[AT] Right to repair

[szabelski at wildblue.net]

Don’t know if you’ve ever seen one, but you can get a Chevy 4-1/2 ton pickup. It’s actually a commercial vehicle with a pickup bed. We saw one in the church parking lot one Sunday and thought somebody parked a semi truck overnight in the church parking lot.

When we got home I googled 4-1/2 ton Chevy pickup and it took me to their commercial website.

Can’t imagine what it cost or how useful it actually would be, but I guess if you’re into having the biggest and baddest pickup on the block, it’s the one for you.

If I remember correctly, a few years back, I think somebody like Mack trucks offered a large pickup. It looked like a large dump truck with a pickup bed. One really big pickup.


Carl
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Sent: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:16:34 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [AT] Right to repair


On 2019-11-26 9:30 p.m., Cecil Bearden wrote:
>
> IMHO the best pickups GM built were the 73-85 models.  They still had 
> cables to control the Ac vents, and simple controls.  I got a newer 
> pickup last year, a 2011 Chevrolet 3/4 ton 4x4, it has a lot of 
> extras.  My biggest objection is thhe same as I have with all the new 
> pickups.  They are as tall as my 2ton Grain truck if not taller!!  
> What is the deal with all these trucks that require a step ladder to 
> get into the cab or bed??    Now we use a Polaris Ranger where we used 
> to use a pickup....
> just a ramble
> Cecil


Yes, if I could buy another "new" pickup like the 1981 I currently use, 
I would. I can reach over the side, or climb right in to the box to 
reach anything. Without a step ladder. And its got a full sized 8 foot 
long box. Something it seems a lot of newer trucks don't have and I find 
a bit ridiculous. Massive high riding trucks with double the power of my 
old 81 but a little box not much bigger than the old car trunks. They 
are not built for the working man. And lets not even start talking about 
the price of them. There will never be a new truck in my future.

Ralph in Sask.

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