Clearly designed by someone who hasn't used a pickup truck to it's real potential.

ceci n'est pas une truck

https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-most-single-cab-truck-ever-was-built-to-haul-construction-materials

Then you could add forklift forks and you have a sideloader!

It may be because a large enough load could quickly block the driver's left-side mirror.

Oooh, another thing is that a heavy enough load may imbalance the vehicle enough to make it unsafe on turns.

Anyone see anything else?

Yard trucks are just a minor evolution away

You joke but this is basically what a vintage British Bus looks like, except the non-cab side is for the Engine.

It would "work", but it would be aerodynamically unstable so would be limited to low speeds (<~25mph). This is why this configuration is quite common in construction/industry site machinery, where high speeds are unnecessary and unsafe.

I used to work at a furniture factory and we got all our steel delivered in a truck with this configuration. 8m and 10m lengths on the shortest possible wheelbase. No backseat though.

Cybertruck designer here: Just had a huge whipper (subscription based), some dishwasher style metal pannels, and we can sell these babies for 200k.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-most-single-cab-truck-ever-was-built-to-haul-construction-materials

Looks very similar to our yard mules

Beautifully silly

Probably bad aerodynamic. Don't they use something like that on the airport? Since they don't drive far, aerodynamics are probably not that important.

Because the steering wheel is on the wrong side.

Source: 'Merica!

1960 DeKalb Lumberjack

soo ... a tiny yarddog?

As someone else already mentioned, these do exist but you don't see them on the road because it usually easier to just get a bigger truck without all the quirks.

It could probably hold 3-4 pallets, if it wasn't a drawing

Reminds me of this absolute monstrosity

If this appeals to you then check out the Telo truck

In a collision, you are much safer if you are facing backwards because your spine aligns with the back of the seat instead of you rag-dolling forwards. So turn those seats around, too. The design is very human.

Don't you hate it when you have a genius idea, only to find out someone else thought of it long ago? Nice try, Einstein. Back to the sandbox.

One issue for a vehicle allowed in traffic is that ypu typically can't have things sticking too far out of the vehicle in any direction lest someone drives into them. Thus long haulage is put on long beds, even when not very heavy.

Advantages of long beds is also that you can better secure your load along the length, can use standardised vehicles and parts, as well as have an easier time with load balancing and view management.

Welvin Da Great called and is asking whether his friends Candice and Dick can fit in the truck.

Another case where vans are the superior utility vehicle: strap your long stuff onto your roof rack.

You can get this functionality by driving a hatchback and putting the passenger seat down. Those cars fit way more than you would think.

I would fucking by the real version of that.

conditions:

No more than one computer.
Rolling chassis frame with a hitch.
Left hand drive.
Good HVAC with front and rear vents.
Physical controls for everything, giant central screen, no cellular.