• Enigma@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Just check the bed. If there’s a liner, chances are the truck is needed. If it’s clean, it’s a vanity truck.

    I own a 350 and am very aware of just how big this truck is. But I do need the pulling power for work related things. I’ve also used it to help people that have broken down.

    • TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I haven’t seen a new truck without a bed liner in decades. I apparently thought they were standard equipment.

      If you need one, you need one, but I’m confident that a tiny percentage of these things are used for actual work. Also: still ugly. Sorry.

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        1 year ago

        I haven’t seen a new truck without a bed liner in decades.

        Plenty of 'em out there homie. I bought a used DMax in 2019 and despite being a Denali edition it didn’t come with a bedliner, just a rubber mat for the floor. I should have had one sprayed in when I got the truck because my box is now beat to shit.

        I think all the previous owner did with it was tow a horse trailer.

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      1 year ago

      My DMax is a pretty truck but the beat to crap box, without bedliner, is under a tonneau cover so you can’t see it. Another thing you can do is check the receiver hitch, if it’s scratched / rusty inside then you know its being used to tow something. 🙂