Small 4x4 pick-ups

get a Toyota, but they hold their price, so it's hard to find a cheap one.

little s-10 and gmc are okay too. i had over 200,000 mile on an s-10 4 cylinder with only every having to replace tires, brakes and exhaust over many years.

Rangers suck, real bad. Every ranger owner I've known has had lots of problems.

you'll find plenty for sale, most with new rebuilt engines.

f-150s are okay.
 
why a small truck???
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look down the road to what you might need in the future for your business such as pulling a trailer while loaded with wood and brush...carrying trees to the site for planti ng...pulling equipment trailers etc I bought a small chevy and sold it within a year for a larger model...lesson learned IMO
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look down the road to what you might need in the future for your business such as pulling a trailer while loaded with wood and brush...carrying trees to the site for planti ng...pulling equipment trailers etc I bought a small chevy and sold it within a year for a larger model...lesson learned IMO
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I'm moving to the US in feb to start freelancing, so will need the pickup just as transport,
I know i'll need bigger in a yr or so when i start my own gig, But don't want to go shopping at the mo in a 10ton truck.
 
So we shy away from gear made in other countries to support American workers, and then the big purchase of a vehichle comes up and most guys are praising rice burners? I know, "but they are manufactured here" true, but it's the principle of it for me at least!
 
sawin,know what you mean about a ten ton truck at the mall
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just figured a chevy 2500 or ford f250 would be perfect especially with a plow attachment for winter stuff. and for 15g you could get a nice one..towing package plow set up four wheel drive xtracab (for the dog) and gear..seems logical and it fits in the mall parking.IMO
 
Had a 1987 Mitsubishi Mity Max one ton longbed(7.5ft) small pickup and when it was 21 years old needed to replace it. The only 7ft bed out there was a Ranger. Bought it in July 2008 and have had no issues with it. Now it is not a 4wd and has only a 2.3 liter 4 cyl, but it has been flawless for hauling kit, and with Goodyear air bags on the back axle I can overload the 5' x 8' dump trailer with oak and run down the road quite well.Just paid it off last month.

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It's very strange that no manufacturer sells a small diesel pickup in the States or Canada, they're the standard everywhere else in the world. I guess our full-size trucks do double duty compared to most places where you have the little pickups and then the bigger (but still small) cabovers.

I rode in a friends GMC Canyon (Isuzu-made I think) and it was the cheapest feeling vehicle I've ever been in. I'd spend the money and find a good used Toyota. A Dodge Dakota seems like an alright compromise between full-size and compact, I use one at work and it does fine. It seems a lot of the small pickups get little better fuel economy than full size.
 
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It's very strange that no manufacturer sells a small diesel pickup in the States or Canada, they're the standard everywhere else in the world.

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Just not enough demand for them here.

My Dad had a little Datsun diesel pickup in the mid 80's, the truck ran good but he was never really impressed with the economy.
 
Toyota's are hard to beat. I bought my first one when I was falling timber on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska...very rough roads to get to work and it was awesome. This one is a 85 with the solid front axle. I built the bed slide and with it and the metal topper and all my tools I had to add an extra leaf to the springs and am thinking of adding another.

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Top rated small sized pick ups are the Nissan Frontier and the Toyota Tacoma. I just watched a couple of '04s Double cab Tacoma 4x4s go for almost $17K both had approx. 49K miles. I've been researching pick ups for a while now and in both the full size and small sized pick ups Toyota and Nissan are the top.

I do wish they'd come out with a diesel though. As for loading them up be sure to get a towing package that help beef it up.

The Mahindra's do look interesting but definitely concerned about being new to the market. There is a delay because Mahindra is trying to end the distribution deal with Global Vehicles USA. There are 345 dealers committed to the product.

Currently the two are in court fighting it out. That is not a good start!
 
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Very strange, indeed. That's why I'm eager to get the Mahindra. If the Hilux was sold here, I'd get one of those.

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Just not enough demand for them here.

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Sure there is. 30,000 people have signed up to test drive the Mahindra so far. I'd say that constitutes some demand.
 
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