Emotional support truck, blocking the sidewalk, sticking out into the road and with an empty driveway infront of it.
I don’t pretend to know what professional landscape contractors need for their job.
I’m all for f*ck cars but people who have actual jobs that involve moving stuff like gravel and sod probably have different needs than I do, I assume?
I agree a truck might be useful to a contractor, but not that truck. It’s lifted to an unusable height, and those rims are all flash, no function.
It depends on the use case, though. If that driver’s main concern is getting in and out of muddy work sites safely, maybe carrying cargo is less important than 4WD cred.
That would be a pretty poor off-roader too. Lifting a truck can be helpful for ground clearance, but that much is just vanity. Instead of hitting the bumper or the frame, you’d just hit the diff, etc. and you’ve moved the centre of gravity up so much, tipping over is a concern. And once again, those rims aren’t functional and will get mud everywhere and make things worse.
It looks like a show truck to me. A real landscaper’s truck is FILTHY and beat up all to hell because it gets used to do actual work.
This looks like the truck the guy who drives around giving estimates drives.
I think a significant part of this problem is that, from what we can see in the photo, they 100% should have pulled forward so that they didn’t entirely block the sidewalk. Someone coming through there on a wheelchair or with a stroller would have a real bad time. It also looks like it’s out in the road a little, which is very inconsiderate as well.
the feminine urge to knife those tires
Oh that would be illegal. Simply deflating them doesn’t cause damage and achieves the same effect.
Unless they don’t notice and drive off and the tire explodes and they hurt a totally innocent bystander.
Maybe don’t vandalize people’s shit, even if they’re dicks, that makes you a bigger dick in almost all situations. An adult wouldn’t seek revenge. The fuck is wrong with people?
Not adult enough you need to take your emotions out on other peoples stuff? Come on.
Haven’t seen anyone mention the fact that their landscape is shit
The website is really top notch, too.
Between the truck and the yard, I wouldn’t call them for any job.
As others have pointed out, that’s no work truck, and that yard is bleak.
Why would you assume it’s their yard? More than likely they are visiting a client, there doesn’t look to be street parking, and some people don’t want you parking on their driveway.
This really looks like a contractor trying to fit off the street and driveway and managing the best they can to meet a potential client.
I know this is !fuckcars@lemmy.world but I really hate driving these modern trucks. The hood is too high, the windshield is too narrow, and the height is too high. You really can’t tell how close something. It’s really dangerous.
On top of all that the assholes that drives these things have the brightest lights in the world. That shouldn’t be allowed in the city.
Canada and Mexico have declining rates and the exact same vehicles, it’s not the vehicles, but people don’t want to take accountability for their actions, so they blame something.
Supporting data from The Economist:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/09/05/what-to-do-about-americas-killer-cars
I read this as Fortnite. I was really confused…
I never heard of this channel before. I’m going to subscribe.
Thank you for the video. Really informative and well edited.
The hood slants up?! Wtf…
Canada and Mexico are two countries that have identical vehicles, but opposite trends.
It’s the drivers that are the different factor, but people don’t want to accept they are the problem, so they blame anything else they can. Like in this case the size of a vehicle, maybe it’s who you’re allowing behind the wheel and the road laws… nah… it’s the vehicles surely, but let’s not look at Canada or Mexico.
Absolutely. Had to drive pickups at work and was constantly competing to get the old, beat up, smaller truck because it was just so much more practical to load and unload.
The target market here is so sensitive about their masculinity that they’ve actually sabotaged the practical use of these vehicles.
All my neighbors have trucks. I rarely see them use the truck bed. The truck bed is already shortened to make room for a back seat. On top that they all have crossover tool boxes. That take another 25% of room on the bed.
They basically perfected their target marketing.
On top that they all have crossover tool boxes. That take another 25% of room on the bed.
People have families and don’t want to have multiple vehicles, and what would you prefer in this case? Someone’s tools loose in the bed just so YOU can see it’s used, or for someone to just take them? Most of these boxes also allow sheet good under them, you’re not limiting much. People don’t need to justify their vehicle to you, but you sure seem to want to judge people for them.
But of course this information doesn’t fit your bias.
Man I have one of these as I tow a 16k lb trailer weekly and I fucking hate the thing. I wish I could get a Isuzu two door cab over with the same specs. Even though the Isuzu isn’t small it’s the smallest thing I could see getting where you can see shit. Also it cost just at as much as one of these support vehicles but without a bed. 😥
I had to drive a truck recently, (needed to rent a vehicle, and they only had pickups left.) It was a chevrolet Colorado, which I understand to be one of the smaller trucks available in North America, and I was so happy to get rid of it at the end of the trip. It was fine on the highway, but in the city it was just incredibly awkward. Cumbersome handling, blind spots for days…I constantly felt like I was going to hit something.
I can’t even imagine how clueless you’d be about your immediate surroundings in a monstrosity like what’s pictured here.
As another guy who drives pickups at work. I hate them as well. They have shit visibility, are difficult to park, handle like a tank, and the bed is difficult to get in and out of.
They design them now as toys, not work vehicles.
I saw one of those small japanese trucks in real life. Hopefully with enough imports truck companies will make smaller models.
Hopefully the contractor is there to talk about there landscaping.
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