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My definition of truck: if you can't dump a ton of shit in the bed with a backhoe, it's not a truck. It's a minivan. For me, having a permanent bed cover means
by apardoe-MSFT 9y ago
My definition of truck: if you can't dump a ton of shit in the bed with a backhoe, it's not a truck. It's a minivan.
For me, having a permanent bed cover means it's not useful as a truck.
- yellowapple 9y agoThe bed cover's not permanent, though; it's removable per the pictures in http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1111790_bollinger-b1-the-coolest-electric-car-youve-never-heard-of http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1111790_bollinger-b1-the-... It also has a recommended cargo weight of 6,000 pounds, so it can haul a ton (literally! and two more!) of shit. This is really no less of a truck than a Ford Bronco or Dodge Ramcharger.
- flareback 9y agoalso don't consider those trucks
- apardoe-MSFT 9y agoThanks, I didn't look far enough to see that the bedcover is removable. Now this truck is an option for me.
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- freehunter 9y agoSo many people confuse "truck" with "pickup truck". A pickup is one type of truck. There are more types of trucks than just pickup trucks.
- cr0sh 9y agoYeah - technically. But this whole discussion is about the consumer space, not about those purchasing commercial equipment for hauling tonnage or whatnot. Even so, though - there are plenty of consumer pickup models which are used commercially, and more than a few can handle some pretty big loads (especially towing)...
- marssaxman 9y agoThat hilariously restrictive definition would have classified my old beast of an ex-military cargo vehicle as a "minivan", but I doubt you'd convince any onlooker to label a vehicle like this as anything other than a "truck": http://www.tacticaltruck.com/images_other/m109a3.jpg http://www.tacticaltruck.com/images_other/m109a3.jpg