Truck....aka 4X4 ???

Well.....mine sounds like a truck and drives like a truck, therefore I call it the truck! Just got to get me some exhaust brakes and some of that fancy pin-stripping and I'm lookn' for a convoy!

Yes, some of us call them Trucks. Yes, its an idiosyncrasy brought over from the USA

Get over it!!! :-)

Whats the problem? its certainly not a car!!

LOL I call it a truck specifically to upset politically correct truck drivers hahahahaha

When I bought my first 4by 30 odd year ago the bloke who sold it to me said "They are a bloody good truck these" refering to an old 1975 G60.

I just kept calling 4by's trucks since!!

Willem, in the USA 4bys aren't trucks I've had a few yanks tell me that - They are - Pickups - SUV's - All terrain vehicle (ATV). Terms that are being used here (but not by me)

Vinnie

Truck 1 (n) is of Greek origin.(trokhos) meaning "wheel"
1;any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.
2. a hand truck.
3. a wheeled platform,sometimes equiped with a motor,for conveying loads in a warehouse or a freight yard.
4. one of the swiveling frames of wheels under each end of a railroad car or trolly car.
5. a set of bookshelves mounted on four wheels or castors,used in libraries.
I like the last one as it describes 4x4 wagon's to "T". Lol.

I go to work in my Nissan Patrol, drive a truck, go home in my Nissan Patrol or the DX as it's become known!

andy

I agree with your comments ' Trucks carry freight

Ex Truckie
Doug

I don't give a rats quoit, it's just a turn of phrase.

But.......if you want to get pedantic and draw lines in the sand, I have more of a problem with people calling Hino's, Mitsubishi's and UD's 'trucks' rather than 4x4's. "Trucks" do not come from Japan or Sweden.

A real truck is made by Mack, Kenworth, White, Western Star, Ford, International, Peterbilt, Autocar etc, have Road Ranger, Mack or Spicer gearboxes and are powered by Cat, Cummins, Detroit or Mack diesels.

Real truckies listen to outlaw 1970's country music, eat fried roadhouse food, have a gut and smoke.

End of story.

It's a" dick thing", ie little dick = big "truck".

Better than "Nice SUV"

But still Yank, and the poorer for that.

Agree, trucks carry stuff around. If you have a big tough TD rig that sounds like a truck, it still isnt. People use truck because they like the way it makes em feel when they say it. If you make your patrol into a 2wd is it still a truck? Is a diesel territory a truck? (when they make one) is it a truck becuase its diesel? is a subaru 4x4 dual range box a truck? is it a truck becuase it weighs 2.5T? None of these traits make a truck. its not being pedantic, its having a word to describe something. Call a large wagon that drives all 4 wheels with lots of gournd clearance a 4x4! anything wrong with 4x4? no, its the correct and probably most accurate term. A truck cant take me off roading, does not get 10L per 100km just because its a diesel, needs heavy diesel mechanics to work on it, cant use road car tyres or mag wheels and most of all I cant fit my family in it to drive around, cause its a truck! not a 4x4! And as for SUV man I hope we stamp that one out. What the hell is a sports - utility - vehicle? It is a lowered 4x4 navara/hilux with mags and low profile tyres? a BMW m3 ute? a subaru brumby with turbo? its a posers bull crap machine, someone who cares more about what others think about their car than they do, just like h2 and h3 drivers.

don't know what you want ??
I call my truck a truck ...
http://www.ozshops.com/truck_2.jpg

have fun
gmd

When's a truck not a truck?
When it's registered as a station wagon!! lololol :oD

Well I believe Trucks today are not Trucks Great large vechiles with more comforts than home.Beds,Fridge ,TV,DVD,Radios,on board Computers,Speed controls, Wash basin ,Auto Gear Boxes, Seats in some better than your Home Lounge. great Paint Jobs
Don't get me wrong, I believe this is great for these men & who have to spend there life behind a wheel.
My first Truck was 180 Inter Semi 1958 ,Second added ,190 Inter with supercharged Cummings with boggy trailer ,was the truck of the day,then came the Peterbuilt,Kenworths which I have never owned ,wish I had .
My ( Truck ) today 4WD 5 Speed Manual & it is built like a truck leaf springs , & rides like a truck, LOL.

Yeah, yeah I know it's not a fun answer but maybe a "Truck" is something that requires your licence to have a Truck Drivers endorsement or whatever the equivalent is in each state?

I call my truck "The Ute"

:-))

So now we have established that a truck is not a truck it is a 4x4 station sedan/wagon & all the Prime Movers with trailers & cargo is indeed a "Lorry"

Driven a GQ Patrol??????

They certainly ain't like a car to drive!!! And they have a light truck engine and gear box as well!!!

LOL.....

My Hilux is registered as a "Light Truck" in the ACT, if it is good enough for the Goverment to call it a "Truck" then it is good enough for me, after all they are the Government and they know everything .................:)

Simple, a truck is a vehicle of a gross weight of over 4.5 tonne...... & when I'm heading off on holidays in my Landcruiser with the 4 girls it often weigh's over that & handles & drives just like a truck so I reckon I'm entitled to call it one :-))
Cheers Craig.............

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck it is a duck.

If it drives like a truck, and sounds like a truck it is a truck.

For sure my 1HZ drives like a truck, and sounds like a truck so it is a duck ... oops, I mean truck.

quack quack
Andrew ducking for cover.

is it school holidays already? Look at all the bites!!!!!!!!!!!