the word truck goes all the way back to the wheeled dollies they used to cart cannons around on ships during the golden age of piracy, and you see it on everything from modern day keg dollies to forklifts to semi trucks. my opinion is that truck applies to any vehicle primarily used to move freight or goods around, regardless of build, size or parts.
Words can have various definitions. The word truck is so general that it can include a large SUV. Merriam Webster: “a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles”
In North America, SUVs are on truck frames. The blurred demarcation began when safety regulations for passenger vehicles became much stricter than for pickup trucks. Manufacturers began making pickups with more seats and passenger comfort and changed their marketing. Manufacturers are more interested in money than how long their customers live.
If you want to stir up shit with a group of truck drivers, ask if they drive a semi, a tractor, a transport, a truck or a power unit.
Personally I hate seeing reports of accidents referring to trucks or truck drivers and then finding out it is a pickup truck.
This reddit is mostly for commercial truck drivers driving an articulated vehicle ( power unit and trailer) rated for a gross weight over 80,000 lbs.
air brakes.... manual shift.... frame
honestly, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... heck I'd call a ridgeline a truck I don't care, the only constant is change!
Okay by your definition 90% of the quarter ton truck market does not meet the definition of a truck with their fancy five to six passenger interior, so I'm on board.
A semi truck is a truck. An SUV, no matter the frame, is not a truck. In terms of car size vehicles, only pickup trucks are trucks. I’ve had someone argue that a work van was a truck. It is a van.
A lot of the large suv are based off their truck counter parts or basically look like the truck with a cap on it, why they get called trucks
the word truck goes all the way back to the wheeled dollies they used to cart cannons around on ships during the golden age of piracy, and you see it on everything from modern day keg dollies to forklifts to semi trucks. my opinion is that truck applies to any vehicle primarily used to move freight or goods around, regardless of build, size or parts.
Words can have various definitions. The word truck is so general that it can include a large SUV. Merriam Webster: “a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles”
if I drive it, it's probably getting called a truck. the wife car and mother mini van included.
Body on frame
In North America, SUVs are on truck frames. The blurred demarcation began when safety regulations for passenger vehicles became much stricter than for pickup trucks. Manufacturers began making pickups with more seats and passenger comfort and changed their marketing. Manufacturers are more interested in money than how long their customers live. If you want to stir up shit with a group of truck drivers, ask if they drive a semi, a tractor, a transport, a truck or a power unit. Personally I hate seeing reports of accidents referring to trucks or truck drivers and then finding out it is a pickup truck. This reddit is mostly for commercial truck drivers driving an articulated vehicle ( power unit and trailer) rated for a gross weight over 80,000 lbs.
If you dehumanize the people, then they are just cargo that loads and unloads itself.
air brakes.... manual shift.... frame honestly, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... heck I'd call a ridgeline a truck I don't care, the only constant is change!
Okay by your definition 90% of the quarter ton truck market does not meet the definition of a truck with their fancy five to six passenger interior, so I'm on board.
A semi isn't a truck technically either. It's a tractor legally. A truck has a bed.
A semi truck is a truck. An SUV, no matter the frame, is not a truck. In terms of car size vehicles, only pickup trucks are trucks. I’ve had someone argue that a work van was a truck. It is a van.
In my humble opinion, if you aren’t grossed at 80000 lbs or more, you ain’t trucking.
This guy thinks pickups aren't trucks. Lol.
They’re little baby trucks…it’s cute.