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A reliable light-duty pickup?
I'm looking for a light duty pickup truck, basically just for carting building material from home depot to my house, or refuse from my house to the DPW.
Any recommendations for something I could find fairly cheap on the used market, or something you've had good results from?
Another vote for a Ford Ranger, if you're in the U.S. or anywhere the Ranger is sold.
My little Ranger XL is solid, and hauls pretty much anything I can throw at it. Including the weekly garbage/recycling center run. And cheap to run-- I average about 30 miles per gallon on regular 87 octane gasoline.
Used Rangers are cheap enough in most markets. I bought my 2006 in February 2007 with only 15,000 miles on it for $10,000 out-the-door.Again, keep in mind this is the XL truck with vinyl seats and rubber floors, but it does have air conditioning. The other major cost (factory CD player) might be remedied by me if I can find a good working example in a junk yard somewhere. But I've gotten by for more than two years now on the base AM/FM radio just fine.
I also had several years of solid service from a 1994 Nissan Hardbody. Bought it used in 2002 with 74,000 miles on it for only $4,000 and ran it hard through high school and most of college. Had 145,000 on it when I was attacked by a herd of deer who collided with my driver's side as they ran out of the median. Totaled the truck, but it was drivable. And drive it I did, until I found a deal too good to pass up on the Ranger that currently inhabits my driveway. The Hardbody was also two-wheel-drive, five speed and typically got about 24 miles per gallon on regular 87 octane gasoline.
So, those are my "good results" stories. Hope that helps you!
The General Motors Corp. will trim the production of pickups at its Pontiac, Mich., assembly plant. In this regard, the automaker also plans to lay off an unspecified number of workers because of a slowing pickup truck market, the Associated Press reported.
The move will take place starting early September at the plant, which employs about 2,800 hourly workers, including 300 temporary employees hired to replace those who accepted buyouts and early retirement offers, GM spokesman Tom Wickham said last Tuesday. The number of workers who will be laid off has not yet been determined, he added, but the plant's assembly line speed will be reduced from 54.5 vehicles per hour to a mere 45.
GM is considering moving some blue-collar workers to another local assembly plant as it reduces production of pickup trucks made in Pontiac, reported The Oakland Press. GM officials said that they intend to trim production of the heavy-duty pickup trucks this fall to keep inventories of unsold vehicles in check.
The Oakland Press added that “temporary workers have become more common as automakers have used buyouts and early retirements to reduce the number of full-time employees they employ. Automakers would like to use more temporary employees because it helps reduce the cost of layoffs and makes it easier to adjust production schedules if the sales drop unexpectedly.”
Wickham said that it was too early to say how many workers from the Pontiac plant will face layoffs because of the cuts in late summer or early fall. “We still have to talk with the union,” he said. “I don't want to hazard a guess on how many face layoffs.”
The Pontiac plant produces mostly heavy-duty GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado pickups. The plant ensures the quality of the Chevrolet pickup fuel pressure regulator, engines, radiator, and the totality of the vehicle production “There's been a decline in the full-sized pickup market. We've seen a decline in the heavy duty side, which prompted the action we took,” Wickham said.
Temporary workers would be laid off first and would receive no benefits, Wickham said. If it is necessary to lay off full-time workers, they would receive benefits or would have the chance to go to other GM plants nearby if there are openings, he added.
The largest American automaker also builds pickups in Flint; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Oshawa, Ontario; and Silao, Mexico. Production cuts are not scheduled for any of those plants, Wickham said. GM and other pickup manufacturers have been hurt by the intense competition and a nationwide slowdown in the homebuilding industry, said The Oakland Press.
The United Auto Workers (UAW), meanwhile, has criticized the use of temporary employees and negotiated limits on how and when the domestic automakers can employ them. Ron Gettelfinger, the UAW president, said that the union is not opposed to the use of temporary employees. However, temporary workers in the auto plants should have a clear path for becoming full-time employees with rights to health care, pensions and other benefits, Gettelfinger said Monday at a news conference following the opening of talks with the Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn.
Gettelfinger, who also officially opened negotiations with GM on Monday, said that he was not looking to make concessions: “We're going into these negotiations in an optimistic frame of mind.”
Joe Laymon, the Ford vice president of human resources, said that the Dearborn-based automaker has to improve its competitive position. Competitors such as the Toyota Motor Corp. have a huge labor-cost advantage of nearly $30 an hour, Ford officials said before the talks started.
Meanwhile, Diana Tremblay, the GM North America vice president of labor relations, said that the company was looking at a variety of contract issues in the negotiations.
About the Author:
Anthony Fontanelle is a 35-year-old automotive buff who grew up in the Windy City. He does freelance work for an automotive magazine when he is not busy customizing cars in his shop.
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