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[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I grew up on a small farm. We had two farm trucks, and old ford, that was so old, I don't know it's model name, and was rarely used. Our most used farm truck? A Chevy S-10. It was blue and white. Not only did I drive it around the yard when I was around 12, I remember going with my guardian to haul grain in it. A 50mile round trip, with the bed full of grain. It's a small truck and it was our best farm truck.

There are now city version of these emotional support trucks with about the engine size and towing capacity of my now retired hatchback.

Emotional support trucks is so spot on imo

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Aww yea.. Hauling grain... 😅
Our trips were much shorter, but I remember towing 10-tonne grain cars, sometimes multiple, with the old Dakota.
It surely wasn't rated for this, but the thing just refused to die.

I still can't take some people seriously, those who're afraid of putting a scratch in their beds by putting literally anything in them...
sigh

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Hell yeah, a Dakota is about the same size! May not have been rated for it, but did the job.

I remember my uncle's in the 90's talking trash when extended cabs became popular. They had this word they used.. yuppie, I believe. Funny how things change and stay the same