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This weekend our 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 was on chore duty. Overgrown trees and shrubs scaled the wall and had to be cut back. A couple of passes with the trimmer and it was all over. The bed was full of clippings and the job done.
Sometimes I forget just how convenient it is to have a truck around.
Mike Schmidt, Vehicle Testing Manager @ 7,700 miles
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misterfusion says:
05:18 PM, 09/21/09
I prefer to think that a lot of Harold Lloyd-esque pratfalls transpired between the first & second pictures. (Even if they didn't, I still prefer to think that way.)
srlracing says:
05:34 PM, 09/21/09
People always preach on blogs how trucks make no sense for anyone, but try doing that in a Prius!
caheew says:
05:43 PM, 09/21/09
Awww, what a pretty tree... UGHUHGUHG --- I MEAN WHAT A MEAN LOOKING TRUCK!
cah11705 says:
05:55 PM, 09/21/09
Trucks are great when you can use one only when you need it...but some people barely ever need one so they dont buy it
Mad_Science says:
08:31 PM, 09/21/09
I miss having a truck.
hybris says:
10:21 PM, 09/21/09
Oddly enough this not the strangest way of using a truck bed but its up there.
And yes this why a truck is the ultimate vehicle you have cargo space and if equip the truck right you have passenger space as well in one vehicle that gets ok mileage.
I will admit that the half tons fall a little short because of the lack of 4door cab and 8 foot bed combo.
hybris says:
10:24 PM, 09/21/09
*Oddly enough this not the strangest way of using a truck bed I have seen but its up there.
Sorry
wrinklebump says:
04:10 AM, 09/22/09
This kind of nonsense is why I have a 2002 Ranger laying around.
Sometimes you gotta move stuff places.
opfreakx says:
06:18 AM, 09/22/09
osha loves you.
karjunkie says:
08:02 AM, 09/22/09
Is that a Bougainvillea? Those hedges are hell to trim with the deadly thorns on the branches! Even with the truck, they are not fun to tackle. I still miss my old 1957 Dodge Power Wagon pickup for these types of chores!
beemer11 says:
08:32 AM, 09/22/09
You never really realize that you miss having a truck until you have one and then you don't.
felonious says:
09:17 AM, 09/22/09
Besides the safety issues, that is super-awesome. Trimming the branches directly into your truck bed is full of win.
audisport says:
10:01 AM, 09/22/09
I do miss my Ram, except for when I had to fill the 20+ gallon gas tank with $4.00 per gallon gas.
I miss the quad cab. I could fold the rear seat bottoms up and slide my mountain bike in without having to disassemble it at all. That was the best. Now I have to deal with the roof rack on my A4. Buuuut, ill take the 25-32 mpg over 13-17.
firstwagon says:
03:45 PM, 09/23/09
That's quite the wall. What are you trying to keep out? (or in?)