“that way everyone will know my truck can handle super-sized duty loads, unlike the peasants who can only afford trucks with regular-sized duties”
The funny thing is, that ‘heavy duty’ badge is deceptive marketing, pick-ups at their heaviest are medium-duty, maxing out at class-3 with a GVWR between 10,001 and 14k lbs; true heavy-duty rigs are class-7 and class-8, with a GVWR between 26,001 and 33k lbs and 33,001+ lbs respectively, and those need a CDL to drive.
For further reference, the heaviest weight class you can get away with on a normal license in the US is class-6 with a GVWR between 19,501 and 26k lbs. Pick-ups are class-1 through 3 with GVWRs ranging up to 14k lbs, medium-duty chassis-cabs are typically class-3 through 6 with GVWRs ranging between 14k and 26k lbs, and heavy-duty rigs are class-7 and 8 with GVWRs ranging between 26,001 and 33,001+ lbs, which need a CDL to drive, like I said above.
But I guess selling pick-ups as their true weight class doesn’t move as much units as the deceptive ‘heavy duty’ badge on a light-duty or medium-duty rig.
Majority of pickups sold in the USA should require a CDL. They are semi sized death machines.
We could definitely improve road safety by making less safe vehicles less easy. Without doing anything hard like changing infrastructure. Unfortunately, there are a lot of emotion driven large children who would get mad.
The EU already has stricter licensing rules than the US, IIRC.
It’s like with alkaline batteries. If it says “Heavy Duty” it’s got just enough juice to work in a TV remote.
Those are typically carbon-zinc cells. Alkaline cells are a separate thing entirely.
When the “heavy duty” truck man buys tires and they’re preceded by “LT”…
They need it to handle their super doody
Super Duty is a branding term, not based on absolutely anything.
I bet most of its buyers never even have a need for a truck bed.
Truck beds are pretty damn stupid anyway. Sure there are some use cases for it, but 99% of people would be better off with a van, a transporter or a bus. But those are for gays. I need to transport a lit of manly square things that sit up inconveniently high up. There is a reason they are empty most of the time. They are dumb as hell. They are like an iq test for people who buy a car.
I once again considered buying a small truck yesterday as I tried to shove a wheelbarrow back into my car after loading it up with half a dozen small loads of landscaping rocks.
but it’s just not necessary, and it’s less versatile overall.
Is there a funny meme missing or something or is this just a shit post?
I feel like their actual train of thought is “heh heh… duty.”
