Am i still a man if I don't own a pickup truck?

[Alan L.]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

Tough decision. If you have a good running $2500 pickup, it would seem to be a very economical alternate vehicle to own, while saving gas driving the car.

I drive 110 miles a day round trip to work and drive a 2003 GMC extended cab pickup. It gets about 18mpg on the highway and the fuel cost is killing me.

However, at least a couple of times a month I need it while I am in Dallas, and I can pick up stuff and head back out the 50 miles or so I live away. Two by fours, plywood, a welder that I rented, fuel for the tractor and lawn mowers, duck and fish food, seed, fertilizer, etc.

I'd like to drive something more economical, but frankly I love driving this truck on my commute because it is super comfortable, and useful as well. So for now I am eating the extra fuel expense.

 

[cowboydoc]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

$500? How expensive is your insurance? Do you have full coverage? My insurance for liability only on a 93 Toyota extra cab 4wd is only $144/year. License is $35/year. Even if it was $500 I'd still keep the pickup. Even if you got $2500 for it you'd cuss yourself everytime you needed one. I don't think it has anything to do with being a man but more the convenience of one.

And really to be honest with yourself why not sell all but one tractor if you really wanted to be practical on 3 plus acres and keep the pickup.

 

[daedong]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

<font color="blue">I have found that a good utility trailer pulled behind a car is just about as good as a pickup truck and no extra insurance and no license in KY either I also use the trailer behind my tractor for various uses around the farm. </font>
Here in aust this is the most common practice.
I perceive pickups in the US to be a cultural thing rather than a practical thing, just my two bobs worth, may be I'm wrong.

 

[Bird]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

You're right, Bob. There's plenty of rental places within 10 miles of me, so I really don't intend to buy a pickup until this winter, but I'll probably buy one just to have the spare vehicle around. I haven't made any decision yet, but if I do buy one, it'll most likely be a 2 to 4 year old one.

 

[Zoomie]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

I could not live without a Pickup... delivery services are nice, but they are rarely convenient.

On a related note, the other day, I saw a nice F150 with an amusing back window sticker which read:

Yes, this is MY Truck, and NO, I won't help you move!

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

I get along perfectly well and I haven't had a pickup pickup since an 82 Toyota four by four. That was 1983.

But I couldn't live without a truck. The one I have now has a 19,500 pound GVW. The one before that had only a fifteen thousand pound GVW. Before that was a series of one tons.

And yes, I drive my truck like it's a pickup. We'll be taking it on vactation in a couple of months and will probably put four thousand miles on it doing so. My wife loves the higher ride. And it's got all the stuff one doesn't need but wants like power locks, mirrors, and windows.

Sell the pickup. Buy a truck. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[8561]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

NO.

Life without a truck in the household is not a life worth living (for me).

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

I sell two or three trucks every month to people with the same story; "I had a truck I didn't use very much so I got rid of it. Now I realize what a mistake that was so I'm looking for another one."

 

[Inspector507]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

Harv,
Ya gotta realize Lucy is a far cry from the Ranger Andy is thinking of selling /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I can just imagine you and the misses on vacation with Lucy as your wheels. She'd be so proud /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif especially if she got to dabble in the mud for a minute or two.
I myself will probably never be without a pickup again. I currently have an F150 Super Cab short bed. I wish I had my old F250SD Ext Cab V10 back /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I was out of town this past weekend and told my son, who was moving supposedly in a reserved U-Haul, that the truck was at home if he needed it. Well U-Haul came through as always........no truck was available. So he moved all his possesions to a new apartment in my 6 1/2' bed truck..........took him all day. But if he had to try it with his Taurus or his wifes Focus........they'd still be doing it.
Andy.......the truck may cost $500 a year, but I think I'd keep it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ronjhall]

Re: Am i still a man if I don\'t own a pickup truck?

I am one of the utility trailer people. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
We own two Vans. A Chevy Astro and a Venture.
I had owned pickups until 2001.
Have not missed them. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif