GM says it will stop making medium-duty trucks

[FlyingPenguin]

93 Suburban was the last good GM truck I ever owned. I still have it. It's my ranch work vehicle. Mostly used for hauling cr@p to the dump and hauling lumber from Home Depot.

My wife's 2004 Escalade is a P.O.S. I hate driving that truck (basically it's 2004 Denali chassis). It's all over the road with the slightest breeze. It always takes me an hour behind the wheel of that thing on a road trip (like the Myrtle Beach trip we just went on) to compensate for the way it handles.

Next car she buys will likely be a Toyota Sienna or the Lexus version.

[MidnightSin]

Medium Duty would basically be 3 ton trucks. An International CXT would be one.

http://mycxt.com/internationalcxt.html

http://www.trucktrend.com/roadtests/ultimate/163_0501_international_cxt/photo_01.html

And I would buy one in a Heartbeat if I had the cash.




By the Way I own 2 International Harvester Scout II's a 1974 and 1978 model. I drive one of them everyday back and forth to work. Both have 345ci big blocks the same as a school bus which also had 392ci in them. I spend exactly $25.00 every Friday evening for gas.

[Executioner]

LOL - I thought a medium truck was between a mini and full size (for the general public).

[Pugsley]

And I would buy one in a Heartbeat if I had the cash.

I all ready have one, but its a 83 and not a crew cab.

[normalicy]

Yup, there's a guy in my neighborhood that drives one just like that (but white), for the heck of it. He's a redneck though, so I can't hold it against him.

[nitro237]

Yup, there's a guy in my neighborhood that drives one just like that (but white), for the heck of it. He's a redneck though, so I can't hold it against him.

Yep, rednecks never know when they might have to haul something really big.

[EvilHorace]

These are "Medium Duty" trucks. This means they are often chassis cabs that are then finished into box trucks, small dump trucks, specialty trucks etc.

In the early 90s, I once worked at a large multi-line dealer that sold Chevy, Ford and 11 other car lines too. If "medium duty" trucks are those listed above, which I've seen there, then what are "heavy duty" trucks? I've never seen larger trucks than those types listed above. Those listed above are similar to Fords F-250, 350 which I'd consider to be a HD truck (there's a F-450 too, a huge beast but I've only seen one at a show).

[eGoCeNTRoNiX]

So no more amubulance or first response vehicles for fire departments?

[MidnightSin]

Ok time to let my Redneck side show through......

This is how to define truck weight class.
Chevy 1500, 2500, and 3500 along with Ford F150, F250, and F350 and also Dodge 1500, 2500, and 3500's Are ALL in the Light Duty Class.

Reminds me of my trip to Chicago and I asked the rental company for a Dually to drive and they replied "Whats a Dually?"

Weight Minimum Maximum Common
Class GVWR (lbs) GVWR (lbs) Category
Class 1 6,000 Light Duty
Class 2 6,001 10,000 Light Duty
Class 3 10,001 14,000 Light Duty
Class 4 14,001 16,000 Medium Duty
Class 5 16,001 19,500 Medium Duty
Class 6 19,501 26,000 Medium Duty
Class 7 26,001 33,000 Heavy Duty
Class 8 33,001 Heavy Duty

[normalicy]

I used to drive a Ford F450 for work. Looks just like any other F truck (well the ones from the 80s & 90s anyhow. Don't know what it was rated at, but it pulled a 14,000lb trailer daily like it wasn't there. Had a 460 I think. We also pushed back planes with an F750 like this one:


Funny thing is that they only have about 325hp. They make up for it in torque though (570ft lbs). All for a max speed of 25mph (which you'd be shot for going that fast with a plane attached).

[Pugsley]

I seen a bunch of them tooling around major airports, and thought that would be sweet to have on the road... they are just so short.