Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Pickup truck

2016-07-11 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
Mitch wrote: I found Kaleb's new car hauler: Wow. That is a very forward forward control! Can't use the front wheels against most parking lot wheel stops with that. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Pickup truck

2016-07-11 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
He needs an appropriate car to haul on it . . . On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:16 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywwo9RVtIwI > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Pickup truck

2016-07-11 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywwo9RVtIwI On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I found Kaleb's new car hauler: > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Pickup truck

2016-07-11 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I found Kaleb's new car hauler: ___ 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

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Pickup truck

2016-07-11 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I'm sure it is. Clarkson drove one into the BBC offices in an old episode of Top Gear. On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > How about one of these? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7QQlIToc6U > > It looks quite dangerous > > --JC > > > --

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Pickup truck

2016-07-11 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
How about one of these? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7QQlIToc6U It looks quite dangerous --JC On 7/11/16 9:29 AM, Ed Booher via Mercedes wrote: On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 8:59 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Pickup truck

2016-07-11 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 8:59 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/these-eight-obscure-pickup-trucks-are-vintage-design-classics/ar-AAhOj5T?li=BBnb7Kz#page=8 > -- > OK Don > "I'd buy *that* for a dollar!" -- "Das beste oder

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Pickup truck

2016-07-11 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
I really like the lines on that --JC On 7/10/16 8:59 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/these-eight-obscure-pickup-trucks-are-vintage-design-classics/ar-AAhOj5T?li=BBnb7Kz#page=8 -- --BB ___

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-29 Thread Curt Raymond
If you took 3 people for a couple hours in a single cab pickup you might have one fewer... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Hey Dimitri - why do your msgs. end up in my Gmail spam folder? On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: If you took 3 people for a couple hours in a single cab pickup you might have one fewer... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-29 Thread Dan Penoff
Mail headers have been fixed so that you don’t have to specifically reply to the list and the sender doesn’t show up as the “real” sender. Could that be it? Dan On Mar 29, 2015, at 7:46 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Dimitri - why do your msgs. end up in my Gmail

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-28 Thread OK Don
Ah, good point - but the SLC would be a better choice to convert - longer wheel base for a longer bed. On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Jim Cathey jim.cathey...@gmail.com wrote: snip I think what I might really like is an El-camino'd 107 SL. That would be fun! -- Jim -- OK Don

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-28 Thread fmiser
Tom wrote: Mercedes has doubtless been eyeing the profit margins on the loaded-up Detroit clown shoe pickups with envy. Isn't Daimler the largest heavy truck manufacturer in the world? Certainly in the US market with Freightliner and Sterling. I sure wish I could get a class 2 (about 1

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-28 Thread fmiser
OK wrote: I have never figured out the crewcab pickups for anyone other than a construction manager. If you need to haul people, get a sedan. If you need to haul stuff, get a truck, if you need to haul both, get one of each. What about both - at the same time? Some families have more than

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-28 Thread Curly McLain
OK wrote: I have never figured out the crewcab pickups for anyone other than a construction manager. If you need to haul people, get a sedan. If you need to haul stuff, get a truck, if you need to haul both, get one of each. What about both - at the same time? Some families have more

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-28 Thread Jim Cathey
The load of manure I hauled a few years ago would not have been welcome in a T. The old Chevy drew that duty. The _two_ ECO-blocks I brought home in the Dodge would have strained a T's capabilities, to say the least. A truck is often well worth having. If you need to haul people, get a sedan.

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Well, I've had a Mercedes utility trailer for at least fifteen years. It gets good reviews everywhere it goes. Wilton - Original Message - From: David Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread dseretakis
You all know that's almost certainly a POS Nissan in Mercedes guise? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:00 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 27/03/2015 7:51 AM, David Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes wrote: Here's something to hope comes to the USA.

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I have two T wagons that are way prettier as well as more practical than a silly PU truck. Together they have covered over 640,000 miles. Andrew 1983 300TD 342,000 miles 1985 300TD 295,000 miles On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:23 AM, WILTON via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Well, I've

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread G Mann
I give it zero points for usefulness and styling. As we say in the country, it's all hat and no horse. On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 27/03/2015 7:51 AM, David Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes wrote: Here's something to hope comes to the USA.

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I have a trailer hitch if I need to do additional hauling. I know better than to question anything that Wilton says or does. Don't want to jeopardize any future Attaboys. ;) On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:03 PM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote: I give it zero points for usefulness and styling.

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Fred Moir
+1All mouth and trousers.i.e. All talk and no package. Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:03:42 -0700 From: g2ma...@gmail.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup I give it zero points for usefulness and styling. As we say

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Curt Raymond
Tough to fit a snowmobile or a cord of wood in one. With the pickup I can haul 3 snowmobiles, 6 People and gear... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Randy Bennell
On 27/03/2015 7:51 AM, David Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes wrote: Here's something to hope comes to the USA. http://www.bild.de/auto/auto-news/daimler-ag/mercedes-bringt-pick-up-modell-in-kommenden-jahren-40324338.bild.html Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV Cannot say the styling appeals to

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Randy Bennell
On 27/03/2015 10:30 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I have two T wagons that are way prettier as well as more practical than a silly PU truck. Together they have covered over 640,000 miles. Andrew 1983 300TD 342,000 miles 1985 300TD 295,000 miles Do you have a utility trailer like Wilton and

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Randy Bennell
On 27/03/2015 1:33 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd rather buy an old unimog if I need additional hauling rather than that Nissan turd. Depends on what and where you want to haul. If you need to haul a long distance at high speed on the interstate, I doubt if a Unimog is going to be high

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup On 27/03/2015 1:16 PM, WILTON wrote: BTW, does Ford still make a crew cap pickup with an 8-foot cargo bed? My 77 Ford crew cab pickup

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Tom Savage
Mercedes has doubtless been eyeing the profit margins on the loaded-up Detroit clown shoe pickups with envy. Isn't Daimler the largest heavy truck manufacturer in the world? They could make this work. Think of it as a Sierra Denali for the middle east. Tom ___

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread WILTON
'Is a bit ugly. Wilton - Original Message - From: G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup I give it zero points for usefulness and styling. As we say in the country, it's

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread WILTON
Don't be bashful. 'Thought I made a mistake yesterday, but it turns out I was wrong. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread dseretakis
I'd rather buy an old unimog if I need additional hauling rather than that Nissan turd. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: I have a trailer hitch if I need to do additional hauling. I know better than to question anything that

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread WILTON
Showoff! ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup Tough to fit a snowmobile or a cord of wood in one. With the pickup I can

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Randy Bennell
On 27/03/2015 1:16 PM, WILTON wrote: BTW, does Ford still make a crew cap pickup with an 8-foot cargo bed? My 77 Ford crew cab pickup in Greenland had such a bed - that truck was LONG; 'felt like it needed hinges in the middle for turning sharp corners. Wilton Wouldn't want to drive that

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread WILTON
...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup On 27/03/2015 10:30 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I have two T wagons that are way prettier as well as more practical than a silly PU truck. Together they have covered

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread OK Don
I just hauled 2000 lb. of river rock for my wife earlier this week - hard to do even with most utility trailers. I have never figured out the crewcab pickups for anyone other than a construction manager. If you need to haul people, get a sedan. If you need to haul stuff, get a truck, if you need

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread WILTON
, British, Danish, Swedish, Canadian) officials around and into the boonies/tundra. Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup On 27/03

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread G Mann
had such a bed - that truck was LONG; 'felt like it needed hinges in the middle for turning sharp corners. Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ

Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup

2015-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes pickup On 27/03/2015 10:30 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: I have two T wagons that are way prettier as well as more practical than a silly PU