# Valet Auto Review: International MXT **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092 "2007-07-17T05:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092/1 "2007-07-17T05:08:39Z")
This edition of VAR is on the International MXT, by Navistar. [http://69.20.127.42/portal/site/ITrucks/menuitem.2fea1fe726559abc31f8e968121010a0/?vgnextoid=8cec3378c8d9e010VgnVCM10000085d0eb0aRCRD](http://69.20.127.42/portal/site/ITrucks/menuitem.2fea1fe726559abc31f8e968121010a0/?vgnextoid=8cec3378c8d9e010VgnVCM10000085d0eb0aRCRD) This is a red four door pickup truck the size of my living room. Black interior out of an 18 wheeler, including pneumatic brakes that go “hhhronK!” when you release them. Big, knobby tires for serious of-roading, four wheel drive, 5-speed auto, leaf springs on all four corners, and a comercial turbodiesel. This puppy is the biggest Tonka Truck in the world! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092/2 "2007-07-17T16:05:59Z")
Heh… I know a traveling blacksmith on the Ren Faire circuit that has the larger version of this - a CXT - and they just _adore_ it. They replaced an F350 and a trailer with this thing - all of their equipment and two bedrooms\* was built into the CXT, and now they can drive 70 MPH as they no longer have a trailer, and they get better fuel economy to boot. But I sure wouldn’t want to park it anywhere but a truck stop! Guess that’s where you come in. 😃 - He travels with his wife and son, and they built an outrageously clever pop-up top level that they live in when on the road. Parked at a faire, it looks like a blacksmith’s shop and you have to look carefully to tell it’s actually a vehicle. In [this pic,](http://www.poundiron.com/page2.html) the top level is down, but they didn’t do so well at hiding the cab. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092/3 "2007-07-17T18:20:06Z")
I haven’t seen one of those. The ones at my local International dealer have dual rear wheels and appear to sit a little higher. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092/4 "2007-07-17T19:58:40Z")
You may be seeing the [RXT](http://69.20.127.42/portal/site/ITrucks/menuitem.2fea1fe726559abc31f8e968121010a0/?vgnextoid=909c3378c8d9e010VgnVCM10000085d0eb0aRCRD) or the [CXT](http://69.20.127.42/portal/site/ITrucks/menuitem.2fea1fe726559abc31f8e968121010a0/?vgnextoid=9ff2dc724e1ae010VgnVCM10000085d0eb0aRCRD), either of which, frankly, are just a pinch too much truck for me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092/5 "2007-07-17T20:06:11Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] Heh… I know a traveling blacksmith on the Ren Faire circuit that has the larger version of this - a CXT - and they just _adore_ it. They replaced an F350 and a trailer with this thing - all of their equipment and two bedrooms\* was built into the CXT, and now they can drive 70 MPH as they no longer have a trailer, and they get better fuel economy to boot. But I sure wouldn’t want to park it anywhere but a truck stop! Guess that’s where you come in. 😃 - He travels with his wife and son, and they built an outrageously clever pop-up top level that they live in when on the road. Parked at a faire, it looks like a blacksmith’s shop and you have to look carefully to tell it’s actually a vehicle. In [this pic,](http://www.poundiron.com/page2.html) the top level is down, but they didn’t do so well at hiding the cab. [/QUOTE] Wow. That’s pretty cool. And it’s nice to see a case where the capabilities of such a truck fit someone’s job, rather than the truck just being a braggart’s toy. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092/6 "2007-07-17T21:21:19Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] You may be seeing the [RXT](http://69.20.127.42/portal/site/ITrucks/menuitem.2fea1fe726559abc31f8e968121010a0/?vgnextoid=909c3378c8d9e010VgnVCM10000085d0eb0aRCRD) or the [CXT](http://69.20.127.42/portal/site/ITrucks/menuitem.2fea1fe726559abc31f8e968121010a0/?vgnextoid=9ff2dc724e1ae010VgnVCM10000085d0eb0aRCRD), either of which, frankly, are just a pinch too much truck for me. [/QUOTE] Tis’ true. They’re all out of my league. I’ve never owned anything bigger than a half ton. I couldn’t make it as a diesel dude. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092/7 "2007-07-17T21:35:27Z")
International MXT… … when the Hummer just isn’t big enough… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valet-auto-review-international-mxt/412092/8 "2007-07-17T22:41:28Z")
Interesting you say that. I believe somewhere on the Navistar site they are pushing for this vehicle to be the replacement for the Hummer. Personally, I think it would be beter for the military to return to an all-terrain vehicle that can go anywhere: if something is so big and/or heavy it wont fit, what have you accomplished? BRING BACK JEEP!!!