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TranscriptionA picture of a hand holding remote car keys pointed at a white pickup truck. Below that is the text:

In the US, 75% of truck owners tow only once a year or less. Nearly 70% of them go off-road once a year or less. Additionally, 35% of truck owners haul something in their truck beds once a year or less

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Heck people carry more on their bicycles that many ever carry on their trucks.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Actually true lol. I see people here with trailer thingies for their bicycles and they carry stuff with it. It probably has the same bed size as the newest "ford f-550 ultra extreme plus carbon dioxide poisoning engine from cruise ship edition"

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine riding your bike every day with the trailer attached just for the odd day every other month when you need to carry something. That's truck brain logic.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

okay but I actually do this with my panniers and those suckers add a lot of drag

[–] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

I regurarly carry some tools and some small boxes strapped to the panier rack of my ebike. Lol.