The communist Justin Trudeau wants to tax carbon 😡
But I need this vehicle to buy groceries 😡😡
AX THE TAX 😡😡😡
my friend from ontario says:
"This might be for folks who work on oil rigs (Edmonton is close to several), a vehicle like this means they can travel as a full crew. It's still terrible but that might explain it."
They could get a crew van, fit more in it, and still fit in a standard parking spot.
Probably also quite a few thousands of dollars cheaper.
Fuck you, vans are gay and you're stupid cuck. /s
That said, I recently saw a guy that bucked the trend and pimped his family van instead of going full truck. Lowered suspension, wider wheels, hot vinyl and a spoiler. Looked pretty good tbh.
So like custom conversion vans in the 70s and 80s?
I guess I'm old enough to remember when vans were cool. 😭
Gotta paint a big wizard on the side for full effect
Nope. Required to have 4 wheel drive, and a diesel motor, for pipeline or drilling rig work. No gasoline or propane engines, greater explosion risk. Vans really, really suck off road, I have both a pickup and a van, both chevy, both old, both 2wd. There is no comparison between the truck and van off road or dirt roads, even though same powertrain. Ones a pavement princess. Now, a Suburban diesel 4x4 almost fits the bill, but no box for carrying whatever tools you need to take to the rig, or a welder.
As someone who drove a 4 wheel drive van 20 plus years ago, you are talking nonsense.
As someone who lives in Ab and also has had to drive to a few camps, you are talking extra nonsense. I used an all wheel drive car and helped pick up the plastic shit that falls off all the trucks on site, since they are shit.
This thing is just a dick extension.
I am literally telling you about oilfield policy and regulations, but sure, go off, anyone who actually knows can see who is making a fool of themselves right now. Yes, you can sometimes take other things on site, but there is a requirement to have at least one 4x4 pickup and the diesel requirement is real. 20 years ago is 20 years ago, I used to use a 2wd chevy 3/4 ton gasser too.
Ok, so what company? Since they use gas fleet rentals for most of the camps I am curious.
have they never heard of a bus?
caaar
Does canada have really lax limo safety laws? i recall hearing about stretch SUVs in the US that killed like entire friend groups during prom in the US because there's absolutely no regulation of these things in some places.
I've seen some pretty extreme limos in Alberta. But I also recall people having problems getting registration with extreme limos coming from the US. So it seems to be a bit willy nilly. It varies by province.
Ah yes the Ford F9000 Pedestrian Pulverizer
what the fuck kind of carbomination even is that
I'm keeping my hopes up that this thing would not be street legal in my country.
It is. Stuff like this is usually built on a "cube van" factory extended cab n chassis frame, where the normal pickup box would fit on, bolt up like factory, but leave a 2 or three foot gap between a normal cab and the front of the box.
I would hope, this ab monstrosity needs at least special drivers licence in most of Europe.
It seems to be too long. I doubt it would be road legal here. And if it was, by some absurd event, it would probably fall under C category, which is for heavy load vehicles. It would not be something someone would park in a supermarket parking lot.
AfaIk, to put a vehicle into category car (class B) or truck (class C/C1), its length doesn't matter. The only important factor is the maximum permitted total mass, which is 3.5 t for a 'car' or 7.5 t for a light truck (C1) or 'unlimited' for a regular truck (C).
Essentially, this the limiting factor here to be considered as class B 'car': As the empty mass of that vehicle is probably quite large, it's subsequently not permitted to be loaded with noteworthy amount of freight, to remain below 3.5 t, perhaps not even the 5 people that would fit inside.
Thus, if it's not completely hoax, it only is allowed to be driven by those that have a C1 licence, which is either professionals or, e.g. in Germany, older people who've had that included in their 'class 2' licence.
In Canada, this thing would have a max gvw roughly around 5500kg and it would weigh about 3, 3500 empty, depending, so max capacity around 2000 kg. That's just a normal license here, the other categories really don't start until 10,000 gvw. Non north americans tend to find that odd, but it's not like we aren't taught how to drive these things same as you guys, categories just differ.
As I've said, in Germany, until 1998, people got a class 2 'car' driver's licence for vehicles up to 7.5 t and learned driving on a VW Beetle or Golf.
I have a vague idea there is a limit to the dimensions of a vehicle before it is classified into another category but I will not insist on it.
You didn't notice that monstrosity has three rows of doors? It's probably a 2+3+3 or 2+2+2. So, at least, six passengers.
But I agree. It would most probably fall under C category here, making it a commercial vehicle.
I have a vague idea there is a limit to the dimensions of a vehicle before it is classified into another category but I will not insist on it.
Yes, according to German law (it's probably similar in the rest of EU), the limit is 12 m for cars and 18 m for trucks. Yet, afaIk, it doesn't affect the type of driver's licence necessary for driving such a vehicle.
You didn't notice that monstrosity has three rows of doors? It's probably a 2+3+3 or 2+2+2. So, at least, six passengers.
Yes, but the driver legally doesn't count as passenger and (a part of him) enters the mass of the 'empty' vehicle with 70 kg. So it's either 5 or 7 passengers.
See we don't even really have a max length, the usual rule is 23 or 27 meters (depends on province but most interprovincial guys obviously follow the smaller limit) but if you want to be longer, then it's yearly or monthly permits. Regina to Saskatoon on highway 11, 39 meter combos are common.
In Europe, the maximum length of a combo is 18,50 m and iirc 24 m in the Nordics.
You don't have cube vans, wherever you are from? Maybe "delivery lorries?"
Not that long. The closest thing to this would be a super long cargo van with extended crew cab.
there should be a law that if a car goes past a certain size it's officially a public transit and people can barge in and expect you to drop them off along your ride.
Drove all the way up there from Texas?
From Texas up to Snow Texas
Man is this A.I.? All sorts of fucked up little details if you zoom in. Trucks like this exist out there, why fake it?
I don't think so. The dirt coming down from the handles is very consistent with rain on a vehicle after driving through the dry Alberta dust areas. I don't see anything particularly inconsistent with a custom stretch job here. They'd need a way bulkier frame under a stretched truck like this, and the extra height is consistent with a tall frame and lift.
Only inconsistency I see is around the tailgate with the tow setup, specifically the blurry corner of the sedan's body panel behind it, probably a rain drop on the glass in front of the camera.
Too much truck, not enough dick, as they say.
Slide under the midpoint with a battery powered angle grinder or a sawzall and cut 3/4 of the way through one side of the frame. Then you just let physics do the rest when they hit a good hard bump.
Xanthan gum and muriatic acid will make a nice corrosive paste that might do the trick if you're into edging with your sabotage.
Sawing that thing without being caught is hard. So, about that xanthan and muriatic paste, what kind of gloves should I use for protection?
Stanz: It was all fine until dickless parked his truck. Mayor: Is that true? Venkman: Yes, this man has no dick.
No shot that's a real/unmodified model... right?
No these are modified. Last time I saw a vehicle like that it was a Mormon family out camping with their 17 kids
Edit: honestly if you’ve got a giant family and you’re basically a half a busload of people everyplace you go, that’s pretty much the ideal best use case for a private car.
Same with this picture — if somebody felt the need to pay $$$$$ for extending the truck, they’re probably actually using that space for something productive and not just driving it around empty. I’m way more mad about the incredible waste of every suburban individual having their own heavy duty cargo hauler for daily chores that don’t need it, then I am about modified special-purpose vehicles doing a job.
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