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I use my truck for work .

Have a Leer cap with ladder rack and box is fully everyday with a ladder on top.

How many of you use your truck as a truck ?

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The truck is certainly used as a truck, as attested by the alarming number of scrapes, dents, dings, etc, in the bed. The outside of the truck, however, is kept shining- you can definitely have it both ways if you're careful.

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work, fishing, hunting, and just cruising sometimes. however, id much prefer cruising in my car, so thats pretty limited

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My wife's is used more as a daily transporter than anything.

 

Mine's used more for a truck. It's the "beater" I drive it when the weather's too crappy to drive the Z28. It's what we tow & haul dirty stuff with. We also use it to stomp around off road, which still gives us our fix, but saves the nice newer truck from body damage.

 

-Mike

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Well, at first, when the truck was my bro's, it was a driver. then when it was mine it was a driver, and I took it to the track a modded it a bit. Then last year, it servied daily "heavy" hauling duties for 5 months, around 1000# a day. Now it sits, mostly, and is used when it is needed, and run ocasionally to keep everything going. at 176K it still goes strong, with no problems

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I get groceries, and take the kids to soccer practice in mine. :cheers:

That's pathetic :thumbs: haha just messin

 

We tow the trailer, go hunting w/ it, haul stuff for the yard, haul wood sometimes, etc etc. When you look at it, you wouldn't ever expect us to do anything but drive around town in itr. I'm anal about keping the truck spotless

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Yes...the bed has the scrapes and dents to prove it. It is used to haul mulch, car parts, dirt, mowers, etc..., but it is also driven daily.

 

Our '86 was used as a farm truck for the first six years we owned it, so yes, it was used as a truck too.

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does going to the dump count as working? I do use it off road(beaches) and have one of those tents that goes in the back too

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