You don’t fit. Go to your own garage. You are several feet too long.
Original Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1t3oadt/your_truck_is_stupid_big/
It’s an Emotional Support Truck, which is hilarious based on how opposed they are to gender affirming care.
Well that truck IS their gender affirming care 😂😭
And yet they cling to it while disavowing the concept.
Unfortunately you cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themselves into!
Who needs reason when you get to take up half of the next guys parking space! No need for thinkin’ when you look down on commercial vehicles.
But this way they can pretend it’s not.
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What is even the point of these, from what i seen the truck bed does not seem that much bigger if at all then a normal pickup truck?
Cosplaying as a “real worker”.
What’s worse is that lack of visibility kills and the engine bay is mostly empty space (see the outro in the video).
Big diesel crew cab rigs are for towing trailers while hauling a crew. Think land scaping, construction etc.not too useful for the average joe using it as a Honda civic but for the right business they are exactly what you need.
Even then, most companies would be better off running 2 trucks and sets of equipment rather than 1 big truck hauling everyone and everything. It would cost a bit more than one big truck but significantly improve operational flexibility.
It would be more than a “bit” more. There would be the purchase price of 2 trucks, license fees for plates, commercial insurance for 2 trucks, 2 trailers, and maintenance for 2 trucks and trailers. And it would be silly for just one crew of 3 or 4 people, which most small contractors are. So unless you have a real need to own multiples and have multiple crews all working at the same time, doubling your equipment always costs more.
But for 2-man crews, there is no reason for a crew cab, and you don’t see them as a rule.
Yes, but a genuine light, single cab truck is significantly cheaper than the crew cab super duty, especially once you account for fuel economy and maintenance. Its like spending more up front for a more effecient appliance. You end up saving in the long run despite more cost up front.
You also have better operational flexibility. One truck could take off with 2 crew members to another jobsite once the bulk of the work or certain equipment is finished at the first job site. You could also position the trucks and equipment at different locations on a large multi acre property.
Under most circumstances, 2 light trucks makes more sense than 1 super duty.
Do the math…
It’s more likely that a company will get a van or cube/box truck (think U-haul), that has all the equipment and stuff, and the rest of the workers just take their own transportation to the job site. Virtually any time I’ve seen a company-owned pickup that wasn’t kitted out for a task, it was for the boss.
Thats common if its something they don’t do often or are using equipment they rented. Landscapers, independent home builders, and other certain trades often have their own equipment and trucks/trailers to haul it.
I’d personally hate to use one of these for any of those jobs, I’d need a ladder to get the fucking ladder out of the bed. Ignore me, I’m just getting old and confused as to why the truck keeps getting bigger, but the bed keeps getting smaller. Even a shitbox from 1995 has a full 8 foot bed but for some damn reason, now they are almost impossible to find.
I like that GM brought back the Avalanche’s midgate for their electric Silverado, but I wish that was available on more trucks. Default configuration is a short-bed family hauler, but you drop the midgate and it becomes a 2-seater with an 8’ bed.
Best truck I ever worked out of was a long box regular cab s10 lol. Drop the tail gate down and u only have to lift crap somewhere between your knees and hips to load it, these big short bed trucks I have to hoist stuff up about chest high to load it then I’m out of room in no time because the beds like 4 feet long LOL. Usually those big trucks are for towing stuff and putting a couple pack outs in the trunk (bed would be too generous). Quite frankly if u don’t need a goose neck a 2500 van is probably the ticket, can tow about the same as a 2500 truck but u have a useful covered cargo area that’s easy to load and more secure.
The bed is like the truck balls, it’s only there for manly affirmation, but really serves no practical purpose.
In the south, trucks like that are practically a status symbol. Lift kit, knotted tires (bald within a year because they only drive it on paved roads), expensive ass brush guard with a winch that’s never been used, spray in bedliner with big diamond plate bed box, pristine multi-trailer hitch, Yeti/Browning/fjb/FAFO/tbl/wE tHe PeOpLe decal on the window along with whatever big football college they never went to…
The most they’ve ever hauled in it is groceries, and the dirtiest it ever gets is when it rains. If any mud get on it for any reason they leave it on for as long as possible
I agree in 90 percent of cases but I have one with a fucked up bed and it’s only six months old. I use it every other day to do deliveries.
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They store the vehicle’s pee and warn the other drivers?
Do…you think balls store pee?
Its a meme reply
Searching for “balls store pee meme” leads to a bunch of serious talk about this. Hopefully I don’t remember any of it.
Heh
It’s a 5 seat sedan with a bed they don’t use. the point is they want to look mean
The beds of pickup trucks are largely vestigial, they’re designed as crew plus trailer haulers. A truck like that will be advertised pulling a yacht on a trailer over the Rockies. It’s got enough bed to put a gooseneck hitch in. A van or SUV will keep up with a pickup with a Class IV hitch, but a pickup truck is a miniature tractor trailer now.
Using the bed as a bulk cargo box is actually pretty rare these days.
normally youd get more torque because its a bigger engine but this dudes truck in the city so theres actually no point but the point is so you can pull stuff out of mud or tow your tractor or somthin on your farm
So you can buy a mini van/suv, BUT say you have a truck! Because beer beer, truck truck, girls in tight jeans
I blame the truck manufacturers more than the poor, deluded shlubs who buy them. There used to be standards in the industry but “big” costs more so they make more money (initially…while pricing a whole class of citizens out of the market).
I blame lack of regulation.
Regulation (in a way) is exactly how we got into this situation. CAFE was meant to enforce emissions standards, but the way it was written meant that making a bigger vehicle resulted in a lower fuel economy requirement. The Chicken Tax essentially stopped foreign trucks from being able to compete in the US market, which meant that Ford/GM/Dodge got to create an oligopoly.
regulation only works if the laws are not written by the companies that are being regulated
They fought it. I’m sure they’d prefer if there were no environmental or gas efficiency regulations at all. And when the laws passed anyway they found loopholes. The laws were written by well meaning but naive politicians, none of whom really understood the problems they were trying to address.
A truck is only slightly more expensive to produce than a sedan when all costs are taken into account, but can be sold at a higher price.
The main difference between a truck and a sedan is a few hundred pounds of metal. Both have the same cost in labour to manufacture, as well as equivalent R&D cost. In some cases, trucks have lower R&D because they aren’t expected to change as much from year to year, so the engineering cost of re-designing parts/panels/etc. just isn’t there.
The manufacturers definitely have a large share of the blame, but people still have the agency to make better choices.
I am right there with you. I’m not super big on blaming individuals for stuff like this. I saw an old Tacoma parked next to one of these monsters the other day and I was like, holy smokes, the size is just out of control.
They would stop making it if people didn’t buy it.
Every single person that has one of these should be shamed to hell and back for it.
I don’t know of a single justification, either. At all.
Forget cat narc, we need truck narc who just chips the fronts of all these monsters off.
There’s someone with a new Tacoma on my campus and even that fucking thing has a front hood higher than my sedan’s roof.
In 2012 the federal fuel economy standards were changed to no longer consider the classification of vehicle, but just its footprint. So suddenly a Corolla had less-strict fuel economy requirements than a small truck.
So the Ranger, Dakota, S-10, etc were all discontinued, and manufacturers learned that the easiest way to meet fuel economy standards was to make the vehicles bigger every time the requirements increase.
It’s also why around 2022, every small cargo van (NV200, Transit Express, ProMaster City) stopped being produced. It’s also why the Maverick has the “standard” model as the hybrid while the one you can actually find at the dealers is the “upgrade” traditional engine.
Point of order, the S10 was discontinued in 2003 and 2004.
Correct. I meant the Colorado, which they took off the market for the 2013 and 2014 models to redesign as a larger truck. Ford did the same thing.
That was a particularly dumb error on my part, BTW. I owned a 2001 S10 and 2012 Colorado. Now I own a 2020 NV200.
If I buy a car, it apparently gets discontinued soon afterwards.
I still have my 2003 S10. I got one of the last few thousand extended cab S10s made. I haven’t ever driven a Colorado, but…I don’t think there’s a pickup that will do the job of an S10 better than my truck, they’ve all mutated into 6 ton penis enhancement sedans wearing ceremonial miniature cargo boxes.
I loved my S10. It was the best vehicle I ever had.
I bought it in 2005 for $3,000 with 42k miles on it because the previous owner’s dad was a drunk and kept rubbing the side of it pulling in and out of the driveway. I didn’t care that the paint looked bad, and I drove that truck for 11 years. I sopd it when the engine gave up the ghost, but kinda wished I’d just paid for the repair instead of buying the Colorado, which I was never really pleased with.
I’ve loved the NV200 though. I teach scuba as a side gig and it makes a great dive gear hauler.
I get offers for my S10. I reply “What would you offer the Lone Ranger to buy Silver?”
I blame both considering how often I see people brag about how big their trucks are. Motherfucker you’ve got a short bed and extended cabin, and you’re out here talking about an engine like you need to be able to go 90 while hauling an oversized trailer.
Sure you can’t buy a small truck anymore, and it’s getting harder to buy compact cars, subcompacts, and even full sized sedans, but it’s not like all trucks sold today are that big.
“wHy MuH gAs So ExPeNsIvE?”
Dawg, you’re driving around a tank, that’s why. And you’re not impressing anyone else except other chuds.
Well not only “big = more expensive” the larger engines also have lower efficiency requirements. It’s much easier to make cars bigger and more “chugging” because they don’t have to meet the efficiency standards and because it’s bigger they can charge more.
It’s another symptom of the infinite growth mindset that is not only plaguing boardrooms but average citizens.
One of the few moments where I’m glad gas is insanely pricey.
Well bully for you cuz it’s a diesel rig and that’s even MORE expensive 😂
Trucks are driven by trades people.
They have the luxury of passing the cost of things like gas on to the customer by simply raising their price.
Trades people don’t drive these though.
That’s a just normal f250
Doesn’t even have fancy rims or tires
If you have to haul any trailer or equipment yes you drive one of these or similar
Or you can use a little Japanese truck that has the same bed size and can haul stuff just fine despite being small.
Maybe if you’re a painter and all you need is a ladder or two
Any framer needs a trailer full of tools… or you need to haul a bobcat in a dump trailer… or any of the exterior trades that need scaffolding an planks and multiple ladders etc, plus hauling materials
If you need to haul extremely heavy stuff than you should be using that truck for work and only work. There’s no good reason to be driving a massive truck like that around to do stuff everyone else does with a normal car. Unless you’re in a rural area, no one driving a normal car wants be around your hog, especially in the cities where space is much tighter. And clearly OPs image is an urban area cause there wouldn’t be a parking ramp otherwise.
There is no law against driving a normal truck like that to the mall or anywhere for that matter
Everyone needs groceries and new socks from the mall
But most of them are not. They are status symbols for most.
I recall at previous job I worked, an old guy bought a giant truck, I think it was a GMC 6500. I’m between 6’1" to 6’3", depending on which gas station I’m leaving. I could easily walk under the side mirrors.
He worked second shift. I’d see it in the lot when i was leaving and it’d be gone when I arrived in the morning. I noticed in the morning, the truck was sitting in 1 spot for about 2 weeks before I asked around.Apparently the hurt himself while leaving one late night. He was climbing in and fell out backwards. I think it sat in one spot for another 6 weeks before someone finally came and got. It was an obnoxiously large truck
Clearly a Penis Compensation Device.
Gives small pp energy.
The owner/driver is male?
What is a clitoris if not—
Not a pp. No p involved (no urethra in a clitoris).
Skill issue
The cab alone is bigger than my first car…
That sir is a bus with no public access.
what im even more sick of is smaller (normal) sized trucks that people just decide to park across two spots anyway. like who the hell do they think they are
It really is interesting how we have such large trucks and very few parking spots outside of the back nine of Wal-marts parking lot even close to big enough for them.
I think people who drive somethimg like that really do not care at all. They juat use three spots ot the disabled spot.
You could argue that those kind of people are at least mentally challenged.
You could park a Smart Fortwo in front of that honda and it would still not protrude as far out as this truck is.
When I lived in the northeast, pre-2002, I remember seeing a few Escalade SUVs.
When I moved to the PNW, I suddenly discovered that there is also such a thing as an Escalade PICKUP. Extended cab, natch.
classic overcompensating
