Slate's big bet - going against the grain

[Jimw]

I keep seeing images of the Slate hauling around plywood and drywall, and people saying things like the above but I’m over here wondering to myself who are all these carpenters and contractors without a truck, or how often are other people building additions onto your home?

I have a 18 Wrangler 2 door. Flip and fold back seat to haul home mulch. Hauling home blinds for the patio door took some thought. Several times the past couple of years I glanced at Mavericks and thought...maybe.

 

[Daley]

Same here. Two door Bronco hauls everything I need. Most pickups these days are luxury vehicles that no one will ever use to haul anything at all. My dad will drive a pickup every single day of the year because he gets mulch twice a year, it’s hilarious.

 

[Jimw]

Same here. Two door Bronco hauls everything I need. Most pickups these days are luxury vehicles that no one will ever use to haul anything at all. My dad will drive a pickup every single day of the year because he gets mulch twice a year, it’s hilarious.

Back at the turn of the century I had a 1990 Isuzu P'UP space cab as my 70 mile round trip a day work vehicle. I think the only option was day/night mirror. Hauled firewood, mulch, yard waste. With snow in the bed I could stick 2 blizzards from DQ home for the wife and I. (Our DQ closed in the winter.) The little lake town I worked in stayed open year round. That little truck with rwd skinny tires and weight in the bed would go through anything. 25 mpg. Square body, the Slate reminds me of that. Wife had a 97 Wrangler TJ with auto and air only. Zipper windows on half doors and am/fm radio.