717
Emotional Support Vehicles (aussie.zone)
submitted 1 month ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
204 comments fedilink hide all child comments

TranscriptionA picture of a hand holding remote car keys pointed at a white pickup truck. Below that is the text:

In the US, 75% of truck owners tow only once a year or less. Nearly 70% of them go off-road once a year or less. Additionally, 35% of truck owners haul something in their truck beds once a year or less

Find Sources @ unbelievablefactsblog.com

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 106 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A guy at work has a massive truck, and once had a bunch of bags of wood pellets delivered to the office.

As he wrangled a bunch of low level employees to help him load it all up, he exclaimed "I can fit two tons in the back of this!"

"I can have things delivered to my house" I replied.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

It's $100 minimum to get anything delivered from the hardware store a mile from my house. It's $20 rent a pickup from U-haul for their 4 hour minimum. I do that maybe 4X per year. I drive a little electric car now, but when I had a Prius V (station wagon one) with the seats folded down I could fit as much in there as a light duty pickup.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

That sounds dumb. Lets instead expend $60k+maintenance and insurance in order to not have to pay $100 once every othe year or so.

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

I think there's a significant part of American culture and mythology constructed around self-reliance. It is at the heart of the rage over socialism (that and anti-communist sentiment left-over from the Cold War), the hardcore prepper mindset, and pickup trucks.

When that is your identity logic doesn't play into it, unfortunately.

Also, the prevalence of $100k+ vehicles is getting goddamn ridiculous.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

That's exactly what I do with my Forester. I live in a regional area of Australia so for me it's a daily driver and great for long trips, and if I need to pick shit up, fold the seats down and I effectively have my ute.

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] buzz86us@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago

And it is because of these people that I have to custom order a poverty spec work truck, because manufacturers will only send dealers 100k "family trucks" with fancy nonsense

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

man I miss the s-10 form factor. now everything is absurdly huge.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Used to drive a five speed Ranger for work. I loved it.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

I once sat behind a dude in line filling four propane tanks that he put in the back seat of his pickup truck.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile I learned I could fit a 100lb propane tank in my sedan.

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

This is quite dangerous, though I admire the ingenuity.

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Not dangerous. See Mythbusters on the topic of exploding LP tanks.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Any compressed gas can be dangerous.

I am a fleet manager for a company that solely delivers them. However we know people will do this. It's your gas, but there is a reason there are many regulations for when gasses are transported. Things can get ugly really fast if anything is not right.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I’m sure that guys a chump. But it might actually be better than having them roll around in the bed.

[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 29 points 1 month ago

If you have a pickup you should have either bungee-straps, wratchet-straps or ideally, both.

load more comments (4 replies)
[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Emotional Support Truck

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Still only carries 1 person.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile europe where you see people with renault twingos do more with their cars.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 1 month ago

Heck people carry more on their bicycles that many ever carry on their trucks.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago

Actually true lol. I see people here with trailer thingies for their bicycles and they carry stuff with it. It probably has the same bed size as the newest "ford f-550 ultra extreme plus carbon dioxide poisoning engine from cruise ship edition"

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Yeah, your source is just a website and not the article/page related. Also, the website's search bar is broken. I couldn't find anything related, nor simple with it. Such as "car."

load more comments (5 replies)
[-] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Taking your golf bag to the course counts as hauling now?

[-] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

I was about to say: if a trunk would fulfill the same purpose, the bed is not useful: then it's just a less protected trunk.

So I assume correcting for that, this stat would also be >70%

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Everytime someone tells me they need a pick up truck for work purposes, I always think no, 95% of the time you are far better of getting a van. Who wants their tools and materials getting rained on the back of a bed? Vans are also usually lower and easier to load. The fact you can't see into the back of the van can also prevent theives.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

While this sounds very believable, an actual source would be nice. I can't find any such image on the website to view the sources they may or may not provide

Edit: the source doesn't appear to include all of the statistics in the image, but the article lists it's source is https://www.strategicvision.com/nves, which looks to be paywalled behind a subscription. It's possible the data is from the survey data linked, but I can't verify it

load more comments (7 replies)
[-] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago

But you get to own the libs every day so it evens out.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I haul, tow, go off road more frequently in my Yaris.

[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but that's a quality car, that doesn't count.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Just an example of when folks think they need a truck, most often what they really need/want is a fucking trailer hitch.

Excluding childish hotwheel fantasies, of course.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Or if you’re like my neighbor you live in a town house and never tow anything and never use the bed for anything.

load more comments (4 replies)
[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Gender affirming truck. But seriously, I will never ask someone to haul stuff for me. It's like you didn't buy a truck to haul my shit around. There are also seasons of life where a truck would be super useful. What I'm saying is I need a fucking truck you bitches.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I just rent a pickup truck from U-Haul for $21 per day. I'm never gonna need it more than 1 day.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Getting this while I'm high off my ass felt like a ninja was jumping out at me. That is a beautiful alert.

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Emotional Support Cowboy Outfit.

For when you are too fierce for the chaps there is the F-150.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Feeling good about my mid sized truck in the mountain west. Haul weekly, trailer monthly, off road monthly, at least (remote trailhead access)

I don't know what I couldn't do which would necessitate one of the huge new full sized trucks, aside from towing construction equipment or line a shit ton of welding gear or live stock. The number of people who do THAT must be microscopic

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] FatLegTed@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

I imagine it's pretty much the same in UK - a lot of the people using them for work might be better off with a small van.

But then, they don't look 'manly' do they?

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
717 points (94.5% liked)

Fuck Cars

9663 readers
64 users here now

A place to discuss problems of car centric infrastructure or how it hurts us all. Let's explore the bad world of Cars!

Rules

1. Be CivilYou may not agree on ideas, but please do not be needlessly rude or insulting to other people in this community.

2. No hate speechDon't discriminate or disparage people on the basis of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or sexuality.

3. Don't harass peopleDon't follow people you disagree with into multiple threads or into PMs to insult, disparage, or otherwise attack them. And certainly don't doxx any non-public figures.

4. Stay on topicThis community is about cars, their externalities in society, car-dependency, and solutions to these.

5. No repostsDo not repost content that has already been posted in this community.

Moderator discretion will be used to judge reports with regard to the above rules.

Posting Guidelines

In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let’s try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:

Recommended communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
ConfidentLonely@lemmy.world
Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world
toaster@slrpnk.net