One thing I HATE about trucks!! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**JQ-72** · 11-28-2003, 12:08 AM

Well, north Miss. yielded a nice 72 suburban parts truck Tuesday. The body is rusty, but lots of nice parts. However, the back end is full of boxes of junk! That's what I hate about getting these trucks - all the junk I am stuck with. I have bought several trucks (some running, some not) that have had anything from old tires, scrap iron, bags of garbage, roofing tiles, scrap lumber, worn engine parts, etc... that I end up having to take to the landfill. I think some people just use old truck beds for a garbage can!

Joshua

krue · 11-28-2003, 12:14 AM

You can't leave a truck in one spot for a week without it filling up with trash.

**old Rusty C10** · 11-28-2003, 12:15 AM

in ny ya wind up getting a bunch of soda bottles and cans but therye worth a nickle each

Solver · 11-28-2003, 01:46 AM

you mean like old cans,old exhaust and blocks like this

Solver · 11-28-2003, 01:48 AM

Or how about a box full of bricks and old sidewalk like this.

A.P. · 11-28-2003, 02:02 AM

My truck is in my garage and its full of junk my wife keeps on throwing in the box. Keep telling her that its not a garbage can.

jimfulco · 11-28-2003, 03:28 AM

I've found plenty of tools, etc., in cars & trucks like that, even complete socket sets (& not always cheap ones either). Found over $15 in change in the floor of one old Skylark that I got free for hauling it off.

*Gee_Emm* · 11-28-2003, 11:16 AM

Ha, I was looking through a junkyard a couple months ago, I look in the back of this one truck and there is a huge tombstone laying there. Beat that one :p

walker · 11-28-2003, 12:18 PM

Hey GEE EEM did the tombstone have an end date on it??? Maybe the guy decided it was cheaper to put his corpse in a junk truck and go to the crusher than buy a plot, and here you go disturbing his final resting place. LOL

74bowtie · 11-28-2003, 12:58 PM

The worst thing to me about owning a truck is everytime a family member or a friends moves your the one they call because you can haul their stuff. Because there minivan won't fit a couch.

71GMC_3/4T · 11-28-2003, 01:49 PM

74bowtie: Guess you haven't seen the bumper sticker that says "Yes, I have a truck, and No, I'm not helping you move!"

Z-72 · 11-28-2003, 11:23 PM

hey 74 bowtie, my wife has five single sisters, there kids and so forth. I have found ways to make my truck broke down more times than I can count. Damndst thing thou, its always ready on mnday to go to work. 8>)

**68Custom** · 11-29-2003, 12:01 AM

The problem im having with my family isn't the mini-van situation. It's they've all got brand new trucks, nice shiny paint jobs, ect... too afraid to use it for what it was designed for. I hate that. Why buy something like that just for looks? If it were me, id be hauling stuff all the time. One other things that annoys me is these new trucks that have 4wd on them, aren't really made for 4wd. My uncle who drives a f*rd, got chewed out by our f*rd dealership after he took it in for an oil change. I guess they didn't like the factor that he had a load of mud underneath his truck. Oh well......

Aaron

Longhorn Man · 11-29-2003, 12:09 AM

When I bought the GMC, it was loaded all the way to the home made head liner with yard sale stuff they couldn't sell. It took me oven an hr of unloading before I was able to sit down in it.
The bed was just as bad, although, I did get some tools and jack stants and stuff like that out of the deal.

Huck · 11-29-2003, 10:51 AM

Could be worse--up at Jamie72---we were parting a truck and there were used condumns all over. There were some unused but were xlarge so couldn't use them~~~~~~~~~~.hehehe

Then there was the 55 chev belair I sold years back that had my nickle bag stuck under the carpet right by the heater. Every time you turned on the heater, you got a little buz. Dumb that I forgot it ----

Then there was my uncle's wrecking yard where he had a "LaSalle" that a guy in a suit wanted to look at. He offered to buy the car for twice what it was worth in junk. Uncle sold it--the guy went out and removed all the door handles, interior trim---it was GOLD Plated!! Then the guy sells it back to my uncle who wanted to know what the deal was---when the guy told him, Uncle Ken chased the SOB down the road throwing parts at his head!!

JoetheMobster · 11-29-2003, 11:14 AM

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Guess you haven't seen the bumper sticker that says "Yes, I have a truck, and No, I'm not helping you move!"

ROFLMAO!!! I'd buy one of those in a hearbeat!

11-28-2003, 12:08 AM	#1
JQ-72 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Killen, Alabama USA Posts: 3,574	One thing I HATE about trucks!! Well, north Miss. yielded a nice 72 suburban parts truck Tuesday. The body is rusty, but lots of nice parts. However, the back end is full of boxes of junk! That's what I hate about getting these trucks - all the junk I am stuck with. I have bought several trucks (some running, some not) that have had anything from old tires, scrap iron, bags of garbage, roofing tiles, scrap lumber, worn engine parts, etc... that I end up having to take to the landfill. I think some people just use old truck beds for a garbage can! Joshua

11-28-2003, 12:14 AM	#2
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	You can't leave a truck in one spot for a week without it filling up with trash. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

11-28-2003, 12:15 AM	#3
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,283	in ny ya wind up getting a bunch of soda bottles and cans but therye worth a nickle each __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

11-28-2003, 01:46 AM	#4
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	you mean like old cans,old exhaust and blocks like this Attached Images __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon

11-28-2003, 01:48 AM	#5
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	Or how about a box full of bricks and old sidewalk like this. Attached Images __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon

11-28-2003, 02:02 AM	#6
A.P. Black 72 Chevy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 662	My truck is in my garage and its full of junk my wife keeps on throwing in the box. Keep telling her that its not a garbage can.

11-28-2003, 03:28 AM	#7
jimfulco Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shreveport LA Posts: 3,170	I've found plenty of tools, etc., in cars & trucks like that, even complete socket sets (& not always cheap ones either). Found over $15 in change in the floor of one old Skylark that I got free for hauling it off.

11-28-2003, 11:16 AM	#8
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	Ha, I was looking through a junkyard a couple months ago, I look in the back of this one truck and there is a huge tombstone laying there. Beat that one :p

11-28-2003, 12:18 PM	#9
walker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: north of Phx AZ about 30 miles Posts: 698	Hey GEE EEM did the tombstone have an end date on it??? Maybe the guy decided it was cheaper to put his corpse in a junk truck and go to the crusher than buy a plot, and here you go disturbing his final resting place. LOL __________________ Andy,Phx AZ '67 C-10 (Ahhh, done at last. Well there is that disk front end I want to put in and...) "23 C-Cab-sold '48 Ford 8N tractor(still working) '67 Scout(Now on the road) '70 MG B.-sold

11-28-2003, 12:58 PM	#10
74bowtie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NY Posts: 93	The worst thing to me about owning a truck is everytime a family member or a friends moves your the one they call because you can haul their stuff. Because there minivan won't fit a couch. __________________ 69 Chevelle (Summer only ride, love to drive this) 72 Chevy Shortbox 4x2 (newest addition) 83 Chevy Shortbox 4x2 (project but its clean) 2001 S10 Ext. Cab 4x4 (daily driver)

11-28-2003, 01:49 PM	#11
71GMC_3/4T Weapons Of Construction Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 1,095	74bowtie: Guess you haven't seen the bumper sticker that says "Yes, I have a truck, and No, I'm not helping you move!" __________________ 1971 GMC 2500, 402/TH400 4.10 Daily Driver Lafayette, CO

11-28-2003, 11:23 PM	#12
Z-72 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: south-east kansas Posts: 68	hey 74 bowtie, my wife has five single sisters, there kids and so forth. I have found ways to make my truck broke down more times than I can count. Damndst thing thou, its always ready on mnday to go to work. 8>) __________________ 72-C-10-LWB-Big Block-TH400- PosiTrac Leaf Springs- A Dark Green Ford Eaten Machine. And those are not rust holes, there cooling vents..

11-29-2003, 12:01 AM	#13
68Custom Hammer On! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 473	The problem im having with my family isn't the mini-van situation. It's they've all got brand new trucks, nice shiny paint jobs, ect... too afraid to use it for what it was designed for. I hate that. Why buy something like that just for looks? If it were me, id be hauling stuff all the time. One other things that annoys me is these new trucks that have 4wd on them, aren't really made for 4wd. My uncle who drives a frd, got chewed out by our frd dealership after he took it in for an oil change. I guess they didn't like the factor that he had a load of mud underneath his truck. Oh well...... Aaron __________________ 1968 C20 Inline 6 250 SM465 4 speed 1968 K10 Inline 6 250 SM465 4 speed

11-29-2003, 12:09 AM	#14
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	When I bought the GMC, it was loaded all the way to the home made head liner with yard sale stuff they couldn't sell. It took me oven an hr of unloading before I was able to sit down in it. The bed was just as bad, although, I did get some tools and jack stants and stuff like that out of the deal.

11-29-2003, 10:51 AM	#15
Huck Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Shelbyville, KY Posts: 3,269	Could be worse--up at Jamie72---we were parting a truck and there were used condumns all over. There were some unused but were xlarge so couldn't use them~~~~~~~~~~.hehehe Then there was the 55 chev belair I sold years back that had my nickle bag stuck under the carpet right by the heater. Every time you turned on the heater, you got a little buz. Dumb that I forgot it ---- Then there was my uncle's wrecking yard where he had a "LaSalle" that a guy in a suit wanted to look at. He offered to buy the car for twice what it was worth in junk. Uncle sold it--the guy went out and removed all the door handles, interior trim---it was GOLD Plated!! Then the guy sells it back to my uncle who wanted to know what the deal was---when the guy told him, Uncle Ken chased the SOB down the road throwing parts at his head!!



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