Yipee! Another pickup thread.

[FonterraFarmer]

that’s why EVERY work ute, farm ute, builders / tradies / plumbers ute etc etc here has a flat drop side tray. Well backs / tubs are only for townies or used as personal cars

As Wallace Footrot probably would say, "poncey urban people"

 

[Gerbert]

I've never understood a small pick up, I drive an old seat inca (really a vw caddy) and at least everything is dry inside. Why would you rather have your stuff outside?

 

[Campbell]

I don't have need for a pickup, but as a recent convert to a Santa Fe, it does seem good value.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Not a pickup but had one if these to try ,goes well apart from the dreaded gear stick

 

[DaveGrohl]

If it's 4WD and can claim the vat back I'm defo interested. We only have a pickup because there's nothing else available. Not everyone wants a big long flatbed pickup that's crap offroad, they might want something a bit more nimble like us. Ie old Land Rover/Trooper/Terrano type vehicle. This isn't that but it's nearer than a pickup.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

I've never understood a small pick up, I drive an old seat inca (really a vw caddy) and at least everything is dry inside. Why would you rather have your stuff outside?

How are you going to get 25-30 bales of hay into that with out using a trailer?

 

[Cowabunga]

How are you going to get 25-30 bales of hay into that with out using a trailer?

Or a big bale, square or round, or a 600kg bag of fertiliser or a ton of sand in a tote bag?

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Or a big bale, square or round, or a 600kg bag of fertiliser or a ton of sand in a tote bag?

600kg of loose fertiliser, on a flat deck you can shovel it off, no sure you could do that with a van, especially S of A.

 

[Lazy Sod]

I used to use a Mini pickup with a top on it as a farm vehicle back in the seventies, it went everywhere round the farm and never got stuck. Front wheel drive made all the difference, compared to the old rear wheel drive that I had to put up with before.

 

[Gerbert]

How are you going to get 25-30 bales of hay into that with out using a trailer?

Never had the need for that, I'll put a trailer behind or take a tractor.
Fair enough I guess if you have a more diverse business and more miles to cover. I generally never really need to be further away than 10 km ish so an extra drive is not that big of a deal.

 

[DrWazzock]

I haven’t seen a decent pickup here since we bought our old style Mitsubishi L200 in 2004. 2 seater. Still running it for hay and straw deliveries. Sky is the limit. Can easy get 30 small bales on once you’ve built out over the sides. Fully agree it would be better with a flat back drop side body and might fit one when this rots out. 4 cab the size of bus with a tiny cargo area are useless to me.
Only problem is engine management light and limp mode occasionally but rest up, turn the ignition key three times and it’s good to go again.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

I haven’t seen a decent pickup here since we bought our old style Mitsubishi L200 in 2004. 2 seater. Still running it for hay and straw deliveries. Sky is the limit. Can easy get 30 small bales on once you’ve built out over the sides. Fully agree it would be better with a flat back drop side body and might fit one when this rots out. 4 cab the size of bus with a tiny cargo area are useless to me.
Only problem is engine management light and limp mode occasionally but rest up, turn the ignition key three times and it’s good to go again.

2004 L200 old???
Are you mad or crazy!!!

 

[DrWazzock]

2004 L200 old???
Are you mad or crazy!!!

Both, and past caring.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Both, and past caring.

Know that feeling...

Now just how long ago was that picture taken, 1980's?
@Ted

 

[Hilly]

Know that feeling...
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Now just how long ago was that picture taken, 1980's?

Your so lucky you don’t have that bloody salt to drive through , folk moan when they don’t spread it here , I love it when they don’t spread it it absolutely ruins motors , they are still spreading it this week .

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Your so lucky you don’t have that bloody salt to drive through , folk moan when they don’t spread it here , I love it when they don’t spread it it absolutely ruins motors , they are still spreading it this week .

If you want to see what salt does, go to Ontario, Canada ,eh!!!☹

 

[Hilly]

If you want to see what salt does, go to Ontario, Canada ,eh!!!☹

I don’t need to I see it here , it’s unreal. .

 

[DrWazzock]

I really want a V8 that does 5 mpg. I don’t go into town often but would like to make an impression on the woke libtards when I do. My mate had a Cadillac which you could hear 2 miles away on a cold crisp morning. Music to the ears.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

I really want a V8 that does 5 mpg. I don’t go into town often but would like to make an impression on the woke libtards when I do. My mate had a Cadillac which you could hear 2 miles away on a cold crisp morning. Music to the ears.

Think we can do better than that, a 4.0 Barra Falcon even with a turbo should be capable of 8.00l/100km, or 30 Mpg.

 

[kiwi pom]

Your so lucky you don’t have that bloody salt to drive through , folk moan when they don’t spread it here , I love it when they don’t spread it it absolutely ruins motors , they are still spreading it this week .

Amazing the difference no salt makes. There's a lot of 20 or 30 year old vehicles on the road here with barely a spec of rust.

Few dents from where they slid of the road in the ice mind