I don’t call these things trucks, I call them princess carriages. I laugh every time I see one in the company parking lot. Nothing like a one ton dually to commute from your suburban home to your desk job.
Most of the new trucks are up so high that it is impractical to load anything in the bed and i'm sure the owners wife lets him know how much she hates his vehicle every time she struggles to climb in.
Automotive companies make the majority of their profits on trucks and the highest profits come from trucks with lots of bling.
A stick will outlast an automatic but its so much easier to drive an automatic with a cup of coffee in your hand.
I hauled so many bricks one time in the back of my `83 Chevy C-10 `Custom Deluxe’ that the front tires almost came off the ground.
305 engine, short bed, AM/FM. I put a nice CD in a while back.
I’ve hauled tons of stuff countless times over the years. When it was new I thought I really had something because it had an auto. transmission. Still running strong.
I have a pretty good idea how real bikers must feel when they see CPA bean counters and legal eagle weekend warriors riding by on their Harleys, wearing their poser leather and Sons of Anarchy helmets.
And the Oakley shades, of course.