This is not a truck hate thread. I'm just curious. Bonus points if you're European.

it triggers libs

A friend needed a favor so I bought it off of them for $200. I had to spend several hundred more to make it roadworthy again, but now I have something to tool around town in and pick up curbside furniture.

>>28509226 (OP)
Small cock

>>28509226 (OP)
East Euro here
Big engine with nice sound, less taxes, comfy to ride (lots of space), easy to wrench on. Can't care less what's under the wheels, can go offroad. Basically, with a truck you can go anywhere, even further than with a car. SUVs are taxed higher and you can't really haul dirty stuff in them like mountain bikes or recovery gear.

>>28509245
>Eurocuck is thinking about cock again
Why are they like this?

>>28509262
>haul dirty stuff in them like mountain bikes or recovery gear.
What if someone steals it?

>>28509268
Who, an elk? Are you aware that tonneau covers and bed toppers exist?

>>28509226 (OP)
Farmer

>>28509226 (OP)
Bought it because of the built transmission and the BBI injectors that came with it. It’s a toy that just happens to be able to tow a lot.

I like the visibility from sitting high up and how safe they are

>>28509296
>not a single spot of rust
i wanna cry

>>28509312
It's probably Utah/Nevada/Idaho and they aren't known for salting their roads in winter.

Was the cheapest automatic pickup in my country that wasn't an absolute wreck.

Wife and I share a business and she can't drive manual. So the last few work pickups and vans have been automatics.

Now we have a new pickup that isn't breaking down every other week I can get a manual shitbox that I am more comfortable driving.

>>28509226 (OP)
I need a truck that will keep me safe when I drive blackout drunk every evening. Europoors will never understand.

Wanted the freedom to go pick up random shit that's too big and dirty for a van. Not my daily. It's a fun vehicle.

Because the supercrew pickup is the improved family-truckster of yore. Quiet, comfortable and with plenty of room inside for traveling with the family. Having the bed with a flip up cover is bigger and more useful than the largest trunk you've ever seen on an old land yacht.
If you can only own 1 vehicle, it's hard to go wrong with a crew cab 1/2 ton.

>>28509226 (OP)
I needed something to tow my toy to the track and also hold spare tires and some tools. Also I use it for work cleaning pools, makes an absolute killing where I am.

>>28509425
If I could only have one I'd rather a Fit, room enough to put shit in it. Smoll enough to actually enjoy.

>>28509485
if you cant enjoy an f150 supercrew 4x4 lariat then there's something wrong with you boy. Incredibly versatile and comfy vehicle.
But yeah if someone is a fully urban citiot with no garage then I can understand not wanting to deal with street parking, size of the vehicle, etc. and that makes some sense.
Fortunately we're free to buy as many different vehicles that suit our mood of the day.
Long live the pickup truck and cowboy cadillac.

Because vans and trucks are the useful vehicles you can buy if you work in the real world.

Because I got them for $500 each from my job because the in house mechanic couldn't figure out that one had bad phasers and not rod knock (5.4 3v) and the other needed a fuel pump relay and not a pump (common issue that they melt) lmao. Lucky for me the owner is a hoarder otherwise they likely would have been scrapped or sold off years ago since they were sitting in the back of the lot for a literal decade (according to the registration history) before I came along.

>>28509226 (OP)
Space, cargo, comfort, power.

I really just wanted to be seated high enough to not have headlights shining directly into my eyes at night. Literally ever other aspect of truck ownership is inconsequential to me. I was just tried of being blinded.

On a lone saturday this was my schedule:

Woke up at 3 am and loaded CR250R into bed.
Drove out to Ocotillo Wells with friends and rode until afternoon.
Packed up and detoured up Mt. Laguna and packed snow around bike.
Stopped off at industrial complex in Santee and grabbed some pallets.
Parked at Law street in North Mission Beach (right at the cliff side above last fire ring).
Built snowman on beach next to bonfire while drinking beers with bros while the sun set into the pacific.

I went for a SUV on a heavy duty truck chassis because I car camp in the mountains a lot. My second choice would have been a pickup with a insulated canopy but that's a lot more work and it's hard to find a non clapped out pickup. I wanted more highway comfort and more off road capability and most importantly a V8. The 12mpg is worth it just for the sound and feel of the V8. Even getting groceries is enjoyable.

>>28509582
My nigger. I'm not into any kind of racing that trucks do.

>>28509942
My dear ESL-challenged brown friend...where do you see anything at all about "racing" in my post?

>>28509226 (OP)
Because I could register it as a work vehicle and pay less taxes. Also I always wanted a manual truck

>>28509962
No, I race. I see cars through that lens. That's fun to me. Not driving truggs over little dirt mounds like I took my bmx to the vacant lot with the bike jumps. A pick up will only be a utility to me. A means to take my track vehicle to a track, with out one I have to keep it road legal.

>>28510139
Didn't ask.
Don't care.

>>28509245
kinda a weird thing to blurt out unprompted but good for you

>>28509226 (OP)
I decided to live in the woods far away from the road system
The place I park my snowmachines, bikes, four wheelers, trailers, and building materials are somewhere on the road system a decent distance from where the trail/river begins.
My work also requires me to drive a few hours from the trailhead by road.

I have to transport my equipment, fuel, food, and friends from one place to the other and I do not want to tow a trailer if I don't have to. It is really shitty to have unpowered axles in deep snow or muddy roads, plus I need much more parking space.

Usually it is a vehicle, gas jugs, propane, chainsaws, food, clothing, etc. to carry, anything more and I have to pull a trailer.

I would like to drive a smaller and more fuel efficient vehicle but to do what I need I would have to pull a trailer everywhere, which would be worse than just driving a truck.

Where I live this is an extremely common situation so everyone drives a truck.

TL;DR I drive a truck 20% of the time so I can ride smaller vehicles the rest of the time.

>>28509226 (OP)
4 wheel drive, ability to transport large dirty things without ruining the interior, and mountain back roads. and the V8 rumble is nice.

>>28510236
Man you're either pushing our kardashev score forward or you ain't.

>>28509296
Nice truck

Had to haul a horse trailer from time to time and also haul hay and other various farm cargo (water storage, mower/mini tractor, etc)
Ended up just really loving the thing and it's ended up being super useful in other situations as well like buying/moving furniture, getting a grill, driving on shitty or icy dirt/mud roads up into the mountains, etc

All my ham radio projects for me and 20+ other people in out shortwave club.

>>28511013
Nice truck

>>28511013
>SCSB
>V8
SOVL

>>28509306
Girls aren't allowed here

>>28512133

>american discovers towing with a small car instead of a giant truck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXSHDZAogbM

>amazing turning
>worried about the wind but it ends up being fine
>no problem on hills
>started using the tiny car for almost everything unless he needed the bed of his truck
>total maintenance over the year: $0
>maintenance on his truck: $2700, mustang: $3200, and suv: $3600

>>28509226 (OP)
on my third f150, currently a 23 xlt 3.5 crew
>real bad winters where i live
>trucks are the most popular vehicle in Canada, and overwhelmingly the most popular around me. i need equal visibility and capability to those around me on the road
>tons of tools, work/fun equipment to move around
>the inside cab of a truck is basically like a large suv, except i get a bed too.
>other vehicle is my wifes EV, mach e. best of both worlds. if i want to save gas, ill drive that
>my dog is 105lbs
>kids on the way

>>28513164
When traveling into canada I occasionally got a pickup at the rental counter.
Compared to the US your gas prices were always brutal though. I was putting it on expense account but respect for having to pay your own way and still choosing it.
They are great for a do-it-all family vehicle.

>>28513180
yea gas prices really vary across the country.

It's around the equivalent of 3.60USD/gal now. much lower than before/some taxes were just taken off gasoline.

our electricity is cheap though. 8 cents cdn overnight a kwh. 250miles in the mach e costs like 5-6 bucks lol

>>28509226 (OP)
I wanted a vehicle with 4WD and decent ground clearance, for snow and going /out/. A midsize truck was a better deal and seemed more versatile and useful than any of the limited SUV options on the market these days. I didn't expect to use it as a truck that much but it's actually been a godsend, especially when helping my parents move and cleaning out their 40+ years of hoarded bullshit, this little Ranger probably hauled more tonnage to the dump in a few months than most (non-work) HD trucks will haul in their lifetimes.

>>28513160
Okay now put some cargo in the trailer and take it through the rocky mountains.

>>28509226 (OP)
I had the money saved up and wanted to upgrade from a wagon

>>28512625
diff anon here, nice truck

>>28509226 (OP)
I bought mine for camping and hauling my dog's

>>28513969
Thank you

V6 naturally asbergerated dog hauler

I'm too fat for regular car

4WD with a locking rear diff.