BRO! I worked for a paving company years back and the business manager had this raised modified to all hell f350 (trash). He’d get it washed every week, rarely used it for actual work other than dragging a trailer and it CONSTANTLY broke down. Damn thing was impossible to load anything but buckets cuz the bed was as high as my friggin nipples (lol).
Yeah, under 5’6" you gotta own that shit. I’ve known many a tiny man who just happened to be short, but it’s the guys who act super insecure about being short that make me think “wow that guy is short”.
I recently lost my '05 f150 that I used for work to frame rot, so I got a '17. I’ve put two holes in the bed, through the bed liner, and I haven’t even been treating it that bad. It’s almost as though Ford doesn’t want you to use it for work harder than carrying your yeti between kids baseball games.
I think the problem is they try to make it the same thickness as the sheet metal from the steel bed. If they made it 1/4" thick like the aluminum side step plates on a Bobcat it wouldn’t be a problem and it’d still probably be lighter.
My dad would always use the profits from growing tobacco on a new truck every other year…
One year he bought a new truck while we were actively putting the crop in a barn.
Truck was less than 48 hrs old and he was trying to pull a fully loaded wagon across a creek to get to a barn.
With brand new wet tires, he couldn’t get out of the creek. So at like 11 years old I got to watch him put a brand new truck sideways into a tree because he was too proud to unhook and let someone else pull the wagon thru the creek. But he still got it in the barn.
He wasn’t even that pissed, because the only reason to buy a truck, was to use it for actual truck shit.
I played sports in college way back in the day, and still stay up with a lot of my old teammates.
Most of us are huge, but I still give shit to every one of them that have giant trucks.
But it’s still funnier when the driver of a giant truck struggles to get in/out of it and can barely see over their own steering wheel. At a certain height interior space does become a factor, but as long as you “gangster lean” you can still fit in a normal vehicle.
But I grew up on an actual farm, I’ve been making fun of oversized trucks since my cousin jacked his truck up so high it couldn’t pull a wagon anymore. And that was back when the small truck in OPs post was sold new.
Basically if you’re using a pickup as a commuter vehicle…you probably don’t make good life choices.
That is false for nearly everyone. Unless you are driving double the miles of an average person, the costs of a second car that is practical for 99% of your needs and a truck for that last 1% is higher than the costs of just driving the truck for everything. You have to make payments and taxes on the truck even when it sits in the driveway. You might get a small insurance discount for a truck you rarely drive, but your insurance on two vehicles is higher than just one.
People say “just rent a truck”, but every time I look into that I discover rental trucks come with a lot of restrictions such that you can’t use them as a truck (I expect a truck used as a truck to get paint scratches). And the cost is so high that it won’t take many rentals to making having a truck the cheaper option (getting right of the car in exchange).
If you use your truck as a truck often that’s fair. My ire is more directed at those that fall into the categories below (and I know several people that do, some of whom are upper middle class and seven figure salary folk who just want the appearance of ruggedness).
According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.
You will have a hard time finding a truck you can use off road the one time per year that you need to if you don’t own it. Just once per year, but you have to own the truck as most rental trucks will not allow going offroad. Likewise for towing, you will have a hard time finding a truck you can tow with (uhaul will only let you tow their trailers).
Even if you do find a rental truck you can use as truck for that one time of the year, it is common for rental trucks to already rented when you need them and so you can’t get it.
So even if your need is once per year, owning your own truck that you use for non-truck tasks as well is realistically your best option.
You have to make payments and taxes on the truck even when it sits in the driveway.
TIL I have to make payments on my fully-depreciated 30-year-old truck.
People say “just rent a truck”, but every time I look into that I discover rental trucks come with a lot of restrictions such that you can’t use them as a truck (I expect a truck used as a truck to get paint scratches).
“Just rent a truck” means “rent a work truck from Home Depot or U-Haul or something,” not “rent a pavement princess from a car rental place.”
Home depot trucks have ‘no towing’ in the contract. Uhaul’s contract is only tow their trailers.
If you have a paid off truck that saves some money - but as the owner of a 26 year old truck I can tell you that I spend a lot of money keeping it running. Parts wear out from time as much as use at that age. Still cheaper than a newer truck but not a large savings. (i normally ride my bike but if I need a truck or the distance is too far the truck is my only option)
I lived in the same apartment complex as a guy who had one of these giant trucks. He was a short guy, had a sales job which provided him a company car but still decided that he would spend more on his car loan than he did on rent just to have this to ride in on the weekends. He was scrimping pennies on everything else just to afford that terrible decision.
I honestly can’t help but laugh at these trucks…
Especially when you see the 5’6 45 year old struggling to climb back in at a gas station after leaving his AC office drone job.
They really think their big truck makes them a big man.
All it does is scream to everyone else that you’re insecure in your own masculinity and spent ~80k and a shit ton of gas money to try and compensate.
What gets me is that they are always fucking spotless. My '09 Ranger is all dirty, scratched up, with various straps and ropes in the bed.
God forbid they use their truck like a truck.
BRO! I worked for a paving company years back and the business manager had this raised modified to all hell f350 (trash). He’d get it washed every week, rarely used it for actual work other than dragging a trailer and it CONSTANTLY broke down. Damn thing was impossible to load anything but buckets cuz the bed was as high as my friggin nipples (lol).
Bonus Question: Guess how tall he was
5’0" even.
2 inches off
4’10"??? Ouch.
Lol nah 5’2". Honestly once your under 5’6" any compensation is too much compensation
Yeah, under 5’6" you gotta own that shit. I’ve known many a tiny man who just happened to be short, but it’s the guys who act super insecure about being short that make me think “wow that guy is short”.
I recently lost my '05 f150 that I used for work to frame rot, so I got a '17. I’ve put two holes in the bed, through the bed liner, and I haven’t even been treating it that bad. It’s almost as though Ford doesn’t want you to use it for work harder than carrying your yeti between kids baseball games.
At some point they changed the bed from being made out of steel to aluminum, and you can really tell.
I think that was in 2014, yeah. I get it honestly, they’re much lighter and they won’t rust. But the bed should always be steel in my opinion.
I think the problem is they try to make it the same thickness as the sheet metal from the steel bed. If they made it 1/4" thick like the aluminum side step plates on a Bobcat it wouldn’t be a problem and it’d still probably be lighter.
My dad would always use the profits from growing tobacco on a new truck every other year…
One year he bought a new truck while we were actively putting the crop in a barn.
Truck was less than 48 hrs old and he was trying to pull a fully loaded wagon across a creek to get to a barn.
With brand new wet tires, he couldn’t get out of the creek. So at like 11 years old I got to watch him put a brand new truck sideways into a tree because he was too proud to unhook and let someone else pull the wagon thru the creek. But he still got it in the barn.
He wasn’t even that pissed, because the only reason to buy a truck, was to use it for actual truck shit.
Hell, I probably use my car more than those people. Especially after it got hail damage, ALL illusions of “not scratching it” went out the window.
I’m not driving business clients around; my car is a tool to help me get shit done, especially when I traveled for work
I would love to have a truck (because strapping a mattress to the roof of your car isn’t the best), but I make what I got work lol
Honestly it’s pretty embarrassing for 6’1 55 year old too.
Western masculinity can be so fragile that some think consumerism is the only out of it.
Basically if you’re using a pickup as a commuter vehicle…you probably don’t make good life choices.
I use my truck as a truck, but it’s the only vehicle I own; with the prices of cars AND insurance AND put food on the table… forgettaboutit 🤌
Hey! That’s beside the point! 😮💨 😔
Oh for sure.
I played sports in college way back in the day, and still stay up with a lot of my old teammates. Most of us are huge, but I still give shit to every one of them that have giant trucks.
But it’s still funnier when the driver of a giant truck struggles to get in/out of it and can barely see over their own steering wheel. At a certain height interior space does become a factor, but as long as you “gangster lean” you can still fit in a normal vehicle.
But I grew up on an actual farm, I’ve been making fun of oversized trucks since my cousin jacked his truck up so high it couldn’t pull a wagon anymore. And that was back when the small truck in OPs post was sold new.
That is false for nearly everyone. Unless you are driving double the miles of an average person, the costs of a second car that is practical for 99% of your needs and a truck for that last 1% is higher than the costs of just driving the truck for everything. You have to make payments and taxes on the truck even when it sits in the driveway. You might get a small insurance discount for a truck you rarely drive, but your insurance on two vehicles is higher than just one.
People say “just rent a truck”, but every time I look into that I discover rental trucks come with a lot of restrictions such that you can’t use them as a truck (I expect a truck used as a truck to get paint scratches). And the cost is so high that it won’t take many rentals to making having a truck the cheaper option (getting right of the car in exchange).
If you use your truck as a truck often that’s fair. My ire is more directed at those that fall into the categories below (and I know several people that do, some of whom are upper middle class and seven figure salary folk who just want the appearance of ruggedness).
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume
You will have a hard time finding a truck you can use off road the one time per year that you need to if you don’t own it. Just once per year, but you have to own the truck as most rental trucks will not allow going offroad. Likewise for towing, you will have a hard time finding a truck you can tow with (uhaul will only let you tow their trailers).
Even if you do find a rental truck you can use as truck for that one time of the year, it is common for rental trucks to already rented when you need them and so you can’t get it.
So even if your need is once per year, owning your own truck that you use for non-truck tasks as well is realistically your best option.
TIL I have to make payments on my fully-depreciated 30-year-old truck.
“Just rent a truck” means “rent a work truck from Home Depot or U-Haul or something,” not “rent a pavement princess from a car rental place.”
Home depot trucks have ‘no towing’ in the contract. Uhaul’s contract is only tow their trailers.
If you have a paid off truck that saves some money - but as the owner of a 26 year old truck I can tell you that I spend a lot of money keeping it running. Parts wear out from time as much as use at that age. Still cheaper than a newer truck but not a large savings. (i normally ride my bike but if I need a truck or the distance is too far the truck is my only option)
Depends on the pickup these days. There are several small options available now.
I lived in the same apartment complex as a guy who had one of these giant trucks. He was a short guy, had a sales job which provided him a company car but still decided that he would spend more on his car loan than he did on rent just to have this to ride in on the weekends. He was scrimping pennies on everything else just to afford that terrible decision.
I’d get that if he’d bought an RV, at least he could live in it.