pickup trucks

Open-bed haulers

Pickup trucks are light trucks with an open cargo bed behind an enclosed cab.

The design combines passenger vehicle comfort with hauling capability: He threw the lumber in the back of his pickup truck.

Strongly associated with rural America, construction work, and blue-collar identity, though increasingly popular as everyday vehicles.

Often shortened to just pickups.

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  • muddingApplying wet compound
  • bedFurniture for slumber
  • off-roadUnpaved driving territory
  • mud tiresAggressive traction wheels for offroad

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G