tacticalturnip
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2004-2008; the single cab trucks had that weird mini door. Since then they've just made the doors long enough to allow access to the cargo are behind the seat.
death of regular cab pickups
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2004-2008; the single cab trucks had that weird mini door. Since then they've just made the doors long enough to allow access to the cargo are behind the seat.
Sprinkler Fitter
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I’m not a soccer mom yet I have a four-door 1 ton 6 1/2 foot box hooked to a trailer all the time so I guess some people do use the four-door’s.
61 years old and I don’t remember ever not wanting a four-door truck when I was a teenager.
I can see the use for both four-door or two-door but I guess that’s why we all buy what we want.
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That's the one I described. Thanks for the pic.2004-2008; the single cab trucks had that weird mini door. Since then they've just made the doors long enough to allow access to the cargo are behind the seat.
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Nearly all of my trucks have been reg cabs and none have been crew cabs. I had a nice little run-around truck for a while. It was a 2008 Ford Ranger reg cab with the 7' box. It was light weight, parked easy, and got great mileage. I hauled a bunch of firewood with that thing too. It didn't haul nearly as much (or as well) as my full size truck with a 8' box though.
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crashz
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I had (2) F150 short bed regular cab 4x4s and loved them. Fun daily drivers that could do some work too. You can still order them this way, and AFAIK GM is bring theirs back in limited series. I saw one at the dump on Saturday. It had the Z71 package and looks pretty good.
I always had regular cab trucks until the wife came along. When we ride together she needs to bring so much stuff, that the next truck we bought had to be an extended cab. My Canyon is a crew, but no regular sized adult would be comfortable back there. Perfect for my dogs though!
I always had regular cab trucks until the wife came along. When we ride together she needs to bring so much stuff, that the next truck we bought had to be an extended cab. My Canyon is a crew, but no regular sized adult would be comfortable back there. Perfect for my dogs though!
I love the look of a regular cab, but have never driven one except for feed pickups. For that purpose, the regular cab is indispensable since if you go cab & chassis it means you can get a 12' bed installed. I don't know that this is possible with any other configuration (though it might be).
But for practicality, and with children, the crew cab is the only thing that makes sense for me. If I were to spec a pickup it'd be a 1 ton crew cab, 8' bed.
But for practicality, and with children, the crew cab is the only thing that makes sense for me. If I were to spec a pickup it'd be a 1 ton crew cab, 8' bed.
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I have a regular cab. Brother does. Neighbor does. In fact, he has a swb reg cab 4x4 Ford and it be looking right, bone stock. But I'll wait to ask about it until it gets 300-400 thousand miles so it will be in my price range.
I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole. Remember that song? That neighbor turned 18 in prison doing life without parole. They for some reason let him out about two years ago. He is 40 now, has not much of nothing. He is with my friends sister. So them two brothers and me helped them get in a nice fixed up house. He has a job in a sawmill. He knows the job because he worked woodshop for 20 some odd years in prison. Way back then, I didn't know him, but I was working the same job site with victims father. This boy was not the killer and was not present. But, he did help bury victim. I thought he was heavily sentenced decades ago. The other boy ain't never getting out.
I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole. Remember that song? That neighbor turned 18 in prison doing life without parole. They for some reason let him out about two years ago. He is 40 now, has not much of nothing. He is with my friends sister. So them two brothers and me helped them get in a nice fixed up house. He has a job in a sawmill. He knows the job because he worked woodshop for 20 some odd years in prison. Way back then, I didn't know him, but I was working the same job site with victims father. This boy was not the killer and was not present. But, he did help bury victim. I thought he was heavily sentenced decades ago. The other boy ain't never getting out.
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I own a truck to haul stuff. No a 4' bed is not enough (I don't think the bed on the 4 door tacomas is even that long, but they're more of a "lifestyle" truck anyway). Don't necessarily need a full 8' one anymore, but a 6 is about right.
Don't need a backseat...other than the wife, never have passengers so that space will be going to waste most of the time. Don't have a dog, even if I did I wouldn't be hauling it around with me.
I like extended cab trucks and don't like the fact that they seem to be going away. I like the storage space behind the seat, and the fact that there's a bit more legroom than in a standard cab.
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To get the CAT skid steer I want, the only legal truck to haul it is a single cab F350.
It seems equipment has again outpaced the truck and trailer market...not power wise, but suspension and DOT regulations on 26K limits.
It seems equipment has again outpaced the truck and trailer market...not power wise, but suspension and DOT regulations on 26K limits.
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Isn't freedom of choice awesome...
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Not following that? The ratings on 1 ton trucks are ridiculously high now. Regular cab 1 tons have the most towing capacity. And they immediately require a CDL…. if You have one with a light weight v8 gas motor it is even more. when I last looked the towing capacity of a reg cab 1 ton Ram was like 32K pounds…. That is 15k more than my 1 ton 4 door short box…
Sprinkler Fitter
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Like the quote above says, ratings on one ton trucks are ridiculously high.
The neighbor hauls a cat skid steer in a 20 foot dump trailer with his 1 ton crew cab 8 foot box ram pick up.
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More like the 26k limit is holding you back. A F-350 is easily capable of pulling skid steer. Even the biggest ones at 12-13k on a 10 ton GN are within the ratings.
Snobdds
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I'm not following you.
I have a F350 crew that is over weight, but if I get a F350 single cab I'm fine.
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Not how it works. You are overweight(26k) by rating not by actual weight…. Either one you are over 26k. Single is way worse because the rating is so high…
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Sorry no…it works by rating…. So they don’t have to pull a scale to ticket you, just look at the VIN tag…I used to think same as you, and after the 30 page thread and 15 calls to the DOT. I was convinced I, and you, were wrong.
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