Jonathan Goodish wrote:
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Newps wrote:


The Japanese have not figured out why we Americans want full size
trucks. They keep nibbling around the edges. We want big and powerful.
If Honda builds a truck that looks like my F250 crew cab and gives me
a motor with 600 pounds of torque I'll look at it. Until then they're
just toys for the girlie man.



Exactly. I recently witnessed a Toyota Tundra trying to pull a 2-horse
trailer. Not sure if there were any horses in it (I assume there
were... but remember that we're talking about a small trailer), and the
rear bumper was nearly dragging on the ground, with the front end up in
the air. Would be a piece of cake for even an F-150 properly equipped.

Even the standard F-150 is now pretty wimpy. When I called to inquire
about a snowplow for my K1500 a few years ago, the first question they
asked me when I asked for a price was if I had an F-150. The reason is
that the standard 150 doesn't have adequate front springs to handle a
snow plow. I don't know if I have these numbers exactly right, but
Western requires a truck to have something like 3800 lb front springs,
which Chevy and Dodge have standard, but Ford uses something like 3100
lb as standard and they have to be beefed up for plow duty and this
added a fair chunk of change to the price of the plow installation.


Matt