• trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    US garbage truck

    Garbage trucks and firetrucks are pretty much the only trucks in the US usually built on reasonably compact chassis without that useless stupendously long hood in front of the cab.

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      3 days ago

      Fair indeed, I just always try to ridicule those 4-wheeled stinky ego caresses, this time didn’t turn out as well as I wished ;)

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      Firetrucks in the US are not built compact. The fire departments regularly argue for larger streets so that they can move their gigantic rigs around faster.

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        Indeed, but they are a fair bit more compact than regular cargo trucks, because they usually at least have the engine under the cab rather than in front of it.

        In general pretty much anything automotive from the USA is over the top wasteful with every resource involved, be it fuel, material, or space.