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04-28-2020, 05:21 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Z
Trailer: Sasquatch
Montana
Posts: 2,556
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Towing with a full size
Is nice! My little Tacoma is out of commission with a bad wheel bearing/axle seal, so I needed to move the camper with the work truck. It sure was nice...
I wouldn't want a full size truck for much else, but it was great for towing.
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04-28-2020, 05:32 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: 2018, 21ft escape— 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie
NW Wisconsin
Posts: 4,500
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It doesn’t look like a full size truck , looks more like a 1/2 ton
Could be my eyes cause the wheel look like they only have 6 lug nuts instead of the usual 8
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04-28-2020, 05:45 PM
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Member
Name: R.R.
Trailer: Escape 21
California
Posts: 83
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Looks like a 1500 to me; is your definition of full size something else?
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04-28-2020, 06:33 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Mike
Trailer: Escape 21 & Jeep GC 5.7 (Previous 2012 Casita FD17 & 2010 Audi Q5)
Puget Sound, WA
Posts: 1,775
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZachO
I wouldn't want a full size truck for much else, but it was great for towing.
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Pardon me for asking but are you sure you're really from Montana?!?
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04-28-2020, 07:26 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Alan & Barb
Trailer: Bigfoot 25RQ
Washington
Posts: 180
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve dunham
It doesn’t look like a full size truck , looks more like a 1/2 ton
Could be my eyes cause the wheel look like they only have 6 lug nuts instead of the usual 8
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A half ton can be a full size truck. Normally a half ton from the big 3 US brands is considered full size. 1500 and up. Smaller trucks are sometimes called half ton. They’re not full size.
Remember that real trucks don’t have spark plugs.
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04-28-2020, 08:48 PM
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Senior Member
Name: CalCop
Trailer: Casita
California
Posts: 220
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Oh My
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04-29-2020, 06:54 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Jon
Trailer: Escape 21C
New York
Posts: 2,387
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve dunham
It doesn’t look like a full size truck , looks more like a 1/2 ton
Could be my eyes cause the wheel look like they only have 6 lug nuts instead of the usual 8
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Now you are sounding like my brother. Makes fun of my F 150 because he drives a Chevy 2500. While I'd be the first to admit he has far more payload than my meager 1823 lbs, both are full sized trucks, at least compared to a Tacoma!
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04-29-2020, 07:26 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: 2018, 21ft escape— 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie
NW Wisconsin
Posts: 4,500
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All 1/2 ton trucks including my 2019 Ram 1500 are classified as “ Light Duty Trucks ”
You get into the truck classification with the 3/4 & 1 ton trucks
I realize this is an arbitrary standard / classification but I’ve owned / driven both light duty and actual trucks and the modern 1/2 ton trucks are closer to a luxury car than they are to a truck IMHO
Our Ram 1500 is sufficient to tow our Escape 21 as is the Chevy 1500 and Ford F150 but beyond that I have my doubts .
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04-29-2020, 08:10 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Z
Trailer: Sasquatch
Montana
Posts: 2,556
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Well we find something new to argue about every day! I never would have thought.
Yes, to me "full size" means the size. If you can show me where the definition of full size means something else (other than in your head), I'll check it out. I just googled full size truck and the first 20 results were all 1500/150s. And yes, this truck is a 1500.
We quickly found that anything stiffer than a 1/2 ton gets rattled to pieces on the dirt roads around here.
Anyway.
I'm not really from Montana, maybe that's part of it! Suburban NY upbringing. I do love trucks, but even the new Tacomas are bigger than I want.
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04-29-2020, 08:11 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 13 ft Boler
Posts: 1,174
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I googled full size pickup, Ford considers the F150 fullsized so I'll bet
the other guys call their 1500s full size too. Besides its not the physical
size, it's the ability to do a required job,,,
Fred
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04-29-2020, 08:20 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1982 Fiber Stream and 2001 Casita Spirit Deluxe (I'm down to 2!)
Posts: 1,989
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Seems to me that the term full size really just refers to the size?????
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04-29-2020, 08:39 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Z
Trailer: Sasquatch
Montana
Posts: 2,556
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Yeah it's just the fun of the internet. People grow up around a certain culture and a certain knowledge base, and mostly they interact with people who have the same background. Then we all come together online from all over the country or world, and realize our background info and assumptions aren't all the same.
To me, full size has always meant size. Obviously other people are used to a different definition. I can't say which is "right", if there actually is a right.
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04-29-2020, 08:53 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2004 13 ft Scamp Custom Deluxe
Posts: 8,519
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZachO
Is nice! My little Tacoma is out of commission with a bad wheel bearing/axle seal, so I needed to move the camper with the work truck. It sure was nice...
I wouldn't want a full size truck for much else, but it was great for towing.
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Check out that wheelbase....
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04-29-2020, 09:18 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Z
Trailer: Sasquatch
Montana
Posts: 2,556
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Yep!
Even with my 17' trailer, I fit perfectly in two spots in a parking lot if I can pull through. There are a lot of trucks around here that take up a spot & 1/4 with just their truck.
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04-29-2020, 09:49 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Scamp 13 ft
Posts: 452
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Ssize matters ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZachO
Well we find something new to argue about every day! I never would have thought.
Yes, to me "full size" means the size. If you can show me where the definition of full size means something else (other than in your head), I'll check it out. I just googled full size truck and the first 20 results were all 1500/150s. And yes, this truck is a 1500.
We quickly found that anything stiffer than a 1/2 ton gets rattled to pieces on the dirt roads around here.
Anyway.
I'm not really from Montana, maybe that's part of it! Suburban NY upbringing. I do love trucks, but even the new Tacomas are bigger than I want.
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04-29-2020, 10:45 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Cliff
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Connecticut
Posts: 200
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZachO
Yeah it's just the fun of the internet. People grow up around a certain culture and a certain knowledge base, and mostly they interact with people who have the same background. Then we all come together online from all over the country or world, and realize our background info and assumptions aren't all the same.
To me, full size has always meant size. Obviously other people are used to a different definition. I can't say which is "right", if there actually is a right.
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Pretty sure most would agree.😎
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04-29-2020, 12:34 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Dick
Trailer: '15 17' LD Casita and '17 Tahoe LT
Texas
Posts: 321
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Is my Tahoe full sized? It is not a 2500 or 4 wheel drive...
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04-29-2020, 05:16 PM
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Junior Member
Name: Bob
Trailer: Jayco
Colorado
Posts: 7
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You can make it "full size" by adding an add-a-leaf! LOL
I'm in the camp, with the manufacturers of referring to the "physical size", as the "full" designation. I mean there are old Datsuns, and Hilux's with dual rear wheels rated as "One Ton" under older fibreglass "class B's" and as (short) flat beds; but I would not call them "Full Size" . : )
Bob in CO
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04-29-2020, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Kenneth
Trailer: Scamp
Wisconsin
Posts: 1,858
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REAL trucks don’t have spark plugs!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZachO
I wouldn't want a full size truck for much else, but it was great for towing.
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This was my rig before I downsized. Yes, it was fiberglass, just not molded.
Now with my tiny f-150 pretend truck and a Scamp I can go places that I could never get to before.
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04-29-2020, 05:38 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Cliff
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Connecticut
Posts: 200
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Quote:
Originally Posted by floyd
check out that wheelbase....
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