Originally Posted by RIO7


Ever Car, Pickup, or Truck I have seen in the last 30 years,have been built by Lawyers for Soccer Moms, No car company produces a good old working truck. Rio7


The construction company I retired from has been thru 300 or 400 trucks and vans in the last 30 years and they were all work trucks. Ford, Dodge/Ram and Chevy all have fleet programs where they build no frills work trucks with vinyl floors and vinyl/cloth seats, load range e-tires, painted bumpers, heavy suspension, manual mirrors and other cost saving but work ready features. We put 150,00 to 200,000 hard miles on them before trading/selling due to the fact they started looking bad and did not representing the company well, not that they were not still serviceable. The public can purchase these trucks also but will not get the fleet pricing.

Trucks built in the last 30 years will out work, and out last any truck built the previous 30 years and the ones being built today work even harder than just a few years ago.

That saying "they don't build them like they use to" is a very good saying and those of use who have lived thru the old days of cars and trucks are glad they do not build them like that today.



Last edited by VaHunter; 03/06/21.