“that way everyone will know my truck can handle super-sized duty loads, unlike the peasants who can only afford trucks with regular-sized duties”
“that way everyone will know my truck can handle super-sized duty loads, unlike the peasants who can only afford trucks with regular-sized duties”
The funny thing is, that ‘heavy duty’ badge is deceptive marketing, pick-ups at their heaviest are medium-duty, maxing out at class-3 with a GVWR between 10,001 and 14k lbs; true heavy-duty rigs are class-7 and class-8, with a GVWR between 26,001 and 33k lbs and 33,001+ lbs respectively, and those need a CDL to drive.
For further reference, the heaviest weight class you can get away with on a normal license in the US is class-6 with a GVWR between 19,501 and 26k lbs. Pick-ups are class-1 through 3 with GVWRs ranging up to 14k lbs, medium-duty chassis-cabs are typically class-3 through 6 with GVWRs ranging between 10,001 and 26k lbs, and heavy-duty rigs are class-7 and 8 with GVWRs ranging between 26,001 and 33,001+ lbs, which need a CDL to drive, like I said above.
But I guess selling pick-ups as their true weight class doesn’t move as much units as the deceptive ‘heavy duty’ badge on a light-duty or medium-duty rig.
Majority of pickups sold in the USA should require a CDL. They are semi sized death machines.
We could definitely improve road safety by making less safe vehicles less easy. Without doing anything hard like changing infrastructure. Unfortunately, there are a lot of emotion driven large children who would get mad.
Idk if youve ever had to set boundaries with a child, but you kind of have to just do it. Firmly and kindly. No matter how they react
The EU already has stricter licensing rules than the US, IIRC.
But grandmal likes to be able to see over all the other cars . It is easier for here to get in too. America will never improve ever. We are locked into our demise. Our elders have failed us.
It’s like with alkaline batteries. If it says “Heavy Duty” it’s got just enough juice to work in a TV remote.
Those are typically carbon-zinc cells. Alkaline cells are a separate thing entirely.
When the “heavy duty” truck man buys tires and they’re preceded by “LT”…