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   𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 (straphanger@urbanists.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:14:03 JST 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇

   "Most mini trucks have the same roughly 6-foot bed size as the F-150."

   Something Ford and GMC *definitely* don't want you to know.

   I make the case for tiny trucks...

   🧵

   https://www.abc12.com/the-new-hot-truck-comes-from-japan-and-looks-like-a-toy/article_72d60e46-8cf3-5bbb-bc81-66cb3d972817.html

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     Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged) (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:14:30 JST Taylan (Now 18% More Deranged)

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     @straphanger OK but what if I have a *really* small penis though?
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:41:54 JST feld

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     @straphanger even trucks aren't trucks anymore
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:43:28 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     • Baloo Uriza

     @straphanger @BalooUriza Also, the real F-150 has an 8-foot bed. :blobfoxthinksmart:

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:46:36 JST feld

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     • dictatordave
     @dictatordave @straphanger if semis followed this trend it would be a 45ft RV pulling a 9ft trailer
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     dictatordave (dictatordave@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:46:37 JST dictatordave

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     • feld
     @feld @straphanger >hauling your own 4x8 sheets of plywood
     
     no you see, you need the extra seats to pick up the mexicans that will take the plywood that is dropped by a truck with a crane
     
     this isn't the 60s anymore, construction has changed, the thing trucks are for
     
     also way to ignore that you can still buy a standard cab truck with an 8ft bed
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     dictatordave (dictatordave@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:59:54 JST dictatordave

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     @feld @straphanger hey genius, there are bigger class a motorhomes pulling bigger toy trailers, wtf are you urban niggers talking about
     
     just stop now, please, you're embarrassing yourself
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 02:59:54 JST feld

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     @dictatordave @straphanger that's literally why I used it as an example ???
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:16:20 JST feld

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     • Baloo Uriza
     @tk @BalooUriza @straphanger Ford doesn't sell the F-150 with SuperCab and 8ft bed anymore as of 2024. It was special order AFAICT, and now it's discontinued because they don't do the heavy payload package for these anymore. You have to get a regular cab + 8ft bed. As someone on reddit commented, they'd only be able to hold like 10 sheets of plywood and then you're at max capacity.
     
     So it's not like anyone really buys these anymore. The long bed length is pretty useless when it can't hold much weight.
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     • feld
     @feld @BalooUriza @straphanger Time for a single cab F-250, then. :blobfoxthumbsup:
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:17:23 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     (I still say crew cabs are dumb, but we don't ever transport more than two people so even a motorcycle is enough for that alone.)
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:17:41 JST feld

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     • Baloo Uriza
     @tk @BalooUriza @straphanger now you're talking diesel, which means it's a real truck. (the gas F150 should be banned anyway)
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:19:09 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @feld @BalooUriza @straphanger Shame we can't get it with an I-6 diesel anymore. :blobfoxsad:
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     MHS_Jenkins (mhs_jenkins@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:20:53 JST MHS_Jenkins

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     @straphanger My '02 Ford Ranger had a bed that was as larger or larger than most contemporary "big" trucks.

     It's almost as if pickups aren't work vehicles anymore . . .

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:20:53 JST feld

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     • I am Water
     @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger but your 02 Ford Ranger only has a 1260lb payload capacity so it's not like you can do much with it except haul a few pieces of wood and your friend's couch. You certainly can't load it with bricks or gravel or topsoil
     
     This also reminds me of the time @SlicerDicer put like 400lbs of bricks in the frunk of his Tesla Model S lol
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:23:41 JST feld

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     @tk @BalooUriza @straphanger wait they still sell two gas engine variants (6.8L and 7.3L) of the F250?!!!!
     
     What the hell is wrong with this world :doh: :doh: :doh:
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:25:30 JST I am Water

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     @feld @tk @BalooUriza @straphanger F250 is awful it’s like I got a big dick but can’t afford it.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:26:38 JST feld

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     @SlicerDicer @BalooUriza @straphanger @tk jesus christ I just looked it up and there's a gas engine F350 too
     
     Our regulators are on meth or something. How is this legal?
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:29:32 JST I am Water

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     @feld @BalooUriza @straphanger @tk It’s quiet and sexy.
     
     lol
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 03:36:18 JST I am Water

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     @feld @BalooUriza @straphanger @tk Incidentally my dad owned a gas f350 as he couldn’t afford the diesel. That’s why they do it.
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     @multiburst @straphanger translation: "we're doing things with your data that are illegal in any civilized society with human protections. As such, your government is literally 1984ing us."

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     multiburst (multiburst@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:29:01 JST multiburst

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     @straphanger Interesting, never saw this before...

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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 08:51:31 JST saxnot

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     @feld @SlicerDicer @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger so americans just don't want or know trailers?

     If I want to move up to 7 tonnes then I grab a trailer and attach it to the car.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 08:51:56 JST feld

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     @saxnot @SlicerDicer @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger Gotta buy a whole truck because getting a hitch installed is too much
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:19:19 JST feld

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     @saxnot @SlicerDicer @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger Shame it's impossible to rent them
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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:19:20 JST saxnot

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     • I am Water

     @feld @SlicerDicer @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger plus you gotta store the trailer somewhere

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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:53:29 JST I am Water

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     • feld
     @saxnot @feld @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger 7 tons is 14000 lbs, not even a F150 can haul that.
     
     I have hauled with trailer 24,000lbs with my truck however. Just under my licence.
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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:53:29 JST saxnot

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     @SlicerDicer @feld @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger well I don't have a license to haul 40 tonnes (88185 lb)
     with my license I can only move 7 tonnes (15432 lb).
     This includes the weight of the vehicle itself (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zul%C3%A4ssige_Gesamtmasse).

     I'm sorry but you can't say "not even" and then say Ford.
     There are car companys who actually build competent cars.

     You say yourself you already hauled 24000 lb (10.9 t) thus showing it is possible.

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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:53:51 JST I am Water

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     @saxnot @feld @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger Horsepower is not torque. My 43,000lb is pushed by 400hp diesel. The torque on the other hand would destroy that 400hp truck. One thing is not the other. You must factor torque and horsepower.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:53:51 JST feld

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     @SlicerDicer @saxnot @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger What is the conversion of horsepower to Shetland ponies
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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:53:52 JST saxnot

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     @SlicerDicer @feld @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger how come trucks (depicted below) can move 40 tonnes load with what I have read online to be 250 hp and then you argue a car with twice the prowess can't transport ¼ of that.
     Makes no sense to me.
     Perhaps we're speaking of different measurements.

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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 09:53:53 JST saxnot

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     @SlicerDicer @feld @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger online it says the american model ford f-150 of 2025 has 400 horsepower.
     That's a lot more than the cars I previously used to move stuff.
     You will figure it out

     I know the european variants of ford are of much higher quality due to local demand but I read that on an US website

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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 10:19:16 JST saxnot

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     @feld @SlicerDicer @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger yeah I used hp here as a proxy for engine strength.
     torque are required to get the weight moving.

     and here in germany we moved away from measuring PS and into kW which is physically quite dandy

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 10:19:33 JST feld

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     @saxnot @SlicerDicer @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger I also think the kW use here feels better
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 10:23:32 JST I am Water

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     @feld @saxnot @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger Don’t blame me that Americans are idiots using all these asinine units. I use metric for diving, it’s simpler but I don’t have to explain myself to general public. If I do its murder they are like how many feet is that. So I just stick with what’s used. Forced by the masses. When my life is on the line diving I’ll use sane units though.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 11:34:32 JST feld

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     • I am Water
     @saxnot @SlicerDicer @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger Metric time exists, it's even in the PHP core library
     
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 11:34:34 JST saxnot

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     @SlicerDicer @feld @MHS_Jenkins @straphanger i still want metric time

     10 hours a day
     *100 minutes
     *100 seconds.

     The french probably stopped chopping heads too early lest we could have gotten metric time.

     Sure the seconds might be a bit longer but that duration was never attached to any nature phenomena.