Clearly designed by someone who hasn’t used a pickup truck to it’s real potential. Image
Lawyer here: I concur!
Submitted 2 weeks ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to [deleted]
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Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeah, this isn’t rocket surgery
Also, yay for an actual work truck, and not one of the weird oversize impractical monstrosities that so many people seem to swoon over these days
87Six@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
not one of the weird oversize impractical monstrosities that so many people seem to swoon over these days
I heard a real kicker recently. It was something like
My truck looks like it shouldn’t be able to haul it but it can. Yours like it should be able to but can’t.
Best instagram roast of a modern truck guy I’ve ever seen.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve got some big ass American iron too, but it’s old and actually worth a shit. Never understood lifts you need and ladder for, and 3’ beds. Totally worthless vanity boosters.
Trucks are for doing shit, not hauling your sorry ass to the grocery store.
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
final destination vibes
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I had a giant metal ladder fall off of the top of a work van and come right at my windshield while I was driving to my own wedding. i barely braked in time, but it had some serious Final Destination vibes. All things considered, I still think that the scariest thing that day was the final bill for the wedding.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I strap my shit good. This is pre-tie down. Plus I was just going a couple blocks in town.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I thought the roof was attached to the truck and it was like a mobile hangout
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Chicken coop.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Make a little birdhouse in your truck
nullspace@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wanted to get one of those tiny grandpa trucks when they were going for like $4k new, but apparently they’re illegal everywhere in the US. We’re stuck with $60k “entry level” monster trucks.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re illegal in some places, but I think they’re mostly fine. The deal is you can’t import a foreign made car unless it’s more than 25 years old, so the poor American car companies don’t have to compete.
The real scam is the importers get 'em in Japan for a couple hundred bucks at auction, haul 'em over here and sell 'em for 8k plus. They’re pretty rad, but parts can be kind of a bitch.
arctanthrope@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ceci n’est pas une truck
zeejoo@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Et les “kei trucks”? N’est-ce pas un truck?
j4yc33@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Non, ce sont longues autos. /s
ddplf@szmer.info 2 weeks ago
OMG I love this Korpiklaani song!!!
Smaagi@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
87Six@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That thing looks like a contraption I built in besiege or some game like that
Nycto@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Cool! But I’m struggling with the title of the article. This cab truck was the most single ever? There were other cab trucks that were single, but this one was the most single of them all? Am I misreading this somehow, or is that title just weird?
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Single cab trucks prioritize cargo space over seating space, generally having only a single bench seat that fits 2 adults and a child, or three often uncomfortable adults. This truck prioritizes cargo space to a much greater degree, having only a single seat, so it’s aggressively “single cab”.
Mountainaire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That is so wild!!!
hakase@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It may be because a large enough load could quickly block the driver’s left-side mirror.
Oooh, another thing is that a heavy enough load may imbalance the vehicle enough to make it unsafe on turns.
Anyone see anything else?
chocrates@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, nom uniform suspension or adaptive suspension might be important.
Probably not a good idea for 70 miles per hour but it might be a kick ass farm truck
blarghly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That was my first thought. Either the load will make it uneven, or the lack of load will. Also, very weird wind resistence at speed.
But fine at low speed
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Large enough load would escape when braking. No wall up front. Add one and visibility goes to shit.
BeUnique@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Heavy enough people? Take a 300lb person in the front and a 200lb person in the back and you’re gonna have a bad time making a quick turn
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
My first thought was weight distribution, but I imagine there’s suspension technology these days to account for that.
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Wouldn’t wind resistance be a problem that higher speeds?
Like with 30km/h, it probably doesn’t matter but 90km/h? Idk.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
With a big enough load, the driver’s entire left-side visibility could be blocked.
pigup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A enough load would block the entire left window. the driver would be unable to see to their left.
kgbbot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Xerxos@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Probably bad aerodynamic. Don’t they use something like that on the airport? Since they don’t drive far, aerodynamics are probably not that important.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I’d imagine if you’re transporting long, heavy things, you wouldn’t want to drive too fast anyway.
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Depends on what you consider too fast, is driving the speed limit outside of a town “too fast”?
deacon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Those aren’t used for transport, they are mobile conveyors for loading things into the belly.
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
You joke but this is basically what a vintage British Bus looks like, except the non-cab side is for the Engine.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
rotkehle@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
there’s one parked in my street and for sale. it brings up a smile every time I walk by.
davetortoise@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
It would “work”, but it would be aerodynamically unstable so would be limited to low speeds (<~25mph). This is why this configuration is quite common in construction/industry site machinery, where high speeds are unnecessary and unsafe.
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
But why not make the windscreen the width of the vehicle, maybe wrap it around a bit. Should be similar in aerodynamics?
davetortoise@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Sure! But at that point you might as well just have a minivan with the seats folded down or removed
Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You could put spoilers on it.
laranis@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Because the steering wheel is on the wrong side.
Source: 'Merica!
Allero@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
That’s one of the few things where the US actually follows most of the world!
FatVegan@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if they start putting them in the middle
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It also looks like it’s a Kei car. We don’t do smart things like that here.
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I used to work at a furniture factory and we got all our steel delivered in a truck with this configuration. 8m and 10m lengths on the shortest possible wheelbase. No backseat though.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Cybertruck designer here: Just had a huge whipper, some dishwasher style metal pannels, and we can sell these babies for 200k.
ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
I’ve already preordered
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I bought it before Elon went crazy btw
Gormadt@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Looks very similar to our yard mules
Beautifully dorky
Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
One issue for a vehicle allowed in traffic is that ypu typically can’t have things sticking too far out of the vehicle in any direction lest someone drives into them. Thus long haulage is put on long beds, even when not very heavy.
Advantages of long beds is also that you can better secure your load along the length, can use standardised vehicles and parts, as well as have an easier time with load balancing and view management.
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Aksually If you hang a red flag off of it. It becomes legal.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The drivetrain doesn’t have a place to live. The nose of a truck holds the guts, freeing up space for load in the other half. Moving the guts to a cab-over would shrink the available engine size. Having all the power train to one side would require entirely new engineering to have 2 double length axles with no counter spinning force, so torque on the frame would twist the chassis up at the far point like a lever.
Or it would be underpowered to prevent it, effectively a kei truck engine in a full sized truck body. It is going to work much harder in some way to be as successful as existing trucks.
lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
the first-gen honda acty this drawing is obviously based on had its boxer-four under the bed. i don’t see why that wouldn’t work here.
saxrussell@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Don’t you hate it when you have a genius idea, only to find out someone else thought of it long ago? Nice try, Einstein. Back to the sandbox.
EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
soo … a tiny yarddog?
mlg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As someone else already mentioned, these do exist but you don’t see them on the road because it usually easier to just get a bigger truck.
sketchyenchantment@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
1960 DeKalb Lumberjack
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
istdaslol@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Would be perfekt for jousting, if it wasn’t a drawing
Trex202@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It could probably hold 3-4 pallets, if it wasn’t a drawing
nullspace@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You can get this functionality by driving a hatchback and putting the passenger seat down. Those cars fit way more than you would think.
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In a collision, you are much safer if you are facing backwards because your spine aligns with the back of the seat instead of you rag-dolling forwards. So turn those seats around, too. The design is very human.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If this appeals to you then check out the Telo truck
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Another case where vans are the superior utility vehicle: strap your long stuff onto your roof rack.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I would fucking by the real version of that.
conditions:
No more than one computer.
Rolling chassis frame with a hitch.
Left hand drive.
Good HVAC with front and rear vents.
Physical controls for everything, giant central screen, no cellular.
radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A port made entirely of air? Who do you think I am, some kind of idiot?!
bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, it’s Japanese so the port side is on the right.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Introducing the new Apple AirPort
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Sometimes you come up with a genius idea only to realize you’ve reinvented the train.
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Honestly take these as wins. Clearly it was a good idea.
… or just pulled the idea from subconscious memory…
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I thought I invented the word “tragicomedy”
DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Adam Something, is that you?
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Convergent evolution
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
How do you move the planes around if the entire tarmac is filled with these? Seems a little impractical.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
you will notice the tires that enable movement;)
deacon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think you are thinking of belt loaders, which have a long flat bed on them.
Except, BAM - it’s not a flat bed, it’s a moving conveyor belt that is raised to carry the bags and cargo from those carts into the plane.
Unless you’re thinking of something else. But I think you’re thinking of something like this:
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TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Or, it’s a self unloading flat bed ;)
picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah I was thinking if the OP has never seen the airport and these vehicles.
In addition to that belt loader, there are a plethora of different kind of half-cockpit vehicles there. Ofc its easier there as these likely dont need to be registered for road use.
I’ve seen so many different types and makes.
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Hmm, makes sense.
You’d need a long bed to transport the planes.