You can apparently buy these off the showroom floor in the states

Cheers

Fred WB

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can't see it Fred?

Scratch that, I can see it now

I sat in a Hummer last weekend, equally as stupid (and not particularly well built either).

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I dare say traffic would get out of your way if you were driving this!

Cheers

Fred WB


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bet tyres are expensive

Jeeeeez..... how ugly is that

IF you can buy them direct from a dealer, I've never seen one. Either in person or on TV, for that matter. There are a couple of other extreme vehicles made by the various manufacturers, but they're typically intended for severe-duty applications (Alaska, mountains, etc.). That won't keep them out of the hands of Hollywood "stars" and musicians who need another 15 minutes of publicity though.

Now i like trucks, i love my old Surf.
But what is the point of a pickup if you need a fork lift truck to get anything into the back?

John

Anyone wanna go ram raiding?

I bet this could haul my locost



Born out of a 20-ton hauler and other International ® severe service trucks used by the construction, government and waste industries, the International CXT is built on the same platform as dump trucks and snowplows. As a result, it is a vehicle unrivaled in capability, size and appearance. It hauls three times the payload of consumer pick-up trucks, is all-wheel drive, uses air brakes for unmatched stopping ability and offers towing, dumping and tilt bed capability. Additionally, it features a spacious interior with crew cab design that seats six and can be customized to meet owners’ specific needs – from paint color to air seats to flat screen TVs.

Truck Specifications

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My initial reaction to the photos Fred posted was:

How small a penis does one need to justify driving something that freakin big?!

Like they say - Only in America And they wonder why oil producing nations have a stranglehold over their economy.

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Why????

Mick

Holy shit, It's not till you see the 2nd picture with blondey stood next to it, do you realise just how big it is !!!!!

Can't possibly be a production model can it? It's completely unusable for anything other than posing. I can't imagine Ford would have kept the silly rear wheel arches when the chances of the tyre getting anywhere near them are remote indeed (unless it does actualy have 3-4 feet of suspension travel).

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Okay, I had been told that OE monster pickups were available in the USA, so when I saw the finish on that one I presumed it was a production model. The email I got with those pictures had the same truck in several different colours. Google turned up nothing on "big ford pickups"

The International as posted above does exist, at 100 000 US dollars a thrown! - see below

irt Truck company International announces world’s biggest production pickup
Posted Sep 14, 2004, 10:30 AM ET by Christopher Diken
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[Sarcasm] Hooray. [/Sarcasm] Built on the same platform underpinning its dump truck and snow plow lineup, the International CXT pickup makes a Hummer H1 look like it’s being perceived through the wrong end of some binoculars. It can carry three times as much as the sad, middling, weak-ass pickups you usually see on the road, plus it comes with air brakes and one of those big-rig-style vertical exhaust pipes. The CXT moves thanks to a 220-hp diesel making 540 lb./ft., and although it seats five, has captains chairs and a substantial DVD/satellite radio system, it’s being marketed to landscaping and construction firms at a price of 100 grand. It also seems like it would appeal to men with no hauling needs but microscopic genitalia. If this sucker isn’t a Red State item, I don’t know what is.

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These are mostly used for towing just about anything from heavy equipment to travel trailers.

Had the Dad's motorhome last weekend, and in the campgound saw a Freightliner crew cap used as a tow rig for a 5th wheel travel trailer.




I'm sure we all remeber that video clip which was posted in the past? The one with the small car struggling up a hill, only to stall and run off the road back-wards?

The pickup seems to be a run of the mill Ford dual-cab dualie, but then some nuffy has fitted a "lift kit" to it. If you had a big cheque book, you too could walk into a couple of stores over there and buy all the same stuff.
There are Yank magazines stuffed full of adds for all that "big boyy' toys" stuff. Makes you glad there's a great expanse of deep water between them and the rest of us!