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Leaving aside one's opinion of Elon Musk: was the CT any good as a truck? I have never, /ever/ seen a truck-y business (plumber, contractor, etc) in a Cybertruc

Leaving aside one's opinion of Elon Musk: was the CT any good as a truck? I have never, /ever/ seen a truck-y business (plumber, contractor, etc) in a Cybertruck. This puzzles me. It's not cost since they are driving $90K Rams and F150s. I doubt it is politics. Even the design is going to please someone, people bought Azteks after all (Europeans: uglier than a Fiat Multipla). They're not in stealth mode since there are wrapped Cybertrucks, just not advertising electricians and landscapers like those on the F150s. Are there any HN readers out there who can supply first hand reviews of what it was like as a work truck doing work truck things?

tmtvl 2mo ago
JerryRigEverything on YouTube wasn't particularly impressed with the Cybertruck as it had catastrophic failure at 10,400 pounds of downward force on the hitch.
dlcarrier 2mo ago
There was a construction site near me that had a Cybertruck in the parking lot during work hours. Granted, construction workers don't necessarily use their personal trucks for work things, or even for truck things, but they do tend to buy trucks at a much higher rate than workers in other fields. From watching Whistlindiesel abuse a Cybertruck, he found it was far better than any other truck at some things, and far worse at others, so it really depends on the application. He liked it enough that he bought one to not destroy.
jfengel 2mo ago
I did at last see a Cybertruck carrying a thing. An easy chair, I think. I had never seen one with its bed cover off before. I wasn't certain that a Cybertruck could actually carry things. This clearly wasn't a contractor, but it was at least the kind of thing that you call up your friend-with-a-truck for.
pseudohadamard 2mo ago
> Leaving aside one's opinion of Elon Musk: was the CT any good as a truck? I have never, /ever/ seen a truck-y business (plumber, contractor, etc) in a Cybertruck. If a plumber turned up in a Cybertruck, I'd call another plumber. It's just one of those things, like an electrician turning up with burned-off eyebrows and hair sticking up straight.

tmtvl 2mo ago

JerryRigEverything on YouTube wasn't particularly impressed with the Cybertruck as it had catastrophic failure at 10,400 pounds of downward force on the hitch.

dlcarrier 2mo ago

There was a construction site near me that had a Cybertruck in the parking lot during work hours. Granted, construction workers don't necessarily use their personal trucks for work things, or even for truck things, but they do tend to buy trucks at a much higher rate than workers in other fields. From watching Whistlindiesel abuse a Cybertruck, he found it was far better than any other truck at some things, and far worse at others, so it really depends on the application. He liked it enough that he bought one to not destroy.

jfengel 2mo ago

I did at last see a Cybertruck carrying a thing. An easy chair, I think. I had never seen one with its bed cover off before. I wasn't certain that a Cybertruck could actually carry things. This clearly wasn't a contractor, but it was at least the kind of thing that you call up your friend-with-a-truck for.

pseudohadamard 2mo ago

> Leaving aside one's opinion of Elon Musk: was the CT any good as a truck? I have never, /ever/ seen a truck-y business (plumber, contractor, etc) in a Cybertruck. If a plumber turned up in a Cybertruck, I'd call another plumber. It's just one of those things, like an electrician turning up with burned-off eyebrows and hair sticking up straight.