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MsAlyss
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Putting a car seat in a pickup truck
MsAlyss
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My husband seems to think that he needs to buy a new truck. Yeah, not going to happen!
The infant car seat will not fit in the middle of his pickup truck because of the stick shift. I told him there is no reason why he can't put it in the passanger seat. The truck is old, 1989, so it doesn't have airbags. I said the kid will be safer in your huge, solid metal pick-up than in my dinky, mostly fiberglass SUV.
So what if we have to take my car when the 3 of us go somewhere.
Can you back me up girls? 
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Re: Putting a car seat in a pickup truck
DH also drives a pickup truck that is old and does not have airbags or a back seat. We are going to be putting seat in there. We figure that she will rarely be in there. Most of the time we go anywhere it will be in my car. We just want to have one in there in case I am gone and have my car and he needs to go somewhere, he will still have to put her in a car seat.
There is no way we can afford another car right now, so this will have to do.
This exactly!
Before DD was born, we were looking for a new vehicle for DH... he really wanted a truck so I agreed as long as he got one with a full backseat.
Front seat are still not that safe even without airbags. In our truck (full back-seat truck), it has warning stickers in the front saying do not put infant seats in the front. That's reason enough for me not to.
I completely agree, Plus a 1989 truck should be traded in anyway. Too bad you can't do the cash for clunkers thing. I would have to say I am with your DH on this one sorry.
SHEEEESH! I'm shocked at the nonchalant suggestions you either a) buy a new vehicle or b) your DH NEVER takes the baby anywhere without you. Wake up and smell the economy people. What effing world do you live in that everyone can just run around buying new cars?
Although not ideal, I think putting the baby seat -facing the rear of the vehicle - in the passenger seat of the pickup (yes, in the front) with no airbag is ok on the occasions when your husband will have to pick up or transport your child when you are not around w/ your car. My DH and I plan to do the same thing - 99% of the time the baby will be in my vehicle in the backseat - but on occasion DH will put the baby in his truck.
No way would I let my husband put the car seat in the front of his truck unless it was for an emergency. My husband bought a truck with a back seat two years ago so he could put car seats in the back (for his niece and nephew). We just bought a cheap-o truck and made sure it had a back seat.
It's true the economy is bad, but her husband was talking about getting a new truck...I figured if he thought they could afford it then they could. Also, if she has an SUV why can they all not ride in that when they go out. The safety of my child is my #1 concern and that's why I gave her the answer I did.
This. My DH just got a quadcab. Solves the problem.
Why does it have to be all or nothing. Why can't DH take the suv or car when he's travelling with LO? Do couples not share vehicles anymore?
Why?
I agree, a regular truck isn't safe.
In fact in our child birth class we had a cop come in to talk about carseat safety and he stated the same thing. We have a four door tacoma for my DH's vehicle and he stated that was fine, but the single cap trucks are not safe. If you can swing another payment, great, even if you have to buy used. Otherwise I would be using the SUV when baby was traveling.
You can find a very reasonably priced used vehicle that would be safer than the pickup. One could easily trade in the truck and buy a used vehicle...even in this economy.
Safety should be the first priority. If you can afford to buy a vehicle (new or used), then I would definately do so. I would never put a car seat in the front seat of any vehicle. That is one thing I am not going to leave to chance. I don't care how "rarely" the baby will be transported; it is just not worth it IMO.
This.
I don't understand either.
We had a 2003 Chev Silverado that we just had to sell 2 weeks ago. It was our only form of transportation. However I'm pretty sure that it's illegal to have an infant seat in the front seat (not 100%). I was told that I would not be able to leave the hospital with her in the truck.
I would look further into this.
I would never put a carseat in the front seat of any vehicle. If you don't want him getting a new car for financial reasons, then I would just have the carseat in the suv and only use that to drive the baby around. It's really not that difficult. We only have one car between the two of us and manage to swing it just fine.
I did not read the responses before I replied. But A I totally agree that it is niave to think that everyone can just go get a new car in ANY economy. B - I do not see why a vehicle needs to be replace if it still runs - run it till its dead is my opinion.
This is what I'm saying - not ideal but not everyone can go running home to switch cars etc. She wasn't saying she was going to buy a new truck, I thought she said it was a 1989 and someone ELSE said "go buy a new one" or whatever.
My DH can't just "get rid" of his truck as he is in construction, not driving it cause it's "cool". It is part of his livelihood and completely necessary. It's a 1999 ford and he can turn the airbag off. If he has to pck LO up from my parent's house after I've gone to work, where in there would we "trade vehicles" so the LO didn't have to ride in the truck? this won't be happening often, but I wouldn't say NEVER. And the idea that for those rare occasions you can't take the family car as a group warrants trading in a useful vehicle is just stupid.