4Runner or Half Ton Pickup?

[bowhuntercoop]

I don't think 'literally' means what you think it means.
Nice try though.

No i meant literally anything a 1/2 ton can do and more, often times better in fact. Its apparent you have only driven trucks and never used an suv for truck stuff. Free country though and people can drive whatever their heart and budget desires.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

No i meant literally anything a 1/2 ton can do and more, often times better in fact. Its apparent you have only driven trucks and never used an suv for truck stuff. Free country though and people can drive whatever their heart and budget desires.

What about throwing a dirt bike in the back?
How about an ATV?
How about an 8’ sheet of wood?
How do you handle a yard of gravel in the back of an SUV?
Compost, do you put that in the back of your SUV?

 

[bowhuntercoop]

What about throwing a dirt bike in the back?
How about an ATV?
How about an 8’ sheet of wood?
How do you handle a yard of gravel in the back of an SUV?
Compost, do you put that in the back of your SUV?

Did you not read my first post on this subject, trailer solves that problem when you need to get those things.

I mentioned it before I can’t stand unloading lumber, bricks, mulch, and drywall is the worst from the bed of a pick up, sucks climbing in and out and no room to walk around. I will glaldy take my 10-20 ft trailers for when materials are needed.

I’ve had an insane amount of trucks on 33-37 and honestly it just makes the bed that much more useless getting shit in and out of it.

You ever try to put a full size hog or gutted deer in the bed of a Cummins on 37s by yourself? It sucks haha.

I love my current tundra because it’s stock on 33s, but anything I’ve done in my tacos and tundra I could easily do with the wife gx550 and the 4 runners she had. Hell I pulled a boat all over the south east with the 5th gen 4Runner because the 4 runner is much better then any truck for car camping.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Did you not read my first post on this subject, trailer solves that problem when you need to get those things.

I mentioned it before I can’t stand unloading lumber, bricks, mulch, and drywall is the worst from the bed of a pick up, sucks climbing in and out and no room to walk around. I will glaldy take my 10-20 ft trailers for when materials are needed.

I’ve had an insane amount of trucks on 33-37 and honestly it just makes the bed that much more useless getting shit in and out of it.

You ever try to put a full size hog or gutted deer in the bed of a Cummins on 37s by yourself? It sucks haha.

I love my current tundra because it’s stock on 33s, but anything I’ve done in my tacos and tundra I could easily do with the wife gx550 and the 4 runners she had. Hell I pulled a boat all over the south east with the 5th gen 4Runner because the 4 runner is much better then any truck for car camping.

Right. So you can’t do the same things…without a trailer. Again, that means it can’t do as much in stock configuration, head to head, period.

What if I load stuff in the bed of a pickup and have a trailer connected loaded with stuff? The answer is…more stuff moved than an SUV.

Here’s a question: why do construction, railroad, oil, forest management, etc. companies or agencies use pickup trucks in their fleet? Because SUVs are for hauling people and cannot do what pick up trucks can do.

I don’t hate SUVs, but you guys can’t convince me they’re more useful.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

Right. So you can’t do the same things…without a trailer. Again, that means it can’t do as much in stock configuration, head to head, period.

What if I load stuff in the bed of a pickup and have a trailer connected loaded with stuff? The answer is…more stuff moved than an SUV.

Here’s a question: why do construction, railroad, oil, forest management, etc. companies or agencies use pickup trucks in their fleet? Because SUVs are for hauling people and cannot do what pick up trucks can do.

I don’t hate SUVs, but you guys can’t convince me they’re more useful.

Those guys also ain’t using them for hunting, fishing, camping and over landing like most on this sight.

For my life style and my farm, I can do everything I do with my pick ups with an suv and have more use as a do everything vehicle.

Granted we have a pile of vehices so it doesn’t matter, I could haul all the family in the truck or gx but is cramped, so we have a van, but if I could only have one for everything would be a gx / 4 runner hands down. To the op if you can only pick one, get a 4unner and never look back.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Here’s another one for pickups: ability to tow a goose neck trailer. Cannot do that with an SUV.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Cuz most guys needing a gooseneck are goona buy a 1/2 ton?

You're grabbin a straws for no reason dude.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

Here’s another one for pickups: ability to tow a goose neck trailer. Cannot do that with an SUV.

Haha ya and you’re not doing it with a 1/2 ton either. Been there, tired it and it’s sketchy at best. Anything over 10-12k the Cummins would come outta the shop for heavy work.

I’ve had over 25 3/4 trucks from building race truck and engines and being heavily involved in the diesel world. Daily drove 1000hp trucks for years because I loved the power and boost. You’re correct in the goose neck and 5th wheel statement but that’s what they are made for. Same arguement, my 25 tundra is more comfy then any of my common rails even on full Carli or king set up. Ones made for heavy loads and were built for stupid power and one is a luxury 1/2 built for tech and smooth rides. Both truck, but super differnt. With you’re logic just but a dually so you can hual 30k….

For the op only having 1 vehicle a suv is a no brainer imo.

 

[Steve300xcw]

For the op only having 1 vehicle a suv is a no brainer imo.

If a guys goona do that. he might as well go all the way into looserville and get a subaroo