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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #25 on: August 17, 2014, 08:18:53 PM »
Quote from: scarps on August 17, 2014, 08:07:44 PM
ok then, a 4wd has an extensive 12v dual battery system with correctly rated cable

And a tow bar with rated shackles.....
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #26 on: August 17, 2014, 08:20:21 PM »
Quote from: lino6 on August 17, 2014, 08:18:53 PM
And a tow bar with rated shackles.....
and not made in China
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2014, 08:21:56 PM »
Well, call me a toss, call me what you like, I call my Patrol a Truck. I know many blokes that have female names for there vehicles and honestly don't see the difference. Has nothing to do with ego, or over compensating for anything, it's just a term of endearment to your pride and joy....Call your car, truck or princess what you like.......It's there to be enjoyed.....:-)

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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2014, 08:25:22 PM »
Quote from: Teabag on August 17, 2014, 08:21:56 PM
Well, call me a toss, call me what you like, I call my Patrol a Truck. I know many blokes that have female names for there vehicles and honestly don't see the difference. Has nothing to do with ego, or over compensating for anything, it's just a term of endearment to your pride and joy....Call your car, truck or princess what you like.......It's there to be enjoyed.....:-)

Love my truck....:-)

You are entitled to call your positions what ever you like!

I used to have a ute I called HOS. Spent more time fixing it I thought it was a heap of .... something.....

I like to drive trucks, wouldn't like to have to pay to rego one though....
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2014, 08:25:28 PM »
Quote from: Teabag on August 17, 2014, 08:21:56 PM
Well, call me a toss, call me what you like, I call my Patrol a Truck. I know many blokes that have female names for there vehicles and honestly don't see the difference. Has nothing to do with ego, or over compensating for anything, it's just a term of endearment to your pride and joy....Call your car, truck or princess what you like.......It's there to be enjoyed.....:-)

Love my truck....:-)
agree, who really gives a truck if you call your car a 4WD
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #30 on: August 17, 2014, 08:28:19 PM »
For Truck sake.... My cruiser is Tank  >:D

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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #31 on: August 17, 2014, 08:50:01 PM »
Quote from: swannie on August 17, 2014, 08:28:19 PM
For Truck sake.... My cruiser is Tank  >:D

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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #32 on: August 17, 2014, 09:04:25 PM »
Quote from: GeoffA on August 17, 2014, 06:02:31 PM
IMO, it's a complete toss to refer to any wagon-bodied 4WD as a truck, but plenty do..... ::)

I agree. It is a W@nk to refer to your 4WD as a truck - IMO of course ;D I would rather describe my 4WD and a 4WD anyway. Like I said, just my opinion.
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #33 on: August 17, 2014, 09:22:50 PM »
My 5 year old son calls my 76 series the "work truck", but he watches too much foxtel! ;)
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #34 on: August 17, 2014, 10:05:20 PM »
Quote from: heath74 on August 17, 2014, 08:01:03 PM
If it's leaf sprung, it's a truck!

My Sierra has leaf springs front and rear, does that make it a b-double  ;D
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #35 on: August 17, 2014, 10:10:31 PM »
Quote from: heath74 on August 17, 2014, 08:01:03 PM
If it's leaf sprung, it's a truck!

So a unimog is a ute 4by? I wish it was then I could justify buying one!
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #36 on: August 17, 2014, 10:13:08 PM »

Quote from: grafy82 on August 17, 2014, 10:05:20 PM
My Sierra has leaf springs front and rear, does that make it a b-double  ;D

Definitely


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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #37 on: August 17, 2014, 10:56:16 PM »
I fix trucks at work.
I drive the patrol to work.
Easy :)


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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #38 on: August 17, 2014, 11:07:12 PM »
Thinking if your the one sitting in a little jellybean car  the size of an egg and looking up under the front end of something three times wider and higher ... monstering you with a big steel bullbar, lights and arials etc  etc all over the place ... the word Truck might spring to mind ..  ;D
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #39 on: August 17, 2014, 11:09:07 PM »
Quote from: SteveandViv on August 17, 2014, 09:04:25 PM
I agree. It is a W@nk to refer to your 4WD as a truck - IMO of course ;D I would rather describe my 4WD and a 4WD anyway. Like I said, just my opinion.

Agree X100

A truck is a truck. A ute is a ute. A wagon is a wagon..... need I go on?
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #40 on: August 17, 2014, 11:54:17 PM »
in america a truck is a ute, big or small.


4x4, or suv for a wagon.



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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #41 on: August 18, 2014, 07:37:48 AM »
Yep, and the last time I looked, I don't live in America. Thankfully!
A 4by can be called a truck if its a ute AND bigger than a F350.
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #42 on: August 18, 2014, 08:27:41 AM »
Quote from: Brumbypt on August 17, 2014, 11:54:17 PM
in america a truck is a ute, big or small.


4x4, or suv for a wagon.



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I thought they are called pick ups ? Yet referred to as a truck by some. Kind of like here.
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #43 on: August 18, 2014, 08:28:26 AM »
I occasionally referred to our Defender as a truck. It was big and felt like a truck to drive, and had nothing to do with over compensating (I don't want anything bigger than anyone else's, trust me ;))

Truck was just a word.

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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #44 on: August 18, 2014, 08:40:42 AM »
The full name  for pickup, is PICKUP TRUCK, so some ppl call them trucks others call them pickup so both are right.

Thats why monster trucks got their name.
tuff trucks
etc etc




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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #45 on: August 18, 2014, 08:50:22 AM »
My Oka’s a truck with the GVM at 5.5 ton.  Registration Certificate states Body type “truck”. My other 4x4 is a Mazda BT-50. In Thailand the locals call it a Bangkok Truck so I guess I own two trucks now!

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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #46 on: August 18, 2014, 08:53:36 AM »
There was a TOYota  Land Cruiser on the Bruce Hwy yesterday that was laying on its side in a mud puddle.

I'm sure I heard one of the 6 blokes standing around it pointing to it say "it was TRUCKED", so I guess, its a truck, cause da guy said so.

It was there when went down to Brissie with other Jap crap (Toyota and Nissan 4 WDS) packed around it.

It was no surprise, when it was still there on the return trip, but a bloke in Jeep  ;D had turned up by then, so I bet it got towed back over on its wheels and out the mud with some good ol  Jeep power.

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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #47 on: August 18, 2014, 09:51:21 AM »
Jeep power. LOL. Where's the thumbs down
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #48 on: August 18, 2014, 11:40:57 AM »
The 200 is called the "truck" in our family because this makes it easier to differentiate between the two vehicles.

Wifes vehicle is called the "car", mine is the "truck"


...........however I think there are bigger issues in the world at the moment  ;D
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Re: When does a 4wd start getting called a truck?
« Reply #49 on: August 18, 2014, 01:08:45 PM »


Quote from: cm4x4nut on August 18, 2014, 11:40:57 AM

...........however I think there are bigger issues in the world at the moment  ;D

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