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Readers' Letters: "THE $10,000 PICKUP” Triple Dose

Posted October 29 2009 11:06 AM by TT Editors

" Editor's Desk: The $10,000 Pickup " from our July/August Issue sparked a lot of responses from our readers. Here are three very different views we’d like to share:

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Lost in the mail Readers’ Letters: The comeback of the Chevy El Camino

Posted October 19 2009 03:19 PM by TT Editors

While combing the vacant offices filled with long forgotten archived junk, I came across a pile of Readers’ letters that had been stashed in a drawer. One white envelope caught my eye as I was tossing the pile into...

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Readers' Letters: Turbodiesel Grand Cherokee

Posted October 15 2009 02:04 PM by TT Editors

Dear Truck Trend, I love diesels and Grand Cherokees and am the proud owner of a solid-front-axle Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Edition 4x4 with the 4.7-liter High-Output engine. It smokes most Mustang GTs from stoplight...

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Readers' Letters: New Nissan Frontier?

Posted October 8 2009 11:56 AM by TT Editors

Dear Truck Trend , I am interested in buying the Nissan Frontier. Do you know when it is scheduled for an update? Ron Alfred St. Charles, Missouri

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Readers' Letters: Michelin Active Wheel

Posted September 21 2009 03:33 PM by TT Editors

Dear Truck Trend, After reading about Michelin's Active Wheel (" Max Payload ," July/August ), I was curious about how this setup would work on a truck. A little digging on the Internet revealed a video that shows the...

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Readers' Letter of the Month: Actual Payload Capacity

Posted September 15 2009 11:31 AM by TT Editors

Dear Truck Trend , When it comes to determining the actual payload capability of SUVs and trucks, the information published on the Big Three's Web sites is confusing and can be misleading. And most people don't realize...

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Readers' Letters: FORD V-10 RUMORS

Posted August 31 2009 02:54 PM by TT Editors

"I hope you're wrong about the 6.8-liter V-10 being phased out in favor of a new 6.2-liter V-8 ( "Max Payload," May/June ). From what I've heard, a 7.0-liter V-8 is due to replace the V-10, but not until the 2011-2012...

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Readers' Letter of the Month July/August: DESIGN CONTEST

Posted July 22 2009 11:43 AM by TT Editors

Dear Truck Trend, Over the years I kicked myself for being too lazy to enter Truck Trend's annual Design Contest--until 2006, when I finally did enter and was lucky enough to be picked as a finalist. I didn't win, even...

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Reader's Letters: Best In Class- Are you owned by or partners with Toyota?

Posted July 9 2009 10:08 AM by TT Editors

Are you owned by or partners with Toyota? Toyota continues to put out "blah" vehicles when everyone else is running away with their respective segments, yet you continue to overrate them. Tundra runner-up to the F-150 ?...

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Reader's Letters: Overworked Small Truck

Posted July 2 2009 10:29 AM by TT Editors

All I read about are full-size pickups with huge gas V-8s or diesels--they can carry this much in the bed or they can pull this much. My 1996 GMC Sonoma has a four-cylinder and a 4.11 rearend, and I haul what others put in...

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Reader's Letters: Dodge Ram Reporting for Duty

Posted June 24 2009 02:34 PM by TT Editors

I was reading " Reporting for Duty " (May/June) and am very interested in buying a new Ram Heavy-Duty. I know I want one of the trucks with 650 horsepower (torque rating) for only $6200 extra. Where can I buy one? Rich...

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Readers' Letters: Two Valves Or Three?

Posted June 19 2009 12:03 PM by TT Editors

Look at a copy of the 2009 Ford Commercial Trucks brochure. Under the specifications for 2009 E-Series vans, under engines, it lists three-valve 5.4-liter and three-valve 6.8-liter options, yet horsepower and torque...

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Reader's Letters: TOTY 2009 Testing Axle Ratios

Posted June 15 2009 09:54 AM by TT Editors

Enjoyed your comparison shootout, but you only included the axle ratios for the F-150 and not for the other trucks. I'm specifically interested in the Dodge. I'm assuming it had a 3.55 in the crew cab 4x4 - can you...

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Reader's Letters: Ram Wasn't The First!!

Posted June 9 2009 09:37 AM by TT Editors

In the Truck of the Year story in the March/April 2009 issue (" Workhorse Opera "), you wrote "the new Ram is the first full-size pickup in history with rear coil springs." Well, my 1972 Chevy full-size half-ton pickup...

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Reader's Letters: Response To MPG Myths

Posted June 3 2009 04:42 PM by TT Editors

In " Emissions Check " in the March/April 2009 issue, a letter entitled " MPG Myths " suggested that trucks today can't achieve good mileage in the real world. I object to this. As the owner of two full-size trucks (a...

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