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[-] Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago

Ah yes, so much fun to be had on the daily commute, stuck with everyone else from your sleepy suburb on a congested highway moving at glacial speeds because there’s no other option to safely and effectively get around for the people who don’t want to be there and can’t get out of your way.

Sure, you can take that thing out on weekends on country roads, mudding, camping, hauling ATVs to your favourite trails, building you or your buddy’s cottage, whatever you dream - but that still leaves 5 days of the week in traffic hell if you work in a city. Do you really want your neighbours to be left with no options to get out of your way so you can enjoy driving more on those days?

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Most of these oversized trucks you wouldn't really want to take offroad. They're built to exploit a tax loophole, not to actually be good trucks. Because they're generally pavement princesses anyway the makers know they can skimp on the parts that make good offroaders, like suspension and transmission. The people who know anything about offroad wouldn't look at them twice anyway, so it's not where their market is.

Being giant and heavy is actually pretty bad for offroad performance, which is why people will cope by talking about "towing capacity" instead, where weight is an advantage, although most of these trucks don't get used that way. If you want good offroad performance something like a Jeep is a way better investment.

Whistlin' Diesel is pretty good at beating on these trucks and showing how weak they are. Although one time he tried to kill an older model Hilux and it was hilarious to see the dangerous lengths he went to try and fail to break anything on that truck.

Some trucks are made to do work, and it's not these giant hunks of overpriced garbage.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Another big consideration for off roading is the wheelbase. Shorter wheel bases are easier to maneuver around tight trail corners. They also tend to have better approach angles for hills. There are some situations a long wheel base is better off road but more often shorter is better.

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