• fireweed@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I need a truck for agricultural purposes, but don’t want to purchase a ToddlerKiller4000. Short of inventing a time machine and traveling back to an era of car-sized rather than tank-sized pickups, my options are pretty slim. Fuck me, right?

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      My whole family were farmers and one of my cousins jacked his truck up so much it could only pull one of his wagons…

      People still give him shit, even tho it was like 20 years ago.

      Point being, the stupid shit you see isn’t even practical. The only point of giant modern trucks is helping men with low self esteem. And it doesn’t even help them, it just makes them keep wanting an even bigger truck than everyone else.

      Which is why they’ve been consistently getting bigger for decades.

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        I own an '01 3/4 ton suburban for boat and camper hauling. It’s small compared to a stock 1/2 ton today. The top of their beds is almost at my roofline. All that size increase comes with very little gain besides dick measuring it seems. I will never understand why people buy them, especially for 60k+.

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          1 year ago

          More money more dick.

          Fortunately, those 12% APR loans they use to buy them are bankrupting them. I have to view this as an exercise in social darwinism.

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        When I had to buy a new car a guy at work who was big into cars asked me what I was getting and gave me grief for not getting a big truck. I asked him why I would want such an impractical and expensive truck for just myself (and I lived in an apartment) and he only gave me macho signaling answers.

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      1 year ago

      Japanese mini trucks are outstanding for true agricultural purposes. You have options for dump beds and completely removable (or flip-down) bed sides for super easy side loading. They’re cheap and super economical.

      Crash safety is the biggest drawback, so true road-worthiness is iffy (depending on how much the cops in your area care about that sort of thing). But if you’re looking for utility on private property, these things rule.

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      1 year ago

      I guess so. The blind hatred in this thread is insane. Apparently, if you drive a big truck, you hate the planet, are a chronic tailgater, have a loud exhaust, and are an alcoholic.

      Like damn bro, I’m just trying to haul some shit around. If there was a better way, I’m all ears.

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        1 year ago

        The FuckCars people like to overstate their case and make unnecessary enemies while also having fundamentally good ideas. It is known.

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        1 year ago

        The automotive talk on lemmy is an echo chamber full of the most annoying people you could imagine.