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One of these has definitely hauled more than the other, and i guarantee you it's not the ford.

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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The sad thing is that they're not even that roomy. Something like a skoda superb beats this ford truck hands down when it comes to leg room.

So:

  • not that great off-road (too heavy, too wide, too long, not enough weight on rear wheels)
  • not great at transporting stuff, because the load bed is open.
  • not fuel efficient (and low range)
  • less safe (higher chance of roll over, takes longer to stop, lower safety standards compared to regular cars)
  • poor visibility (too high, don't see pedestrians + low obstacles)
  • not that roomy
  • not that comfortable
  • poor handling

A common argument is 'it can tow stuff', which is also silly because you can do that with a far smaller car too.

So it's a fashion statement or virtue signaler. I mean, obviously we all hate it, but the people that buy these kind of trucks usually get off on that. They're virtue signaling to their (internet) friends.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I would love to see the smaller car that can tow a 35 foot 5th wheel trailer.

Or the van that can haul 12 foot logs stacked 6 feet deep.

Or carry two 1000liter water totes and allow them to be filled from the overhead hose that is provided by the municipality.

Or pull a trailer with a rented excavator.

The point here isn't to argue. But I do get pretty tired of these threads just shitting on trucks for fun. They don't make sense for non tradespeople living in a city. But I could not do with one vehicle if that vehicle wasn't a pickup.

I'm building a homestead from scratch where I had to cut the trees of the forest down in order to make room to put my trailer to live in. Without the truck I could not haul the trailer all the way to the mill, all the milled wood back, and carry all of the things that I need to build the house. While still giving me 4 seats so that my nephews have a seat when I pick them up.

Edit to add: Mine is also dirty, dented, scratched, and abused. I don't have time to make a work machine shiny, I have work to do.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but people are specifically criticizing the people who buy trucks to show off in the city, not people who actually use them for what they were made to do

[–] LucyLastic@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can tow an excavator, etc etc, with a Ford Transit. Hell, they can still drive ok if you stuff enough crushed cars in the back to get a curb weight of 3 tons.

Meanwhile a 1/2 ton pickup looks like it's struggling with half a ton in the tiny tiny bed.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are going to want to check your numbers on that transit van.

My 250 has three times the towing capacity of the transit, and the transit can't pull a 5th wheel.

And an E45 bobcat (which is small relative to some machines I pull )is twice as heavy as the tow capacity of the transit, without considering tongue weight or the bulky trailer needed to haul such a thing.

I get it. Most people don't need it. I do.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Here's a VW Touareg towing a Boeing 747:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmM-635RR6o

150 tonnes.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Pickups suck at literally everything they try to do. They are the worst of all worlds.