I got supplies delivered. I hired out carting. My equipment fit in a hatchback. It's not hard. Plenty of trades do need a truck--though usually a van--but that tends to be for a mobile toolbox, not hauling.

I can't, of course, know what motivates everyone's vehicle purchases. But with truck sales up, new home builds flat or declining and recent spikes in disposable income, it's hard not to see vanity when highways become seas of clean pickup beds and king cabs.

What you said has virtually nothing to do with what I said. Please re-read what I posted, starting with

> A push back to smaller trucks would be a great start. The vast majority of pickup owners are compensating, rather than actually using it as a means of hauling stuff.

At least the hospital was close by.

It's the same chairs. They just never picked them up.

Those chairs and tables aren’t the beefiest, but they aren’t THAT light.

You’d need some pretty strong gusts to propel this stuff over the railing and into the river.

Wow. Thats crazy.

I wonder why a car company would alter the design of their vehicle. Could it be that there are more Non-trades people buying these trucks and they changed the design to match the majority of the market?

Perhaps you should stop worrying about what other people do with their truck beds.

I don't understand, if you did commercial renovations you probably used your companies equipment? I didn't have that luxury. How are you coming to the conclusion that truck sales are "feelings based"? Your own feelings?

As someone who owns a car I agree with this 100%. I need a car for work so I own an appropriate city sized car. I can afford something bigger and fancier but what for? I live in a city. I spend most of my time idling at red lights with only me in the car. There is no need for me to own a massive SUV other than to protect myself in the event of a collision with another huge and unnecessary vehicle or the rare Home Depot run which now turns into 2 trips with my small car.

Id love to see the market for these stupid vehicles killed with taxes and high insurance but our elected officials will never do it. It’s political auicide

I did 15 years in commercial renovation. You didn't need a pickup truck. I know this because I never had a pickup truck.

There are a lot of people out there who like to feel that they need a truck, and buying one is incredibly easy. I can't know if that applies to you, or if you honestly thought it would make your life easier. But with truck sales being almost entirely feelings based these days, it's hard to give anyone the benefit of the doubt anymore.

Lol whatever man. I gave my opinion of my experience and you freaked out. Just relax.

You might want to be more informed if you’re going to open with “listen to me” and then proudly announce that you are oblivious to anything that doesn’t involve you

In order for that to work, we'd need a police department dedicated to solving crimes.

Thanks for the article on the crash test. Looking forward to reading it tomorrow.

People like to say that the choice to buy an SUV is driven by practicality.

But minivans and station wagons are amazingly practical while also being less harmful to other road users and less likely to rollover than a top-heavy SUV. But they get ignored because SUVs are cool and minivans and station wagons are not.

What sucks is that huge, heavy EVs like the Hummer EV are going to create a domino effect that will force other classes of cars to get bigger.

Crash tests are being redesigned to account for the emergence of heavier, taller vehicles. That means that smaller cars will need to be beefed up (i.e., get larger and more expensive) in order to protect their passengers.

This new test by the IIHS is a great example of that. It was designed to better simulate the impact from a truck or SUV than prior tests. Popular cars like the Camry and Altima performed poorly on this new test and, as a result, Toyota and Nissan essentially have no choice but to make next the generation of those cars larger and heavier in order to get good safety ratings.

They disrespected the taqueria

Eh, light rail isn’t always quick or reliable from bayonne if they need or want to get to path quickly. And it can add another 30-40 mins to the commute surprisingly if taking the path to get to nyc.

My Gf and I were gonna go here last night! Damn! 25mins??!!

For real!!!

Amy Degise strikes again

The wind keeps trying to downvote you

I bought a pickup truck when I was renovating the house I lived in. Originally my wife and I just had sedans and we would use the pickup once or twice a week to haul stuff around. This proposal is insane and not seeing any type of nuance to the problem. There are many people who use their pickup trucks once in awhile and are in no way "compensating for anything".

Oh indeed you do.

Hey man, I said I believe you. I agree. It’s ok, just calm down.

I moved here a year ago and I can’t even begin to say how bad the driving is. It’s literally the first thing I noticed when walking around. Running red lights is so common it seems and even when you have the right of way walking (green light) people turning left absolutely don’t give af. I got into a screaming match because some lady almost hit me making a left turn on Newark. Apparently this is super common according to all my friends who have been living here. Sad.

It’s been on this sub, it’s in the header, it’s been covered by local national media outlets, and the video is widely available dude.

Council person Amy DeGise did commit a hit and run. It was blatant and on camera. And eventually pleaded guilty. And refuses to step down.