My truck totally doesn't count for truckin' tuesday

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 10/15/2013 at 12:08 • Filed to: None

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...because it's actually a "Four Wheel Drive Station Wagon". Swearsies.

MonkeePuzzle > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 12:09

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what about this truck?

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 12:10

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MonkeePuzzle 10/15/2013 at 12:12

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Well, yeah, this pic doubles as a picture of a '73 International Loadstar. Also, a 78 Dodge delivery chassis and '90 E/F350 heavy duty, if we play the chassis-under-things game.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 10/15/2013 at 12:13

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Excellent visual aid: the original stamped badge as fitted to the rear, though fitted as by a lot of goofballs to the front grill. With rivets.

HammerheadFistpunch > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 12:17

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So what is your opinion on this matter

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dieselwagon > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 12:18

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I often refer 4x4 wagons as trucks, as they can haul. They certainly drive like trucks too.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 12:19

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Doesn't goofball describe 98% of Series owners with the other 2% being straigh off the deep end?

FatherTorque > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 12:29

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Nice Series.. gotta love old rovers!

Blondude > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 12:37

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But it has 2 doors so wouldn't that make it a shooting brake?
"Introducing the new Land Rover All-Wheel-Drive Shooting Brake Not-a-Truck!"

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > HammerheadFistpunch 10/15/2013 at 12:42

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I'd say you're fairly on the money, but a lot of those are consequential things. That is, things trucks tend to have as a consequence of needing to fill Job One. Your standard, as much as ladder frame and other features are usually a part of things, excludes some vehicles on single-point flaws - particularly utes.

Am I prepared to say that a Honda Ridgeline is more a truck, less a truck, or equally not a truck than a Falcon Ranchero? I want to say it's less a truck from personal bias, but a stock Ranchero fails on about the same number of points, just different ones: no ladder frame, straight rear axle but unmeant for loads over 500lb, vs. FWD-basis and severe impairments to use with some cargoes, heavy duty but car-like suspension.

Where then, does this leave, say, the Holden Maloo? Any use for cargo is likely to be basically in line with a hatch + a bit, and suspension-wise it's not terribly serious. But, contrast that with a kei truck that is meant for loads expressly, if only tiny ones. Then draw lines to the Lincoln Navigator - very truckey in some respects, but impractical for quite a lot of loads.

In other words, the "utility" Job One is can be flexible, and a lot of things might almost be truer "trucks" by the standards by pretending really well? I just don't know.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Blondude 10/15/2013 at 12:45

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By the shooting brake vs. wagon standard proposed the other day, definitely a shooting brake because the door breaks closer to the rear wheels than the front. Hmm.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > FatherTorque 10/15/2013 at 12:45

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The practicality of my sunshading "Safari Roof" in the snow MUST NOT BE QUESTIONED.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > dieselwagon 10/15/2013 at 12:52

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Yep. Practicality by damned.

/slightly unserious entry for "4wd wagon"

Pearson Hurst > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 13:44

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I guess my Scout doesn't either, as the insurance company has it listed as "Sport Vehicle", whatever the hell that is...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Pearson Hurst 10/15/2013 at 13:49

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I can't remember if my Rover's title says truck or wagon, to be perfectly honest. The Ranchero actually says truck.

FatherTorque > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/15/2013 at 16:16

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understand completely!