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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 days ago (2 children)

i just like how silly and absurd this truck looks

its like a satirical cartoon truck meant to poke fun of enormous trucks, except its real and unironic.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

It’s got nothing on an F650 super truck. I’ve driven past one on I35 outside of San Antonio, TX.

For a size reference, here’s Doug DeMuro, 6’3” (1.9m):

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

How many bananas tall is Doug?

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

...when it absolutely, positively, has to measure fuel economy in gallons per mile...


...international XT: accept no substitute...

^(^ ^i^ ^saw^ ^one^ ^parked^ ^at^ ^the^ ^taco^ ^cabana^ ^off^ ^brook^ ^hollow^ ^about^ ^ten^ ^years^ ^ago:^ ^they're^ ^formidable^ ^in-the-metal!^ ^)^

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

this legit looks like a semi, but for people with tiny genitals

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These are medium and heavy duty trucks, they're like semi-lite lol (semi-semi?)

They make a lot more sense in literally any configuration other than pick-up truck.

Example:

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

"Semi trailer" actually refers to the trailer itself, not the tractor. a "full trailer" has it's own steer axle, think like a hay wagon. a "semi trailer" has it's steer axle provided by the tractor pulling it. a "cart trailer" is like 2 wheeled buggies put half the weight on the propulsion device, often a horse. Anyways, when people say "semi truck", they either don't know or are referring to the fact of what it pulls, not itself....use it to pull anything else and it is no longer a "semi tractor"

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 13 hours ago

True , forgot about that. Then again, how often do you see that type of truck pull anything other than a semi trailer? I don't think I ever have

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

More like a commercial vehicle….

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trucks actually started selling more when the first started mimicing the looks of semis. I think dodge was one of the first to adopt that mindset which was basically everything on the front end gets bigger.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

the tiny dicked people are all around us then!

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s a class 6 medium duty work truck converted to a passenger truck.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it custom or actually sold?

[–] Mauserr@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

If I remember correctly, it is custom built from a base f650 (front end and frame) and they put an f350 bed on it as part of the passenger truck conversion