stux⚡️20 years of pickup truck design progress in one photo
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Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦@stux Pickup trucks are great vehicles... for doing what they were actually designed to do (haul cargo, tools, etc for work, drive on rough terrain, etc).
Buying them as urban cruisers is beyond ridiculous. I mean, do these people hate having good visibility and love having difficulty parking?
Ton Chrysoprase@nafnlaus @stux Pickups weren't designed to do any of these things and they aren't good for any of them, except very narrow applications of hauling dirty bulk cargo on rough terrain for longer distances. A van is vastly superior for anything outside of farming use and a tractor beats a pickup truck for that, except for longer distances. They where a very niche vehicle before they became a way to avoid emissions standards.
@TonChryso @stux Um, yes, they were, and yes, they are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_truck#History
Vans do not typically have the suspension needed for work in the countryside or at construction sites, only quite large vans are long enough for lumber, and you can't haul oversized loads in one or vertically load them
Vans are designed for moving goods on roads to and from stores, factories, etc.
Trust me, I used to own a pickup truck, used for *actual* countryside work. They're needed, & vans do NOT substitute
@nafnlaus @stux Not sure why you linked the Wikipedia article, but it doesn't really support anything you say. Pickups have miniscule cargo space and van platform with a bed or actual light trucks are vastly superior.
@TonChryso @stux Pickups *are* light trucks. That's literally what they are.
And if you can't read, that's your problem.
Pickups are not used at construction sites and in the countryside because businesses are run by morons. They're used because they're the best, most affordable solution for the job. And I have *personal* experience with this.
@TonChryso @stux You're talking to someone from Iceland.