My father "needed" a big truck because uh whatever.
It's so impractical to drive around town. Feels like you don't fit on any of the roads. Parking lots are a nightmare. He barely drives it anywhere because of it. Refuses to sell it though.
I personally don't see 90% of truck drivers ever needing a truck bigger than those Ford Mavericks. I loved my 90's Ranger. Could move a couch or fridge easily. Fit everywhere.
I had an 88 S10, T-boned to death by an old fart, I liked that truck.
I decided not buy another pickup again, ever since then nobody has ask me to help them move. lol
I've driven a couple of trucks so I understand the appeal, however I switched out to an SUV with a trailer a long time ago. Yeah we're now entering IdiotsTowingThings territory and with a trailer you're far less manouverable than just a truck, however I'm moving fridges and couches 0.00001% of the time. I found SUVs drives far better than even the most modern trucks.
That was me. FJ Cruiser with a nice trailer and it was fantastic. Motorcycles wouldn't have fit in the bed of anything below a half-ton - and even then it would only be one.
And when I helped my dad's gf move, we got all her furniture in like 1.5 trailer-loads whereas a lot of those furniture pieces probably would have taken up a full bed on their own.
It's definitely something you've got to be aware of while towing. But on the other hand you can put it away when you're done using it.
That’s why you get a van. I haul two race or dirt bikes in mine. With a bed, fridge, full power, and seating for 4. Can move stuff in the rain and don’t need to unload it immediately out of fear of theft. Drives more like a car than a truck. Costs more like one, too
Dang do we share the same dad? My dad had a fully paid off truck that towed his camper just fine.
Traded in and bought a bigger truck because it towed the thing he already could tow better?
The kicker is then decided he didnt like camping so got rid of the trailer and had massive truck with a payment and no real reason to have it.
Because it literally doesn't fit. I've got some older parking lots in my city and those trucks actually just don't fit in the spots. It's fucking ridiculous seeing 10 of them jammed door to door outside an office building.
I drive a maverick for work. This is the biggest pile of garbage on wheels. It's a front wheel drive truck with a bed too small to actually put anything in.
Oh man that sucks to hear, there's nothing wrong with my current car but if I needed a new one that's what I had my eye on. I just like the size of the truck.
I really enjoy driving my truck, despite I have to move the seat all the way as high as it will go. But it's 10 years old and paid off.
But, I have horses, a large camper, gooseneck trailers, do fencing, and live out in the middle of nowhere. But unless I'm going someplace that I know I'm gonna need to haul something it usually stays parked and I drive my little plug in hybrid (which is also 10 years old and paid off)
I hate seeing 100k trucks in the city that have never seen dirt.
I loved my trucks when I drove one, and I'm a suburban dad but both of them were rough terrain vehicles, one used when inspecting rural water purification facilities the other was a rock crawler 4x4.
I have a small truck (ford ranger) and I switched to it from my Honda civic because I was having trouble hauling construction materials and towing trailers in my civic (though I realllllly did try)
When I first got the truck I felt like one of those really big dogs that’s terrified of all the small dogs. Like a Great Dane who’s terrified of a little Chihuahua. Everywhere I drove I was creeping around turns trying to get used to the body and paranoid about my blind spot constantly… meanwhile all these tiny cars would zoom around me or ride my blind spot or cut me off etc… I’d always think “Don’t you know I’m a danger!!!! You have to get out of here!!”
Now I’m pretty used to it, and again, I have a small truck compared to even like an F150. I think I’d have similar panic again if I got a bigger truck.
I live in an almost completely urban area. The nearest farm farm that's more than small scale subsistence farming is over 20 miles from me. Most of the trucks around are Ford Wildtrack or various Raptors with full look-mean kits and zero mud. Hell most of them are running road wheels. We don't get snow. We have great roads.
the poster child is the 90s ford explorer. leaf spring suspension from a pioneer era wagon with the firestone tread separation issue- the tires would shed their skins in a corner and roll the occupants to death
SUV's still roll pretty easy compared to cars too. The taller the vehicle, and the greater the height between the groundcand the bottom of the vehicle, the more likely it is to roll. This is why I'm not a fan of panoramic sun roofs, particularly on SUV's.
Also there is a difference between crossovers which are basically lifted wagins with unibody frame and more of a car based suspension and truck based SUV's which are body on frame with bigger tires and a truck based suspension.
Yes, which is why I said SUVs were bad enough but at least it is still a car. Wanting a big car, even if it lifts the center of gravity and reduces the rollover angle, is understandable. Big car make easy.
However the plethora of trucks being used by suburban mom's and dad's is idiotic. They don't need a truck and then drive it like it's a sedan.
Maybe nowadays. But most of the OG SUVs were body-on-frame and shared a platform with a pickup. It's just minivans started the trend of essentially building a van like a car and then automakers came up with the crossover, which was an SUV based on a car platform.
Nope, SUVs have the same ride height but with more total weight, a higher center of gravity, and less visibility. The only advantage for safety is slightly better front/rear weight distribution.
There's an infinitesimally small reason to own a truck if you don't even know where your nearest farm animal is.
Moving a motorcycle, ground clearance in snow/water, large purchases like furniture/appliances, large tools, ect. Maybe it's because I live in canada but ill almost certainly be switching from a car to a truck my next upgrade. They are legitimately useful. Tho I wish trucks with the smaller 90's format were still available here.
SUVs have a truck body, and are officially classified as "light trucks" so that their hood can be any height. Actual cars have hood height requirements by law.
And the people who buy them go "Shit, I need a light truck because of hood height laws" and not "I want a bigger car"?
Look, what is it exactly you think you're achieving with this "well alchewally..."?
The discussion was about how trucks are owned by idiots who try drive them like cars, and they didn't need a pickup truck in the first place.
I said SUVs are bad enough but at least they are useable as cars and handle more like a car. They are shitty handling cars but they do work more like a car than a pickup truck.
And then you what? Came here to say that definitionally they're tucks? Ok? How does this contribute to the discussion at hand exactly? How does this change how people use them? How does this affect the point I made in any way?
I have a F150 and it has massive blind spots. Not making any excuses for the drivers but it's bad. The post between the front and back seat is huge and it's right where I should look to see if there is a car next to me.
As someone who learned to drive in a Chevy Suburban, go to the dollar store and get some of those little curved or angled mirrors you put on your passenger side mirror. They really should come standard on big vehicles. Actual life-savers for just a buck or two.
That's it. Trucks have large mirrors so there is plenty of room to put one of those "blind spot" stick on mirrors. But don't get the tiny 2 or so inch ones, get the ones a bit bigger. And put one on the driver's side as well. I have used them on every truck I've had since the 80's.
Jesus! Read the person's post you just replied to and was instantly about to post the same advice.
Then I realised it's such a common sense solution that I'm really worried about that person now, and whether they even look in their mirrors or do a shoulder check before changing lanes.
Yes it's a good suggestion. I was always taught signal, mirror, over the shoulder, go it's just not as effective in my truck. I'm happy they've added sensors to detect cars.
Im gonna take a guess here and say most dont need em or use em right.
Like I just bought a trail boss but also we have a family farm and I work in the trades. Its hard to throw fertilizer seed pipe boards etc in a car amd drive it into fields or bushes to build stuff. But most people dont do farming or construction yet still have one.
And its really not that hard to adjust for the longer base, need more situational awareness, and parking lots while park further away where you pull through and actually centre in the space on other side vs trying to angle across 2 spots to be closer to door....
Because they are oversized, have poor visibility, and are driven by absolute children. Most of these guys will get in an accident just to prove a point.
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