The huge American “pickup” trucks aren’t even useful for practical work apparently. Apparently the beds are too shallow and too high up. It’s literally just for aesthetic.
I sold a washing machine second hand and the guy with a ute (pickup-truck) that came to get it spent ages securing the load in the centre of the bed so that it wouldn’t rub on the expensive rub bars. This guy was so fucking fragile about his ute I was amazed. I’ve known blokes to buy a new ute and basically had the attitude of the tray is for working, if you damage the cab I’ll be pissed. They’ve also had a simple metal tray, not some painted complicated thing without decent tie down points.
The huge American “pickup” trucks aren’t even useful for practical work apparently. Apparently the beds are too shallow and too high up. It’s literally just for aesthetic.
In the US most equipment suppliers have raised loading unloading for contractors.
So the big pickups are designed to be a similar height to low loader semis in the US.
I sold a washing machine second hand and the guy with a ute (pickup-truck) that came to get it spent ages securing the load in the centre of the bed so that it wouldn’t rub on the expensive rub bars. This guy was so fucking fragile about his ute I was amazed. I’ve known blokes to buy a new ute and basically had the attitude of the tray is for working, if you damage the cab I’ll be pissed. They’ve also had a simple metal tray, not some painted complicated thing without decent tie down points.
The car equivalent of people who don’t want their sneakers getting dirty