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[+] -37 points 11 months ago (12 children)

At least trucks are useful for farmers and construction workers. What you need to focus on is making your transit network better so nobody needs a small car at all, and these trucks are only used by the few people who need a big truck.

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  • [โ€“] 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    these trucks are only used by the few people who need a big truck

    Did I miss your sarcasme or are you not connected to reality?

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  • [โ€“] 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You mean serious farmers and construction workers are better off with an american style "truck" (60% comfy family and passanger space, 40% bed for your construction stuff) than with a van or a "classic" truck (two seats and a big bed for all your stuff)?

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  • [+] -9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    That will depend on what they are doing. a lot of construction crews need a seat for everyone on the crew, and the small bed is enough. The reason trucks cabs have got much larger as we no longer accept people riding in the bed of the truck, or in front with no seat belt. This is overall for the better, but either the truck needs to be longer or your need a shorter bed.

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  • [โ€“] 17 points 11 months ago*

    The only people who can afford these 100kโ‚ฌ rams and f150s are rich assholes. Farmers drive around in their toyota hilux or ford ranger that is small in compariaon to these massive american trucks and all of the construction workers use vans.

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    No you donโ€™t need a truck like that as a farmer. As a farmer you have a tractor and other farming equipment. You donโ€™t need them at all.

    Construction workers use a classical bus or speeder they donโ€™t need them either.

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 11 months ago

    As a farmer in Japan, not all tractors are even road legal here. It would also take me hours on a tractor to go get anything of size. That said, I also don't need or want american-sized trucks for that. We have kei trucks.

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