5 Massive Street-Legal Trucks That Are As Close As You’ll Get To Driving A Tank – SlashGear

International made the CXT (“Commercial eXtreme Truck”) between 2004 and 2008, and when it first appeared became the world’s most colossal production pickup. It’s so big that many still consider it to hold that distinction even by today’s standards.

It’s 22 feet long (with a 153-inch wheelbase), tips the scales at 14,000 pounds, and stands over nine feet tall. It comes with rear dualie wheels, a 73-gallon fuel tank (because it only gets 8 miles per gallon), and, if you were so inclined, an optional 8-foot “tilt” bed was available to make it look like a proper pickup.

The beast has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 25,999 pounds, a mere 16 ounces under the cutoff of 26,000 pounds, which would have bumped it into another class requiring a special license. Its gross combination weight rating (GCWR) is 42,000 pounds, while the chassis alone is rated to carry a little under 12,000 pounds. The CXT is powered by a 7.6-liter Detroit Diesel (DT) 466 I-6 intercooled turbodiesel engine making 220 hp and 540 lb-ft of torque.

There’s an interesting backstory to the CXT. Motor Trend wrote about a giant red truck it spotted on International’s test track in 2003. As the story goes, the reader response was so great that International Muckety-mucks decided to build a production version of the test truck and sell it in the United States. If bigger is truly badder, not many trucks are badder than the CXT.