Pickup trucks at old tractor shows

Anonymous-0 · Jan 22, 2015

In the good ole' USA at the antique tractor shows I see a lot of 40K + dollar pickup trucks.
Pictures I see from other countrys, there seems like not many pickups.
Are they not popular?
If not, what do the people use? I would like to know, if its not too mucha to ask.
My way of thinking, if Volvo would build a pickup in this country with the quality they put in the class 8 semi., that should be a truck to own.

rustyfarmall · Jan 22, 2015

Go back about 60 years or so, and there were very few pick-up trucks in the U.S. Every farmer owned just one car, for going to town on Saturday night, and to church on Sunday morning. They used a tractor for everything else. Feed was delivered to the farm by the dealer, who owned a pick-up truck. If the tractor needed to go to town for repairs, the repair facility came out and got it.

Mike (WA) · Jan 22, 2015

We never had a pickup when I was growing up on the farm, but always had a flatbed truck of some kind, for the "heavy hauling". Dad brought milking parlor grain home in 100 lb. sacks in the trunk of the car, on his way home from his carpenter job.

larry@stinescorner · Jan 22, 2015

have seen some nice ones over the years

Mike M · Jan 22, 2015

Don't a lot of people in other countries use the farm tractor on the road to haul ?

rrlund · Jan 22, 2015

They don't have pickups in Sweden. Just larger trucks that they call lorries like the British do. Otherwise they haul everything with trailers behind cars or tractors. My son said that the day he got there,they were going to Thoger's from the airport and he saw little diesel compact cars pulling horse trailers in the mountains. Said he couldn't believe his eyes.

L.Fure · Jan 22, 2015

When my Dad was young they would haul corn to the feed mill in town with a trailer hooked to the back of their model T Ford.
When he started farming on his own he had a Bearcat hammer mill to grind corn on the farm.

CenTex Farmall · Jan 22, 2015

I actually use a car 90% of the time to check cows and run errands. It's a Ford 500, bought used and paid for from day one. I can drive all the way to my other place and back on a gallon of fuel. It has a cavernous trunk that will hold more 50 pound bags than I am willing to put in there (for the weight).

I only fire up the one ton when I need to pull a trailer or get a whole pallet of seed.

The car is not loud, doesn't roll coal or have giant chrome wheels but it is terribly cost effective.

Paul Shuler · Jan 22, 2015

I have to make about 3 runs a week to Wal mart and pick my 4 year old granddaughter up at day care. So it is obvious why I need a 3/4 4x4 diesel.

larry@stinescorner · Jan 22, 2015

better get those big fat stacks too for the exhaust pipes,gotta have them?

Phil Scarborough · Jan 22, 2015

There is no tradition in Europe of building pickup trucks. A few have been built by various companies over the years, but have never lasted long. Every farmer owns a car and goes to town in that, some haulage may be done by using tractor and trailer, but not much. Most haulage is done by contractors using big trucks, what you call semi's or similar large vehicles. Every ag supply company I know of delivers goods, often for free. Land Rover Discovery, Range rover and similar 4x4 used for pulling horse trailers. Phil

bison · Jan 22, 2015

40-60 years ago in Holland the only thing close to a pickup truck was a 1/4 ton VW with a flat deck and WWII army jeeps. I rode the first and only American made pickup i seen up to then in 1972 (was Dodge 2w dr 3 sp AT with a slant six) ,..guy i worked for at that time owned it.

bison · Jan 22, 2015

(quoted from post at 10:05:09 01/22/15) They don't have pickups in Sweden. Just larger trucks that they call lorries like the British do. Otherwise they haul everything with trailers behind cars or tractors. My son said that the day he got there,they were going to Thoger's from the airport and he saw little diesel compact cars pulling horse trailers in the mountains. Said he couldn't believe his eyes.

here are actually quite a few pickup trucks in Norway Sweden and Finland.
I am am active on a truck diesel site and there are members that own pickups(mostly GM) on that site from all 3 countries

Russ from MN · Jan 22, 2015

If fuel was $6-$7 a gallon here we wouldn't see so many pickups either! We never had a pickup on the farm until the early 60's, just a car and a truck. The truck hauled pulpwood in the winter, gravel in the summer and grain in the fall. Some of our neighbors only had trucks, they would do their business in town after hauling a load of pulpwood or grain, very few pleasure trips.
Big fancy pickups is just an example of American wastefulness.

Pair-a-dice farm · Jan 22, 2015

Before 1970 most cars were built better to handle loads than a lot of 1/2 ton pickups now. Our roads are so rough that it's cheaper to buy gas than repair the car. I wish that US car makers would make a small pickup that would get 30+mpg.
What gets me is the citiots that drive a crewcab dually to the grocery store for a loaf of bread. You can go to my home town and most of the driveways have bigger trucks in them than I use on the farm.

ss55 · Jan 22, 2015

Some smaller SUVs have good hauling capacity and still get good gas mileage.

Even in farm country, most pickups I see are being used for personal transportation rather than hauling a heavy load.

casecollectorsc · Jan 22, 2015

Two friends of mine had class 8 Volvos and couldn't keep them out of the shop. Always something.

rrlund · Jan 22, 2015

They must be few and far between. Thoger lives there and he says they just don't have them. It about drives those guys nuts when they come over here and see the size of ours and how many there are. Especially those owned by folks who have no need for one in the first place.

bison · Jan 22, 2015

(quoted from post at 12:28:26 01/22/15) They must be few and far between. Thoger lives there and he says they just don't have them. It about drives those guys nuts when they come over here and see the size of ours and how many there are. Especially those owned by folks who have no need for one in the first place.

ell i don't see many volvo cars here in my parts of the world either, that don't mean they arnt in the country.
Sweden has plenty nnalert though :wink:

rrlund · Jan 22, 2015

I can't complain about the towing capacity of the wife's Ford Explorer Sport Trac. I hauled a New Idea 3732 tandem axle manure spreader and a Gehl 7190 silage cart home a pretty good distance from dealers with it. I hooked on to the trailer and hauled an Oliver Super 55 home 120 miles with it too. We've hauled the Yamaha 4 wheeler in the back of it many a time. Just have to leave the tailgate down and strap it in good.

fixerupper · Jan 22, 2015

Same way when I was in Finland. We traveled all over creation in Finland and I saw only two small pickups, but I saw tons of cars pulling trailers. I had heard the license fee for a pickup was something like three times the purchase price, if what I heard was true. Saw one full sized pickup, an old Chevy from the 70's .

mkirsch · Jan 22, 2015

They don't hardly make a pickup truck that costs less than $40K anymore...

rrlund · Jan 22, 2015

Do you guys have Scania trucks up there? Thoger is an engineer in their gearbox division. They don't sell them in the US,I didn't know if they do in Canada or not?

bison · Jan 22, 2015

Yeah we have scania trucks up here,..not to many though
I see far more volvo trucks than scanias

rrlund · Jan 22, 2015

Ya,they sell Volvos in the US.

Ian Beale · Jan 22, 2015

One approach

http://mohr.site.net.au/efv8/bandt.html

Its lineal descendent is the current Falcon utility

http://www.ford.com.au/commercial/falcon-ute/experience/power

Jon Hagen · Jan 22, 2015

Yes, many tractors in Europe have air brake systems for stopping air brake equipped trailers, fast road gear and lighting for highway use,

GVSII · Jan 22, 2015

Growing up in NNY state,dairy country at the time,I'd say 1 in 10 or 12 farmers had a P/U.Each morning he went around to other farms to pickup milk cans to carry to the milk plant

jm. · Jan 22, 2015

So IF I CAN AFFORD IT you tell me what is wrong with me driving any darn thing I want. What is wrong with driving a pickup to get the kids. I just might want to haul something once and awhile.

notjustair · Jan 22, 2015

I have a couple of pickups. The good one that I use for distances like the sale barn, etc. It gets about 5000 miles a year. The old 80 Chevy has a bale hauler on it so I use that when I need to (like when it is really cold and I don't want to be on the tractor). I also bought one of those Japanese mini pickups. I drive that everyday everywhere. It will go forever on fuel, has a good heater and radio, and the six foot bed is lower to load into than a big pickup. It will haul 30 bales no problem and is 4X4, so I get it out most days. It has become an extension of my right arm.

huntingreen2day2 · Jan 22, 2015

I am glad someone is buying those $ 40,000 trucks. We all have to make a living somehow. We never owned a truck on the farm when I was a kid. Never had a corn picker, hay baler or combine either. Raised a little wheat,corn, cows and TOBACCO. To all those that bash the folks that live in the city you should be glad there is someone out there to buy the products you raise. It would not be much of a life if you only raised what you and your family ate. It takes trade and commerce to mankind to survive and grow.

T in NE · Jan 23, 2015

The only rightful place a stack has on a pickup is a lil red express.
There's an f150 in McCook with 6 foot tall 2 inch stacks. Looks worse than ones on a diesel.

T in NE · Jan 23, 2015

So we should pay 20% of our income like some places in Europe are for their electricity, tax ourselves into poverty like most of Europe, and just flat out aspire to be like the place, after my ancestors, and probably yours too, came to America because it -WASN'T- Europe?

ss55 · Jan 23, 2015

Hunting, Well said!

massey 333 · Jan 23, 2015

Couldn't agree with you more jm,there are far too many people,that if they don't have something or want it,then no one else needs or can(should) own it either.I was born-raised with pickups and most of our family never owned any trucks bigger then 3/4-1 Tons until 70-80s,even with 4-5000A.of farm ground.80-90%of my wifes driving in school and later was in pickups.

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