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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the larger one does do more:

  • Pick up 3 extra people
  • Can roll down the back window to let long planks of wood through

These are the only extra advantages I can see, and they are seldom use cases at best.

Fine, if you're a contractor driving your workers to/from work whilst carrying all the equipment, on a daily basis, such a truck is very useful.

But how many people who drive these do that?

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nobody does work out of that truck, it has a bed cover and the wheels don't look like they have any mud or dirt caked in the tread/wheels. It's a little pavement princess that probably carries one person 75% of the time.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

25% is really high. I doubt most of these ever see another ass.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

On the other side based on what I hear about american obesety, it can carry only 3 asses: one for each row including bed.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

  • Pick up 20 extra people
  • Or pick up 30 extra people if some of them can stay
  • Have enclosed trunk(you still can leave doors in the back open)
  • Lower bed
  • Can carry bigger payloads
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

fair point, plus it's cheaper

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The 3 extra people is a valid reason to not want the smaller truck. Still wouldn't need to be so monstrous.