• Match!!@pawb.social
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    ford coming out with a 2-seater “bus” so they can release a truck that’s 14 feet off the ground and gets 4 gallons a mile

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      Ford has been making the f650 for over 20 years

      Edit; it gets 6mpg btw

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        I don’t think those are street legal in the US though. We have one at my work but it can only be used on private property.

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          They are designed specifically to be street legal commercial vehicles (aka no CDL required) in most US states.

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          I’ve seen a handful of them on the road over the years. There used to be a red one that must’ve been owned locally as I saw it a number of times.

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            I could be wrong. It might just be the one they have at my job isn’t street legal, but maybe they are overall.

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              More like your states registration is by weight and your company ain’t trying to pay that shit lol

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        That truck looks like shit with those wheels. Hell it would look like shit on any wheels

        Edit: oh I see, it’s supposed to be used for powerline maintenance with a lift installed in the back, not like a regular pickup

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      12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,
      65 tons of American Pride!

      Canyonero! Canyonero!

      Top of the line in utility sports,
      Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!

      Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!)

      She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
      She’s a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!