Antique & Vintage Trucks.

[Baxsie]

Drives me nuts when the tires do not match the fender wheel arches . . .

 

[BC Placer gold]

No room for any axle articulation....just for show I suppose.

 

[Old Doug]

No room for any axle articulation....just for show I suppose.

I dont understand why a lot of people think things are good looking when they would be a deal to try to use ? I worked with a guy that had a 1990 chevy pickup . He got a set of after market wheels . We worked at a shop that had a tire machine . We put them on one after noon . They made the tires stick out past the fender openings a little. After work that night we went on a trip to look at something and it rained . The tires throw dirty water and mud all over the sides of the pickup. We took them off the next day. I see a lot of pickups with the tires sticking out past the fenders i can only imagine the mess they make .

 

[HarleyHappy]

But but but, they look good!
Im all for a little lift and love a little rumble but it’s gotta be usable.
I personally hate pickups that look like your ass will be dragging on the ground.
Then the opposite side of the coin.
Friend just bought a Chevy 2500 diesel, all stock, need a step ladder to see if anything is in the bed.
Another friend just bought a new Dodge 2500 diesel and it has a funky folding step to get in the bed, under the drivers side back bumper.
Seriously thinking of buying one for my GMC and making it fit.
Kick it down and lift up a little and it springs back up!

 

[Truck Shop]

Prefer stock as a rock, it has more resale value, can buy properly engineered parts, has a
better center of gravity, rides better, much more practical in publics view--the nice looking
lady setting next to it at a stop light isn't pondering the common thought of {Bone Head Ego
& Small Male Anatomy Alert}.

 

[Pops52]

Prefer stock as a rock, it has more resale value, can buy properly engineered parts, has a
better center of gravity, rides better, much more practical in publics view--the nice looking
lady setting next to it at a stop light isn't pondering the common thought of {Bone Head Ego
& Small Male Anatomy Alert}.

Yep. The way it came from the factory after they spent millions designing them.

 

[Welder Dave]

A slight lift and bigger tires is OK if the truck is actually used off road. Too many are just the result of a big ego or compensating for something else though. I've mentioned it before but I think the most impractical trucks are lifted 4x4 welding trucks. The owner wants to have a bad ass 4x4 but also needs a welding truck so compromises with just one truck. What they end up with isn't much good for either purpose. Too heavy for off roading in addition you don't want all your welding equipment and tools bouncing around. As for a work truck everything is too high. You have to reach up for everything or climb up on the truck. To work off the back like a table is almost at chest height. If you're working on something over 50lbs. it's a struggle just getting it up there. A lower or std. height truck is way more useful.

 

[Pops52]

And then there is the guy that lowers the front of his class 8 Pete til the bumper nearly drags.............

 

[Truck Shop]

And then there is the guy that lowers the front of his class 8 Pete til the bumper nearly drags.............

You mean like this piece of crap my old employer bought and paid through the ass to have
all the low profile crap done. He spent $235,000 on the tractor, then another $80,000 in
modifications, paint, graphics, in the end he admitted it was a waste.
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[Truck Shop]

When parked he lets the air out, bumper is about a inch off the ground. It's a horrible
piece of crap to work on.
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I never put it in the Kenworth thread because it isn't worthy.

 

[Mr. Wrench]

You mean like this piece of crap my old employer bought and paid through the ass to have
all the low profile crap done. He spent $235,000 on the tractor, then another $80,000 in
modifications, paint, graphics, in the end he admitted it was a waste.
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It just needs a set of train horns that will shake the ground!

 

[Truck Shop]

It just needs a set of train horns that will shake the ground!

The guy who drives it has OCD out the butt. When ever he leaves a area that could have gravel,
once on pavement {he has been known to double park} get out with a screw driver to pick the
little rocks out of the tread. He runs around loaded with drop up because he doesn't think it looks
cool with drop down, {one of these days he's going to get caught. He's a shoe burner, doesn't like
hills. Lied about the broken dip stick in his old truck. Nuts.
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[Truck Shop]

Silly.
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[Truck Shop]

A early day polluter.
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[Truck Shop]

Early day polluter.
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[Truck Shop]

Early day polluter.
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[Mr. Wrench]

The guy who drives it has OCD out the butt. When ever he leaves a area that could have gravel,
once on pavement {he has been known to double park} get out with a screw driver to pick the
little rocks out of the tread. He runs around loaded with drop up because he doesn't think it looks
cool with drop down, {one of these days he's going to get caught. He's a shoe burner, doesn't like
hills. Lied about the broken dip stick in his old truck. Nuts.
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That sounds a little excessive!

 

[Truck Shop]

That sounds a little excessive!

Just a tad bit. High majority on here have never dealt with OTR or OTR drivers. Hauling rock isn't
in the realm, why it's called vocational. OTR attracts the 48 state roadies-total different mind set.
Alaska haul road is in it's box, can't compare it to the other two. Nothing is what it once was and
will never be again. People like to use the term {old school} as being cool, you won't find a driver
of today that will drive old school of yesterday, they like the term but want no part of it.
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[Welder Dave]

Unfortunately there are/were a lot of owners who think it's cool to turn the pump up to roll the coal. Even on pick ups with diesels you don't want to be behind one when the driver decides to show off by punching the throttle.

 

[Truck Shop]

Funny--folks liked the power shovel willie photo, just got's to have a photo with tracks
in it.