Consumer Reports has said some of the most satisfying pickup trucks to own have unibody construction, sometimes referred to as unitized or unit body. While unibody pickups may be satisfying, full ...

Most pickup trucks are designed using a variant of the body-on-frame construction. This building method means the truck’s cab and bed are installed on top of a purpose-built frame, giving it the ...

For most mass-market vehicles, there are two methods of construction: unibody and body-on-frame (there are also monocoque vehicles, but they're rarer and don't really apply here). These two distinct ...

For decades, a ground-up Chevrolet pickup restoration has left us very few options when it came time to work on our frames. Other than extremely expensive one-off frames, most of us have had to ...

If you're shopping for a midsize SUV, the Toyota Highlander is almost certainly on your list of options. Factors like ...

Mucking about YouTube, I've found a bunch of truck comparison videos. Usually it seems to be "My truck is better, here's why." For varying definitions of "truck" and "why." One that confused me ...

Frame rust is bad, that’s no secret. Anyone who’s shopped for an XJ Jeep Cherokee, second-gen Toyota 4Runner, or pretty much any Ford F-150 knows to look for signs offrame rust, as it can quickly ...

Almost across the board, pickup truck prices are creeping upward. In reality most of this is due to inflation, but formerly cheap trucks like the Tacoma’s new generation are going somewhat upmarket, ...

Multiple types of Chevy trucks are included in an updated GM technical service bulletin for a problem related to the wax coating peeling off the frame, with rust and corrosion appearing on the metal ...

When we were trying to get our Blazer ready for this year's Easter Jeep Safari at Moab, we realized our frame had the classic cracks where the steering box mounts to the frame. Knowing that we ...

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