Chonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTell me again why you need a pickup truck.sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1564arrow-down128
arrow-up1536arrow-down1external-linkTell me again why you need a pickup truck.sh.itjust.worksChonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square123fedilink
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-23 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-squareuniquethrowagay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 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:
minus-squareSanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 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-up1·3 months agoTotally missed the “pick-up” part of your comment.
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.
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:
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.