Being Texan
March 20, 2023
Ford or Chevy? There Are No Two Sides in Texas’s Fiery Truck Debate
Loyalty to your chosen brand of pickup runs deep in the Lone Star State.
Trucks
The Texanist
March 17, 2018
The Texanist: Please Get That Chevy Silverado Out of My Parking Garage!
An irate truck owner may need to take a long, hard look in the rearview mirror.
The Daily Post
October 23, 2017
Off-Roading, Hybrids, and BBQ at the Texas Truck Rodeo
What it takes to win the Truck of Texas crown.
The Texanist
February 24, 2016
The Texanist: Advice on Topo Chico and Old Pickups
Our estimable advice columnist on putting a Tennessean in his place, adding Topo Chico to everything, learning to love a rusty jalopy, and naming Possum Kingdom Lake.
The Texanist
November 18, 2015
The Texanist: on the Sanctity of a Pickup Bed
Our advice columnist muses on the sanctity of a pickup’s bed, browses the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, and once again tries to determine who qualifies as a Texan.
Business
April 30, 2015
Buy a Truck at Benny Boyd in Andrews and Get an AR-15
Or a 9MM or a Ruger deer rifle. No, this is not a fake ad.
Business
January 20, 2013
Wheels of Fortune
For automakers in the U.S. and overseas, Texas is the very best market for the pickup truck. And for Texans, the pickup truck is the very best vehicle—if only for what it says about who we are. Or who we'd like to be.
The Culture
August 31, 2011
How to Hitch a Livestock Trailer
Hauling Herefords isn’t like towing a sailboat. A loaded stock trailer can weigh up to 30,000 pounds, and if you hook something that heavy to a bumper, you’ll drive away without your back end. “Gooseneck hitches are common in livestock operations,” says Joe Lewis, who has worked at Rosenberg-based Discount
Web Exclusive
January 1, 2011
Movin’ On
Read a Q&A with Rick Bass.
Rick Bass
January 1, 2011
Stuck Truck
The mud was deep and wet and cold and there was nothing to do but dig. And dig. And dig.
Being Texan
September 30, 1976
Me and My Truck
When is a truck more than a truck?