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The ‘Not a real truck’ Truck Thread

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by Skier76, Nov 20, 2022.

  1. Eggshooterist

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    I made a mistake modding and then selling my early bronco. And my 58,000 original mile 72 chevy k5 blazer my uncle bought new. Yeah, that one still stings once I realized the error of my ways.
     
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    anything that doesn't have an 8ft bed isn't a real pickup truck :BrianK::thumbs::p:D
     
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    El Camino too???
     
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    :salute: Cant haul enough wood in them! I drowse trucks on FBM and am amazed how few are 8' beds.
     
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    I can still get a lot of wood in there. Even if we have to fill up the back seats! :D
     
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    Let me try??? PLEASE let me try! :stacker:
     
  7. Eggshooterist

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    Grey area....no 4x4 / full time / awd option. This will take some collective minds to hash out the real truck vs NART segment.
     
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    Because people mostly use a truck for people moving and hauling smaller stuff. We are those people but, usually there is a camper in tow or our utility trailer with our bikes.
     
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    #RealtrucksAreOverrated
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    Does a Nissan Xterra count as a NART? It's on a Nissan Frontier frame, should have 4x4 but the transfer case is stuck in 2WD. It has been loaded with firewood to the gills in the back before I bought my little wood hauling trailer. My wife calls in our "truck." And, I don't think it identifies as a fruit.
     
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    I just seen one of those the other day...looked like brand new still! I was like, whoa, blast from the past!
    Yup, if its got a bed, and is diesel, its gotta be a truck, right?! :rofl: :lol:
    Just need some big chrome stacks up through the bed now...so you can roll coal (which as I recall, those things would roll coal (a lil bit) bone stock!)
     
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    The actual legal definition of a pickup truck....


    Pickup truck
    Pickup truck means a non-passenger automobile which has a passenger compartment and an open cargo area.

    One of the Webster's dictionary definitions of Pickup...


    pickup truck : a light truck having an enclosed cab and an open body with low sides and tailgate
     
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    My dad used to haul chickens, live Chickens, in his Dodge K car wagon despite having a 1987 Ford F150 at the time. Mom never road in that car. She had her own lol.
     
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    #realtruckoftheday




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    I personally don’t like this one as it removes the Aussie Ute. Which has a cab and then a flat usually aluminum bed.
    America won’t import them.
     
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    Which is yet another asinine law we have. But, we can get a Unimog once its old enough.
     
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    That was a good show. The simple times.