Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
They must have the baby bed in the back. Everyone around here with a full size truck seems to park them outside. Mirrors, cab length, and bed length are a constraining factor.
True standard 7 ft fits but a 8 ft won’t in a standard garage were i live and many fold their side mirrors inward.
Please read the thread title. It's no good arguing that you know someone with a full size truck that can squeeze it into the garage, when the OP has clearly stated HE DOESN"T WANT A FULL SIZE TRUCK.
Do you REALLY think a "full size 4 door bighorn ram" whatever that is, would qualify as a "small narrow pickup"?
No but they are nice to have if you have to transport that tiny pickup just put it in the bighorn bed lol lol.
A standard F250 is only a little over 6 feet and a little over 6.5 ft wide so it would fit.but if it’s got a lift kit than no it won’t fit. I see plenty of HD pickups in garages we’re i live. When i did live in Florida the garages looked smaller than those in the metro Detroit area.
Fitting it in the garage is one thing, but having enough room left over to be able to open the door to get out is another. Or I guess you could always climb out through the sunroof if you have one.
As part of down sizing I sold my old pick-up truck. Now I find that living in suburbia I really miss having a truck for things like hauling landscape supplies, taking stuff to the dump, picking up goodies from estate sales, and carrying the mower or grill somewhere.
So what would be a small two door pick-up that might even be narrow enough to fit in a suburban garage? Not lifted, not necessarily 4WD, but something small and with an open bed for occasional outdoor needs?
Fitting it in the garage is one thing, but having enough room left over to be able to open the door to get out is another. Or I guess you could always climb out through the sunroof if you have one.
Like i said garages in different states are different garages in Florida ore smaller than those In my area .I lived in Florida and their garages there are shorter than those in Michigan because we don’t put our furnace or in your case a air handler/ heat pump or our washer and dryer in our garages because of the cold weather we have basements or slabs with a crawl space with a utility room. So we have room for a full-size pickup and a sedan or cuv in our garages.
Like i said garages in different states are different garages in Florida ore smaller than those In my area .I lived in Florida and their garages there are shorter than those in Michigan because we don’t put our furnace or in your case a air handler/ heat pump or our washer and dryer in our garages because of the cold weather we have basements or slabs with a crawl space with a utility room. So we have room for a full-size pickup and a sedan or cuv in our garages.
My garage is long enough, but the washer and drier are in the front.
Remember compact pickups? Datsun, Toyota, and Mazda made them. Chevrolet came out with the Chevy LUV. Subaru marketed a couple of different versions of small pickups, including one (the Brat) that had rear facing seats in the cargo bed so it would qualify as a car for tariff purposes.
They were great, in the sense that they were affordable and met the needs of most people who, like the OP, live in the suburbs and have only an occasional need for hauling something just beyond the capacity of a regular car. For instance, when I had to buy a bathtub I borrowed a friend's Mazda pickup and drove to Sears to get it. Most people who own pickups don't need a pickup at all, and they certainly don't need the behemoths out there now.
The true compact pickups of the past are dwarfed by all the pickups mentioned in this thread. I have to believe that if the manufacturers were to make these again there would be a market for them.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.