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Pickup trucks have always been important because they can haul and tow much more equipment than the average vehicle. However, for every person that needs the capabilities of a truck, there are ten more that drive it to attempt to achieve a social status, to create a facade of being country folks even though they live in a rich suburb of a city that is only Southern by a technicality, because nothing says country like driving around in a brand-spanking-new GMC Sierra and blasting Old Town Road.

But enough rambling, what are your thoughts?

Pickup trucks have always been important because they can haul and tow much more equipment than the average vehicle. However, for every person that needs the capabilities of a truck, there are ten more that drive it to attempt to achieve a social status, to create a facade of being country folks even though they live in a rich suburb of a city that is only Southern by a technicality, because nothing says country like driving around in a brand-spanking-new GMC Sierra and blasting Old Town Road. But enough rambling, what are your thoughts?

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That's what trailers are for. Tighter turns, better handing and now I can haul 6 pallets.

I remember I had my 97 F-350 longbed single cab srw. Went to get gravel and had the guy load a yard into the bed. He looked at me and asked "are you sure?" Told him fuck yea let er rip. Drove home on the axle and was way too much. Handled it fine but I wouldn't do it again.

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You’re going to haul a trailer EVERY DAY and claim that you bought a truck for its tighter turns? Bro. What.

Seriously not trying to be a dick, but maybe we just have completely different levels of activity. We live on farms out here. We use that long bed just about every day. Better handling is for cars imho.

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I thought you were interested in input but clearly you can't conceptualize any use cases for a truck outside of farming. Not sure what century you're in but there are many trades outside of farming that require more than muh bedspace. My rub with you is this. Your failure to understand a use for something does not negate its usefulness by someone else.

A shortbed with a 16' trailer will make more than 2' tighter turns than a lwb model. 2' in most places I frequent would mean the difference between making a turn or making it a 3pt turn. Often my loads are more than the bed capacity of even a one ton. I can also transfer all braking wear for the extra weight to trailer brakes. No trailer, I can still haul 16' boards out of the back of my shortbed.

Grow up, theres a big world out there, you're not the only one.

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I genuinely told you I wasn’t trying to be a dick. You’re the fragile one in this conversation, brother. Sorry if my words strike at your manhood. Kind of weird though you get so upset at my genuine point of view. Chill out man.

Sounds like you could use an el Camino though 🤣. (Yea, NOW I’m being snarky)