Intended purpose of our trucks

[cooperhw]

Everybody's truck has a different "intended purpose". Some to shows, some work, some weekend cruises, some everyday transportation. My 06 duramax = everyday driver, the rest usually weekends only. sometimes it changes. your truck do what you want, me with mine I do the same. It's all good. "WE" are helping preserve these old trucks in whatever use is being used at the time. Hopefully the next generation will do the same.

[Keith Seymore]

Light hauling, trailering, and driving to and from work.

K

[Keith Seymore]

...with an occasional "Cars & Coffee", car show or parade thrown in.

K

[davischevy]

My Longhorn was intended to work, play and go to shows.

[flashed]

And it does it all very well.

[special-K]

Stuff like this for me:

Towing


Playing


Making Money


Bad Weather


Antique Truck Shows

[cooperhw]

All of the previous responses proves the point that there trucks are "ours" and we will do what we want with our trucks. Just because I do something different with mine than you do with yours doesn't make me right or wrong. In fact, same guy, same truck, will probably give a different answer as life goes on. At 16, your truck will do EVERYTHING. At 59, usually life changes a little and you have a little more surplus money to spend on a truck that just does "certain things". JMO
It's all good. We "are all in this hobby together" no matter what type, style or use you are currently going for. Keep on trucking.

[grumptruck]

My truck was bought new to go to work. And go to work it did...

[68Gold/white]

Great thread!!!

I like post 5!!!

My buddy had a 66 C-10, LWB. Had a mild 406, Muncie M20, 3.42 gear, posi (was a 10 bolt out of a later pickup, modified to work with factory panhard bar). That thing would smoke nearly anything on the road!!!

My pickup still has to be use-able. I'm not into the lowered deal, a little lower is OK.

Short bed pickups are screwed when needing to haul something heavy.
Depending on what you are hauling...If you can shift the load forward on a long bed, the front suspension can absorb some of the load. A lot less so on a short bed.
Lowered short bed cowboy Cadillac's are cool, just not for me...

[Malo83]

Daily Driver, cruiser, very light hauling, groceries and BEER!

[BossHogg69]

I like seeing all these trucks still getting it done & doing work! #respect

But - I built mine for long burnouts, WFO powershifts and looking good doing it!

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by BossHogg69

I like seeing all these trucks still getting it done & doing work! #respect

But - I built mine for long burnouts, WFO powershifts and looking good doing it!

Let me know the next time something car related is going on in or around Sherwood and I will try to come down.

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by Elliot949

For the first fifty years of my trucks life it did it all... it Hauled a 11' Slide in Camper, It pulled car trailers, it has hauled tons upon tons of rock sand and you name it... It has been used as a tractor pulling tree stumps out of the ground... It has pulled boats across the country...

This truck truly has been a workhorse...

From here on out It will get EXTREME light duty... I really do not see it doing anything more than hauling the tent and cooler to the car shows...

I can say that it is possible it will tow a Shasta Camping trailer to the car shows...

Update on the Shasta Camper... we have decided to never haul or tow anything with this truck...