The half-ton truck gets its name not from its weight but from its payload capacity. These versatile vehicles are the middle ground between heavy-duty trucks and small pickups, offering better fuel ...

placing a wet rag on his faded gray Toyota Tacoma truck. He starts scrubbing the white sun damaged streaks on his hood. “This is coconut oil and white vinegar mixed half and half,” he says.

Half-ton, three-quarter-ton and one-ton are informal classifications for pickup trucks and SUVs that are used to generally classify them by their payload capacities, meaning the maximum weight a ...