What happened to pickups??

[moresmoke]

No problem then mounting Flock Cameras inside everyone’s home . Worth it to reduce domestic violence and to monitor invalids in case of falls etc.

I vote we mount them in the politician’s homes first.

 

[Ultradog MN]

I'm starting to search for little newer pickup.
My 2013 runs good but is showing more rust than I like
I want a Chevy/GMC 2500, 4X4, gas -STANDARD CAB 8' bed.
Have been looking at several auction sites.
They're like unicorns.
What happened to them. Have looked at a hundred or more online and found only 3 or 4 with a STANDARD CAB and 8' bed
WTH ?
Do all you guys have extended cab trucks?
I would be happy with the plainest Jane, low mile pickup -from a no rust zone.
It has me wondering what people use an extended cab, short bed 3/4 ton for.
Done whining now...
By the way, I've seen a couple in the Washington DC/MD/VA area. How much snow/salt/rust do they get there?
Photo shows a 2018 that I would be happy with.

 

[Ultradog MN]

I bought a new Chevy pickup in 2001
and bought a set of mud flaps from the dealer and put them on.
In 2006 I bought another new pickup and transfered the old mud flaps over.
6 years ago I bought a low mile 2013 pickup at an auction and transfered the mud flaps over.
A week ago I bought another low mile 2018 Chevy PU at an auction.
The mud flaps are still just fine.
I took them off the old one and will put them on the new one today.
Maybe I'm just a cheap arse but this makes me happy somehow.
P S 25 years, most of 400K miles - and still counting - out of a set of mudflaps. I only wish cars and pickups lasted so long.

 

[Ray,IN]

I'm starting to search for little newer pickup.
My 2013 runs good but is showing more rust than I like
I want a Chevy/GMC 2500, 4X4, gas -STANDARD CAB 8' bed.
Have been looking at several auction sites.
They're like unicorns.
What happened to them. Have looked at a hundred or more online and found only 3 or 4 with a STANDARD CAB and 8' bed
WTH ?
Do all you guys have extended cab trucks?
I would be happy with the plainest Jane, low mile pickup -from a no rust zone.
It has me wondering what people use an extended cab, short bed 3/4 ton for.
Done whining now...
By the way, I've seen a couple in the Washington DC/MD/VA area. How much snow/salt/rust do they get there?
Photo shows a 2018 that I would be happy with.

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[Powered By IH]

I'm starting to search for little newer pickup.
My 2013 runs good but is showing more rust than I like
I want a Chevy/GMC 2500, 4X4, gas -STANDARD CAB 8' bed.
Have been looking at several auction sites.
They're like unicorns.
What happened to them. Have looked at a hundred or more online and found only 3 or 4 with a STANDARD CAB and 8' bed
WTH ?
Do all you guys have extended cab trucks?
I would be happy with the plainest Jane, low mile pickup -from a no rust zone.
It has me wondering what people use an extended cab, short bed 3/4 ton for.
Done whining now...
By the way, I've seen a couple in the Washington DC/MD/VA area. How much snow/salt/rust do they get there?
Photo shows a 2018 that I would be happy with.

I just wanted to add to this thread because this truck popped up on Facebook...

2015 Chevrolet 2500 HD Regular Cab · Long Bed

2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, Regular Cab, 4x4, 6.0 liter,AT&T Lease Return, Southern Texas Truck. clean!

www.facebook.com

 

[MrMachinist]

P/Us have been the new Merican' 4 door "sedan" for a long time at this point.

You probably need to look for "commercial" P/Us to find what you are looking for.

I bought new 2 door 8' ones thru commercial sales at my last company. Also bought a couple used ones from Fastnal and Enterprise Commercial rentals.

Tell you what I think, for what it’s worth.

I love my 2017 Chevy 3/4 ton , extended cab and yes, short bed. Buy a trailer, if you need to. I did.
I plow snow in a heavy lake effect area. It’s a bear. Never sees the road in the winter.
Plain Jane truck.
Each to their own.

 

[37chief]

My 2009 Ford F150 ( with currently 60K miles) is about as plain as you can get. Regular cab, crank windows, smaller 4.6 engine, no cruise control. My truck was also owned by Uhaul for the first 10K miles.

That's my 05 F150. Stan

 

[Texasmark]

I agree, a regular cab with an 8 foot box is rare and what I want also.

I was at the grocery store the other day and a guy was loading his groceries into one of those. Being I am an obnoxious guy I mosey'd over to him and started chatting about his truck and this thread. He explained how long he had been looking and accidentally came across it.

Like most of us, I started out in trucking with a well worn out '47 Chebby with the hot water 6 and 3 on the tree, regular cab and bed of the day. Bought numerous trucks after that and along come the extended cabs. I didn't think I wanted one at first but over time, for my needs, an extended cab made a lot of sense. I like the size of the GM PUs and that is what I have today and will probably be the last truck I buy....a new 2011 Chevy Crew Cab with 49,000 miles currently.

 

[Richard Nixon]

I'm starting to search for little newer pickup.
My 2013 runs good but is showing more rust than I like
I want a Chevy/GMC 2500, 4X4, gas -STANDARD CAB 8' bed.
Have been looking at several auction sites.
They're like unicorns.
What happened to them. Have looked at a hundred or more online and found only 3 or 4 with a STANDARD CAB and 8' bed
WTH ?
Do all you guys have extended cab trucks?
I would be happy with the plainest Jane, low mile pickup -from a no rust zone.
It has me wondering what people use an extended cab, short bed 3/4 ton for.
Done whining now...
By the way, I've seen a couple in the Washington DC/MD/VA area. How much snow/salt/rust do they get there?
Photo shows a 2018 that I would be happy with.

Fastenal routinely sells their pickups to the public. Most are Ram 1500 or 2500 with some 4X2 and some 4X4. Many have less than 30000 miles which means the remainder of the factory warranty still applies. Go to their website.

 

[Caryc]

Fastenal routinely sells their pickups to the public. Most are Ram 1500 or 2500 with some 4X2 and some 4X4. Many have less than 30000 miles which means the remainder of the factory warranty still applies. Go to their website.

I went to Fastenal.com and saw nothing about pickup trucks.

 

[Richard Nixon]

I went to Fastenal.com and saw nothing about pickup trucks.

Look again. I just read your post and immediately went to Fastenal's website and found 625 vehicles for sale listing the model, year, mileage and asking price plus location. Took less than a minute.

 

[Caryc]

Look again. I just read your post and immediately went to Fastenal's website and found 625 vehicles for sale listing the model, year, mileage and asking price plus location. Took less than a minute.

What link did you click on to get that? I'm on Fastenal right now and I still see nothing about vehicles.

 

[Mcrafty1]

I'm starting to search for little newer pickup.
My 2013 runs good but is showing more rust than I like
I want a Chevy/GMC 2500, 4X4, gas -STANDARD CAB 8' bed.
Have been looking at several auction sites.
They're like unicorns.
What happened to them. Have looked at a hundred or more online and found only 3 or 4 with a STANDARD CAB and 8' bed
WTH ?
Do all you guys have extended cab trucks?
I would be happy with the plainest Jane, low mile pickup -from a no rust zone.
It has me wondering what people use an extended cab, short bed 3/4 ton for.
Done whining now...
By the way, I've seen a couple in the Washington DC/MD/VA area. How much snow/salt/rust do they get there?
Photo shows a 2018 that I would be happy with.

Years ago...like 20 or so, pickups became status symbols. People with trucks like you mention you want are all but obsolete. I haven't seen a plan jane regular cab 8ft' bed truck on dealer lots for several years, buyers of those type trucks are a rare bird these days. I believe you can still order one but most people are impulse buyers and want it 'now' jmtc.

 

[Steve in IL]

What happened to pickups? Kinda the same thing that happened to ATVs/UTVs/SBSs.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

Years ago...like 20 or so, pickups became status symbols. People with trucks like you mention you want are all but obsolete. I haven't seen a plan jane regular cab 8ft' bed truck on dealer lots for several years, buyers of those type trucks are a rare bird these days. I believe you can still order one but most people are impulse buyers and want it 'now' jmtc.

The family mini-van got replaced by short-bed four-doors.

 

[RedMF40]

I didn't know if I'd like it, but the longer cab is nice. Mine isn't the full four door, but it has the suicide doors on the back. Like RobCons said, plenty of inside storage. I've got jumper cables, tow strap, ratchet straps, cattle canes, receiver hitches, all kinds of stuff in there out of the weather.

Coming home on a long distance trip and about 200 miles out had to stop at a rest area to catch 40 winks. With a little reworking and some plywood, that space behind the seat would make a reasonable bed.

 

[UncleTom]

At least a whole seat.
And Mongo the Pyr isn't in there
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Mongo...making himself popular by laying on some flowers Amy had planted along my shop. He looks so ashamed

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So the truck is a 2016 F150 supercab with a 6.5ft. bed. And a toolbox takes up some of that.
There are times I miss the 8ft bed, but have a couple trailers I can hook to if the length is needed.

Pyr look identical almost to a English Cream Golden Retriever. And it just makes no sense to me why Alaska has the longest winters and use no Salt or anything. There trucks are in pretty decent shape. My son lives there. Where i live in Iowa they put down corrosive crap before it even hits and sometimes nothing comes anyway.

 

[Fred Werring]

Nice pooch. Is that an English Cream Golden Retriever. Awesome dogs.

Great Pyrenees

 

[Frank(Mi.)]

What link did you click on to get that? I'm on Fastenal right now and I still see nothing about vehicles.

Same with me...

 

[buickanddeere]

Years ago...like 20 or so, pickups became status symbols. People with trucks like you mention you want are all but obsolete. I haven't seen a plan jane regular cab 8ft' bed truck on dealer lots for several years, buyers of those type trucks are a rare bird these days. I believe you can still order one but most people are impulse buyers and want it 'now' jmtc.

Pickup trucks and SUV’s became the go to vehicles in the 70’s and 80’s . If you wanted a rear wheel drive that was not a sports car that sat only two .
Plus from myself and family being in EM Services for decades . The larger vehicle wins .