And they you have the real “I’m here to work” truck. Either that or they have a van. Sometimes you see a pickup truck here, but they’re always used by the bosses and inspection.
I know some people who actually use their pickup truck and wish they could get something smaller. It doesn’t exist anymore in the US.
It’s not even the often remarked “chicken tax”. That only prevents small trucks from foreign factories being imported in without a big extra cost attached. Factories in Canada and Mexico, via NAFTA, have been long exempt. US automakers have been free to make whatever small truck they want.
I am eyeing the Telo. I hope that works out.
Ford Maverick. AWD, rear locker, hybrid, up to 4k towing… It’s just too expensive for its size despite the “starting” price.
The current Maverick is not a small truck. It just says that on a label somewhere.
It’s the smallest available and has hella good mpg. Recalls and price aside, it’s a good option.
Dickgirl with a CDL here: I love pickup trucks, at least anything bigger than a half-ton. You can get a lot of work done, pull a lot of shit and other things with a properly outfitted truck. I’m tired of people pretending like Japanese light trucks have any sort of similar capabilities, capacities, or safeties that half-tons have.
First of all, bed space doesn’t mean jack if you don’t have the suspension to hold it or the brakes to stop it in motion. Then, the engine: half-tons can have 6.7L Diesel engines while Japanese light trucks only have 0.66L engines by Japanese law. Good luck pulling anything with that.
Next, people LOVE to pretend like there aren’t any uses for half-tons meanwhile I used them every day in my road maintenance job. Sometimes medium-duty trucks are just too fucking big for what you want to use them for. Supply runs and picking up trash is easy in a pickup, but annoying as fuck in a dump truck.
If you want to talk about city slickers who have spotless lifted low-profile tires and shit, then sure. But I love me some half-tons and I’m tired of people shitting on them
I would say that less than half the pickup trucks in the US have ever towed a single trailer, maybe one in four have towed a uhaul to help a buddy move once. Even guys working construction barely do anything that actually requires a pick-up. The boss’s truck will move all the heavy expensive stuff, but a van works even better since you can lock everything up and not have to worry about someone stealing your tools while you are out to lunch.
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There are real pickup trucks too, but I don’t see any in this meme and I rarely see them in the street.
Does my 2001 Toyota Tacoma single cab count?
I’d say so
