Class: Cars, Chassis Cab — Model origin:
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◊ 2006-05-16 10:49 |
Dodge Power Wagon |
◊ 2006-05-16 10:57 |
thanx! do you call this a truck or pickup? (seems to me much bigger than the younger PWs.) -- Last edit: 2006-05-16 11:00:18 |
◊ 2006-05-16 13:08 |
In reality it is not that big. I'd still class it as a pick-up really. Aren't pick ups trucks anyway? |
◊ 2006-05-16 13:45 |
Depends what you mean by "truck". Here we included in "trucks" only the most heavy ones. I gues that this one is big/heavy enough to be listed as a truck. |
◊ 2006-05-16 13:58 |
You think so? It was available from 1/2 ton to 1-ton. Exactly like Ford pickups. |
◊ 2006-05-16 14:23 |
The it only looks big ![]() Anyway, this one looks more like a chassis-cabin than a pickup. -- Last edit: 2006-05-16 14:24:11 |
◊ 2006-05-16 14:36 |
I think, *pick up-trucks*, as we have it today, named *pickups*, in common sense became a separate class of vehicles. maybe thats a matter of lifestyle ... as a renault clio-driver: this power wagon is a truck to me ;-))) |
◊ 2006-05-16 14:55 |
La question est: faut-il un permis spécifique pour conduire ce véhicule? Si plus de 3,5 tonnes, alors oui, et c'est à classer comme camion (à la conduite aussi, j'en garde comme un souvenir!) |
◊ 2006-05-16 14:59 |
Cette limite à 3.5T est européenne (voire franco-belge). Aux USA il n'y a pas vraiment de différence entre un pickup "léger" et un camion de 4 T il me semble. C'est plutôt au cas par cas, quand c'est ni un petit pickup/chassis-cab de la taille d'une auto, ni un vrai camion au sens européen du terme. der.krusche > a pickup usually has the bucket merged with the body, where a chassis-cabin is a car where the what's behind the cabin is "customized" (flat bed, tow truck, motorhome, refrigerated truck, ...) ![]() -- Last edit: 2006-05-16 15:04:22 |
◊ 2014-06-12 21:00 |
I don't remember seeing this one so didn't update it. |
◊ 2021-01-12 23:33 |
C'est meme pire que ca : il n'y a pas de permis poids-lourds aux US, mais un permis de conduire "commercial". C'est-a-dire qu'il faut que le vehicule fasse un certain poids (plus de 26.001 livres en PTC) et utilise dans un but commercial. C'est pour ca que certains "camping-cars" sont bases sur des bus et peuvent se conduire sans permis special. |