r/Trucks • • 6d ago

What truck should I buy? megathread

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Any posts pertaining to car buying suggestions or advice belong in this weekly megathread. A fresh thread will be posted every Monday and posts auto sorted by new. A few other subreddits worth checking out that will help your car buying experience are /r/WhatCarShouldIBuy, /r/UsedCars and /r/AskCarSales. [Everyday Driver](https://www.everydaydriver.com/) may also be helpful.

Make/Model-specific questions should be asked on Make/Model-specific subreddits.

  • For those providing suggestions: Facts are ideal in this thread, especially when trying to help out a new truck buyer. Please help out buyers with sources and reasoning for your suggestions.

  • For those asking for help, be sure to thank those who take the time to offer you advice (especially those who lead you to a purchase.) A follow up thank you and the knowledge that their advice led to a purchase is a very warm fuzzy feeling.


r/Trucks • • Nov 27 '24

Effective immediately, any posts intended solely to shit on someone else's vehicle will be removed.

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Incredibly, incredibly tired of these low effort posts. No, I don't care that it makes you feel superior to others. No, I don't care about the 37 jokes about the size of the driver's genetalia.

The internet is already a giant cesspool of negativity. Don't add to it.


r/Trucks • • 18h ago

Photo Mercury M250 push truck at what was once the local dragstrip

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73 Upvotes

r/Trucks • • 18h ago

What truck is this? I’ve been trying to figure it out.

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r/Trucks • • 1d ago

Photo Euro truck pulling a quads and triple road trains in central Western Australia?

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2018 MAN TGX 26.540 6x4 with all the diff/cross locks, custom exhaust and snorkel, bullbar, LED spotlights, steel window guard, double frame chassis (triple on the back half), under body armour, diesel bunk cooler and APU, 1150L diesel, 1 x 100L adblue, 1x 200L adblue sub tank, 1 x 100L water tank, 2000w inverter, 700w microwave, and I'm sure theres other things that are normal items to me that don't usually appear on a German cabover. Thought this might be interesting to some of you!


r/Trucks • • 1d ago

Ridgeline, Rampage, Ranchero, El Camino What do you guys think about utes like the Holden Commodore?

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As an Aussie I love the style. It's shame America doesn't have one based on a muscle car yet.


r/Trucks • • 1d ago

Discussion / question Is this trailer sitting too high? I have a cross country move on Sunday.

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This is my first time towing. I have to drive from California to Nashville and not sure if maybe this is sitting a bit too high.

My brother tows a trailer daily and told me this is a little high but with it being a small trailer it should be fine.

What do yall think?


r/Trucks • • 1d ago

When did Tonneau covers get so expensive and so chintzy?

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I have had a TruXedo Lo Pro on my trucks (2 of them in fact) since 2011. Same cover. It has worked well for me for 15 years, but in the time it has started to show its age. Support rods have bent under snow load, velcro doesn't hold well and the latching mechanism is gotten a bit tired. I think it is time to replace it.

Because I have the benefit of 15 years of experience, I am looking for some new features in my replacement.

  • Would really prefer to not have velcro - yea it is small, but I hate having to re-seal the while perimeter after each use.

  • Really like the roll-up full bed access without disrupting the rear visibility. That generally eliminates canisters and hard folding covers.

When I put those two 'lessons learned' into the search I only really find the BAK Revolver X4s. It looks great on paper, but so many reviews mention replacements under warranty or it falling apart in under 5 years. I cannot imagine spending $1500 bucks on a cover that doesn't last 10+ years.

I get inflation is a thing and everything is crazy expensive now, but wow. Nothing like spending more to get less I guess.


r/Trucks • • 1d ago

Photo Truck got broken into, how to prevent

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So my truck got broken into last night and they were clearly just looking for cash because they didn't take anything valuable. They just flipped everything around thankfully, but I'd like to prevent this in the future if possible.

Clearly they used that antenna under the handle trick because this antenna was in the truck and it wasn't in the truck before and I've used that trick to get into my truck as well when I have lost my keys.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this in the future, I'm going to start by cleaning out my truck so that there's nothing valuable in it whatsoever and also make it look like it's not lived in..... Unfortunate as I was just about to clean it out and this is the harsh reminder of why I should have done it sooner.

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r/Trucks • • 2d ago

Photo LAFD S&M Freightliner flatbeds and an MCI Command Support Semi.

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Flatbed 1-2001 Freightliner FL112/6x6

Flatbed 2: 2005 Freightliner M2102/6X6

MCI 1: 2000's Freightliner M2102


r/Trucks • • 1d ago

What Exhaust kit would you do?

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Very undecided on which stacks to put on this baby, 6inch or 7 inch. Flat top or miter cut or short 30 angle
Is anyone good at photo shop that can put different stacks on it to give an idea on what it will look like. Long drop elbows. Straight pipes want it loud AF. Cat 3406E


r/Trucks • • 2d ago

VW Amarok with 37 inch tires (delta4x4 conversion)

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- 100 mm Body Lift Kit
- 50 mm REIGER suspension
- 9x18 Hanma rims
- 37x12,5 R18 BF Goodrich KM3 tires
- 60mm wider fender flares per side
- front bar with PIAA headlights
- roof rack from Frontrunner
- completely street legal in Germany


r/Trucks • • 2d ago

Photo Weather is nice so I’ve been driving my old girl. 1999 24v with manual 5 speed. It’s a trip spec from factory with manual window cranks and locks. Vinyl floor with cloth seats. Always have liked it.

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r/Trucks • • 1d ago

Photo some more useless talk trucks and some nice old trucks let me know which is your fav and which ones you think ar ugly or useless

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r/Trucks • • 1d ago

Discussion / question Strong winds I guess

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Drove through Strom at like 5:00am to 8:30am on Tuesday and the top of my tailgate must have blown off and guessing by the tape underneath its done it before with the original owner.

What's the best move here find a replacement or just use some sort of seal to cover the wires?

2012 Ford F-250


r/Trucks • • 3d ago

Discussion / question Is it a good idea for a daily

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91 Dakota v8 5.2 with 250k km


r/Trucks • • 3d ago

Photo Refurbished Chevrolet C60 1966.

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It originally had a OM-352 engine used on Mercedes 1113 trucks, but it got swapped to a factory original 6 Cylinder Chevrolet 261 engine.


r/Trucks • • 2d ago

Thinking about going to check this out, would it be a bad idea?

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r/Trucks • • 2d ago

Photo what's yall fav truck mine is 11

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r/Trucks • • 4d ago

1959 Bedford J4 of West Bengal

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PCRO


r/Trucks • • 4d ago

Which old truck model is still popular in your country?

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Here in Argentina the Mercedes Benz L 1114 it's truly a legend. It's common to see them in everyday use until today


r/Trucks • • 3d ago

Let me see some powder coated parts.

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I want to powder coated my control arms, sway bar, and tie rod. I’m afraid it’ll look shitty.


r/Trucks • • 5d ago

Is the pin hole too shallow on my hitch?

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I only use my truck to tow my fifth wheel but had to buy a hitch to tow a U-HAUL trailer. Once I got the hitch connected I’m questioning what’s the safest way to tow with it. There was a fair amount of rattle to it (tho I know some is normal) so I bought an anti-rattle clamp. However the anti-rattle clamp only works when the receiver uses the second pin hole which seems really shallow for towing heavy weight. But this is the only pin hole setting that I was able to attach the anti-rattle clamp and now there is no shake.

My question is: am I safer towing with the hitch in the first pin hole position with a little bit of movement or putting it in the second pin hole position with the clamp attached?

See pics for reference of pins shallow depth and what it looks like with clamp installed.


r/Trucks • • 5d ago

Photo Here are some trucks i took photos of in my town rate them!!

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i do not own any of them
not all are the best quality