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I live in an area that has probably >100% pick-up ownership per adult male. I've noticed that these people will not go to the grocery store on days when the wea
by qingcharles 11mo ago
I live in an area that has probably >100% pick-up ownership per adult male. I've noticed that these people will not go to the grocery store on days when the weather is inclement due to the chance of the groceries getting wet. Seems like a bad vehicle for grocery runs.
- mattmaroon 11mo agoCrew cabs, truck boxes, tonneau covers etc exist.
- seanmcdirmid 11mo agoWhen I was a kid, my dad owned a pickup truck in Mississippi, and there seem to be tons of ways of avoiding getting the groceries wet, a bed-width toolbox behind the cab was the simplest way (and this was way before extended cabs were a thing). If you are living in such an area where they can't even figure that kind of thing out, it sounds like there might be something in the water.
- ssl-3 11mo agoWhen I was a kid, a normal-sized American adult could open up a bed-width toolbox, look down inside of it, and easily remove a few bags of groceries before re-closing the lid -- all while standing flat-footed on the ground beside their normal-sized American truck. Things are not that way anymore; trucks got bigger. The top of the bed rail of an F150 Lightning is around chin height for a lot of folks: https://imgur.com/ZBOBqJc https://imgur.com/ZBOBqJc
- seanmcdirmid 11mo agoI don’t think a F150 lightning is wider than a 1985 Silverado.
- ssl-3 11mo agoIt's not the width that's a problem, but the height. Here's a brochure for the first-year F-150 (1984): https://xr793.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1984-Ford-F-Series-Pickup.pdf https://xr793.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1984-Ford-F-Ser... Have a look at some of the pictures that have people standing next to the truck. They'd be giants if they were able to have that kind of posture next to a modern F150.
- seanmcdirmid 11mo agoOh, I was a smaller kid back then and I guess I wouldn’t find it very accessible either way. Also my dad was tall. Coolers fit in the back also if you want to use those instead.
- ascorbic 11mo agoFunny to see so many workarounds to avoid the obvious solution of buying a vehicle with a roof instead of playing at being a farmer or builder.
- red-iron-pine 11mo agoin most cases the manufacturers offer an SUV version on the same chassis. E.g. the Hilux/Tacoma vs. it's SUV sibling the 4Runner It's one of the reasons why Honda and Hyundai are offering trucks -- they're already making the giant SUV, so just put a flat bed on it.
- somenameforme 11mo agoAlmost everything from a grocery store starts in, or ends up, in a water resistant package. There are a handful of exceptions like eggs in cardboard casing, but you can just wrap them in a baggy to solve that. For that matter, unless it's like an insanely torrential downpour, very little, if any, water is going to get through a closed bag. If your observation is accurate, the more likely reason is that people just don't like going out when it's raining. Getting your shoes/pants wet sucks, getting your car (or truck) seats wet sucks, rain traffic sucks, there's more crashes - which suck, and by contrast you could just be sitting at home enjoying the relaxing sounds of rain, which doesn't suck.
- theshrike79 11mo agoI don't get the whole American thing for Pick-up trucks. Unless you're hauling hay or manure, why would you want your cargo area exposed to the elements? A normal van is better in every single way. I can't figure out why someone would put their expensive tools in a pick-up's bed when this is an option: https://modulinecabinets.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/van-wpfits-and-storage-solutions.png https://modulinecabinets.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/van-...
- wongarsu 11mo agoI suspect it's the intersection of people cosplaying as farmers, and vans being stereotyped as vehicles for pedophiles and serial killers
- WorldMaker 11mo agoYou are forgetting "soccer moms". For some dumb reason America decided there were two genders "masculine" trucks and "feminine" vans. It still makes no sense, but it certainly seemed to sell a lot of trucks to misogynists.
- red-iron-pine 11mo agoVan's aren't sexy and cool, and there is no marketing as TOUGH and REAL MEN and COUNTRY MUSIC the way there is for trucks. The bourgeoning Van Life movement that is picking up steam on places like TikTok and YT may do more for that, but in a lot of ways it's a statement about doing without, as opposed to being country rich and tough the way trucks are.
- uep 11mo agoI used to work for a general contractor who did residential remodels and construction, and a little bit of commercial work. He exclusively used cargo vans. He would carpet the interior to protect the cargo and your knees. It made me question why anyone would use a truck. As you alluded to, it doesn't just protect from the elements, but also from thieves stealing tools out of the back of your truck.
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- Swenrekcah 11mo agoWait do people put their groceries they intend to eat on the bed of their trucks, exposed to exhaust, asphalt, tire rubber and all other forms of road pollution?
- moron4hire 11mo agoNo, we typically leave all the food in the packaging first.
- Swenrekcah 11mo agoStill, the packaging then presumably goes into the fridge and cupboards? And I would imagine there would be fresh produce in the bag as well? Maybe it makes sense, it just sounds unpleasant to me.
- moron4hire 11mo agoWait til you see what the inside of a grocery warehouse looks like
- qingcharles 11mo agoAnd wait till you see the inside of the factory that made the food. Source: experience.
- red-iron-pine 11mo agoyou're washing your produce, right?
- Swenrekcah 11mo agoI am, but still it sounds bad to me to expose them to the road elements on the way home. And food in packaging, it is usually in boxes or other containers most of the time in supply line transit. Individual items only get unpacked in the store, so I would think this practice adds considerably to their “dirtyness”.
- bob1029 11mo ago> I've noticed that these people will not go to the grocery store on days when the weather is inclement due to the chance of the groceries getting wet. A modern pickup truck can fit the payload capacity of an entire Honda civic in the back of the cab. I've never seen someone put sacks of groceries in the bed of their truck. Maybe packs of water or charcoal, but no one is putting their produce and boxed goods back there.
- tanjtanjtanj 11mo agoI see it, at least weekly, at a Costco in Texas. Not just the pallet stuff but refrigerated goods and smaller stuff (gathered in boxes as is the custom at Costco)
- labcomputer 11mo agoYea… you can actually fit two adult-sized road bicycles, without removing the wheels or disassembling them in any way, in the back of an F-150 cab! And still have more room for stuff in the back of the cab before you even start talking about the bed. I’m also confused how groceries in the bed would get wet in the rain… everyone around me has a tonneau on the bed. My guess is that some of these are not real anecdotes.
- kraussvonespy 11mo agoThere's probably also some "I don't want to get my pretty truck wet or dirty" involved there too.
- nitwit005 11mo agoI just see people put the groceries in the passenger or back seats. They do it when it's sunny too.