Why are pickups soooooooo BIG..?

[Agrismith]

My garage can only take a 5m long vehicle. Had a Navarra D22 for a while until the engine destroyed its bearings, which just went in, but all more recent pickups seem a good bit longer.

I think Isuzu are the shortest main brand. Their bed is over 100mm shorter than Toyota and Ford.
Then ssangyong do a short bed version with a really short bed

 

[bricol]

You’d have to import a 504 now.
I’ve had 3, and an estate,tough,more stable when loaded,as on the cornering fast the back end drifts,plus the lsd,they’re so grippy.

Homolgated in Gp B rallying too

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[cheb]

The Pug 504 4x4 was monstrous looking thing:

 

[Erie Fred]

'Inventions for a pickup truck that you should know about'

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Found it:

 

[Erie Fred]

I think Isuzu are the shortest main brand. Their bed is over 100mm shorter than Toyota and Ford.
Then ssangyong do a short bed version with a really short bed

Short bed = rough ride
I'd rather add on to the garage a few feet to stuff it in there, than ride a bucking bronco every day.

 

[seriesonewelder]

How about a Ranchero

 

[Agrismith]

Short bed = rough ride
I'd rather add on to the garage a few feet to stuff it in there, than ride a bucking bronco every day.

The wheelbase doesn't change like on your trucks so ride won't be affected. It's only the length of overhang past the back axle.

 

[gaz1]

the p100 was over used by the builders and certainly overweight often never mind the long lengths of beams being carried on them

i suspect it was down to the powers at be and insurance that forced them not to have them in the uk

it was pushed to either 3.5 ton or 7.5 ton or otherwise it was a van

just someone imported an american pick up truck

theres one theat drives past me often tail gate down and no netting to hold the material on the vehicle and there driving over bumps in the road

 

[plantlife]

When I was younger my granddad was building three houses, he had a 504 pickup. It went to quarry for stone, sand, gravel (he had a deal not to pay for every full load, don’t know how)
After 3 years, some one borrowed it, put a pallet of bricks on it and it snapped it in half.

I’ve been looking at the p100 recently, they seem to have a long bed.

 

[ajlelectronics]

I complain the cabs are too small, I need more leg room and butt width.

I can think of another, easy solution.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Don't see the point of open back pickups in the UK if I'm honest....doesn't everything just get soaked!

I always assumed in the UK they were just a way of gaining a tax advantage buying a crew cab...is that still a thing or did they stop it?

 

[dobbslc]

doesn't everything just get soaked!

No it will be stolen first.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Get a dropsider? Much more useful. (To me at least.)

 

[CaptainPugwash]

Decades ago. I used to have a P100, which was excellent for my needs.
I don’t see anything comparable on the market these days.
It’s soooooo disappointing. On holiday in spain I see numerous small pickups.!

jix

VW do offer a relatively small/ useful size dropside, if that's any use. https://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/en/new-vehicles/transporter-dropside.html (Not a 'flareside' pickup, or 4wd, or the biggest weight capacity)
I can't imagine many secondhand that aren't snapped up for campertype conversions.

 

[Erie Fred]

I can think of another, easy solution.

And that would be ?

 

[Morris]

Jumbuck?

I had one as my hack hauler until a couple of years ago. I liked it, compact and drove nicely. But they rust for fun. I did two days solid welding on mine for the MOT. Three months later the engine self destructed

 

[Agrismith]

Don't see the point of open back pickups in the UK if I'm honest....doesn't everything just get soaked!

I always assumed in the UK they were just a way of gaining a tax advantage buying a crew cab...is that still a thing or did they stop it?

It depends what you want to put in it. Mine can carry a fuel Bowser. Road signs and cones. Building materials. Non of which worry about getting wet

 

[keithski122]

Aren't the newer pick ups just a tax benefit thing not a serious work vehicle.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

It depends what you want to put in it. Mine can carry a fuel Bowser. Road signs and cones. Building materials. Non of which worry about getting wet

That's using it properly as a work tool...I can't ever remember seeing one with stuff like that in the back.

Mostly I see crew cabs with load covers and nicely polished...but I do live in London!

 

[JEZGUZ]

I can't see the point of having a crew cab pickup, the bed ends up stupidly short. Better off getting an old boxy Volvo, loads of room and comfortable.