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Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

the hilarious irony is that modern trucks are often useless for hauling any decent loads because they're crew cabs and jacked up for no fucking reason. To purchase a truck with a large bed often requires a special order and weeks of waiting.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I have a weird truck, it's a ten year old F150 with a single cab and an 8 foot bed. It's the only one I see that isn't obviously a company truck, and it used to be a hardware store rental truck. It carries building materials, motorcycles, junk to the dump, all with the tailgate safely closed. I don't like the little 5 foot beds on the crew cab trucks, it's like you have this giant truck and all you can carry are small things. It's as useful as a Ford Taurus.