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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[โ€“] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In many places outside the US, people just rent a trailer or a truck if they need one once a year. Obviously people who need these vehicles for their daily work should be able to use them, but driving a massive pickup truck because you have one task for it annually doesn't seem like a good solution.

[โ€“] blindsight@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

People go camping twice/year and buy a trailer and F350 to haul it, leaving the trailer vacant 50 weeks of the year and using the F350 as a commuter vehicle. But they nEeD a tRuCK fOr HauLiNG.

It's insanity.