• frezik
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    26 days ago

    Horsepower isn’t all that matters. Torque and the ability of the frame and transmission to tow matter, too. If your response is “van”, check the gas mileage between a van and comparable truck. Vans tend to have worse gas mileage due to a higher frontal cross section. That gives them worse highway mileage.

    Just let workers choose what they need. By all means, make fun of the people who use their oversized trucks to go to Starbucks and back.

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      26 days ago

      For sure, all that matters. I was just pointing out that some people like to say an oversized truck is the only thing that can tow, which is not true at all, and comes with many drawbacks. Personally, I’d love for us to get back to small trucks, but you literally can’t but them anymore.

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        26 days ago

        Well there’s only one country that needs big “trucks” so I guess their farming technique is wildly different and inferior.