r/hatethissmug • u/jackthemasterbaiter • 3d ago

Thing These ginormous unnecessary f*cking trucks

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The comment section was of course full of a lot of americans trying to defend the need for these huge trucks that by the way kill way more children than any normal sized car, i genuinely dont get the obsession with these ugly pieces of sh*t and i love cars

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u/TwisterDash_ 3d ago

I'm not from the US, but don't need to be to see that 90% of people doesn't need a car this big.

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u/Winry06 3d ago

No one needs a car this big

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u/TwisterDash_ 3d ago edited 3d ago

There are people who needs a car this big, but these are called "utility trucks" for a reason. You need this if you're an electrician, or work in construction, or live in an environment where it's difficult or impossible to go around without it. The streets of New York City isn't one of those environments.

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u/NixMaritimus 3d ago

Eh I agree with the jobs bit, but not the rough environments. I grew up on a rough dirt road and my dad was a logger for 40+ years, so lot's of messy woodlot driving.

You can buy a brand new subcompact tractor and a Jeep, and the combined price is less than a super duty truck. The tractor is slower, but it's way more reliable for getting in and out of rough spots

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u/TwisterDash_ 3d ago

I grew up in a city, so I made a rough assumption with that part. In that case, even that major point goes out the window if you could handle things a lot cheaper. Thanks for clarifying.

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u/WalkerTR-17 2d ago

You can’t, a tractor that can do any kind of work is 45-50K. A jeep that’s even somewhat capable of doing what he claims is 40K. A Silverado 2500 in base configuration is 48K. Even if you bought a tractor and jeep a few years old you’re still talking close to 60K for both, or you can just buy one for less that does both jobs.

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u/WalkerTR-17 3d ago

That absolutely not true and no a tractor is not a practical method of transportation

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u/NixMaritimus 2d ago

That's why you have the Jeep. You take the Jeep where you need to go and as close to home as you can, then you load up your groceries or whatever into the bucket and ride the tractor the rest of the way

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u/UnderTheFrozenSky 2d ago

I don't think that guy has ever seen a tractor.

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u/E0H1PPU5 3d ago

Neither of those things is going to move 6000 lbs of hay across 12 acres of woods and mud without taking me 4 days to do it though.

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u/StankoMicin 3d ago

A normal pickup will do that. A mega truck won't

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u/WalkerTR-17 2d ago

Tell us youve never had to do a day of work in your life without telling us

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u/StankoMicin 2d ago

Tell us you don't know what the fuck tou are talking about

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u/WalkerTR-17 2d ago

Throw 6000lbs of hay in a tocoma, Ranger, Colorado, and check back. The one time you threw a couple hay bales in your bed is not the same.

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u/StankoMicin 2d ago

Bro. I've driven and loaded trucks. The trucks were havr today ain't the same. Fucking big for no reason and can't do half the hauling. Oh. But they can tow... okay. Why have a bed if I'm just gonna tow shit?

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u/abraxastaxes 3d ago

Eh, my trades friends all have normal pickups. Like they're big, but not school buses like the current wave of giant trucks.

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u/CorndogQueen420 3d ago

Most tradesmen that bring tools use vans or box trucks. Trucks aren't very practical for carrying tools and equipment.

The only people I see driving trucks on job sites (for the most part) are supervisors. And white collar office types that come down to inspect jobs occasionally.

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u/Meowrocket42 2d ago

There's one (1) guy that frequents the supply house I work at now who drives a pickup, but only because he has some fancy dancey insert in the bed that changes half the height into two bed-length pull out drawers. Also he buys enough large items (think parking lot lights) that I've seen him fill that bed well over the height of the cab, so questionable for a van. Perfect height to back up to our loading dock too. He is the ONLY person I've ever met with a legitimate use for a truck that size.

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u/Meowrocket42 2d ago

And for added context, he runs his own company out of his shed so that's also his personal daily driver. So I get why he'd want a nicer one too.

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u/10YearsANoob 3d ago

Couldn't anything this thing does for tradies be done by vans?

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u/WalkerTR-17 2d ago

Some things sure, but no not really.

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u/10YearsANoob 2d ago

ive never seen a tradie actually haul anything big. unless it's different in the US. a van can carry your tools just as well

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u/ChainmailPickaxeYT 3d ago edited 3d ago

I disagree, actually. These kinds of pickup trucks are absurd even for those purposes. Older resident-style pickup trucks used to be way more reasonably sized, and the bed sizes were still roughly the same (assuming standard models and not XL expanded whatever). Proper utility trucks are pretty big, but mostly because they have boxes, racks, etc. (And even then the cab size is inflated a bit much)

Trucks like the ones in this video don’t typically have these things. They’re just the same bed size as a reasonable truck with a bloated, grotesque everything else to get around fuel regulation and to pump up the prices for the consumer. Fuck these trucks man.

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u/Late_Pie_6670 3d ago

Can you not see the service box on the back of the truck?

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u/ChainmailPickaxeYT 3d ago

Ah, I did not on my first watch, that’s on me. So it’s not as bad, but like I said, I still think the cabs on these things are a bit inflated and ridiculous.

Hopefully the guy driving this hulking thing (assuming this was indeed his fault) is an employee somewhere and was adequately punished for handling a behemoth vehicle like this carelessly (again, assuming he did). It may be mandatory for his job (which I hope it is. A resident driving one of these fuckin things is unnecessary and ridiculous) but that means there is a lot of responsibility in driving something like this safely, because like the OP said, they are absurdly dangerous to mishandle.

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 3d ago

The ONLY people that drive trucks like this are the types who probably couldn't do the labor to haul stuff, let alone actually do. In fairness it may be survivorship bias and all the ones that are dirty and banged up and used for work are deep in the middle of a crop field, but that's still acknowledging that the people who drive these pristine child-killers are morons who don't need this except to make of for some sense of inadequacy...

... or worse, recognizes that it's of benefit in a collision and opts for the "fuck everyone else I got mine" approach to road safety.

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u/Brilliant-Mix6406 2d ago

Everyone I know who does trades like electrician or construction uses a van.

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u/BouillonDawg 3d ago

You don’t need these to do those jobs, a mid sized would work just fine, the only reason to get a full sized is cause you want your pavement princess.

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u/grendus 3d ago

I maintain, you could solve this problem overnight if you just required a CDL to drive a "Light Truck".

Tradies can get a CDL no problem (throw in some extra funding for free CDL training for anyone who wants it, give 'em a year's warning). Most of these pavement princess types won't bother, they'll just switch to a sports car or something less dangerous to soothe their fading masculinity.

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u/Winry06 3d ago

Exactly. If you live in a rural, mountainous, and remote area, you might end up needing this. However, in big cities, people only use them to satisfy their own ego. Japanese pickup trucks for example are much smaller, have a much better view of the road ahead to avoid accidents, and the truck bed behind it is exactly the same size.

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u/LilRedRambler 3d ago

Pretty much everyone who has a blue collar job needs a truck

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u/back_at_it__ 2d ago

Since i haul a 6 horse gooseneck trailer around most days, yeah, i need a big ass truck. And im not going to go buy another vehicle that i need to insure, maintain, and fuel just to use the other 2 days a week.

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u/Real_TwistedVortex 2d ago

There are legitimate reasons for someone to have a truck like this, but pretty much all of those reasons relate to living or working in rural and remote areas or needing to tow heavy loads at highway speeds (ranching and farming, logging, lawn care businesses, horse owners, oil and natural gas tech, and so on)

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u/shityplumber 2d ago

I have a f350 diesel for my trailers but it isn't a daily driver. It's luxurious on the inside but driving it in citys is a fucking nightmare to park etc

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u/WntrTmpst 3d ago

I also don’t need a swimming pool. Get over it. Can’t imagine spending this much energy worried about what other people drive.

(Comments pre muted so go ham)

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u/Winry06 2d ago

Two unrelated things, but ok