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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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[–] • 1 pt (edited )

For starters, if it doesn’t have a full size bed, it’s not really a truck. So, it’s easy to spot the people who are larping as country folk with that short bed. 🤣

you can’t fit even half a bucket of cow mud into those cuck-trucks. 8 foot bed perfectly fits two pallets. Knowing that civilization is an hour away, making two trips is unacceptable.

Knowing this, it’s easy to spot.

Also, we keep things running forever- I’m still rocking a dually from the early 90’s. 400k miles. Still has cold air.

New shiny short beds are so cali. Gross.

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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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My Tacoma tows my dump body trailer 5x10 when I need to haul.

I have filled that trailer with wet manure, two pallets of sod, it's a beast.

Tell me why I need a long bed on my daily driver when I can just hook up when I need the room?

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

I think we’re talking past each other. People out here live on farms. I’d be using that trailer every day if I only had a short bed. Take the car to the dentist. The truck is for work.

The trailer I use is 20 feet long. Bit overkill when I really need a long bed for 99% of farm work.