Chonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTell me again why you need a pickup truck.sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down127
arrow-up1511arrow-down1external-linkTell me again why you need a pickup truck.sh.itjust.worksChonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square113linkfedilink
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoI see your point. If you need to regularly haul stuff, a van is usually a better choice for the average person but I’m skeptical that construction workers, farmers and small moving companies in Europe don’t use trucks.
minus-squareSanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoHere in the UK, builders & farmers use flatbeds and movers use box trucks - exclusively working vehicles. Pickups are not practical for most jobs.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoTotally missed the “pick-up” part of your comment.
minus-squareuniquethrowagay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoConstruction workers, farmers etc will use a van or a flatbed version of a van over here: Or if they need heavier loads, actual flatbed trucks:
I see your point. If you need to regularly haul stuff, a van is usually a better choice for the average person but I’m skeptical that construction workers, farmers and small moving companies in Europe don’t use trucks.
Here in the UK, builders & farmers use flatbeds and movers use box trucks - exclusively working vehicles. Pickups are not practical for most jobs.
Totally missed the “pick-up” part of your comment.
Construction workers, farmers etc will use a van or a flatbed version of a van over here:
Or if they need heavier loads, actual flatbed trucks: