do you call it a truck or a pickup?

[telliott]

i've noticed that most people here call it a truck. i've grown up with the mindset that anything 1 ton or less is a pickup. I grew up on a farm/ranch and for practical reasons we called them pickups because when you said truck, you were talking about something different. I think of a truck as something with more than 2 axels and 6 gears, with some exceptions. Just curious what everyone else thinks?

 

[TFucili]

Semantics. It's a pickup truck(assuming it has a box on it), abbreviate as you see fit.

 

[telliott]

true, just curious about others prefered abbreviation

 

[16919]

truck... ... .....

 

[KevinSmith]

Truck... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .

 

[RRees]

When I was single: It was a "pickup truck". Now it's just a "truck".

 

[cojhl2]

Eastern WA farm community:: if it has a stylized box it's a Pickup.



If a Flatbed its a Truck



Farmers out here would place you with the New York Salsa crowd if you drove up in your Pickup and asked howdya like my truck?? :-laf

 

[Grizzly]

If it has a box, it's a "pickup". Personally, I like to refer to mine as a "TRUCK"!

 

[Boondocker]

Compared to Trucks, it's a Pickup.
Compared to Cars, it's a Truck.
When I go down the road, there are a lot more cars than Trucks. So most of the time I'm a truck.

However, when I go to a truck stop to weigh my 5th wheel rig, I have to tell them I'm a pickup... while I'm standing on the hood so I can talk into the speaker :-laf

 

[Darrenf]

Funny, my SD Farm and Ranch Grandparents used to correct me when I referred to a pickup as a truck. Now I've been know to use both terms... mostly "truck" though I guess.

 

[ScottLauer]

It's T-RUCK! EVERYONE RUN FOR THEIR LIVES! Ok so not that dramatic but still...

 

[telliott]

i hate it most when people refer to their SUV as a truck.

 

[Wiredawg]

We refer to our's as trucks. Even when I had a Toyota, it was a truck.



If you call them pickups though, I won't correct you. It's all good.



Wiredawg

 

[BILLVO]

1 ton and smaller- Pickup

Unless a 1 Ton Dually has a service body on it I would consider it a truck.

Over 1 ton - Truck



It really burns me to hear people refer to there little Suvs as Trucks also.



OH yeah the Horse trailer on a Cadilac Days are over:{ It was still a common sight until about 10 years ago in this area.

 

[PToombs]

It's not A Truck, it's THE Truck!

 

[rbattelle]

From good 'ol Webster:



truck - wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles: as a: a strong horse-drawn or automotive vehicle (as a pickup) for hauling



car - a vehicle moving on wheels



pickup - a light truck having an enclosed cab and an open body with low sides and tailgate —called also pickup truck



I normally use "truck".

i hate it most when people refer to their SUV as a truck.

It really burns me to hear people refer to there little Suvs as Trucks also.

Actually, I often use "car", because I don't want people to think I'm trying to act smug the way some SUV owners do when they insist that you refer to their vehicle as a truck.



Ryan

 

[BDW]

We refer to our's as trucks. Even when I had a Toyota, it was a truck.



If you call them pickups though, I won't correct you. It's all good.



Wiredawg

Ditto, around here we refer to our gals as "trucks". Depending on who we are talking to it could be a pickup, pickup truck, light truck or a 4 wheeler. Makes no matter what we call em, We pull stuff, haul stuff and sometimes push stuff in out "trucks". Heck some times we just go out and get a bite to eat.

 

[foolkiller]

i use truck.....



buddy has had one of those honda things for a while now and is gracious enough to still not get ****** when i call it his "homobile".



although i can tell he thinks that's getting old. i'll need to come up with something else soon but love that one.



he calls it the "wife approved truck"



j

 

[JGrefenstette]

Compared to Trucks, it's a Pickup.

Compared to Cars, it's a Truck.

When I go down the road, there are a lot more cars than Trucks. So most of the time I'm a truck.



However, when I go to a truck stop to weigh my 5th wheel rig, I have to tell them I'm a pickup... while I'm standing on the hood so I can talk into the speaker :-laf

totaly agree. i must say though, its very annoying when people call they suv's "trucks". tends to **** me off a bit. but you said it perfect boondocker

 

[telliott]

or sometimes people even call van's trucks... . thats gotta be the worst