Ah yes, two trailers of hay bales is the exact same thing as one trailer!
Why move hay long distances? Well, in rural areas of the US moving hay 200+ miles in open states like Montana or Kansas isn’t really moving it that far and they don’t necessarily grow hay everywhere. Different crops are clustered in different areas because of growing conditions. I don’t think you grasp the scale of plains in the middle of the US.
Look, the US has a lot of open space OUTSIDE OF CITIES where loads less than commercial cargo need to be moved around at highway speeds (75 mph/120kph) for longer distances. Tractors do NOT meet that need, they aren’t fast enough. Large cargo hauling cabs are overkill.
Construction jobs often needs to move around very heavy, but not massively large construction equipment for which heavy cargo haulers would be overkill.
Again, these ‘oversized’ trucks are actually oversized for commuting and light duty use but are appropriately sized for a ton of purposes that fit between a lawn mower business and building a skyscraper. They are being used in the wrong contexts which makes them a problem. Most of Europe is the wrong context in the same way that most US cities are the wrong context unless they are going to or returning from a job site with a load that probably includes a trailer’s worth of materials and equipment.
Demonize them for being used in the wrong context. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a reason to exist in the first place because of some other options that don’t fit the same need.
Ah yes, two trailers of hay bales is the exact same thing as one trailer!
If you don’t need two trailers, maybe just don’t attach the second trailer?
In Europe, the maximum weight you’re allowed to tow with a passengers car driver’s license is 3500kg. And even that requires an extended licence for driving with large trailers. Everything bigger than that requires a full truck drivers license anyway (Including all the shenanigans that come with commercial freight traffic like a driving logbook, minimum resting times).
So people will either use a real truck if they need one or they’ll use a passenger car if they don’t.
Not sure which type of bobcat that is, but you can probably pull that with a slightly bigger station wagon, but surely with a Van.
No, it’s obviously not.
A van without enclosure looks like that:
A pickup truck with enclosure looks like this:
One of these allows you to see a three year old standing 60cm in front of your car, the other one doesn’t even allow you to see the same kid when it’s 3 meters away.
Ah yes, two trailers of hay bales is the exact same thing as one trailer!
Why move hay long distances? Well, in rural areas of the US moving hay 200+ miles in open states like Montana or Kansas isn’t really moving it that far and they don’t necessarily grow hay everywhere. Different crops are clustered in different areas because of growing conditions. I don’t think you grasp the scale of plains in the middle of the US.
Look, the US has a lot of open space OUTSIDE OF CITIES where loads less than commercial cargo need to be moved around at highway speeds (75 mph/120kph) for longer distances. Tractors do NOT meet that need, they aren’t fast enough. Large cargo hauling cabs are overkill.
Construction jobs often needs to move around very heavy, but not massively large construction equipment for which heavy cargo haulers would be overkill.
Again, these ‘oversized’ trucks are actually oversized for commuting and light duty use but are appropriately sized for a ton of purposes that fit between a lawn mower business and building a skyscraper. They are being used in the wrong contexts which makes them a problem. Most of Europe is the wrong context in the same way that most US cities are the wrong context unless they are going to or returning from a job site with a load that probably includes a trailer’s worth of materials and equipment.
Demonize them for being used in the wrong context. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a reason to exist in the first place because of some other options that don’t fit the same need.
If you don’t need two trailers, maybe just don’t attach the second trailer?
In Europe, the maximum weight you’re allowed to tow with a passengers car driver’s license is 3500kg. And even that requires an extended licence for driving with large trailers. Everything bigger than that requires a full truck drivers license anyway (Including all the shenanigans that come with commercial freight traffic like a driving logbook, minimum resting times).
So people will either use a real truck if they need one or they’ll use a passenger car if they don’t.
Not sure which type of bobcat that is, but you can probably pull that with a slightly bigger station wagon, but surely with a Van.
A van is an enclosed pickup truck.
No, it’s obviously not.
A van without enclosure looks like that:
A pickup truck with enclosure looks like this:
One of these allows you to see a three year old standing 60cm in front of your car, the other one doesn’t even allow you to see the same kid when it’s 3 meters away.
