Lowered Slate pickup truck in motion - animated preview video

[BF44]

By that definition my 1990s 4 x 4 Toyota was not a real truck. I hauled a lot of stuff, towed a few things, drove all over the desert/mountains and generally beat the snot out of it for five years. I call it a real truck.

My still useful 2001 GMC 2500 HD with an 8.1 L V8 and Alison transmission, 350k miles does not have active suspension. It does have a trailer brake controller. I think it’s a real truck. Maybe that’s just because it drinks fuel like a real truck.

Active suspension is not at all included in my definition of “real truck. Just one more computer controlled thing to break when doing real truck stuff.

I was thinking of something else when i wrote that about active suspension, I'm with you on that. My mistake.....????...naw couldn't have been me.....could it?

Your 2001 GMC came with a built in brake controller?
I had a 1950 GMC pickup that was a real truck we tried to kill it and never did. Used to race around chasing jack rabbits with it lots of fun. They would start turning smaller and smaller circles as they tired out then we would let them rest up for another day. Boy some of the stuff we clobbered hidden in the grass should have killed her but i guess i was the reason for its demise. I thought the engine needed more oil and that the oil filter was restricting the flow so i drilled it out. i was proud thinking i had done good but within five minutes a rod started knocking

 

[slateya]

I was thinking of something else when i wrote that about active suspension, I'm with you on that. My mistake.....????...naw couldn't have been me.....could it?

Your 2001 GMC came with a built in brake controller?
I had a 1950 GMC pickup that was a real truck we tried to kill it and never did. Used to race around chasing jack rabbits with it lots of fun. They would start turning smaller and smaller circles as they tired out then we would let them rest up for another day. Boy some of the stuff we clobbered hidden in the grass should have killed her but i guess i was the reason for its demise. I thought the engine needed more oil and that the oil filter was restricting the flow so i drilled it out. i was proud thinking i had done good but within five minutes a rod started knocking

All good. I have had to edit my fair share of posts. 😀

 

[SlatePossible2028]

Looks like a kids toy to me. Needs an active suspension to be useful as a real truck and trailer brake controller, more.

So every truck built without active suspension isn't a real truck? That's a joke lol

 

[BF44]

So every truck built without active suspension isn't a real truck? That's a joke lol

I know my mistake I was thinking of other things and writing a reply on this thread at the same time. An active suspension is nice but certainly not necessary to make a good truck