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Tell me again why you need a pickup truck. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Chonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Where I live, hunters use a Lada 4x4 or a Suzuki Jimny.
Farmers use tractors.
Tradesmen use vans.
Heavy machinery contractors use flatbed trucks.

A pickup truck just seems like the worst of all worlds.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I would hate lifting a moose into a modern truck, the bed is 3-4 feet off the ground. I'd sooner put a tarp in a minivan and use that.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I'm still seeing a few Fiat Panda 4x4 being used too.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

If you hadn't written what you wrote, I would have been sure that was (amazingly) a Yugo.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I can see that. It just needs true 4 wheel drive and a short wheelbase.