Exactly! We are very happy with the 8 ft. bed on the F150. On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> And, if you drop down to the local garden centre and ask the fellow to put > a yard of top-soil in the back, he will have a difficult time doing so with > the bucket on the tractor! > You will need a trailer to tow behind your "truck"! > > RB > > > On 27/07/2017 3:27 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > >> Regardless of what you call it, it's a decent hauler. I don't know what >> the >> weight was, but we hauled a lot of fire bricks, bags of clay and sand, >> etc. >> when we built the wood fired oven in the back of the ML and it never >> noticed. I pulled a large fallen oak tree across the yard with it in the >> low range - very cool. >> It wouldn't hold a 4X8 sheet of plywood in the back though . . . >> >> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> On 27/07/2017 2:45 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> Well, that depends upon whose definition you use: >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle >>>> >>>> << According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a "sport utility >>>> vehicle" >>>> is "a rugged automotive vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on >>>> a >>>> light-truck chassis".[1]>> >>>> >>>> So Webster's considers the W163 a light truck, but not Mercedes' newer >>>> SUVs. >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> >>>> >>>> Life is funny. >>> You seem determined to define your Mercdes as a "truck". >>> On the other side of that scenario, I recall that we had friends, many >>> years ago, who were insulted when I referred to their full sized Chevy >>> Blazer as a "truck". >>> >>> RB >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
