definitions

[85_Ranger4x4]

Ford Marketing has always used the term Supercab. They started using it in ‘74 and shortly after that dropped the Super from the Super Camper Special to avoid confusion. They actually printed the word supercab on the windows on the 74-79 supercab trucks.

Oof, that is what I meant not what I typed lol

 

[gaz]

@19Walt93 ,
When my father moved my family back to the inner city after 4 years living on an island in the middle of a lake, I learned that a standard city block was ⅛ of a mile by 4 sides. I verified this multiple times repeatedly on my many daily bicycle adventures.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Ford Marketing has always used the term Supercab. They started using it in ‘74 and shortly after that dropped the Super from the Super Camper Special to avoid confusion. They actually printed the word supercab on the windows on the 74-79 supercab trucks.

Didnt the supercab start in 75?

 

[19Walt93]

Thanks for the replies. "Block" sounds like a subjective word with no set meaning.
If a block depends on having straight roads laid out in squares then NH doesn't have any. It also sounds like there is no standard definition of a block so it's meaningless unless you're talking to someone who lives in the same city.
Supercab and Crew Cab or Supercrew are Ford's names for those trucks, just like Ranger and F series. My Ranger ain't a Tacoma(and I'm thankful every day), and my old F150 wasn't a Silveradoo. My truck has a Yukon built Traction Lok in it, my Chevy friends had posis until they got sick of them breaking and swapped in a Ford 8.8 or 9 inch.

 

[lowspeedpursuit]

Big fan of "regular/extended/crew" instead of marketing schlock for cabs, but the one that always throws me for a loop is "double".

I guess it usually means extended, except for Toyotas, it means crew? And honestly, that makes more sense: if regular is also "single", then "double" should be crew. Extended is one-and-a-half.

 

[19Walt93]

Big fan of "regular/extended/crew" instead of marketing schlock for cabs, but the one that always throws me for a loop is "double".

I guess it usually means extended, except for Toyotas, it means crew? And honestly, that makes more sense: if regular is also "single", then "double" should be crew. Extended is one-and-a-half.

Supercab isn't "marketing schlock", it's the name given to the cab by the manufacturer. I think all manufacturers call regular cabs the same thing. A Suoercab ain't an extended cab anymore than a Camry is a Fusion.

 

[Josh B]

My father grew up in Dallas during the 20s and 30s, and he once said 8 blocks was a mile. He turned 18 in 1940 and soon after was in the US Army Air Corp, now known as the Air Force. When he got out after the second world war he came to Oklahoma where his father had bought some small farms, and he wound up buying the one where I now live, The block I live on here is 6 miles around, but mostly in Oklahoma the towns were laid out in townships, with 6 square miles to a township, and each square mile consisted of 620 acres which was broken down into 2 X 320 acres, 4 X 160 acres, 8 X 80 acres, 16 X 40 acres, or any combination, but the section sizes were always 620 acres and 6 (square mile) sections per township

 

[G8orFord]

As a land surveyor, I can assure you that a "block" is definitely subjective. They are also not always square. While that's likely where the original name came from, blocks in subdivisions can be almost any shape and are usually defined by being enclosed by roads and/or natural barriers on all sides.

 

[lowspeedpursuit]

A Supercab ain't an extended cab

We'll have to agree to disagree, I guess.

It's a lot easier to say "extended cab"--especially to someone who doesn't care about trucks--than to expect them to keep track of the supercab, the club cab, the xtra cab, cab plus, the king cab, the especially ambiguous double- and quad-cabs, and whatever else I'm missing.

 

[RonD]

A Cab has 4 doors, and a TAXI sign on it, not an uber or lift sign
An extended cab, or supercab, has more leg room in the back, but shorter than a Limo

Pickup trucks are totally different than cabs

A block is 3 dimensional
LEGO makes city blocks, obviously to build cities, they are not that big, the blocks, not the cities

 

[19Walt93]

We'll have to agree to disagree, I guess.

It's a lot easier to say "extended cab"--especially to someone who doesn't care about trucks--than to expect them to keep track of the supercab, the club cab, the xtra cab, cab plus, the king cab, the especially ambiguous double- and quad-cabs, and whatever else I'm missing.

Let's do an experiment to see if correct names are important. Try calling your wife/girlfriend by an ex girlfriend's name. Supercab is 3 syllables and extended cab is four, why is it easier?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Let's do an experiment to see if correct names are important. Try calling your wife/girlfriend by an ex girlfriend's name.

Keep it generic to avoid confusion, use "hey you"/"extended cab" and you get your point across with no chance of getting wires crossed.

 

[Uncle Gump]

SAE developed J-1930 as the standard for auto manufacturers to all be on the same page when referring to electrical/electronic components. It was completely to confusing for the poor tech that worked on all makes in an independent shop.

It never caught on with the people in marketing... they still have the freedom to call things whatever they want.

I still try to stick with proper terminology whenever referring to specifics. It a bit of a rough task though.

It's even worse when folks try to explain a symptom they're experiencing.

 

[scotts90ranger]

It's even worse when folks try to explain a symptom they're experiencing.

I deal with troubleshooting equipment engines over the phone, we have literally gotten "it'll crank but won't crank", some people from the southeast or deep south are hard to understand with their odd lingo and accents... they guys in New Zealand are fun sometimes too...

I try to use generic terms that anyone could understand, if I remember the right lingo I'll try to use it but don't get too caught up in it... in my younger years I was pickier on that...

 

[19Walt93]

Keep it generic to avoid confusion, use "hey you"/"extended cab" and you get your point across with no chance of getting wires crossed.

Let me know how "hey you" works for you. Our 50th anniversary is in August and I ain't trying it.