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Here ya go, Ted…

“Slate trucks are manufactured in Warsaw, Indiana, USA.
Slate Auto, an American electric vehicle startup, produces its trucks at a facility in Warsaw, Indiana, a site previously used by LSC Communications as a printing plant until 2023.”


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https://www.slate.auto/en/

I think I’m going to hedge my bet and hope the REO truck website turns out to be a real thing, instead of the vaporware thing it looks to be, at the moment.

Electric? It’s six hours to Lake of the Woods county. Your Prius could maybe do it, but, an EV might need to be charged, twice.

Best,
Ted

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The F150 can do it towing 6500 lbs. The only stop would be for me and the dog to pee.

The beauty may only be in the eye of the beholder, but the practicality is undeniable.

Around 2000, when a new 4WD pickup was a mere $30,000 or so, a friend bought a loaded 4WD Silverado. I stopped by to see it, and he said, " Let's take a ride."

We went to a local farm, because he needed some hay bales for archery hunting target practice He paid for the hay, and the farmer and I each grabbed a bale and went to toss them in the bed. My buddy nearly had a heart attack, and yelled to stop us. He then went into the back seat to get a small tarp to protect the shiny new bed from the hay bales.

I said, "I don't see you driving this truck on any logging roads." ,and he said, "Not for a long time."

That kinda defeats the purpose of buying a truck.

Yeah...beauty and utility generally don't coexist.

I beg to differ...

2015 Denali, Duramax Diesel, Allison Tranny, 6WD, Leather, Chrome, all the bells and whistles.
The only way the dealership ordered them. This one has hauled hundreds of tons of Cargo


Here's my '07. They called this "The Golden Year" because it was the last year before Diesel Exhaust Fluid.
Thousands of tons of cargo hauled.

This little Piggie (right Stan?) goes to Market.
L.A. Produce Market three times a week.
Apologies to Daryl for posting this image after he posed his question.

Hundreds of tons of what ?

Calling it useful don't make it beautiful. I've never seen a dually pickup that I could call beautiful. I can go along with utilitarian, but beautiful? Nah.

Those bulbous rear fenders remind me of Hillary Clinton's legs.

Reminds me of Spinal Taps song “Big Bottom”

“Talk about mud flaps my babe’s got em”

Not a fan of the "Fat Bottom Girls?"
Good bye Miss Piggy, Hello Miss Twiggy!


2016 3500 Denali
(Beautiful like a heroin addicted runway model)

Now, das better.