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Went to my local Home Depot today and found myself facing this in the parking lot.
I think it's a GMC "Wilderness Crusher."

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And my car is a mid-sized Lexus!
 
truck that big, likely his ummm "hands" are small too.
 
Perhaps it's a "GMC Big Carbon Footprint"... or I seem to recall Dave Barry used the name "Jeep Violent Savage."
 
Back in the 20's when William Crapo Durant started building trucks, they were just...trucks. No name on them.

One day, again, one was sitting at the side of the road. A Model "T" came up and stopped, driver of the Model "T" asked "need some help?"

Driver of the truck said..."Nah, it's okay. Gotta Mechanic Coming".
And the name stuck until this very day.


Oh...that's the real name of the founder of General Misunderstanding...for those who might try to take offense. Look it up.
Says a lot about the company.

Opinion.
 
Might be handy to have a jacked up truck like that though......

park your LBC under it to keep it out of the rain.
 
Boy does this get me on my soapbox.

Remember when trucks were for work? No power steering, power brakes, automatic trans, a/c, etc. And not covered with chrome?

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And they were usually covered with dust and mud?

Jeez - whatever happened to work!
 
NutmegCT said:
Boy does this get me on my soapbox.

Remember when trucks were for work? No power steering, power brakes, automatic trans, a/c, etc. And not covered with chrome?

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And they were usually covered with dust and mud?

Jeez - whatever happened to work!
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49-50 (possibly a 48) F-2 with the eight foot bed.
Mine is a 50 F-1 with six foot bed.
 
Last week I was in Canada (oil sands)
the site I was at had called for a welder to come out and weldup a section of pipe at a new valve
what showed up was a ford crewcab named monster 2. This thing had 2 step to get in the cab open the door and it would deploy from under the truck this truly was his office had everything in it even had a rig for a hammock to hang from from opposite doors front and rear.
i should have taken a picture lights every were huge welder al sorts of storage on a custom box.
 
JPSmit said:
truck that big, likely his ummm "hands" are small too.
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One of my best friends has a big truck like that, but he's really into off-roading. His hands are not small, trust me. (not sure about his "hands" though LOL )
 
DrEntropy said:
A boarding ladder, morelike.
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A friend of mine has a huge 4x4 he uses for off-roading and hunting (he's in the guide business) and it has rather convenient step that comes down about 10-12 inches that makes it fairly easy to get in and out. Without that however, it would take a running start for sure!
 
For many nothing like being able to interact with and crush nature, without having to actually interact with it. Heading up a hillside, AC on, cold beverage in the holder, and an automatic so 50% of you limbs don't have to help with the driving...;)
 
Less "driving" and more just "riding." :confusion:
 
mikephillips said:
For many nothing like being able to interact with and crush nature, without having to actually interact with it. Heading up a hillside, AC on, cold beverage in the holder, and an automatic so 50% of you limbs don't have to help with the driving...;)
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People have different interests. On a serious note, another good friend and former co-worker lost his life and his wife died also in a freak off-road accident a few years ago. Dan was a very seasoned off roader who for years would take to the off road trails on weekends with his family to camp out in the sticks. But one day he was on a narrow mountain road and another vehicle was coming in the other direction. There was not enough room on the trail for both to pass, so Dan pulled his Jeep Cherokee over to allow the other vehicle to pass. Once the other car passed, Dan attempted to pull forward and back onto the road, but as he did the ground gave way and he, along with his wife, son, and another boy tumbled down the mountain side about 800 ft. Both Dan and his wife were killed and both boys seriously injured. Dan was not someone who just went out to crush nature - he was a very responsible guy who enjoyed off-roading on weekends where it was allowed. He was was a great guy and it was really a shock when our boss came in to the office and told us what had just happened. Dan was a fellow retired Air Force officer and a very responsible guy, but sometimes freak accidents can happen. For those are into off roading, you can't be too careful!
 
And the point I may not have made well is that when doing that sort of thing you have to be involved and careful to be safe. I know those who don't know what they're doing who see off roading as a chance to go out and do donuts on someone's property, drink too much and generally dare the universe to do something. Freak accidents do occur to the best, no need to separate from the process and pretend it's no different than sitting in a lawn chair in the backyard swatting at flies. Trucks, Jeeps and other off road capable transportation shouldn't isolate you from the experience, too easy to forget the potential danger.
 
NutmegCT said:
Boy does this get me on my soapbox.

Remember when trucks were for work? No power steering, power brakes, automatic trans, a/c, etc. And not covered with chrome?

View attachment 45628

And they were usually covered with dust and mud?

Jeez - whatever happened to work!
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Tom,

I happen to have started reading (listening to, actually) a John Steinbeck book, "Travels with Charley, in search of America".
Thought about you for two parallel reasons:
1). He had your opinion about American trucks.
2). He is writing about his (& dog Charley) 10,000 mile journey from Long Island, across America in 1961.
(I imagine Mac & Phyllis would have liked this)
 
Conversely, I was at the Home Depot over the weekend and saw in the parking lot a Toyota Publica pickup, I looked it up later on-line and it was from 1969-78 and 1,466 pounds, far and away the smallest thing in the parking lot.:cool-new:
 
Tall truck are good til you get older. My Rover drops down to the curb for access and goes up for the road. Also, have a raise for off-road. Make it easy on the old legs and knees.
 
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