Pick-up suited for farming and everyday use.

**farmerpanda** · April 9th, 2012 01:25 PM

Hi guys, i'm in the market for a new pick-up truck. I'm not really a big fan of cars nor and my knowledge about them is fairly limited. I am looking for a pick-up that would be most efficient for farming as well as lifestyle.

1. low-high offroading. from rocky to muddy terrain.
2. cargo. sacks of fertilizers, seedlings, farming equipments, etc
3. decent. will be used as family car also.
4. fuel efficiency.
5. soft/smooth ride.

Please indicate other important criteria that i am missing and pricing as well. Thanks guys!

**renzo_d10** · April 9th, 2012 01:32 PM

Uhm. The Mitsubishi Strada-V would suit your preferences best.

Pretty fast. Comfortable and has a relatively high ground clearance.

**farmerpanda** · April 9th, 2012 02:07 PM

that is actually one of my two choices. either navara brute or the strada gls-v 2.5L 4x4 MT.

**renzo_d10** · April 9th, 2012 02:23 PM

The Navara has a lower ground clearance vs. the Strada so it might not make a good offroad vehicle.

**GTi** · April 9th, 2012 02:33 PM

The Strada would be the best among the pickups should you want it to be a family vehicle. However, since it focused more on cabin space, bed space has been reduced. If you will be maximizing the use of the pickup, I'd suggest you consider the Isuzu D-Max instead. For farm use, I believe this one would be the best choice. You get a good sized bed, lots of low end torque over a wide powerband and ridiculously good fuel efficiency even when compared to its 2.5L competitors.

**piscesboy** · April 9th, 2012 02:33 PM

DMAX sir

**drey** · April 9th, 2012 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

The Navara has a lower ground clearance vs. the Strada so it might not make a good offroad vehicle.

For fuel efficiency, the Dmax also gets the vote.
The Strada has a smaller bed but it offers family comfort and ease of maintenance parts (4D56 derived CRDi)
The Hilux is too expensive.
The Navarra parts can be quite expensive, low-ground clearance, bouncy ride but I think has the biggest bed capacity.
The New Ranger is also coming this July. It has the biggest bed, smallest displacement yet yielding the same power of the bigger competitor engines. It's a 2.2 so you probably save more of motor oil but I don't think Ford PMS is also cheap.

1. low-high offroading. from rocky to muddy terrain. HILUX > RANGER > STRADA > DMAX > NAVARRA, my opinion
2. cargo. sacks of fertilizers, seedlings, farming equipments, etc New Ranger > HILUX > DMAX > NAVARRA > Old RANGER > STRADA
3. decent. will be used as family car also. STRADA > NAVARRA
4. fuel efficiency.DMAX >/= New Ranger > STRADA, almost the same naman hehehe...
5. soft/smooth ride. STRADA :bow:

My 2 cents

**SiRbossR** · April 9th, 2012 02:41 PM

The Outgoing Ford Ranger na yan

**renzo_d10** · April 9th, 2012 02:55 PM

Yeah, the new Ranger looks robust and tough. Not sure how comfortable is it, though. Yung current one kasi, or should I say previous, is not as comfortable as the Strada.

**farmerpanda** · April 9th, 2012 03:04 PM

The current (old) ranger is pretty much the same as the new one in terms of cabin space. Sobrang sikip po talaga, eh hindi nga ako maka sakay ng maayos sa likod eh! and im only 5'8.

Im leaning towards the strada 2.5L 4x4 MT because it is the best middle ground between workhorse and everyday use.
Ive also driven one pero ung 3.2 model through both muddy and rocky terrain and it's a really nice ride.

the hilux and dmax is too bumpy for me, kahit kargado. even when driving, i feel nauseous. haha.

siguro nga i'll get the strada nalang. any pros and cons for the strada aside from the bed space (lack of it) ?