I've had at least one truck on hand since my farm days Chevys a Jeep J-10 (real one) and now an F-150. The latest Chevy has sat by the polebarn for about 5 years waiting for a frame. It has the venerable 454 with 4 speed 207 transfer case and locking differentials front and rear. A little tough on gas, but what a brute. I've been driving an 89' F-150 with the 302 FI and 5 speed crew cab. I never was a Ford fan and Dad would roll over in his grave, But I have to admit, even with 194,000 miles on it, it's a work horse and dependable, fuel mileage is decent for a 5200 pound machine. Best of all it was bought cash money, ain't real pretty and the 50,000 doller SUV bunch give it a wide berth!

You had posted 2 URLS in there, and that had created your error (the red X). I took that out. I was kinda hopeing it was a pic of that J-10 though. I used to have an 89 reg cab F150 4x4 with 4 on the floor 300ci straight six and 4:10 granny gears, unfortunatly it got rusted out real bad and I kinda miss it.

I pull heavy loads with a 1972 F 350. For other use I wanted a 4 cyl., 5 speed, 2 wd that would give good gas milage. Had to buy a new one since choices were limited and overpriced used. Almost got a Ford Ranger which had highest gas milage rating (29 hwy). Got a 2005 Toyota Tacoma after I couldn't get together with the Ford dealer. I think It is going to get about 28mpg.
Don't like the carpet in the floor, prefer rubber. Toyota is IMO going the wrong way in small trucks because this Tacoma is larger than previous models, but so are all the rest of the small trucks except the Ranger which was already a little large.

Since you mentioned 4wd Tacomas, my future SIL has a 2005 Tacoma 4wd, 4 cyl, long cab, which gets 22 mpg.
Present Tacomas have a heavy duty plastic bed which should resist rust up in the salted roads belt.

The best truck is usually the one that is paid for.

KEH

It has never been back to the dealership. A friend who is a GM service tech has looked after the truck since it was new. With minor maintenance to the body (annual paint touch-ups, windshield frame resurfacing, back gate replaced under warranty)it is still in very good condition after 312,000 km.

The problem is that there is nothing out there now with which to replace it. I don't want an automatic with 245 hp and a big thirst for fuel. I had hopes for the FJ Cruiser scheduled to come out in January, but it looks as though it will be another yuppie toy. Maybe they'll sell a stripped down version as a loss leader.

This is a REAL TRUCK! International CXT. It'll make those Dodge dually diesels look like go-carts.

I've never seen a CXT in person, but just by looking at International's online tour, it's one heck of a nice truck. Powerful puller too, with that DT466. The only problem is that it would be a whopper kick in the pocketbook to buy one of them.

Specter in Alberta

Yep, there sure are!, unimog makes a pretty tough truck and you don't have to worry about 4wd, as they are permanent full time AWD. Yeah I think 3/4 ton and larger are better, the half tons of today have an awful lot of plastic parts in them. Lots of city boys that buy big pickups and never use them for a day for what they are built for. Used to be the only people that owned pickups were people who truely needed them. Click the link for more info on Unimog.

• unimog trucks link

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