This was the most common pickup back int he 1980s. Three-across seating and an 8' (2.4M) long bed. It was designed around hauling dimensional lumber and building materials. The bulk of them were bought by tradesman, farmers and the like.
The most common pickups now have enormous cabs with seating for 5 or 6, and tiny beds (5.5' (1.7m) being common), more suitable for hauling a few bikes or bags of black earth. A huge number are now bought by suburbanites and used for little to nothing more adventurous than commuting.
@Fluxkompensator @stux⚡ I'm pretty sure that's the real reason behind the image. Municipalities have ordinances prohibiting hauling unsecured items in truck beds and I'll bet that even if he had a rope, he wouldn't have found tie-down locations. As illogical as this image looks, I'm sure that what we're looking at is someone complying with local ordinances.
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in reply to stux⚡ • • •This was the most common pickup back int he 1980s. Three-across seating and an 8' (2.4M) long bed. It was designed around hauling dimensional lumber and building materials. The bulk of them were bought by tradesman, farmers and the like.
The most common pickups now have enormous cabs with seating for 5 or 6, and tiny beds (5.5' (1.7m) being common), more suitable for hauling a few bikes or bags of black earth. A huge number are now bought by suburbanites and used for little to nothing more adventurous than commuting.
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in reply to Fluxkompensator • •I'm pretty sure that's the real reason behind the image. Municipalities have ordinances prohibiting hauling unsecured items in truck beds and I'll bet that even if he had a rope, he wouldn't have found tie-down locations. As illogical as this image looks, I'm sure that what we're looking at is someone complying with local ordinances.
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In tension all forgotten by the driver.
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