of year to buy new with model year clearance sales. I bought mine in October of 13 when all the 14's were arriving.. Ended up getting 11k off sticker on the 13.. They had an almost identical 14 that would have been about 5k more..

 

NYCountry, I've been driving a 02 Toyota Tacoma 4x4, 4cyl, 5 spd. I average 20mpg, by contrast my 95 F350 4x4, Crew Cab, Long Bed, 7.3 diesel knocks down 23 mpg on a regular basis. The only reason I don't sell the Toyota is the low cost of operation and ease of parking at work.

I've been looking at F250's & F350's , but I'm waiting to see the Nissan Titan with the V8 Cummins.

 

I was talking to a friend this morning and he was telling me he can get me a great deal on a Silverado so I think it maybe chevy for me

 

Yeah old toyota 5 speeds 4 cylinders are great then they built big trucks and forgot efficiency.. You like everyone else won sell me one

 

A friend of mine bought a Chevy that had a $45k sticker price and he paid 37k (plus tax).