Ahh it is so refreshing to know that Reddit’s hate boner for pickup trucks has spilled over into Lemmy.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Damaging the health and safety of the people around you to stroke your own ego is pretty much always a dick move.
So you say this to everyone who owns a vehicle?
Haha, dude come on
Them bumpers don’t line up and the wheel well of the “modern” one is taller than the hood and bed.
This means you could probably call the Slate the retro pug of trucks.
Former mechanic here, the commenter isn’t entirely wrong either, saw a lot more cooling issues on newer trucks, anecdotally of course.
Describing one of these as “on the right” is a wild choice.
What they have told us is true … from a certain point of view.
Technically true is certainly a form of true.
I really don’t understand the appeal of cars of that size…
I had a co-worker who got an oversized and lifted monster of a pickup, and I asked him what he’s compensating for. He replied “my height” - he was a short but good natured guy, we had a good laugh.
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God I miss small trucks. So much. So so much.
Right? All it needs to do is carry a stack of 4x8 plywood and a bunch of 2x4s, or the entire contents of a two-room apartment – something a 1980’s “mini” pickup like the Ford Ranger or Chevy S10 could easily handle.
i just bought a Ford Maverick. and it’s a smaller truck. it’s basically everything i needed.
I wish they made a 2 door, long bed option. Also, if the truck isn’t going to be used for towing anyway, there should be an EV version.
sure, though the 4 foot bed was designed to handle more then you think as they were pretty clever. the hybrid is that nice middle ground where i have the long range of an ice engine, and can get 55 mpg. i also don’t have access to charging for my vehicle. as i mentioned for me it fits perfectly
I want a 2 door version of the Telos Truck. Less screens more physical buttons. It’s the length of a mini cooper, and can fit a 4x8 sheet of plywood in the back. Was hoping it would launch for cheaper but without the cash back and crap this administration has canceled it will likely be a 42-45k sticker price. Which is to high.
The bed is a little narrow for 4x8’ sheets of material on a 90s Ranger. There’s only about 41" between the wheel arches and the opening in the bed itself above the arches is about 44" which is not quite enough. (It’s wider in the gap above the arches but before the top lip of the bed, but you’ll never get anything into that space that can’t be disassembled or moved with a shovel…) You could stand your material up on edge, but don’t try that with drywall. 48x40" pallets are no problem, though. Or at least one of them at a time. It’ll slide right in there provided if and only if you orient it with the skinny dimension between the arches. Ditto with 2x4s if you want to leave the tailgate up. Otherwise your strap game had better be strong because the standard model has a 6’ bed and the longer 7’ bed is both rare and also not quite long enough. I used to drive a 90s Ranger for work and believe me, I crammed, or tried to cram, every type of thing you can think of into the back of it at some point or another. You can get a lot done with one but sheet goods are their downfall.
The 8’ bed work trucks of the era could do what you’re describing perfectly, and do so better than today’s “full size” trucks while maintaining a smaller footprint on the pavement. That, and you can actually see out of the goddamned windows. I have a 90s Silverado in fleet truck spec, crank windows and a single cab with an 8’ bed. I can indeed stack 4x8’ drywall or ply neatly between the wheel arches and even close the tailgate on it. Much to the envy of my coworkers, who still pathologically own dinkum 6’ bed crew cab so-called trucks that they can’t fit anything into the back of, and then destroy the back seats “ThAt tHeY ToTaLlY NeEd bEcAuSe oF ReAsOnS” by jamming them full of tools and dirty materials anyway, so the whole thing is pointless. At that rate you may as well just get a van and call it a day.
1996-the end dodge grand caravan / Chrysler Town and country minivans can fit 4x8 drywall up to a bit over a foot deep, more if you’re able to slide the front seats up. I finished out my basement hauling 2x4’s and drywall in my 2012 t&c. Damn side better gas mileage too
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I plan to buy another truck when the time is right. I would be looking for a high towing capacity, heavy duty drivetrain & leaf springs etc, 4WD, off road suspension and at least a 6.5" bed, a long bed would be fine too. But I plan on buying a single cab work truck, not a crew or family hauler (if they still make single cab trucks at the time).
I bought my current SUV for my wife but she had to stop driving it because of physical problems so I’ve made it kinda suit my needs with a bunch of modifications and upgrades. But I really need a truck for what I use it for.
The small truck at the front isn’t for you then, they didn’t have a great tow rating.
I honestly can’t help but laugh at these trucks…
Especially when you see the 5’6 45 year old struggling to climb back in at a gas station after leaving his AC office drone job.
They really think their big truck makes them a big man.
All it does is scream to everyone else that you’re insecure in your own masculinity and spent ~80k and a shit ton of gas money to try and compensate.
What gets me is that they are always fucking spotless. My '09 Ranger is all dirty, scratched up, with various straps and ropes in the bed.
God forbid they use their truck like a truck.
Hell, I probably use my car more than those people. Especially after it got hail damage, ALL illusions of “not scratching it” went out the window.
I’m not driving business clients around; my car is a tool to help me get shit done, especially when I traveled for work
I would love to have a truck (because strapping a mattress to the roof of your car isn’t the best), but I make what I got work lol
I recently lost my '05 f150 that I used for work to frame rot, so I got a '17. I’ve put two holes in the bed, through the bed liner, and I haven’t even been treating it that bad. It’s almost as though Ford doesn’t want you to use it for work harder than carrying your yeti between kids baseball games.
At some point they changed the bed from being made out of steel to aluminum, and you can really tell.
I think that was in 2014, yeah. I get it honestly, they’re much lighter and they won’t rust. But the bed should always be steel in my opinion.
I think the problem is they try to make it the same thickness as the sheet metal from the steel bed. If they made it 1/4" thick like the aluminum side step plates on a Bobcat it wouldn’t be a problem and it’d still probably be lighter.
My dad would always use the profits from growing tobacco on a new truck every other year…
One year he bought a new truck while we were actively putting the crop in a barn.
Truck was less than 48 hrs old and he was trying to pull a fully loaded wagon across a creek to get to a barn.
With brand new wet tires, he couldn’t get out of the creek. So at like 11 years old I got to watch him put a brand new truck sideways into a tree because he was too proud to unhook and let someone else pull the wagon thru the creek. But he still got it in the barn.
He wasn’t even that pissed, because the only reason to buy a truck, was to use it for actual truck shit.
my fucking e-bike is less pristine than these things
BRO! I worked for a paving company years back and the business manager had this raised modified to all hell f350 (trash). He’d get it washed every week, rarely used it for actual work other than dragging a trailer and it CONSTANTLY broke down. Damn thing was impossible to load anything but buckets cuz the bed was as high as my friggin nipples (lol).
Bonus Question: Guess how tall he was
5’0" even.
2 inches off
4’10"??? Ouch.
Lol nah 5’2". Honestly once your under 5’6" any compensation is too much compensation
Yeah, under 5’6" you gotta own that shit. I’ve known many a tiny man who just happened to be short, but it’s the guys who act super insecure about being short that make me think “wow that guy is short”.
Honestly it’s pretty embarrassing for 6’1 55 year old too.
Western masculinity can be so fragile that some think consumerism is the only out of it.
Basically if you’re using a pickup as a commuter vehicle…you probably don’t make good life choices.
Oh for sure.
I played sports in college way back in the day, and still stay up with a lot of my old teammates. Most of us are huge, but I still give shit to every one of them that have giant trucks.
But it’s still funnier when the driver of a giant truck struggles to get in/out of it and can barely see over their own steering wheel. At a certain height interior space does become a factor, but as long as you “gangster lean” you can still fit in a normal vehicle.
But I grew up on an actual farm, I’ve been making fun of oversized trucks since my cousin jacked his truck up so high it couldn’t pull a wagon anymore. And that was back when the small truck in OPs post was sold new.
Depends on the pickup these days. There are several small options available now.
Basically if you’re using a pickup as a commuter vehicle…you probably don’t make good life choices.
That is false for nearly everyone. Unless you are driving double the miles of an average person, the costs of a second car that is practical for 99% of your needs and a truck for that last 1% is higher than the costs of just driving the truck for everything. You have to make payments and taxes on the truck even when it sits in the driveway. You might get a small insurance discount for a truck you rarely drive, but your insurance on two vehicles is higher than just one.
People say “just rent a truck”, but every time I look into that I discover rental trucks come with a lot of restrictions such that you can’t use them as a truck (I expect a truck used as a truck to get paint scratches). And the cost is so high that it won’t take many rentals to making having a truck the cheaper option (getting right of the car in exchange).
You have to make payments and taxes on the truck even when it sits in the driveway.
TIL I have to make payments on my fully-depreciated 30-year-old truck.
People say “just rent a truck”, but every time I look into that I discover rental trucks come with a lot of restrictions such that you can’t use them as a truck (I expect a truck used as a truck to get paint scratches).
“Just rent a truck” means “rent a work truck from Home Depot or U-Haul or something,” not “rent a pavement princess from a car rental place.”
Home depot trucks have ‘no towing’ in the contract. Uhaul’s contract is only tow their trailers.
If you have a paid off truck that saves some money - but as the owner of a 26 year old truck I can tell you that I spend a lot of money keeping it running. Parts wear out from time as much as use at that age. Still cheaper than a newer truck but not a large savings. (i normally ride my bike but if I need a truck or the distance is too far the truck is my only option)
If you use your truck as a truck often that’s fair. My ire is more directed at those that fall into the categories below (and I know several people that do, some of whom are upper middle class and seven figure salary folk who just want the appearance of ruggedness).
According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume
You will have a hard time finding a truck you can use off road the one time per year that you need to if you don’t own it. Just once per year, but you have to own the truck as most rental trucks will not allow going offroad. Likewise for towing, you will have a hard time finding a truck you can tow with (uhaul will only let you tow their trailers).
Even if you do find a rental truck you can use as truck for that one time of the year, it is common for rental trucks to already rented when you need them and so you can’t get it.
So even if your need is once per year, owning your own truck that you use for non-truck tasks as well is realistically your best option.
Basically if you’re using a pickup as a commuter vehicle.
I use my truck as a truck, but it’s the only vehicle I own; with the prices of cars AND insurance AND put food on the table… forgettaboutit 🤌
.you probably don’t make good life choices.
Hey! That’s beside the point! 😮💨 😔
I lived in the same apartment complex as a guy who had one of these giant trucks. He was a short guy, had a sales job which provided him a company car but still decided that he would spend more on his car loan than he did on rent just to have this to ride in on the weekends. He was scrimping pennies on everything else just to afford that terrible decision.
scrimping pennies on everything else
I’d get that if he’d bought an RV, at least he could live in it.
the one on the right
is also the one on the left… 😂
the text is actually from a pre-existing post
That’s fake. There’s way too much bed space.
Peak Chevy truck grill
Pictured: a pickup truck in front of a cope wagon.
