• uis@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    carrying 3 more people

    As a payload.

    I’m not sure if you can fill it to load capacity even with lead bricks.

    Or if you want to carry people, you can use this: . For carrying not people you can remove seats. It’s even roughly same size.

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        1 year ago

        Bless your city. I know one city in Belgorod Oblast that still 100% microbuses.

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      But a van and a truck are used for different things. Your not going to see a van around the farm for example because it just isn’t that useful for farm work. Just like your not going to see a truck out delivering packages because it just isn’t the useful for that use case. Many of these vehicles have the exact same frame and engion just with a different body on top for whatever best fits the use case.

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      In addition to the payload. Payload goes in the back! Fill it with stones then put five men in it to shovel the stones. You’d need two vans for the same purpose. And if it’s roughly the same size, what’s the problem? Vans like that can be nice too, we see lots of Ford transits here in the states for tradesmen. Similar use case to what you’re describing.