An upgraded option for the half ton Pickup crowd
Toyota has unveiled the new Tundras, more power, hybrid, higher tow cap. Tundra
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Uncle Lechleitner taught me about truck ratings when was a teen….
He owned a custom SS commercial kitchen firm and hauled SS with the shop flatbed trucks and his 3/4 ton GMC. Said no 1 ton, as everything is the same between them where it matters and costs less because registration/etc costs less because it is NOT a 1 ton.
Back then, there weren’t as many ‘option packages’ and the option box sheet was long
He ordered the highest GVWR and RGAWR 3/4 ton, but with ZERO options…AKA stripper model.
Cardboard interior door panels, sheetmetal floors, manual windows, manual tranny, no spare, no tinted glass, lowest option tires/wheels, no radio, etc.
That stripper had the highest cargo or load rating. He said utilities and the government ordered their vehicles that way.
As every option weighed something and took away the cargo rating pound for pound.
But…today…most everyone orders every option available.
Marty is the only guy on this forum that I know of, that has a ‘stripper’ pickup…or even knows what the heck what a ‘stripper’ is.
It may NOT be the lowest GVWR & RGAWR if ordered correctly
He owned a custom SS commercial kitchen firm and hauled SS with the shop flatbed trucks and his 3/4 ton GMC. Said no 1 ton, as everything is the same between them where it matters and costs less because registration/etc costs less because it is NOT a 1 ton.
Back then, there weren’t as many ‘option packages’ and the option box sheet was long
He ordered the highest GVWR and RGAWR 3/4 ton, but with ZERO options…AKA stripper model.
Cardboard interior door panels, sheetmetal floors, manual windows, manual tranny, no spare, no tinted glass, lowest option tires/wheels, no radio, etc.
That stripper had the highest cargo or load rating. He said utilities and the government ordered their vehicles that way.
As every option weighed something and took away the cargo rating pound for pound.
But…today…most everyone orders every option available.
Marty is the only guy on this forum that I know of, that has a ‘stripper’ pickup…or even knows what the heck what a ‘stripper’ is.
It may NOT be the lowest GVWR & RGAWR if ordered correctly
