"that way everyone will know my truck can handle super-sized duty loads, unlike the peasants who can only afford trucks with regular-sized duties"

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[–] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

The funny thing is, that 'heavy duty' badge is deceptive marketing, pick-ups at their heaviest are medium-duty, maxing out at class-3 with a GVWR between 10,001 and 14k lbs; true heavy-duty rigs are class-7 and class-8, with a GVWR between 26,001 and 33k lbs and 33,001+ lbs respectively, and those need a CDL to drive.

For further reference, the heaviest weight class you can get away with on a normal license in the US is class-6 with a GVWR between 19,501 and 26k lbs. Pick-ups are class-1 through 3 with GVWRs ranging up to 14k lbs, medium-duty chassis-cabs are typically class-3 through 6 with GVWRs ranging between 10,001 and 26k lbs, and heavy-duty rigs are class-7 and 8 with GVWRs ranging between 26,001 and 33,001+ lbs, which need a CDL to drive, like I said above.

But I guess selling pick-ups as their true weight class doesn't move as much units as the deceptive 'heavy duty' badge on a light-duty or medium-duty rig.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Majority of pickups sold in the USA should require a CDL. They are semi sized death machines.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    We could definitely improve road safety by making less safe vehicles less easy. Without doing anything hard like changing infrastructure. Unfortunately, there are a lot of emotion driven large children who would get mad.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    But grandmal likes to be able to see over all the other cars . It is easier for here to get in too. America will never improve ever. We are locked into our demise. Our elders have failed us.

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