Reminds me of this absolute monstrosity
You can get this functionality by driving a hatchback and putting the passenger seat down. Those cars fit way more than you would think.
In a collision, you are much safer if you are facing backwards because your spine aligns with the back of the seat instead of you rag-dolling forwards. So turn those seats around, too. The design is very human.
It would “work”, but it would be aerodynamically unstable so would be limited to low speeds (<~25mph). This is why this configuration is quite common in construction/industry site machinery, where high speeds are unnecessary and unsafe.
You could put spoilers on it.
But why not make the windscreen the width of the vehicle, maybe wrap it around a bit. Should be similar in aerodynamics?
Sure! But at that point you might as well just have a minivan with the seats folded down or removed
I would fucking by the real version of that.
conditions:
No more than one computer.
Rolling chassis frame with a hitch.
Left hand drive.
Good HVAC with front and rear vents.
Physical controls for everything, giant central screen, no cellular.Welvin Da Great called and is asking whether his friends Candice and Dick can fit in the truck.
Because the steering wheel is on the wrong side.
Source: 'Merica!
It also looks like it’s a Kei car. We don’t do smart things like that here.
That’s one of the few things where the US actually follows most of the world!
You inspired me to fix it:
Amazing
Points for a non-AI fix.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they start putting them in the middle
Don’t you hate it when you have a genius idea, only to find out someone else thought of it long ago? Nice try, Einstein. Back to the sandbox.
I used to work at a furniture factory and we got all our steel delivered in a truck with this configuration. 8m and 10m lengths on the shortest possible wheelbase. No backseat though.
Then you could add forklift forks and you have a sideloader!
That thing looks like a contraption I built in besiege or some game like that
Looks very similar to our yard mules
Beautifully silly
Clearly designed by someone who hasn’t used a pickup truck to it’s real potential.
I wanted to get one of those tiny grandpa trucks when they were going for like $4k new, but apparently they’re illegal everywhere in the US. We’re stuck with $60k “entry level” monster trucks.
They’re illegal in some places, but I think they’re mostly fine. The deal is you can’t import a foreign made car unless it’s more than 25 years old, so the poor American car companies don’t have to compete.
The real scam is the importers get 'em in Japan for a couple hundred bucks at auction, haul 'em over here and sell 'em for 8k plus. They’re pretty rad, but parts can be kind of a bitch.
I thought the roof was attached to the truck and it was like a mobile hangout
Chicken coop.
Make a little birdhouse in your truck
final destination vibes
I strap my shit good. This is pre-tie down. Plus I was just going a couple blocks in town.
I had a giant metal ladder fall off of the top of a work van and come right at my windshield while I was driving to my own wedding. i barely braked in time, but it had some serious Final Destination vibes. All things considered, I still think that the scariest thing that day was the final bill for the wedding.
Yeah, this isn’t rocket surgery
Also, yay for an actual work truck, and not one of the weird oversize impractical monstrosities that so many people seem to swoon over these days
I’ve got some big ass American iron too, but it’s old and actually worth a shit. Never understood lifts you need and ladder for, and 3’ beds. Totally worthless vanity boosters.
Trucks are for doing shit, not hauling your sorry ass to the grocery store.
Exactly. Take a 1989s LWB F250 with crewcab for example - full length bed, carries a work crew, can do a reasonable amount off road, and can be absolutely beaten on for years.
That, I can respect.
not one of the weird oversize impractical monstrosities that so many people seem to swoon over these days
I heard a real kicker recently. It was something like
My truck looks like it shouldn’t be able to haul it but it can. Yours like it should be able to but can’t.
Best instagram roast of a modern truck guy I’ve ever seen.
They were arguing on a post about that guy’s massive grocery getter where he was defending the purchase, as usual.
Yup, someone on Lemmy mentioned about needing a pickup truck for work … I specifically remember that that same day I’d seem three workmen on a single 125cc scooter towing a trailer with tools and a bunch of 2x4s on it.
Hahah brilliant
My dad and his workmates just use a VW Sharan for construction work. By the stuff they do to it, it’s impressive that all 4 wheels are still attached.
It always baffles me when people say they NEEEEDED to buy a new work truck when I see how dad uses their sharan at work.
Yup. At work back home the security guys have new big pickups … they literally never ever ever have to carry stuff or go off road.
Meanwhile where I’m working under contract, the security guys have small capacity motorbikes yet manage to be more intimidating (their main purpose)
rocket surgery
Meh, it’s water under the fridge
Have these guys never been to an airport? There are trucks like this all over the tarmac.
How do you move the planes around if the entire tarmac is filled with these? Seems a little impractical.
you will notice the tires that enable movement;)
A port made entirely of air? Who do you think I am, some kind of idiot?!
No, it’s Japanese so the port side is on the right.
Wait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?
Fun fact! The literal translation of airport in Japanese is ‘sky harbour’
It’s the same in English…
If you have two words and exchange both with synonyms, it’s a new word
penis skull
Cock cranium
In Afrikaans too. Probably in a lot of languages
In Swedish it is “Flying Place”.
Yes, including english
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Introducing the new Apple AirPort
That’s what I’m calling vents from now on
How hot are your apples getting?
I’d estimate they’ve reached 3, maybe as high as 4.
Sometimes you come up with a genius idea only to realize you’ve reinvented the train.
Honestly take these as wins. Clearly it was a good idea.
… or just pulled the idea from subconscious memory…
I thought I invented the word “tragicomedy”
The Germans invented it first, with ‘tragikkomeßdykompenbursteißn’ *
*disclaimer: not 100% sure
I love the joke, but there is actually a German word for this: Tragikomödie.
It is a compound noun formed by combining Tragödie (tragedy) and Komödie (comedy).
This term was notably used in German Romanticism and later in 20th-century drama (for example like Brecht or Dürrenmatt) to describe works that refuse to fit neatly into a single emotional category.
It’s apparently attested since at least the 2nd century BCE; Roman playwright Plautus is usually credited with coining the term.
Adam Something, is that you?
Convergent evolution
I think you are thinking of belt loaders, which have a long flat bed on them.
Except, BAM - it’s not a flat bed, it’s a moving conveyor belt that is raised to carry the bags and cargo from those carts into the plane.
Unless you’re thinking of something else. But I think you’re thinking of something like this:
Yeah I was thinking if the OP has never seen an airport and these vehicles.
In addition to that belt loader, there are a plethora of different kind of half-cockpit vehicles there. Ofc its easier there as these likely dont need to be registered for road use.
I’ve seen so many different types and makes.
…the layout works for road cars, too…
Or, it’s a self unloading flat bed ;)
It technically is that, as well, and I’ve certainly seen them used to transport things short distances. At a top speed of 15 MPH (unless you know where to find the governor, but even then), it isn’t something you’d want to use to bring a bunch of lumber back from the lumber yard. More like bringing a broken towbar to an unresponsive GSE shop so that it can be left on their doorstep to shame them. As a random hypothetical.
Hmm, makes sense.
You’d need a long bed to transport the planes.
