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Keep these Stupid American Trucks out of Europe (www.youtube.com)
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[โ€“] percent@infosec.pub -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Not the same seating capacity though. Also, it's hard to tell, but it seems like there's a difference in bed widths?

Edit: Could someone help me understand the downvotes? The seating capacity is just an objective fact, so was it the speculative difference in bed width? Or something else? (Sometimes I have difficulty understanding people)

[โ€“] stray@pawb.social 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What do you need the extra seats for?

[โ€“] percent@infosec.pub 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This may sound dumb, but I honestly don't know how to answer that, lol. The first answer that comes to mind is "for passengers to sit in," but that just seems too obvious. Is there more to the question?

[โ€“] stray@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I only ever see smaller trucks here; it doesn't seem to be a problem to only seat two people. Don't the American trucks have more seating because they're doubling as family cars?

[โ€“] percent@infosec.pub 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The weight capacity of the truck on the right is much higher than the light-duty truck on the left. Jobs that require trucks of that capacity tend to require more workers, so it makes sense to seat more passengers.

The truck on the left might be more comparable to something like the Ford Ranger (the older generations). Many of those were single-cab (i.e. no back seats) models, but some of them would have two tiny, uncomfortable "jump seats" as back seats.

You're not completely wrong though. I have known some workers who would also use their trucks as family cars if it was their only vehicle.

[โ€“] stray@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But I don't see trucks like that around here despite the city undergoing constant construction, so they're moving around materials and people just fine without them. Mostly I see box trucks and dump trucks.

Even if the job requires more workers, why are they all in the same vehicle? Is the boss going around to their houses to pick them up? Or if they're meeting somewhere and then going out together, why not just go directly to the job site from home? Surely a large job has an on-site office and storage rather than hauling everything back and forth constantly.

[โ€“] percent@infosec.pub 1 points 3 days ago

These questions are getting more broad, and the answer to all of them is "it depends on the job".

Light duty trucks and box trucks are also commonly seen at various job sites. It's also quite common to see a truck pulling a trailer โ€“ and there are lots of different types of trailers. Choosing the right tool for the job just depends on what the job is.

Here's one example from a job I once had, long ago. If you fill one of these with water, it already exceeds the weight limit of the little truck on the left:

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And, depending on the size of the job, some jobs would require more than two people to get the job done. Those crews would get the trucks that have backseats.

Sure, you might be able to find smaller IBC tote tanks and just use more trucks, but that would be pretty inefficient, especially if each truck/crew has to drive hundreds (or even 1k+, in some cases) of miles to reach each job site on its route.

We also used box trucks in some cases. Some job sites required using two IBC totes, which did not fit in any of the company's pickup truck beds. For those routes, we rented box trucks. But for one IBC tote, a light duty truck is too small, and a box truck is too big.