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Emotional support truck, blocking the sidewalk, sticking out into the road and with an empty driveway infront of it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I don't pretend to know what professional landscape contractors need for their job.

I'm all for f*ck cars but people who have actual jobs that involve moving stuff like gravel and sod probably have different needs than I do, I assume?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I agree a truck might be useful to a contractor, but not that truck. It's lifted to an unusable height, and those rims are all flash, no function.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

"Pavement Princess"

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It depends on the use case, though. If that driver's main concern is getting in and out of muddy work sites safely, maybe carrying cargo is less important than 4WD cred.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

That would be a pretty poor off-roader too. Lifting a truck can be helpful for ground clearance, but that much is just vanity. Instead of hitting the bumper or the frame, you'd just hit the diff, etc. and you've moved the centre of gravity up so much, tipping over is a concern. And once again, those rims aren't functional and will get mud everywhere and make things worse.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think a significant part of this problem is that, from what we can see in the photo, they 100% should have pulled forward so that they didn't entirely block the sidewalk. Someone coming through there on a wheelchair or with a stroller would have a real bad time. It also looks like it's out in the road a little, which is very inconsiderate as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah I'm not excusing the driver parking it like a jackass.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

People moving gravel and sod aren't driving lifted trucks. The lift makes the bed higher and significantly harder to load and unload.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It looks like a show truck to me. A real landscaper’s truck is FILTHY and beat up all to hell because it gets used to do actual work.

This looks like the truck the guy who drives around giving estimates drives.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_ 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A real landscaper's truck would also not lifted to ridiculous heights because there is no reason to and it makes using the bed a pain in the ass.

[–] ZombiFrancis 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is a pickup truck that will never pick up and haul anything.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Classic "work truck". In Canada that decal gets you deductions for Gas and oil, repairs, maintenance, insurance, loan interest, leasing costs, capital cost, parking, and licence and registration fees.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_ 10 points 2 months ago

They would not be using that truck for starters...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

There's no way this truck has ever carried bulk gravel or dirt in its box, or anything that would have scratched the paint.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I assume they dont need to park on the walkway for their job